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Enlightenment perspectives on the Bible in the 18th century

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Explains the sudden rise of hundreds of Bible Societies around 1800 and their role in colonial and domestic civilization projects of the Enlightenment

Perspectives

Some fascinating translations of the Bible appeared in the 18th century by scholars influenced by Enlightenment ideologies and new developments in textual criticism and biblical scholarship

Professor Lourens de Vries
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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This page is a summary of: The Book of True Civilization: The Origins of the Bible Society Movement in the Age of Enlightenment, The Bible Translator, December 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2051677016670231.
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