Allegory and religious pluralism: biblical interpretation in the Eighteenth Century

The Christian discourse of the literal and spiritual senses in the Bible was, in the long eighteenth century, no less tied to perceptions of Jewish interpretive abilities than it had been previously. However, rather than linking Jews with literalism, in many cases the early modern version of this di...

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Main Author: Esterson, Rebecca (Author)
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Published: De Gruyter 2018
In: Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2018, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-139
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Allegory / Literal meaning / Exegesis / Whiston, William 1667-1752 / Kemper, Johan 1670-1716 / Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786 / Judaism / Christianity
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
CA Christianity
HA Bible
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Further subjects:B Eighteenth Century
B William Whiston
B Enlightenment
B Johan Kemper
B Christian
B Literalism
B Moses Mendelssohn
B Allegory
B Biblical Interpretation
B Jewish
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