The Enlightenment Bible (ebook)

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"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

"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

"[A] fascinating story. . . . [Sheehan's] inclusion of Jewish scholars and scholarship is especially welcomed. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice

Winner of the 2005 George L. Mosse Prize, American Historical Association
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"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

"This lively, elegant and erudite book sheds new light on intellectual relations between eighteenth-century Germany and England. The book will have much to offer historians of the early-modern period, as well as historians of science, literary critics, and theologians."--Anthony Grafton, Princeton University

"I can genuinely say that this is one of the most interesting books I have read in a long time. Elegantly written, it presents the issues in a clear, thorough, and scholarly fashion. It is sure to win high praise."--Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College

"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

"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] splendid and clever book. . . . [Sheehan's] work makes sense of the enlightenment Bible within historical and intellectual processes."--Scott Mandelbrote, English Historical Review0Preface: Forging the Cultural Bible ix
Abbreviations xvii
Chapter One: The Vernacular Bible: Reformation and Baroque 1

Part I: The Birth of the Enlightenment Bible Chapter Two: Scholarship, the New Testament, and the English Defense of the Bible 27
Chapter Three: Religion, the New Testament, and the German Reinvention of the Bible 54

Part II: The Forms of the Enlightenment Bible Chapter Four: Philology: The Bible from Text to Document 93
Chapter Five: Pedagogy: The Politics and Morals of the Enlightenment Bible 118
Chapter Six: Poetry: National Literature, History, and the Hebrew Bible 148
Chapter Seven: History: The Archival and Alien Old Testament 182

Part III: The Cultural Bible Chapter Eight: Culture, Religion, and the Bible in Germany, 1790-1830 223
Chapter Nine: "Regeneration from Germany": Culture and the Bible in England, 1780-1870 241
Afterword 259
Index 261