Prophecy, piety, and the problem of historicity : interpreting the Hebrew scriptures in Cotton Mather's 'Biblia Americana' /
Das Buch bietet die erste übergreifende Untersuchung von Cotton Mathers bislang unveröffentlichter Biblia Americana (1693-1728), den frühesten im britischen Nordamerika verfassten Bibelkommentar. Im Zentrum steht Mathers Ringen um das traditionelle christliche Verständnis der hebräischen Bibel...
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Tübingen :
Mohr Siebeck,
[2016]
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| Loạt: | Beiträge zur historischen Theologie ;
179. |
| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2341353 |
Mục lục:
- Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1. Cotton Mather and the Character and Composition of the "Biblia Americana"; 1.1 Contemporary Models and Sources of the "Biblia Americana"; 2. Situating Mather's Biblical Criticism: Main Tendencies and Questions; 2.1 The Theological and Apologetical Orientation of the "Biblia Americana"; 2.2 Mather's Understanding of the Authority, Inspiration, and Veracity of the Bible; 3. Themes and Features of the "Biblia Americana"; 3.1 Translation and Textual Problems.
- 3.2 Evidentialism, Baconianism, and the Manifold Senses of Scripture3.3 Canonical and Prefigurative Exegesis in the "Biblia"; 3.4 The Millennialist Dimension of the "Biblia Americana"; 4. The Significance of the "Biblia" for Understanding Mather and American Puritanism; 4.1 Traditional Views of Mather and His Place in American History; 4.2 Re-thinking Mather and the Puritans in Light of the "Biblia"; 4.3 What is American about the "Biblia Americana"?; 4.4 Toward a New Mather; Part II ; 1. Issues of Authorship, Provenance, and Genre.
- 2. Mather's Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles3. Mather's Commentaries on Isaiah and Jeremiah ; Part III ; 1. The Quest for a Historical Realism of the Bible; 2. Biblical Realism and the Ambiguity of Cultural Explanations; 3. Biblical Realism, Natural Philosophy, and the Wonders of the Invisible World; Part IV ; 1. The Prefigurative Approach to the Hebrew Bible and the Problem of Historicity; 2. Typological Readings; 2.1 Revisiting the Americanization Thesis; 3. Allegorical Readings; 4. Mather's First Interpretation of Canticles; Part V.
- 1. The Debate over Old Testament Prophecy and Prophetic Evidence2. The Prophecies Concerning the History of the Church; 3. The Messianic Prophecies; 3.1 Mather's Later Readings of Isa. 7:14; 4. The Eschatological Prophecies; 4.1 Mather's Changing Views on the Eschatological Conversion of the Jews; 4.2 Mather's Vision of the Millennium; 5. Mather's Prophetic Readings of Canticles and Proverbs; Part VI ; 1. The Hermeneutics of Experimental Piety; 2. Mather's Experimental Hermeneutics in Practice; Summary and Conclusion ; Works Cited; Primary Works; Secondary Sources; General Index.