Emancipation of Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590-1670

A study of the school of biblical scholarship established by Joseph Scaliger in the Dutch Republic in the period 1590-1670.

List of contents

• Introduction: Biblical Philology in the Sixteenth Century


• 1: Joseph Scaliger: The Power of Philology (1590-1609)


• 2: Biblical Philology: Nothing Radical (1609-1619)


• 3: Mobilizing Biblical Philology: The States' Translation (1619-1637)


• 4: The Biblical Philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640)


• 5: Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645)


• 6: Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650)


• 7: Radical Philology: Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660)


• 8: On the Eve of Spinoza: The Rise of Biblical Philology (1650-1670)


• Conclusion: The Emancipation of Biblical Philology (1590-1670)


• Bibliography

About the author

Dirk van Miert is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Cultural History at Utrecht University and specializes in the history of knowledge, with particular focus on the Republic of Letters. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam in 2004 and held long-term postdoctoral fellowships at the Warburg Institute, University of London; the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science; and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Utrecht University.

Summary

A study of the school of biblical scholarship established by Joseph Scaliger in the Dutch Republic in the period 1590-1670.

Additional text

This wonderful study was written in the context of the research project Biblical Criticism in the Seventeenth Century, led by Henk Nellen and Piet Steenbakkers.

Product details

• Authors: Dirk Van Miert, Dirk van Miert, Dirk (Assistant Professor of Early Mode Van Miert, Dirk (Assistant Professor of Early Modern Cultural History van Miert
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780198803935
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880393-5
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, Christianity, Sociolinguistics, Netherlands, Language: history & general works, Social and cultural history, C 1600 To C 1700, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Language: history and general works, Biblical Studies & Exegesis