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Athanasius Kircher, S J was one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. This book presents an interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages.

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"Extraordinary: Kircher, the figure of fun, emerges from Stolzenberg's impressive analysis as a serious scholar." (Anthony Grafton, London Review of Books) "Thoroughly researched and informative." (Times Literary Supplement)

Egyptian Oedipus

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    A Paperback / softback by Daniel Stolzenberg

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 May 2015
      ISBN-13 9780226273273
      978-0226273273
      ISBN-10 022627327X
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      Book Synopsis
      Athanasius Kircher, S J was one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. This book presents an interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages.

      Trade Review
      "Extraordinary: Kircher, the figure of fun, emerges from Stolzenberg's impressive analysis as a serious scholar." (Anthony Grafton, London Review of Books) "Thoroughly researched and informative." (Times Literary Supplement)

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