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Chapter 7 - Richard Simon and the Limits of Erudition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2024

Timothy Twining
Timothy Twining
Affiliation:
KU Leuven
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The seventh and final chapter presents a new interpretation of Richard Simon’s Histoire critique du Vieux Testament (1678). Having set out the course of his early career (and especially his study of Hebrew manuscripts in the library of the Oratory), it outlines how Simon presented a novel account of the practice and purpose of Catholic biblical scholarship. Its conclusion reflects on why this was found challenging by his contemporaries, and discusses how the reception of his work differed so extensively from that of Louis Cappel’s Critica sacra.

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Richard SimonHistoire critique du Vieux TestamentCritical historyOratoryHebrew biblical manuscriptsMasoretic textLouis CappelBenedict de SpinozacensorshipJacques-Bénigne Bossuet
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The Limits of Erudition
The Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe
 , pp. 245 - 290
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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