The political Bible in early modern England
"Looks at the political uses of the biblical kings and the Old Testament in the Renaissance ... the work explores the scriptural ambivalence to and suspicion of monarchy and constitutes a reception history of the biblical texts on kingship across the seventeenth century; the study also provides...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in early modern British history
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| Schlagworte: |
Bible
> Criticism, interpretation, etc
> Hermeneutics
> Politics in the Bible
> History
> Bible and politics
> Kings and rulers
> Religious aspects
> Monarchy
> Renaissance
> England
> Church history
> Great Britain
> Politics and government
> Bibel
> König
> Herrscher
> Rezeption
> Politik
> Geschichte 1600-1700
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Looks at the political uses of the biblical kings and the Old Testament in the Renaissance ... the work explores the scriptural ambivalence to and suspicion of monarchy and constitutes a reception history of the biblical texts on kingship across the seventeenth century; the study also provides an account of the biblical idiom of politics in the era"--From author's University of York web page |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-302) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 310 Seiten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781107107977 978-1-107-10797-7 |