The Human Spirit

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I Ancient Realities

1. Genesis

2. Paul

Part II Medieval Thoughts

3. Augustine

4. Aquinas

Part III Early Modern Discoveries

5. Calvin

6. Science

Notes

Index

“A rich, synthetic, and nuanced investigation. This is a highly original piece of work that draws on an astounding array of primary sources as well as the author’s incredible knowledge of rhetoric and philology, archaeology, ornithology, the science of avian flight, ancient crafts of tent-making, Greek earthenware, and metallurgy. This is an erudite tour de force that requires but will also reward patient reading.”

—Barbara Pitkin, author of What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin’s Doctrine of Faith in Its Exegetical Context