The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventheenth-Century England [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512806137

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The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventheenth-Century England [Reprint 2016 ed.]
 9781512806137

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
1. A Moment in the History of Scriptural Interpretation
2. The Argument from Internal Evidence: Herbert of Cherbury, Hobbes, Spinoza, Toland, and the Divines
3. Testimony and Other Arguments: Miracles and the Integration of Proofs
4. Scripture and Polity: Filmer, Locke, Butler, and Dryden
5. Canon and Text: The Anglican Model, the New Criticism of Richard Simon, and Dryden's Religio Laici
6. The Socinians and Locke
Conclusion
Appendix I. Stillingfleet Responds to Simon and Spinoza: Ms. 0.81, St. John's College, Cambridge
Appendix II. A Chronological List of Primary Works of Anglican Scriptural Interpretation in the Seventeenth Century
Abbreviations
Notes
Index

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