How to Go to Heaven, or How Heaven Goes? Natural Science and Interpretation in Cotton Mather's “Biblia Americana” (1693–1728)
2008; The MIT Press; Volume: 81; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1162/tneq.2008.81.2.278
ISSN1937-2213
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Philosophy and Science
ResumoCotton Mather (1663–1728), New England's Puritan polymath, participated in a global academic network. In his immense commentary “Biblia Americana,” a significant untapped resource of American intellectual history, he evaluated early Enlightenment scholarship as he weighed in on such hotly debated issues as the creation story, Noah's flood, and the Mosaic miracles.
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