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Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'Biblia Americana'

By: Jan Stievermann

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Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'Biblia Americana'

By: Jan Stievermann

Jan Stievermann's pioneering study of Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana examines this Puritan scholar's engagement with the Hebrew Bible as Old Testament. The author focuses specifically on Mather's struggle to uphold or modify traditional typological and allegorical readings in the face of a growing awareness of the historicity of Scriptures. Other key issues include Mather's interventions in the contemporary debates over the legitimacy of Christian interpretations of the prophets, as well as over the authorship, provenance, genre, and spiritual import of texts such as Ecclesiastes and Canticles. Stievermann's book yields fascinating insights into an underappreciated phase of exegesis that was at once traditionalist and innovative, apologetically oriented, pious, and open to new modes of historical-textual criticism. Moreover, it shows how Mather's biblical exegesis fits into the broader development of Puritan theology and identity. --

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161542703

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Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'Biblia Americana'

By: Jan Stievermann

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Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'Biblia Americana'

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Edwards, Germany, and Transatlantic Contexts

By: Rhys Bezzant

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Edwards, Germany, and Transatlantic Contexts

By: Rhys Bezzant

Jonathan Edwards engaged in notable ways with the church in Germany through his writings on spirituality, theology and missiology, but this contribution has rarely been acknowledged in academic publications. In this book scholars who have an interest in both Edwards and the church in Europe offer contributions to a significant worldwide conversation on Edwards's texts and teachings. He found an ally in Martin Luther, sought out encouragement from German Pietists, and engaged with Western traditions of philosophy which proved useful in sharpening subsequent reflection on God's work in the world. Edwards was not just a remote colonial American pastor, but an active participant in the transatlantic republic of letters and contributed to the birth of the global missions movement, for which the church in Germany was itself a significant base.

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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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3647554618

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9783647554617

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Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Prophecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity

Edwards, Germany, and Transatlantic Contexts

Edwards, Germany, and Transatlantic Contexts

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