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245 10 a| Lay learning and the Bible in the seventeenth-century Atlantic world /c| Kirsten Macfarlane.;

264 1 a| Oxford ;a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2024.;

300 a| vi, 256 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| The Bible and the humanities;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-249) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Introduction: the intellectual lives of the Puritan laity -- The London Broughtonians -- Those who stayed and those who left -- The synagogue and the Sabbath -- Controversy and the covenants -- The quiet death of Broughtonism;

520 a| "Early modernity has long been seen as a crucial period in the history of biblical scholarship, witnessing rapid advances in studies of Hebrew, Greek, and the ancient Jewish and Christian past. Historians have devoted much attention to how these developments were received by the academic and clerical elite, and yet there is little research on their reception beyond such exclusive circles. Some have even argued that ordinary believers had no interest in the demanding world of elite scholarship. According to current narratives, the Protestant laity were preoccupied by practical piety, scripture-reading, and devotional exercises, all of which were far removed from the dazzling polyglot erudition of the scholar. Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World offers an alternative account of popular religion in early modernity by reconstructing a striking and unstudied community of seventeenth-century puritan immigrants to North America. Composed of tradespeople without a university education, this community offers unparalleled evidence for lay engagement with even the most abstruse and challenging concerns of contemporaneous biblical scholarship. Drawing on whatever resources they could find, this group taught themselves the languages of biblical criticism; immersed themselves in the most specialized questions of controversial theology; and then promulgated, through their hard-earned learning, an unprecedentedly inclusive vision of education, society, and the church. By recovering their lives and interests, this book presents a new vision of lay puritanism in the Atlantic world, one marked by far greater ambition, critical thought, and intellectual boldness than ever before suspected." --Page [4] of cover.;

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Lay learning and the Bible in the seventeenth-century Atlantic world / Kirsten Macfarlane.

Author/creator	Macfarlane, Kirsten, 1991- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	vi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Broughton, Hugh--Influence. Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc. --History. --17th century. Bible--Critique, interprétation, etc. --Histoire. --17e siècle. Puritans--New England. --History. --17th century. Puritans--England. --History. --17th century. Puritans--Intellectual life. --17th century. Puritans--New England. --Intellectual life. --17th century. New England--Intellectual life. --17th century.

Series	The Bible and the humanities Bible and the humanities. ^A1479529
Contents	Introduction: the intellectual lives of the Puritan laity -- The London Broughtonians -- Those who stayed and those who left -- The synagogue and the Sabbath -- Controversy and the covenants -- The quiet death of Broughtonism
Abstract	"Early modernity has long been seen as a crucial period in the history of biblical scholarship, witnessing rapid advances in studies of Hebrew, Greek, and the ancient Jewish and Christian past. Historians have devoted much attention to how these developments were received by the academic and clerical elite, and yet there is little research on their reception beyond such exclusive circles. Some have even argued that ordinary believers had no interest in the demanding world of elite scholarship. According to current narratives, the Protestant laity were preoccupied by practical piety, scripture-reading, and devotional exercises, all of which were far removed from the dazzling polyglot erudition of the scholar. Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World offers an alternative account of popular religion in early modernity by reconstructing a striking and unstudied community of seventeenth-century puritan immigrants to North America. Composed of tradespeople without a university education, this community offers unparalleled evidence for lay engagement with even the most abstruse and challenging concerns of contemporaneous biblical scholarship. Drawing on whatever resources they could find, this group taught themselves the languages of biblical criticism; immersed themselves in the most specialized questions of controversial theology; and then promulgated, through their hard-earned learning, an unprecedentedly inclusive vision of education, society, and the church. By recovering their lives and interests, this book presents a new vision of lay puritanism in the Atlantic world, one marked by far greater ambition, critical thought, and intellectual boldness than ever before suspected." --Page [4] of cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-249) and indexes.
ISBN	9780198933090 hardcover
ISBN	0198933096 hardcover

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