From Philology to Fossils
The Biblical Encyclopedia in Early Modern Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7864698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Sheehan (Indiana University, corresponding author), Jonathan H Sheehan (0000-0002-9641-7577, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3654295 |
| PMID | 12841173 |
| OpenAlex | W4243674269 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the Early Modern era of encyclopedias, the Bible functioned as a tool for managing and organizing the superabundance of information. From Johann Alsted to Johann Scheuchzer, this paper traces the use of the Biblical encyclopedia and the ways that the Bible was deployed to control the data that flooded the world of Early Modern scholarship. In a variety of contexts, the Bible served as a structure for generating meaningful statements from informational noise. In turn, the use of the Bible as a principle of organization would have profound implications for the status of the Bible in Early Modern scholarly culture
Art · Early Modern Europe · Encyclopedia · Feminism · Linguistics · Literature · Philology · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophical and Historical Studies · Philosophy
Ramus, method, and the decay of dialogue
The "Antiquarianization" of Biblical Scholarship and the London Polyglot Bible (1653-57)
Johann Heinrich Alsted 1588-1638
Theology and the Scientific Imagination from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century
Helmut Zedelmaier
Antiquarianism, the History of Objects, and the History of Art before Winckelmann
Humanist Methods in Natural Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |