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Available
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Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Description
In Map Is Not Territory, Jonathan Z. Smith engages previous interpretations of religious texts from late antiquity, critically evaluates the notion of sacred space and time as it is represented in the works of Mircea Eliade, and tackles important problems of methodology.
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Original publication date
1978
Physical description
xvi, 329 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
0226763579 / 9780226763576
Local notes
This book is VERY hard to describe, since it is so broad and revolutionary. Essential reading! -- DHF
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