History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth and Tradition

Explores the conviction that paradise existed in a precise although unreachable earthly location. Delving into the writings of dozens of medieval and Renaissance thinkers, from Augustine to Dante, this title presents a study of the meaning of Original Sin and the human yearning for paradise.

• Author
• Jean Delumeau, Matthew J. O'Connell

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 288

• Publisher
• University of Illinois Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780252068805

• Genres
• history, religion

• Release date
• 2000