God's last words: reading the English Bible from the Reformation to fundamentalism

Preface: The Biblical reader and the shifting horizon of expectations -- The prehistoric English Bible -- In pursuit of a useful Bible : scriptural politics and the English Civil War -- Cracking the foundations : Biblical criticism and the Newtonian synthesis -- Streamlined Scriptures : the demystif...

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Main Author: Katz, David S. (Author)
Contributors: Kaṣ, Dāwid Ben-Šāʾûl 1953- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] Yale University Press 2004
In:Year: 2004
Reviews:God's last words. Reading the English Bible from the Reformation to fundamentalism. By David S. Katz. Pp. xvi+397. New Haven–London: Yale University Press, 2004. £25. 0 300 10115 5 (2005) (Gribben, Crawford)
[Rezension von: Katz, David S., God's Last Words: Reading the English Bible from the Reformation to Fundamentalism] (2005) (Gutjahr, Paul)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Reading material / Bible / History 1600-2000
B Bible / England
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Bible English Versions
B Bible English Versions History
B Bible Reading (England) History
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History
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Summary:Preface: The Biblical reader and the shifting horizon of expectations -- The prehistoric English Bible -- In pursuit of a useful Bible : scriptural politics and the English Civil War -- Cracking the foundations : Biblical criticism and the Newtonian synthesis -- Streamlined Scriptures : the demystification of the Bible -- The occult Bible : aesthetization and the persistence of the supernatural -- Divine copyright and the apotheosis of the author in eighteenth-century England -- Ten little Israelites : counting out the Bible in Victorian England -- Unsuitable paternity : Darwin, anthropology, and the evolutionist Bible -- Conclusion: The end of a world and the beginning of fundamentalism
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. [375] - 378
ISBN:0300101155