Scafi, Alessandro.

Mapping paradise : a history of heaven on earth / Alessandro Scafi. - Chicago : University of Chicago, 2006. - 398 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-390) and indexes.

Changing views on paradise on maps -- Paradise in the Bible -- Locating paradise in space -- Locating paradise in time -- Mapping paradise in space and time -- The heyday of paradise on maps -- Where is nowhere? -- The twilight of paradise on maps -- Paradise lost and found -- The afterlife of paradise on maps -- The eclipse of the theological Eden.

0226735591 (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780226735597


Paradise--Maps.
Geographical myths.
Paradise.

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