The Gospel according to Renan : reading, writing, and religion in nineteenth-century France /
Ernest Renan's 'Life of Jesus' aroused enormous controversy when it was first published due to its claim to be a historically accurate biography of Jesus. This book demonstrates how Renan's work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in 19th-century French cultural life and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Ernest Renan's 'Life of Jesus' aroused enormous controversy when it was first published due to its claim to be a historically accurate biography of Jesus. This book demonstrates how Renan's work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in 19th-century French cultural life and reconstructs the ways that ordinary French men and women engaged with one of the great religious debates of their age. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 265 pages : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191044465 0191044466 9780191795534 0191795534 |