Cities of God: the Bible and archaeology in nineteenth-century Britain
"The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical authority and so with religious as well as narrowly scholarly concerns"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Ancient Orient
/ City
/ Biblical site
/ Reception
/ Great Britain
/ Archaeology
/ Urbanity
/ City planning
/ History 1685-1789
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Bible Antiquities B Archaeology (Great Britain) History 19th century B Middle East Antiquities |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical authority and so with religious as well as narrowly scholarly concerns"-- |
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| ISBN: | 1107004241 |