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Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1660-1710 (Hardcover)
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Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1660-1710 (Hardcover)
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Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1660-1710
investigates the biblical criticism of Spinoza from the perspective
of the Dutch Reformed society in which the philosopher lived and
worked. It focuses on philological investigation of the Bible: its
words, language, and the historical context in which it originated.
Jetze Touber expertly charts contested issues of biblical philology
in mainstream Dutch Calvinism to determine if Spinoza's work on the
Bible had bearing on the Reformed understanding of the way society
should handle Scripture. Spinoza has received considerable
attention both in and outside academia. His unconventional
interpretation of the Old Testament passages has been examined
repeatedly during the past decades. So has that of fellow
'radicals' (rationalists, radicals, deists, libertines, and
enthusiasts), against the backdrop of a society that is assumed to
have been hostile, overwhelmed, static, and uniform. Touber
counteracts this perspective and considers how the Dutch Republic
used biblical philology and biblical criticism, including that of
Spinoza. In doing so, Touber takes into account the highly
neglected area of the Dutch Reformed ministry and theology of the
Dutch Golden Age. The study concludes that Spinoza-rather than
simply pushing biblical scholarship in the direction of
modernity-acted in an indirect way upon ongoing debates, shifting
trends in those debates, but not always in the same direction, and
not always equally profoundly at all times, on all levels.
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