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Spinoza and the irrelevance of biblical authority / J. Samuel Preus.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: xvi, 228 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521800137 (hbk.)
  • 9780521800136 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 199.49 P943S
LOC classification:
  • B3985.Z7 P74 2001
Contents:
1. Spinoza versus the interpreters -- 2. Rationalism unleashed: Ludwig Meyer's new hermeneutic -- 3. Disengagement on the right -- 4. The liberal engagement: reason, usage, history -- 5. Starting over: Spinoza's naturalized Bible.
Review: "Spinoza's Theological Political Treatise (1670) is a landmark both in democratic political theory and in the history of biblical interpretation. Spinoza championed liberty of thought, speech and writing by discrediting the Bible as the standard for truth and a source of public law. Applying a new historical criticism, he showed that biblical teaching and law were irrelevant for a modern pluralist state and its intellectual life."--Jacket.
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 199.49 P943S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 061802

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-224) and index.

1. Spinoza versus the interpreters -- 2. Rationalism unleashed: Ludwig Meyer's new hermeneutic -- 3. Disengagement on the right -- 4. The liberal engagement: reason, usage, history -- 5. Starting over: Spinoza's naturalized Bible.

"Spinoza's Theological Political Treatise (1670) is a landmark both in democratic political theory and in the history of biblical interpretation. Spinoza championed liberty of thought, speech and writing by discrediting the Bible as the standard for truth and a source of public law. Applying a new historical criticism, he showed that biblical teaching and law were irrelevant for a modern pluralist state and its intellectual life."--Jacket.

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