Observations On Divers Passages Of Scripture - Softcover

Thomas Harmer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371604753 ISBN 13: 9780371604755

Publisher: HardPress, 2020

Synopsis

Observations On Divers Passages Of Scripture: Placing Many Of Them In A Light Altogether New. And More Amply Illustrating The Rest Than Has Yet Been Done, By Means Of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned In Books Of Voyages And Travels Into The East. In Two Volumes" by Thomas Harmer. A scholarly travel-and-text study, this work surveys Eastern practices surrounding honoring the living and the dead, drawing on Jewish, Persian, Arab, and Barbary traditions from biblical times to early modern travel writings. It situates mourning rites, tomb and memorial customs, and gift exchanges within broader religious, social, and political contexts, and contrasts them with Mosaic and prophetic guidelines. The book also compiles Biblical and classical parallels, cites travelers and antiquarians, and uses notes on weather, tents, hospitality, diet, and material culture to illuminate sacred narratives. It emphasizes cross-cultural understanding over Western judgments and aims to enrich biblical exegesis and classical interpretation by grounding them in East–West ethnography and travel testimony. The Observations are presented as a method for interpreting Scripture and literature through Eastern contexts, with a strong focus on ritual, symbolism, and social display in funerary and honor economies.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371604753
• ISBN 13: 9780371604755
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 542