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The Bible and the Enlightenment: A Case Study: Alexander Geddes 1737-1802

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Bible and the Enlightenment: A Case Study: Alexander Geddes 1737-1802

Contributors:

By (Author) William Johnstone

ISBN:

9780826466549

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication Date:

1st January 2004

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Dewey:

220.09033

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

250

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Weight:

500g

Description

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 includes Tom Levine on the political social and religious background, A.G. Aulg, Bultmann, C. Coury, J.W. Rogerson, J.L. Ska and M. Vervenne on Geddes's biblical works, and Elinor Shaffer, G. Carruthers and L. McIlvanney on his literary works.

Reviews

'An important contribution to the history of biblical criticism.' Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05
"This volume of conference papers offers a well-structured and finely executed account of this somewhat mercurial figure, who, alongside his work as a biblical scholar, was an accomplished poet and historian, and the author of a satirical attack on the slave trade." -John Riches, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, October 2007 -- John Riches

Author Bio

William Johnstone is Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and former Head of the Department of Divinity with Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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