Jonathan Edwards and the Bible / Robert E. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Robert E., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--United States--History--18th century.

Bible.

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758--Contributions in biblical interpretation.

Edwards, Jonathan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study proposes that Jonathan Edwards's biblical interpretation is the key to understanding his broader engagement with critical thought, and it provides a unifying thread within his theological work. The vast but little-known biblical writings of Edwards (1703-1758) show him to have been thoroughly engaged with critical historical methods of interpretation. Critical thought was the rage of British society in the middle of the 17th century, particularly in relation to church-state issues. It had been considered a late-19th-century phenomenon in American religious history, but Robert E.

Contents:

Bibliophile

Knowing and the historical mode

Sacred history and the common sense

Plain obvious sensible facts

Sacred history and the "history" of religions

Theology in the historical mode

Denouement.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-06289-1

9786612062896

0-253-10912-4

OCLC:

614655407