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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782242503321

Titolo

The Bible and the Enlightenment [[electronic resource] ] : a case study, Dr. Alexander Geddes (1737-1802) : the proceedings of the Bicentenary Geddes Conference held at the University of Aberdeen, 1-4 April 2002 / / edited by William Johnstone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-281-80234-4

9786611802349

0-8264-4069-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 377

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnstoneWilliam <1936->

Disciplina

220.09033

Soggetti

Enlightenment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: The Bible and the Enlightenment; Alexander Geddes: The Scottish Context; Alexander Geddes and his Unpublished Papers; Scattered Remains: The Literary Career of Alexander Geddes; Geddes in France; What do we Mean when we Talk about '(Late) Enlightenment Biblical Criticism'?; The Biblical Work of Alexander Geddes against the Background of Contemporary Catholic Biblical Scholarship in Continental Europe; Was Geddes a 'Fragmentist'? In Search of the 'Geddes-Vater Hypothesis'

Alexander Geddes between Old and New: Story and History in the Book of NumbersAlexander Geddes on the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible; Cumulative Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held to mark the bicentenary of the death of Alexander Geddes (1737-1802). Geddes, a product of the Scottish and French Enlightenment, was a Roman Catholic priest; a pioneering biblical critic; a poet, some of whose works have been attributed to Robert Burns; and a political radical who studied in Paris before the French Revolution, which provided the background to the chief phase of his activity, ca. 1780-1800. This work is of interest to historians and to students of the Bible and English



literature. The international panel of contributors