Limits of Erudition - The Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe

"This panoramic account of post-Reformation biblical scholarship presents a major new history of how the Old Testament was considered and contested across Europe. Drawing upon a mass of archival research, Timothy Twining vividly recreates the practice of early modern scholarship and reestablishes the importance of Catholic intellectual culture"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Biblical criticism in Catholic Europe, c. 1590–1630: a tale of Three Polyglot Bibles; 2. After Tiberias: Louis Cappel, Jean Morin, and the Limits of Criticism; 3. Biblical criticism and mutual censorship in the confessional republic of letters; 4. From manuscript to print: the European controversy concerning the critica sacra; 5. A Protestant Polyglot Bible: Brian Walton and the confessional politics of Scripture; 6. The ends of Biblical scholarship, c. 1657–1670; 7. Richard Simon and the limits of Erudition; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Timothy Twining is a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at KU Leuven. His research focuses on early modern religion, culture, and intellectual history. Twining has previously contributed articles to journals including the Journal of Ecclesiastical History and the Journal of the History of Ideas.

Summary

This panoramic account of post-Reformation biblical scholarship presents a major new history of how the Old Testament was considered and contested across Europe. Drawing upon a mass of archival research, Timothy Twining vividly recreates the practice of early modern scholarship and reestablishes the importance of Catholic intellectual culture.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Twining, Timothy (Ku Leuven) Twining
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781009460958
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946095-8
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, Europe, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Theology, Religion & politics, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Religion and Politics, C 1600 To C 1700, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, European history: Reformation