The Restoration of the Jews: Early Modern Hermeneutics, Eschatology, and National Identity in the Works of Thomas Brightman

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Crome, Andrew (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 213
• Θέματα: History.; Religion.; Religion and culture.; History, general.; Sociology of Culture.; Religious Studies, general.

This book offers the first detailed examination of the life and works of biblical commentator Thomas Brightman (1562-1607), analysing his influential eschatological commentaries and their impact on both conservative and radical writers in early modern England. It examines in detail the hermeneutic s...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Literal Sense, Apocalypse and the Jews in History
• Chapter 2: Historicising Allegory: Thomas Brightman and the Historicising Commentary
• Chapter 3: Consistent Literalism and the Restoration of the Jews
• Chapter 4: Tracing Brightman’s Influence: Judeo-Centrism 1610-40
• Chapter 5: Tracing Brightman’s Influence: Judeo-Centrism 1640-60
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Comparison of editions of Brightman’s commentaries.