Title
Introduction, Chapter One, and Nine in Jacob Böhme and His World
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Jacob Böhme (1575–1624) is famous as a shoemaker and spiritual author. His works and thought are frequently studied as a product of his mystical illumination.
Jacob Böhme and His World adopts a different perspective. It seeks to demystify Böhme by focusing on aspects of his immediate cultural and social context and the intellectual currents of his time, including Böhme’s writing as literature, the social conditions in Görlitz, Böhme’s correspondence networks, a contemporary “crisis of piety,” Paracelsian and kabbalistic currents, astrology, astronomy and alchemy, and his relationship to other dissenting authors. Relevant facets of reception include Böhme’s philosophical standing, his contributions to pre-Pietism, and early English translations of his works.
Recommended Citation
Weeks, Andrew, "Introduction, Chapter One, and Nine in Jacob Böhme and His World" (2018). Faculty Publications-Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. 93.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpllc/93
Comments
These book chapters were originally published as “Introduction: Jacob Böhme and His World,” “Jacob Böhme’s Writings in the Context of His World,” “Jacob Böhme, Johannes Staricius, and the Culture of Dissent,” in Jacob Böhme and His World, ed. Bo Andersson, Lucinda Martin, Leigh Penman, Andrew Weeks (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018).