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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark International, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 220.09033
• Soggetto topico: Enlightenment
• Altri autori: JohnstoneWilliam <1936->
• 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Introduction: The Bible and the Enlightenment; Alexander Geddes: The Scottish Context; Alexander Geddes and his Unpublished Papers; Scattered Remains: The Literary Career of Alexander Geddes; Geddes in France; What do we Mean when we Talk about '(Late) Enlightenment Biblical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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Bible and the Enlightenment
• ISBN: 1-281-80234-4; 9786611802349; 0-8264-4069-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782242503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 377.