History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth and Tradition - ISBN: 0252068807


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	History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth and Tradition
	by Jean Delumeau, Matthew O'Connell (Translator)

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Format: Paperback, 276 pages

Edition: 1ST ILLINO

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

ISBN: 0252068807

Release Date: Jan 3, 2002

In Brief
Delumeau looks at traditions about an earthly paradise from the book of Genesis and apocalyptic literature to the Enlightenment. Topics discussed include: the earthly paradise and medieval geography; the kingdom of Prester John; the Golden Age and the 'Happy Isles,' America and Paradise, the date of creation, life in the Garden of Eden, the "state of of nature," and evolutionism. This "is the first of a projected three-volume series. Having dealt here with the 'nostalgia for an earthly paradise,' the second will take up the expectation of a millennial kingdom on earth and conclude with an exploration of 'the hope of perfect and unfailing joy' in the world to come." (America) Indexof names of persons. Originally published in France in 1992.

From The Publisher
"We hold Christ's cross and Adam's tree to be in one place," wrote John Donne, speaking of the location of the Garden of Eden. Milton thought it "below the Ethiope line" (the equator). And every schoolchild once knew it was at the summit of Dante's "seven storey mountain" of the Purgatorio. Not only the location of the "earthly paradise" but its significance, historical and theological, preoccupied the collective mind and imagination of Europe for at least fifteen-hundred years. Jean Delumeau has devoted himself to understanding the fears that have beset Western thinkers, particularly since the medieval period: how they arose, whether from nature, other human beings, or from some other world. This History of Paradise continues the questioning, telling the story of how the Western mind from the late middle ages to the early modern period conceived the meaning and the place of primordial bliss. It tells of exploratory journeys to the Kingdom of Prester John, of the search for "the happy isles," and of the gradual disillusionment (or enlightenment) that led to the transformation of the notion of a physical Garden of Eden to a metaphysical "state of nature."

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Delumeau has devoted his lifework to understanding the fears that have beset the Western mind, particularly since the medieval period. The History Of Paradise continues this questioning, telling the story of how the Western mind from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period conceived the meaning and place of primordial bliss. Illustrations.

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	List of Maps and Illustrations
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	The Mingling of Traditions: From Moses and Homer to St. Thomas Aquinas	3
	"The Lord God Planted a Garden in Eden"	3
	Golden Age, Elysian Fields, and Happy Isles	6
	The Christianization of the Greco-Roman Myths	10
	The Earthly Paradise as "Historical" Reality	15
Ch. 2	Paradise as a Place of Waiting	23
	Jewish and Christian Apocalypses	23
	Jesus Reopened "Paradise"	29
Ch. 3	The Earthly Paradise and Medieval Geography	39
	The Earthly Paradise Still Exists on Earth	39
	Earthly Paradise and Medieval Cartography	56
Ch. 4	The Kingdom of Prester John	71
	The Success of a Forgery	71
	Asia Around the Kingdom of Prester John	83
	From Asia to Africa	88
Ch. 5	Other Dreamlands	97
	Paradisal Islands	97
	America and Paradise	109
Ch. 6	Nostalgia	117
	A Sorrowful Look Back at the Golden Age and the "Happy Isles"	117
	The Enclosed Garden	121
	From Enclosed Garden to Open Garden	127
	Flowers and Fountains	134
Ch. 7	The New Learning and the Earthly Paradise	139
	The Earthly Paradise at the Center of a Culture	139
	Methods and Issues	145
	Gradual Abandonment of Medieval Beliefs	149
Ch. 8	Inquiries into the Location of the Earthly Paradise (from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century)	155
	Abandonment of Fanciful Locations	155
	Armenia, Babylonia, or Palestine?	160
	Some Related Questions	172
Ch. 9	Fine Points of Chronology	175
	When Was the Earthly Paradise Created?	175
	The Use of the Time between the Creation of Adam and the Creation of Eve	177
	From the Creation of Eve to the Expulsion from the Earthly Paradise	180
Ch. 10	"As Soon as the Man Opened His Eyes, He Knew Himself to Be Happy"	187
	The Perfection of Being	188
	Powers and Knowledge of Adam and Eve	196
	Marriage and Society in the Earthly Paradise	201
Ch. 11	The Disappearance of the Enchanted Garden	211
	The Questions Raised by Fossils	213
	Sacred Scripture and Reason	218
	Birth of Evolutionism	220
	The "State of Nature" according to Rousseau and Kant	226
	Conclusion: Another Reading of a Myth	229
	Abbreviations	235
	Notes	237
	Index	271

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