TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ossa-Richardson,Anthony
TI  - The Devil's Tabernacle: the Pagan Oracles in Early Modern Thought 
SN  - 9781400846597
AV  - BL613 .O87 2013eb
U1  - 203/.2 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Oracles
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Prophecy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Ancient
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion
KW  - Europe
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Warburg Institute, 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE: Authorities; CHAPTER TWO: Demons; PART TWO; CHAPTER THREE: Nature; CHAPTER FOUR: Imposture; PART THREE; CHAPTER FIVE: Enlightenment?; CHAPTER SIX: Solutions; CONCLUSION: Les lauriers sont coupés; Bibliography; Index
N2  - The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern European thought. Anthony Ossa-Richardson shows how the study of the oracles influenced, and was influenced by, some of the most significant developments in early modernity, such as the Christian humanist recovery of ancient religion, confessional polemics, Deist and libertine challenges to religion, antiquarianism and early archaeology, Romantic historiography, and spiritualism. Ossa-Richardson examines the different views of the oracles since
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