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Politicizing the Bible : the roots of historical criticism and the secularization of Scripture, 1300-1700 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hahn, Scott (Author), Wiker, Benjamin, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crossroad Publishing Company, 2013.
Subjects:
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Bible > Hermeneutics.
Bible and politics.
Bible.
Hermeneutics.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Getting to the roots of the historical-critical method
  • The first cracks of secularism: Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham
  • John Wycliffe
  • Machiavelli
  • Luther and the Reformation
  • England and Henry VIII
  • Descartes and the secular cosmos
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • Spinoza and the beginning of the radical enlightenment
  • The ambiguous Richard Simon
  • The English civil wars, moderate radicals, and John Locke
  • Revolution, radicals, republicans, and John Toland
  • Conclusion.