Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity: Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'biblia Americana' - Couverture rigide

Stievermann, Jan

 
9783161542701: Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity: Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'biblia Americana'
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3161542703 ISBN 13 : 9783161542701
Editeur : Mohr Siebeck, 2016

Synopsis

Jan Stievermann's pioneering study of Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana examines this Puritan scholar's struggle to reconcile traditional readings of the Old Testament with a growing awareness of the historicity of Scriptures. With fascinating insight into an underappreciated period of biblical interpretation, the author discusses Mather's efforts to intervene in contemporary debates over the legitimacy of Christian interpretations of the prophets, as well as over the authorship, provenance, genre, and spiritual import of the "Solomonic books." As the study shows, Mather engaged in forms of exegesis that were at once traditionalist and innovative, apologetically oriented, pious, and open to new modes of historical-textual criticism. Stievermann's work also reveals much about the development of Puritan theology and identity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Born 1975; 2005 PhD in American Studies from the University of Tübingen; since 2011 Professor for the History of Christianity in the USA at the University of Heidelberg.

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Éditeur
Mohr Siebeck
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3161542703
ISBN 13 
9783161542701
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
506
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Personne responsable
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