The emancipation of biblical philology in the Dutch republic, 1590-1670 / Dirk van Miert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miert, Dirk van, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540-1609.

Scaliger, Joseph Juste.

Philology.

Netherlands--Intellectual life--History--17th century.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This title argues that the application of tools, developed in the study of ancient Greek and Latin authors, to the Bible was aimed at stabilizing the biblical text but had the unintentional effect that the text grew more and more unstable. Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) capitalized on this tradition in his notorious Theological-political Treatise (1670).

Contents:

Introduction : Biblical philology in the sixteenth century

Joseph Scaliger : the power of philology (1590-1609)

Biblical philology : nothing radical (1609-1619)

Mobilizing biblical philology : the states' translation (1619-1637)

The biblical philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640)

Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645)

Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650)

Radical philology : Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660)

On the eve of Spinoza : the rise of biblical philology (1650-1670)

Conclusion : The emancipation of biblical philology (1590-1670).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-252599-9

0-19-184217-6

0-19-252598-0