Euan Cameron - The New Cambridge History of the Bible, Volume 3 : From 1450 to 1750

The New Cambridge History of The Bible

Volume 3: From 1450 to 1750

This volume charts the Bibles progress from the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. During this period, for the first time since Antiquity, the Latin Church focused on recovering and re-establishing the text of Scripture in its original languages. It considered the theological challenges of treating Scripture as another ancient text edited with the tools of philology. This crucial period also saw the creation of many definitive translations of the Bible into modern European vernaculars. Although previous translations exist, these early modern translators, often under the influence of the Protestant Reformation, distinguished themselves in their efforts to communicate the nuances of the original texts and to address contemporary doctrinal controversies. In the Renaissances rich explosion of ideas, Scripture played a ubiquitous role, influencing culture through its presence in philosophy, literature and the arts. This history examines the Bibles impact in Europe and its increasing prominence around the globe.

Euan Cameron is Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. His publications include Waldenses: Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe (2000); Interpreting Christian History: The Challenge of the Churches Past (2005); Enchanted Europe: Superstition, Reason, and Religion, 12501750 (2010); and The European Reformation, Second Edition (2012).

The New Cambridge History of the Bible series comprises four volumes which take into account the considerable advances in scholarship made in almost all biblical disciplines during the previous forty years. The volumes respond to shifts in scholarly methods of study of the Old and New Testaments, look closely at specialised forms of interpretation, and address the new concerns of the twenty-first century. Attention is paid to biblical studies in Eastern Christian, Jewish and Islamic contexts, rendering the series of interest to students of all Abrahamic faiths. The entire New Cambridge History of the Bible offers a comprehensive account of the development of the Bible from its beginnings to the present day, but each volume can also be read independently, providing a substantial contribution to the scholarship of the period it covers. The New History will provide an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers and students alike.

The New Cambridge History of

The Bible

Volume 3: From 1450 to 1750

Edited by

Euan Cameron

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The New Cambridge history of the Bible / edited by Richard Marsden

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1. Bible History. 2. Bible Use History. 3. Bible Criticism,

interpretation, etc. History.

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Contents

Euan Cameron

Alastair Hamilton

Jill Kraye

Richard Rex

Scott Mandelbrote

Eldon J. Epp

Alastair Hamilton

Andrew Pettegree

Bruce Gordon and Euan Cameron

Euan Cameron

A. A. den Hollander and Ole Peter Grell

Bruce Gordon

Bernard Chdozeau

David Norton

Graeme Murdock

Emidio Campi and Mariano Delgado

G. R. Evans

Deeana Copeland Klepper

Kenneth G. Appold

Bruce Gordon

Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer

Athanasios Despotis

Hughes Oliphant Old

Ian Green

Bryan Spinks

Nathan Rein

Susan C. Karant-Nunn

Peter Harrison

Henning graf Reventlow

Euan Cameron

Brian Cummings

David H. Price

Markus Rathey

Fernando Cervantes

Daniel Bruno and Nstor Mguez

Euan Cameron

Figures

Contributors

Kenneth G. Appold Princeton Theological Seminary

Daniel Bruno Instituto Universitario ISEDET, Buenos Aires

Euan Cameron Union Theological Seminary in New York City; Columbia University

Emidio Campi Universitt Zrich, Emeritus

Fernando Cervantes University of Bristol

M. Bernard Chdozeau

Brian Cummings University of York

Mariano Delgado Universit de Fribourg

Athanasios Despotis Universitt Bonn

Eldon J. Epp Case Western Reserve University, Emeritus

G. R. Evans University of Cambridge, Emeritus

Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer Middlebury College

Bruce Gordon Yale Divinity School

Ian Green University of Edinburgh

Ole Peter Grell The Open University

Alastair Hamilton University of London

Peter Harrison University of Queensland

A. A. den Hollander Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Susan C. Karant-Nunn University of Arizona

Deeana Copeland Klepper Boston University

Jill Kraye University of London

Scott Mandelbrote Peterhouse, Cambridge

Nstor Mguez Instituto Universitario ISEDET, Buenos Aires

Graeme Murdock Trinity College, Dublin

David Norton Victoria University of Wellington

Hughes Oliphant Old Erskine Theological Seminary, Emeritus

Andrew Pettegree University of St Andrews

David H. Price Vanderbilt University

Markus Rathey Yale Divinity School

Nathan Rein Ursinus College

Henning Graf Reventlow formerly of Ruhr-Universitt Bochum

Richard Rex Queens College Cambridge

Bryan Spinks Yale Divinity School

Preface

This volume in the New Cambridge History of the Bible has, like its companions in the series, been the work of many hands and of more years than any of us intended. Throughout it all I have appreciated and benefited from the help and support of Kate Brett and Laura Morris, successive religion and theology editors at Cambridge University Press. Their encouragement and occasional spurring-on has enabled me to believe that I could complete editing a project of this size while heavily committed in so many other areas.