{"product_id":"maps-of-paradise-alessandro-scafi-9780226082615","title":"Maps of Paradise","description":"Where is paradise? It always seems to be \u003ci\u003eelsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, inaccessible, outside of time. Either it existed yesterday or it will return tomorrow; it may be just around the corner, on a remote island, beyond the sea. Across a wide range of cultures, paradise is located in the distant past, in a longed-for future, in remote places or within each of us. In particular, people everywhere in the world share some kind of nostalgia for an innocence experienced at the beginning of history. For two millennia, learned Christians have wondered where on earth the primal paradise could have been located. Where was the idyllic Garden of Eden that is described in the Bible? In the Far East? In equatorial Africa? In Mesopotamia? Under the sea? Where were Adam and Eve created in their unspoiled perfection? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e charts the diverse ways in which scholars and mapmakers from the eighth to the twenty-first century rose to the challenge of identifying the location of paradise on a map, despite the certain knowledge that it was beyond human reach. Over one hundred illustrations celebrate this history of a paradox: the mapping of the unmappable. It is also a mirror to the universal dream of perfection and happiness, and the yearning to discover heaven on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alessandro Scafi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022608261X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226082615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.98h x 8.55w x 0.89d","brand":"Alessandro Scafi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946334716159,"sku":"9780226082615","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_894e596b-192b-47f5-a47c-7db0bdba64ef.jpg?v=1681512576","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maps-of-paradise-alessandro-scafi-9780226082615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}