Berruyer's Bible
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“Daniel Watkins has told a complex story with clarity and style. It is supported with extensive archival research, particularly in Jesuit records and correspondence. He argues convincingly that Berruyer’s version of the Bible became a major player in political and religious confrontations as public opinion was formed or gained influence. At every point where a reader might wish for cultural or other contexts, they are provided. Scholars are fortunate to now have access to a book-length study of Berruyer’s Histoire, and a very fine study it is.” XVIII. New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century
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How French Jesuits embraced the Enlightenment and divided the Catholic Church. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780228006299
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
- Priser
- Guittard Book Award for Historical Scholarship 2022
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“Daniel Watkins has told a complex story with clarity and style. It is supported with extensive archival research, particularly in Jesuit records and correspondence. He argues convincingly that Berruyer’s version of the Bible became a major player in political and religious confrontations as public opinion was formed or gained influence. At every point where a reader might wish for cultural or other contexts, they are provided. Scholars are fortunate to now have access to a book-length study of Berruyer’s Histoire, and a very fine study it is.” XVIII. New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century
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“Berruyer’s Bible is an exceptional contextual analysis and account of one of the great theological and literary scandals of eighteenth-century France. Berruyer’s drama is historically significant in itself, but the use of his book’s origin and fate to shed light on the religious, cultural, and political tensions of eighteenth-century France (and vice versa), and the continuation of that exploration into a nineteenth century too often detached from early modern phenomena, make this a work of genuine scholarly originality, power, and importance.” Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania
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