1st Edition
Isaac Newton and the Study of Chronology Prophecy, History, and Method
By Cornelis Schilt
Copyright 2021
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is best known for his natural philosophical and mathematical works. Yet he devoted ample time to the study of ancient chronology, resulting in the posthumously published The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (1728). Here, Newton attempted to show how the antiquity of Greece, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and other Mediterranean nations could be reinterpreted to fit the... Read more
Illustrations, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Conventions, Introduction, 1 Past, Present, Future, 1 Chronology as an Early Modern Discipline, 2 The Four Monarchies, 3 Isaac Newton … Chronologist? 2 Reading Classics, 1 Reading for the 'Origines', 2 Notes and Records, 3 An Independent Scholar, 3 Chaos and Order, 1 The Origins of the 'Origines', 2 'Originals', 3 Ordering Words and Worlds, 4 Lost in Space and Time, 4 Sacred Chronology, 1 Methodising the Apocalypse, 2 Rooted in Scripture, 3 Critical Readings, Some Concluding Remarks, Appendices, Appendix A: The Evolution of the 'Origines', Appendix B: From 'Origines' to Proto-Chronology, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Cornelis J. (Kees-Jan) Schilt is a historian of early modern knowledge making based at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and an editor with the Oxford-based Newton Project. He was educated at Utrecht, Sussex, and Oxford University, and specializes in the life and writings of Isaac Newton.
