The Enlightenment Bible: Translation, Scholarship, Culture
Winner of the 2005 George L. Mosse Prize, American Historical AssociationOne ofChoice'sOutstanding Academic Titles for 2005"Sheehan's narrative is engaging and replete with fascinating detail. . . . Sheehan's scholarship is praiseworthy, his erudition impressive, and his writing often elegant. This book represents a welcome contribution to modern European intellectual history and the history of biblical scholarship."--Thomas Albert Howard,American Historical Review"[A] splendid and clever book. . . . [Sheehan's] work makes sense of the enlightenment Bible within historical and intellectual processes."--Scott Mandelbrote,English Historical Review"This is a book that needed to be written, and it has been written very well. . . . [V]ery important, stimulating and accessible."--Anthony Page,Journal of British Studies"A model of comparative history. . . . This book is not only a work about the Enlightenment; it is also a work of enlightenment."--David Kling,Church History"[A] fascinating story. . . . [Sheehan's] inclusion of Jewish scholars and scholarship is especially welcomed. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"For those happy that the Bible should be a cultural artifact, and for those who seek to encounter the God of Abraham and Jesus through its pages, this is a valuable account of how modernity's characteristic construal of the Bible came about."--Walter Moberly,Reviews in Religion and Theology"Sheehan's scholarly accomplishment and historical contribution comes from the extensive new research he has done on the largely unrecorded history of Bible translation. . . . Sheehan has thus introduced a whole new set of books and characters to track down and lines of questioning to explore. For that gift alone, German historians should rejoice."--John R. Holloran,H-Net Reviews