Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity - Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'Biblia Americana' (Hardcover)

Jan Stievermann's pioneering study of Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana examines this Puritan scholar's engagement with the Hebrew Bible as Old Testament. The author focuses specifically on Mather's struggle to uphold or modify traditional typological and allegorical readings in the face of a growing awareness of the historicity of Scriptures. Other key issues include Mather's interventions in the contemporary debates over the legitimacy of Christian interpretations of the prophets, as well as over the authorship, provenance, genre, and spiritual import of texts such as Ecclesiastes and Canticles. Stievermann's book yields fascinating insights into an underappreciated phase of exegesis that was at once traditionalist and innovative, apologetically oriented, pious, and open to new modes of historical-textual criticism. Moreover, it shows how Mather's biblical exegesis fits into the broader development of Puritan theology and identity.

General

Imprint:	J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Beitrage zur historischen Theologie, 179
Release date:	March 2016
Authors:	Jan Stievermann
Dimensions:	165 x 241 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	506
ISBN-13:	978-3-16-154270-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology Promotions
LSN:	3-16-154270-3
Barcode:	9783161542701

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