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The emancipation of biblical philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590-1670 /

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0191842176

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0192525980

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9780191842177

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9780192525987

Erroneous ISBN

0198803931

Erroneous ISBN

9780198803935

Title Proper

The emancipation of biblical philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590-1670 /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Dirk van Miert.

Edition Statement

First edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford, United Kingdom :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

Introduction : Biblical philology in the sixteenth century -- Joseph Scaliger : the power of philology (1590-1609) -- Biblical philology : nothing radical (1609-1619) -- Mobilizing biblical philology : the states' translation (1619-1637) -- The biblical philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640) -- Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645) -- Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650) -- Radical philology : Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660) -- On the eve of Spinoza : the rise of biblical philology (1650-1670) -- Conclusion : The emancipation of biblical philology (1590-1670).

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"The Emancipation of Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590-1670 argues that the application of tools, developed in the study of ancient Greek and Latin authors, to the Bible was aimed at stabilizing the biblical text but had the unintentional effect that the text grew more and more unstable. Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) capitalized on this tradition in his notorious Theological-political Treatise (1670). However, the foundations on which his radical biblical scholarship is built were laid by Reformed philologists who started from the hermeneutical assumption that philology was the servant of reformed dogma. On the basis of this principle, they pushed biblical scholarship to the centre of historical studies during the first half of the seventeenth century. Dirk van Miert shows how Jacob Arminius, Franciscus Gomarus, the translators and revisers of the States' Translation, Daniel Heinsius, Hugo Grotius, Claude Saumaise, Isaac de La Peyrère, and Isaac Vossius all drew on techniques developed by classical scholars of Renaissance humanism, notably Joseph Scaliger, who devoted themselves to the study of manuscripts, (oriental) languages, and ancient history. Van Miert assesses and compares the accomplishments of these scholars in textual criticism, the analysis of languages, and the reconstruction of political and cultural historical contexts, highlighting that their methods were closely linked."--

International Standard Book Number

9780198803935

Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- History-- 17th century.

Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- Netherlands-- History-- 16th century.

Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- Netherlands-- History-- 17th century.

Bible.

BIBLES-- General.

Intellectual life.

RELIGION-- Biblical Reference-- General.

RELIGION-- Biblical Reference-- Handbooks.

Netherlands, Intellectual life, History, 17th century.

Netherlands.

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REL-- 006160

REL-- 006680

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Miert, Dirk van

Date of Transaction

20200822092545.0

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