{"product_id":"the-death-of-scripture-and-the-rise-of-biblical-studies-9780199845880","title":"The Death of Scripture and the Rise of Biblical Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Death of Scripture and the Rise of Biblical Studies examines the creation of the academic Bible. Beginning with the fragmentation of biblical interpretation in the centuries after the Reformation, Michael Legaspi shows how the weakening of scriptural authority in the Western churches altered the role of biblical interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating study, arising out of a PhD dissertation, focuses ostensibly on obscure German critic Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791), but tells the wider story of the changes in academic perspectives on the Bible over the last few centuries very well. * Dr Lee Gatiss, Churchman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: From Scripture to Text ; Chapter Two: Bible and Theology at an Enlightenment University ; Chapter Three: The Study of Classical Antiquity at Gottingen ; Chapter Four: Michaelis and the Dead Hebrew Language ; Chapter Five: Lowth, Michaelis, and the Invention of Biblical Potry ; Chapter Six: Michaelis, Moses, and the Recovery of the Bible ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Index of Biblical References","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767086383447,"sku":"9780199845880","price":38.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-death-of-scripture-and-the-rise-of-biblical-studies-9780199845880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}