Andrew D. Berns

Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy (eBook, PDF)

Jewish and Christian Physicians in Search of Truth

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy explores the reciprocal relationship between biblical interpretation and natural philosophy in sixteenth-century Italy. The book augments our knowledge of the manifold applications of medical expertise in the Renaissance and of the multiple ways in which the Bible was read by educated people who lacked theological training. Andrew D. Berns demonstrates that many physicians in sixteenth-century Italy, Jewish and Christian alike, took a keen interest in the Bible and post-biblical religious literature. Berns identifies the intellectual tools that Renaissance doctors and natural philosophers brought to bear on their analysis of the Bible and assesses how their education and professional experience helped them acquire, develop, and use those tools. The Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy argues that the changing nature of medical culture in the Renaissance inspired physicians to approach the Bible not only as a divine work but also as a historical and scientific text.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316164471
• Artikelnr.: 41834194

Autorenporträt

Andrew D. Berns is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'This is what King David meant': Amatus Lusitanus and Ulisse Aldrovandi
on the natural science of scripture; 2. Pliny, papyrus, and the Bible; 3.
'The grandeur of the science of God': David de' Pomi and the stones of the
high priest's breastplate; 4. Jewish-Christian relations in late
Renaissance Italy: Abraham Portaleone's correspondence with his gentile
colleagues; 5. 'I seek the truth from whomever pronounces it': Abraham
Portaleone (1542-1612) and ancient Israelite incense.