Jacob Böhme and his world

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Abbreviations of Jacob Böhme’s Works -- Figures -- Contributors -- Introduction: Jacob Böhme and His World -- Jacob Böhme’s Writings in the Context of His World /Andrew Weeks and Bo Andersson -- The Rhetoric of Presence: Reflections on Jacob Böhme’s Writing /Bo Ande...

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Contributors: Andersson, Bo 1955- (Editor) ; Martin, Lucinda 1965- (Editor) ; Penman, Leigh T. I. 1979- (Editor) ; Weeks, Andrew 1947- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Aries book series volume 25
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Böhme, Jakob 1575-1624
Further subjects:B Böhme, Jakob (1575-1624)
B Böhme, Jakob
B Conference program 2014 (Görlitz)
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Summary:Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Abbreviations of Jacob Böhme’s Works -- Figures -- Contributors -- Introduction: Jacob Böhme and His World -- Jacob Böhme’s Writings in the Context of His World /Andrew Weeks and Bo Andersson -- The Rhetoric of Presence: Reflections on Jacob Böhme’s Writing /Bo Andersson -- The City of Görlitz during Jacob Böhme’s Lifetime /Ines Haaser (Anders) -- Jacob Böhme and His Networks /Leigh T.I. Penman -- Martin Moller (1547–1606) and the “Crisis of Piety” of Jacob Böhme’s Time /Lucinda Martin -- Johann Arndt (1555–1621) and the “Crisis of Piety” of Jacob Böhme’s Time /Kristine Hannak -- The New Adam: Jacob Böhme and the Theology of Paracelsus (1493/94–1541) /Urs Leo Gantenbein -- “Out of Himself, to Himself”: The Kabbalah of Jacob Böhme /Gerold Necker -- Jacob Böhme, Johannes Staricius (ca. 1580–??), and the Culture of Dissent /Andrew Weeks -- The Science of the Stars in Jacob Böhme’s World /Lutz Pannier -- Jacob Böhme and Alchemy: A Transmutation in Three Stages /Mike A. Zuber -- “A Philosopher Does Not Stand Still”: Legacies and Receptions of the “Philosophus Teutonicus” /Cecilia Muratori -- Spiritualism and Cultures of Dissent: Johann Theodor von Tschesch (1595–1649) Interprets Jacob Böhme /Tünde Beatrix Karnitscher -- Jacob Böhme’s Foremost Seventeenth-Century English Translator: John Sparrow (1615–1670) of Essex /Ariel Hessayon -- Concluding Bibliographical Remarks /Lucinda Martin and Leigh T.I. Penman.
Jacob Böhme (1575–1624) is famous as a shoemaker and spiritual author. His works and thought are frequently studied as a product of his mystical illumination. Jacob Böhme and His World adopts a different perspective. It seeks to demystify Böhme by focusing on aspects of his immediate cultural and social context and the intellectual currents of his time, including Böhme’s writing as literature, the social conditions in Görlitz, Böhme’s correspondence networks, a contemporary “crisis of piety,” Paracelsian and kabbalistic currents, astrology, astronomy and alchemy, and his relationship to other dissenting authors. Relevant facets of reception include Böhme’s philosophical standing, his contributions to pre-Pietism, and early English translations of his works
ISBN:9004385096
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004385092