Antiochenische Kosmographie?
Subtitle: Zur Begründung und Verbreitung nichtsphärischer Weltkonzeptionen in der antiken Christenheit
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Aug 13, 2021
Language: ger
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783110749571
Description: "Although the Earth's spherical shape has been considered scientific fact since Hellenistic times, it has been questioned since the fourth century, especially in the "Antiochene" school of Diodorus of Tarsus. This volume relates the reasons behind this skepticism to the fall of dominant Greek and Roman culture during the Migration Period, although persistent alternative Syro-Mesopotamian cosmographies prove themselves crucial." -- publisher
Notes: Source title: Antiochenische Kosmographie?: Zur Begründung und Verbreitung nichtsphärischer Weltkonzeptionen in der antiken Christenheit (Texte Und Untersuchungen ... der Altchristlichen) (German Edition)