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The Bible and the Enlightenment : a case study, Dr. Alexander Geddes (1737-1802) : the proceedings of the Bicentenary Geddes Conference held at the University of Aberdeen, 1-4 April 2002 / edited by William Johnstone.
Author
Bicentenary Geddes Conference (2002 : Abeerdeen, Scotland)
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London ; New York : T&T Clark International, c2004.
Description
1 online resource (249 p.)
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Subject(s)
Enlightenment
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Congresses
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Bible O.T.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
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18th century
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Congresses
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Geddes, Alexander 1737-1802
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Congresses
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Related name
Johnstone, William, 1936-
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Bicentenary Geddes Conference (2002 : Abeerdeen, Scotland)
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Series
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 377.
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Summary note
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held to mark the bicentenary of the death of Alexander Geddes (1737-1802). Geddes, a product of the Scottish and French Enlightenment, was a Roman Catholic priest; a pioneering biblical critic; a poet, some of whose works have been attributed to Robert Burns; and a political radical who studied in Paris before the French Revolution, which provided the background to the chief phase of his activity, ca. 1780-1800. This work is of interest to historians and to students of the Bible and English literature. The international panel of contributors
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: The Bible and the Enlightenment; Alexander Geddes: The Scottish Context; Alexander Geddes and his Unpublished Papers; Scattered Remains: The Literary Career of Alexander Geddes; Geddes in France; What do we Mean when we Talk about '(Late) Enlightenment Biblical Criticism'?; The Biblical Work of Alexander Geddes against the Background of Contemporary Catholic Biblical Scholarship in Continental Europe; Was Geddes a 'Fragmentist'? In Search of the 'Geddes-Vater Hypothesis'
Alexander Geddes between Old and New: Story and History in the Book of NumbersAlexander Geddes on the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible; Cumulative Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
ISBN
9786611802349
9781281802347
1281802344
9780826440693
082644069X
OCLC
276306946
893334304
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The Bible and the Enlightenment : a case study, Dr. Alexander Geddes (1737-1802) : the proceedings of the Bicentenary Geddes Conference held at the University of Aberdeen, 1-4 April 2002 / edited by William Johnstone.
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The Bible and the Enlightenment : a case study, Dr. Alexander Geddes (1737-1802) : the proceedings of the Bicentenary Geddes Conference held at the University of Aberdeen, 1-4 April 2002 / edited by William Johnstone.
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9941235473506421