Spinoza and the rise of historical criticism of the Bible [Texte imprimé] / Travis L. Frampton

Bibliogr. p. 237-255

Introduction: the religious impetus behind rational critiques of Scripture -- Spinoza research in religious studies -- Protestantism and the historical sense of Scripture -- The Reformation and the questions of religious authority : a theological-political crisis -- The Reformation and the quest for religious certainty : overcoming skepticism -- The theological-political climate of the Netherlands -- The late sixteenth century -- The early seventeenth century -- La vie de Monsieur Benoit de Spinosa : sketching a portrait of Spinoza -- A sketching on canvas -- Studying the sketch -- La vie as a rhetorical defense : reconsidering genre -- The Jewish-Portuguese merchant of Amsterdam : Baruch/Bento de Espinosa -- Spinoza in other early sources : painting over La vie -- From Purtugal to the United Provinces -- Amsterdam (1632-56) -- Benedictus de Spinoza among heterodox Christians -- Religious heterodoxy in Amsterdam -- Spinoza and the collegiants -- Franciscus van den Enden and his coterie -- Religious heterodoxy and Spinoza studies -- Reevaluating the historical context for the rise of historical criticism -- The importance of the seventeenth century in the history of biblical scholarship -- The two books of God : nature and Scripture -- Seventeenth-century heterodox Christian biblical criticism -- Spinoza's method -- La Payrère, Fisher, and Spinoza -- Conclusion.