Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic religions : up to 1700 / edited by Jitse M. van der Meer, Scott Mandelbrote.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meer, Jitse M. van der.

Mandelbrote, Scott.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; d. 36.

Brill's series in church history ; d. 37.

Brill's series in church history, 1572-4107 ; v. 36-37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible and science--History--Congresses.

Bible and science.

Religion and science--History--Congresses.

Religion and science.

Nature--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Nature.

Bible and evolution--History--Congresses.

Bible and evolution.

Nature in the Bible--Congresses.

Nature in the Bible.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Congresses.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (800 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The four companion volumes of Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions contribute to a contextual evaluation of the mutual influences between scriptural exegesis and hermeneutics on the one hand and practices or techniques of interpretation in natural philosophy and the natural sciences on the other. We seek to raise the low profile this theme has had both in the history of science and in the history of biblical interpretation. Furthermore, questions about the interpretation of scripture continue to be provoked by current theological reflection on scientific theories. We also seek to provide a historical context for renewed reflection on the role of the hermeneutics of scripture in the development of theological doctrines that interact with the natural sciences. Contributors are Peter Barker, Paul M. Blowers, James J. Bono, Pamela Bright, William E. Carroll, Kathleen M. Crowther, Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Carlos Fraenkel, Miguel A. Granada, Peter Harrison, Kenneth J. Howell, Eric Jorink, Kerry V. Magruder, Scott Mandelbrote, Charlotte Methuen, Robert Morrison, Richard J. Oosterhoff, Volker R. Remmert, T. M. Rudavsky, Stephen D. Snobelen, Jitse M. van der Meer, and Rienk H. Vermij.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / S.H. Mandelbrote and J.M. Van Der Meer

Chapter One. Introduction / Jitse M. Van Der Meer and Scott Mandelbrote

Chapter Two. On The Concept And History Of Philosophical Religions / Carlos Fraenkel

Chapter Three. Nature And Scripture: The Two Witnesses To The Creator / Pamela Bright

Chapter Four. Natural Knowledge And Textual Meaning In Augustine’S Interpretation Of Genesis: The Three Functions Of Natural Philosophy / Kenneth J. Howell

Chapter Five. Entering \'This Sublime And Blessed Amphitheatre\': Contemplation Of Nature And Interpretation Of The Bible In The Patristic Period / Paul M. Blowers

Chapter Six. Interpreting The Books Of Nature And Scripture In Medieval And Early Modern Thought: An Introductory Essay / Charlotte Methuen

Chapter Seven. Thomas Aquinas On Science, Sacra Doctrina, And Creation / William E. Carroll

Chapter Eight. Science And Theodicy In Qurʾan 2:6/7 / Robert G. Morrison

Chapter Nine. The Hermeneutics Of Nature And Scripture In Early Modern Science And Theology / Kenneth J. Howell

Chapter Ten. The Two Books And Adamic Knowledge: Reading The Book Of Nature And Early Modern Strategies For Repairing The Effects Of The Fall And Of Babel / James J. Bono

Chapter Eleven. Hermeneutics And Natural Knowledge In The Reformers / Peter Harrison

Preliminary Material / S.H. Mandelbrote and J.M. Van Der Meer

Chapter Twelve. God, Scripture, And The Rise Of Modern Science (1200–1700): Notes In The Margin Of Harrison’S Hypothesis / Jitse M. Van Der Meer and Richard J. Oosterhoff

Chapter Thirteen. Sacred Philosophy, Secular Theology: The Mosaic Physics Of Levinus Lemnius (1505–1568) And Francisco Valles (1524–1592) / Kathleen M. Crowther

Chapter Fourteen. \'Horrible And Blasphemous\': Isaac La Peyrère, Isaac Vossius, And The Emergence Of Radical Biblical Criticism In The Dutch Republic / Eric Jorink

Chapter Fifteen. Thomas Burnet, Biblical Idiom, And Seventeenth-Century Theories Of The Earth / Kerry V. Magruder

Chapter Sixteen. \'Not In The Language Of Astronomers\': Isaac Newton, The Scriptures, And The Hermeneutics Of Accommodation / Stephen D. Snobelen

Chapter Seventeen. Creation, Time, And Biblical Hermeneutics In Early Modern Jewish Philosophy / T.M. Rudavsky

Chapter Eighteen. Tycho Brahe, Caspar Peucer, And Christoph Rothmann On Cosmology And The Bible / Miguel A. Granada

Chapter Nineteen. Kepler And Melanchthon On The Biblical Arguments Against Copernicanism / Peter Barker

Chapter Twenty. The Debate On The Motion Of Earth In The Dutch Republic In The 1650s / Rienk H. Vermij

Chapter Twenty-One. The Biblical Argument Against Copernicanism And The Limitation Of Biblical Authority: Ingoli, Foscarini, Galileo, Campanella / Maurice A. Finocchiaro

Chapter Twenty-Two. \'Our Mathematicians Have Learned And Verified This\': Jesuits, Biblical Exegesis, And The Mathematicals / S.H. Mandelbrote and J.M. Van Der Meer

Chapter Twenty-Three. \'In The Language Of Men\': The Hermeneutics Of Accommodation In The Scientific Revolution / Stephen D. Snobelen

Index / S.H. Mandelbrote and J.M. Van Der Meer.

Notes:

Each volume paged continuously and issued in two parts.

Publication is in part the result of a conference with the title Interpreting Nature and Scripture: History of a Dialogue held at Redeemer University College in 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-60263-2

9786612602634

90-474-2523-5

OCLC:

614057245

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004171916.i-782 DOI