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Author Delumeau, Jean.

Title History of paradise : the Garden of Eden in myth and tradition / Jean Delumeau ; translated by Matthew O'Connell.

Publication Info. New York : Continuum, 1995.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  236 D366H    Check Shelf
Description x, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-270) and index.
Contents Mingling of traditions: from Moses and Homer to St. Thomas Aquinas -- Paradise as a place of waiting -- Earthly paradise and medieval geography -- Kingdom of Prester John -- Other dreamlands -- Nostalgia -- New learning and the earthly paradise -- Inquiries into the location of the earthly paradise (from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century) -- Fine points of chronology -- "As soon as man opened his eyes, he knew himself to be happy" -- Disappearance of the enchanted garden.
Subject Paradise -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.
Indexed Term Happiness Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines
Ideengeschichte
Paradise History of doctrines
Added Title Histoire du paradis. English
Garden of Eden in myth and tradition
Other Form: Online version: Delumeau, Jean. Histoire du paradis. English. History of paradise. New York : Continuum, 1995 (OCoLC)681185251
ISBN 0826407951
9780826407955 (alk. paper)
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