Mapping the Word, Reading the World: Biocartography and the “Historical” Jesus

In the early nineteenth century, the study of “sacred” geography gained traction in American Sunday schools, buoyed by the popular belief that students needed to familiarize themselves with the Holy Land in order to understand the Bible. As religious educators designed geographic curricula, they tur...

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Main Author: Thomas, John D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2014, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 447-497
Further subjects:B Maps biocartography Bible Holy Land Sunday school Jesus religious education semiotics
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)