Catalog

Catalog
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library. Rare Book Room
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Total Pages: 824
Release: 1972
Genre: Rare books
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Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England

Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England
Author: Ariel Hessayon
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780754638933

This volume of essays is the first to embrace both orthodox and heterodox treatments of scripture in early modern England, and in the process to question, challenge and redefine what historians mean when they use these terms. The collection dispels the myth that a critical engagement with sacred texts was the preserve of radical figures: anti-scripturists, Quakers, Deists and freethinkers. While the work of these people was significant, it formed only part of a far broader debate incorporating figures from across the theological spectrum engaging in a shared discourse.