Call for Papers
Biblical Exegesis and the Emergence of Science in the Early Modern Era
We invite submissions for papers for a conference to be held at Birkbeck =
College, University of London, on November 27th 2004.=
The conference will examine how biblical hermeneutics in the early =
modern period contributed to the natural philosophy of the era. The =
emphasis of the conference - on biblical reading practices, rather than =
'religion' in general - is intended to focus on the specific procedures =
of interpretation and to propose models for how they interacted with =
scientific thought and discourse on the natural world.
We take 'science' in a broad sense, to encompass both residual and =
emergent models of nature. We include alchemical, natural magical, and =
emblematic views of the natural world within our definition, as well as =
chemical and paracelsian models of reality. We also include emergent =
natural history, medical theory, and ideas of corporeality from atomism =
to monism. Topics might include:
a.. Exegesis and the natural world
a.. Scripture and the Signatures of Natural Things=20
b.. The book of Scripture and the book of Nature
c.. The bible and Animals
d.. Natural philosophy in biblical commentary
e.. Scripture and the nature of corporeal being=20
f.. Interpretation as prediction - comets, astronomy, apocalypse and =
biblical commentary.
g.. Alchemy, cabala and exegesis
h.. Scriptural physics / the physics of creation in the early modern =
mind
Keynote Speaker: Peter Harrison, Bond University, Australia. Author of =
'The Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science' (Cambridge =
University Press, 1999).
Deadline for proposals: 15th June 2004
Reply to: k.killeen@english.bbk.ac.uk or PeterForshaw@hotmail.com
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