Book contents
- The Limits of Erudition
- Ideas in Context
- The Limits of Erudition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Biblical Criticism in Catholic Europe, c. 1590–1630
- Chapter 2 After Tiberias
- Chapter 3 Biblical Criticism and Mutual Censorship in the Confessional Republic of Letters
- Chapter 4 From Manuscript to Print
- Chapter 5 A Protestant Polyglot Bible
- Chapter 6 The Ends of Biblical Scholarship, c. 1657–1670
- Chapter 7 Richard Simon and the Limits of Erudition
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2024
Book contents
- The Limits of Erudition
- Ideas in Context
- The Limits of Erudition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Biblical Criticism in Catholic Europe, c. 1590–1630
- Chapter 2 After Tiberias
- Chapter 3 Biblical Criticism and Mutual Censorship in the Confessional Republic of Letters
- Chapter 4 From Manuscript to Print
- Chapter 5 A Protestant Polyglot Bible
- Chapter 6 The Ends of Biblical Scholarship, c. 1657–1670
- Chapter 7 Richard Simon and the Limits of Erudition
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The book draws to a close by assessing how far, by the end of the seventeenth century, the ‘limits of erudition’ were on the verge of being transcended. This chapter focuses in particular on the ways in which Louis Cappel and Richard Simon attempted to alter how their contemporaries construed the relationship between Scripture, scholarship, and given confessional positions. The book concludes by presenting a new interpretation of the significance of Simon’s work.
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- The Limits of EruditionThe Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe, pp. 291 - 302Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024