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Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

by David Gange

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 17.1 x 24.9 x 2.6 cm

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The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical authority and so with religious as well as narrowly scholarly concerns. In unearthing the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean, travellers, archaeologists and their popularisers transformed thinking on the truth of Christianity and its place in modern cities. This happened at a time when anxieties over the unprecedented rate of urbanisation in Britain coincided with critical challenges to biblical truth. In this context, cities from Jerusalem to Rome became contested models for the adaptation of Christianity to modern urban life. Using sites from across the biblical world, this book evokes the appeal of the ancient city to diverse groups of British Protestants in their arguments with one another and with their secular and Catholic rivals about the vitality of their faith in urban Britain.
Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain and The Chosen Presents: A Blended Harmony of the Gospels
The Chosen Presents: A Blended Harmony of the GospelsCities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    October 2013

  • Weight

    886g

  • Dimensions

    17.1 x 24.9 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107004245

  • ISBN-10

    1107004241

  • Eden Code

    4720207

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