Spinoza and the rise of historical criticism of the Bible
Travis L. Frampton
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Title and Author
Spinoza and the rise of historical criticism of the Bible / Travis L. FramptonPublication Details
نیویورک : T&T Clark، 2006مPhysical Description
x, 262 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Spinoza, Benedictus de,1632-1677Spinoza, Benedictus de,1632-1677.Tractatus theologico-politicus
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 732-552( and index.
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 Payrere, Fisher, and Spinoza -- Conclusion