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Book SynopsisThis book provides a new account of a distinctive, important, but forgotten moment in early modern religious and intellectual history. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Christian scholars were investing heavily in techniques for studying the Bible that would now be recognised as the foundations of modern biblical criticism. According to previous studies, this process of transformation was caused by academic elites whose work, whether religious or secular in its motivations, paved the way for the Bible to be seen as a human document rather than a divine message.At the time, however, such methods were not simply an academic concern, and they pointed in many directions other than that of secular modernity. Biblical Scholarship in an Age of Controversy establishes previously unknown religious and cultural contexts for the practice of biblical criticism in the early modern period, and reveals the diversity of its effects. The central figure in this story is the itineran
Trade ReviewThis is a remarkably erudite study which engages Greek, Hebrew, Latin, English, Dutch, French, and German primary and secondary sources, whilst nevertheless succeeding in remaining highly accessible. It is essential reading to students of early modern biblical studies, but will also prove to be of interest to modern biblical interpreters and pastors. * Matthew N. Payne, Global Anglican *
This monograph is both the first substantial study of Hugh Broughton, a major English biblical scholar and controversialist at the turn of the seventeenth century, and a distinctive contribution to the history of early modern erudition. * Rezensiert für, H Soz Kult von *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hugh Broughton, Now and Then PART I. CHRONOLOGY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 1: From Chronology to Theology 2: From Chronology to Translation 3: From Chronology to Genealogy PART II. CONTROVERSY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 4: Jewish Conversion in Europe and Constantinople 5: Theological Controversy in England and Geneva 6: Unrealized Ambitions: The New Testament Conclusion Bibliography
