Chapter ID: CBB001031755

Biblical Interpretation in the Light of the Interpretation of Nature, 1650--1900 (2008)

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This chapter describes how from the eighteenth to the dawn of the twentieth century biblical interpretation continued the loss of relevance for the interpretation of nature that had begun with the Copernican revolution. Efforts to make the history depicted in the Bible intelligible greatly attenuated if not eliminated Scripture?s relevance for understanding the history of Earth. This is attributed to fundamental changes in ideas of history and of revelation that shaped the answer to the question: what kind of history does the Bible contain? The chapter reviews these changes as they occurred in attempts to make the history of Earth, of the Bible, and of religion intelligible and it describes the standards of intelligibility applied. Offered from a perspective focused on the history of biblical interpretation, the chapter aims to provide general background for more detailed studies of the relationships between the interpretation of nature and Scripture during this period.

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Authors & Contributors
Snobelen, Stephen David
Meer, Jitse M. van der
Mandelbrote, Scott
Prinster, Scott Gerard
Renate Dürr
Lin, Yii-Jan Chen
Concepts
Bible
Hermeneutics
Theology
Christianity
Natural philosophy
Development of science; change in science
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
Early modern
Medieval
20th century
Places
United States
Europe
Netherlands
Greece
France
Egypt
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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