What is it about?
Enlightenment perspectives on the Bible in the 18th century
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Why is it important?
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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