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Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity Hardcover - 2013
by Daniel Stolzenberg
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- Title Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity
- Author Daniel Stolzenberg
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
- Date 2013-04
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226924144 / 0226924149
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Occultism, Egyptian language - Writing, Hieroglyphic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012022898
- Dewey Decimal Code 493.109
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New. In 1655, after more than two decades of toil, Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1601/2-80) published his solution to the Egyptian hieroglyphs, "Oedipus Aegyptiacus", a work that has been called "one of the most learned monstrosities of all times." Here Daniel Stolzenberg presents a new interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. Situating Kircher in the social world of baroque Rome, with its scholars, artists, patrons, and censors, Stolzenberg shows how Kircher's study of ancient paganism depended on the circulation of texts, artifacts, and people between Christian and Islamic civilizations. Along with other participants in the rise of Oriental studies, Kircher aimed to revolutionize the study of the past by mastering Near Eastern languages and recovering ancient manuscripts hidden away in the legendary libraries of Cairo and Damascus. The spectacular…
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