The sovereign and the prophets: Spinoza on Grotian and Hobbesian biblical argumentation
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on References and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 'God Sets Out Things by Mediation of Other Men': The Question of Mediation in the Remonstrant Controversy -- 1 Introduction: Immediate Proximity to God as a K...
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on References and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 'God Sets Out Things by Mediation of Other Men': The Question of Mediation in the Remonstrant Controversy -- 1 Introduction: Immediate Proximity to God as a Key Criterion -- 2 Antonius Walaeus: Pastors as Onder-Rechters and Their Judgment -- 3 A Critical Evaluation of Walaeus's Idea of 'Judgment' by G. J. Vossius -- 4 An Elaboration of 'Judgment' by Hugo Grotius -- Chapter 2 Hobbes's Twist on Mediation: The Sovereign Prophet -- 1 Introduction: Hobbes's Biblical Interpretation and the Dutch -- 2 Part III of Leviathan: Its Purpose -- 3 Hobbesian Sacred History -- 4 The Epistemological Critique of Revelation -- 5 The Sovereign: Supreme Pastor and Sovereign Prophet -- Chapter 3 The Bible as Shared Political Paradigm -- 1 Introduction: Into the 'Web' of Interpretations -- 2 Tremellius, Junius, and Walaeus: The Distinction between Priests and Judges -- 3 Grotius: The Great Sanhedrin -- 4 Hobbes: High Priest as Sovereign -- 5 Van Velthuysen and Du Bois: A Cartesian Twist -- 6 The Brothers De la Court: The Great (Republican) Sanhedrin -- 7 Van Berckel: Repulicizing Leviathan -- 8 Spinoza: A Secret Poison -- 9 The Tractatus theologico-politicus and Leviathan -- Chapter 4 Spinoza on Jus circa sacra -- 1 Introduction: Echoes of Contemporary Controversies -- 2 The 'Framework of Mediation' Meets Social Contract Theory -- 3 Two Radicals: Hobbes and Spinoza -- 4 Charms and Traps of the Criterion of God's Direct Speech -- Chapter 5 Spinoza on Libertas philosophandi -- 1 Introduction: The Nexus between Libertas philosophandi and Jus circa sacra -- 2 Prophets and Libertas philosophandi -- 3 Prophets and Jus circa sacra -- Chapter 6 Spinoza and Hobbes on the Authority of the Bible -- 1 Introduction: Helpful and Unhelpful Leviathan. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (441 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-35192-9 |
