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The Resource Theology and the scientific imagination from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century, Amos Funkenstein

Theology and the scientific imagination from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century, Amos Funkenstein

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Summary
This pioneering work in the history of science, which originated in a series of three Gauss Seminars given at Princeton University in 1984, demonstrated how the roots of the scientific revolution lay in medieval scholasticism. A work of intellectual history addressing the metaphysical foundations of modern science, Theology and the Scientific Imagination raised and transformed the level of discourse on the relations of Christianity and science. Amos Funkenstein was one of the world's most distinguished scholars of Jewish history, medieval intellectual history, and the history of science. Called a genius and Renaissance man by his academic colleagues, Funkenstein was legendary for his ability to recite long literary passages verbatim and from memory in Latin, German, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Greek decades after he had last read them. A winner of the coveted Israel Prize for History, Funkenstein was born and raised in Palestine and received his Ph. D. in history and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin in 1965, as one of the first Jewish students to receive a doctorate in Germany after World War II
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 421 pages
Note
Includes index
Contents
  • God's omnipresence, God's body, and four ideals of science
  • Divine omnipotence and laws of nature
  • Divine providence and the course of history
  • Divine and human knowledge : knowing by doing
  • From secular theology to the Enlightenment
Isbn
9780691024257
Instance
Label
Theology and the scientific imagination from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century
Title
Theology and the scientific imagination from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century
Statement of responsibility
Amos Funkenstein
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This pioneering work in the history of science, which originated in a series of three Gauss Seminars given at Princeton University in 1984, demonstrated how the roots of the scientific revolution lay in medieval scholasticism. A work of intellectual history addressing the metaphysical foundations of modern science, Theology and the Scientific Imagination raised and transformed the level of discourse on the relations of Christianity and science. Amos Funkenstein was one of the world's most distinguished scholars of Jewish history, medieval intellectual history, and the history of science. Called a genius and Renaissance man by his academic colleagues, Funkenstein was legendary for his ability to recite long literary passages verbatim and from memory in Latin, German, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Greek decades after he had last read them. A winner of the coveted Israel Prize for History, Funkenstein was born and raised in Palestine and received his Ph. D. in history and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin in 1965, as one of the first Jewish students to receive a doctorate in Germany after World War II
Cataloging source
DLC
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Funkenstein, Amos
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BT130
LC item number
.F86 1986
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • God (Christianity)
  • Religion and science
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Philosophy
  • Religion and Science
  • Philosophy
  • Religión y ciencia
  • Conocimiento, Teoría del
  • Filosofía
  • Dieu
  • Religion et sciences
  • Connaissance, Théorie de la
  • Philosophie
  • Natuurwetenschappen
  • Theologie
  • Vroeg moderne tijd
Label
Theology and the scientific imagination from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century, Amos Funkenstein
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes index
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. [365]-399
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
God's omnipresence, God's body, and four ideals of science -- Divine omnipotence and laws of nature -- Divine providence and the course of history -- Divine and human knowledge : knowing by doing -- From secular theology to the Enlightenment
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xii, 421 pages
Isbn
9780691024257
Lccn
85043281
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)13064550
Label
Theology and the scientific imagination from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century, Amos Funkenstein
Publication
Note
Includes index
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. [365]-399
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
God's omnipresence, God's body, and four ideals of science -- Divine omnipotence and laws of nature -- Divine providence and the course of history -- Divine and human knowledge : knowing by doing -- From secular theology to the Enlightenment
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xii, 421 pages
Isbn
9780691024257
Lccn
85043281
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)13064550

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