For the mind's eye only: puritans, images and ‘the golden mines of Scripture’

Seventeenth-century puritans had the habit of speaking visually, talking pictures. Sermons and tracts from the English-speaking Reformed tradition made lavish use of vivid verbal images drawn from the Bible. Yet zealous Protestants wanted to strip images out of churches and books – and, some would s...

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Main Author: Moore, Susan Hardman (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-296
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