The Books of Nature and Scripture
Subtitle: Recent Essays on Natural Philosophy, Theology and Biblical Criticism in the Netherlands of Spinoza's Time and the British ... internationales d'histoire des idées)
Contributors: J.E. Force (Editor); R.H. Popkin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780792324676
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Spinoza, Benedictus de,; Politics/International Relations; Great Britain; Study and teaching; Religion - Biblical Studies; Religion And Science; Political Science; Religion; Newton, Isaac,; History; Biblical Studies - General; History & Theory - General; Reference; Newton, Isaac; Political Science-History & Theory - General; Religion / Bible / General; 1642-1727; Sir,; 1632-1677; 17th century; Bible
First sentence: Spinoza is usually considered one of the creators of modern biblical scholarship and biblical criticism because of the views about the Bible that he expressed in the Tractatus Theologico-politicus (hereafter abbreviated TTP) and in some of his letters.