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Spinoza and the rise of historical criticism of the Bible / Travis L. Frampton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Frampton, Travis L.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
Spinoza, Benedictus de.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--16th century.
Bible.
History.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--17th century.
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus.
Physical Description:
x, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : T&T Clark, [2006]
Summary:
Reassesses Benedict de Spinoza's relationship to higher criticism by drawing attention to the emergence of historical-critical investigations of the Bible during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This work argues that Spinoza's Tractatus was in part a response to Calvinism and to Protestant debates over biblical hermeneutics.
Contents:
Introduction: the religious impetus behind rational critiques of Scripture
Spinoza research in religious studies
Protestantism and the historical sense of Scripture
The Reformation and the questions of religious authority : a theological-political crisis
The Reformation and the quest for religious certainty : overcoming skepticism
The theological-political climate of the Netherlands
The late sixteenth century
The early seventeenth century
La vie de Monsieur Benoit de Spinosa : sketching a portrait of Spinoza
A sketching on canvas
Studying the sketch
La vie as a rhetorical defense : reconsidering genre
The Jewish-Portuguese merchant of Amsterdam : Baruch/Bento de Espinosa
Spinoza in other early sources : painting over La vie
From Purtugal to the United Provinces
Amsterdam (1632-56)
Benedictus de Spinoza among heterodox Christians
Religious heterodoxy in Amsterdam
Spinoza and the collegiants
Franciscus van den Enden and his coterie
Religious heterodoxy and Spinoza studies
Reevaluating the historical context for the rise of historical criticism
The importance of the seventeenth century in the history of biblical scholarship
The two books of God : nature and Scripture
Seventeenth-century heterodox Christian biblical criticism
Spinoza's method
La Payrère, Fisher, and Spinoza
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
ISBN:
0567025934
9780567025937
OCLC:
70158413

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