Christ Came Forth from India: Georgian Astrological Texts of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries

By Timothy Paul Grove

In Christ Came Forth From India, Timothy Paul Grove offers a survey and contextualiztion of early modern Georgian writings on astrology, astronomy, and cosmology.
These texts include the widely distributed translations of the Almanacco Perpetuo of Ottavio Beltrano (1653), a text brought to the Caucasus by Roman Catholic missionaries, several texts attributed to King Vakht'ang VI of Kartli (1675-1737), and two 19th century manuscripts which incorporate much older material. The numerous Georgian texts are described and examined in terms of their chronology and interrelated content, their literary relationship to texts from outside the Caucasus, and their context within the astrological literature of Europe, the Near East, and the Far East.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3506705164
• ISBN13: 9783506705167
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Brill Schoningh
• Length: 463 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"