Biblical Scholarship in an Age of Controversy
Author | : Kirsten Macfarlane |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780192898821 |
ISBN-13 | : 0192898825 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Download or read book Biblical Scholarship in an Age of Controversy written by Kirsten Macfarlane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role of the English theological scholar Hugh Broughton (1549-1612) in the development of biblical criticism in the early modern period, and illustrates the contribution that laypeople and 'average believers' made to religious and cultural change, shifting critical attention away from the clerical and academic elites.