Locke and Biblical Hermeneutics: Conscience and Scripture (International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 226)

"The volume presents illuminating research carried out by international scholars of Locke and the early modern period. The essays address the theoretical and historical contexts of Locke's analytical methodology and come together in a multidisciplinary approach that sets biblical hermeneutics in relation to his philosophical, historical, and political thought, and to the philological and doctrinal culture of his time. The contextualization of Locke's biblical hermeneutics within the contemporary reading of the Bible contributes to the analysis of the figure of Christ and the role of Paul's theology in political and religious thought from the seventeenth century to the Enlightenment. The volume sheds light on how Locke was appreciated by his contemporaries as a biblical interpreter and exegete. It also offers a reconsideration that overarches interpretations confined within specific disciplinary ambits to address Locke's thought in a global historic context."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Introduction (Luisa Simonutti)....Pages 1-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 The Religious Way of John Locke from the Essay to the Paraphrase (1690–1704) (Henning Graf Reventlow)....Pages 11-20 Boyle’s Influence on Locke’s “Study of the Way to Salvation” (Agostino Lupoli)....Pages 21-54 Locke’s Biblical Hermeneutics on Bodily Resurrection (Luisa Simonutti)....Pages 55-74 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 Locke’s Hermeneutics of Existence and His Representation of Christianity (Victor Nuovo)....Pages 77-103 Hermeneutics and the Reasonableness of Belief (Jean-Michel Vienne)....Pages 105-119 The Thread of Discourse: Primary and Secondary Paraphrase in Locke’s Hermeneutics (Raffaele Russo)....Pages 121-141 “An Intent and Careful Reading.” How John Locke Read His Bible (Justin Champion)....Pages 143-160 Front Matter ....Pages 161-161 Spinoza, Locke, and Biblical Interpretation (Kim Ian Parker)....Pages 163-188 Locke’s Influence on the Exegesis of Peirce, Hallett, and Benson (Arthur W. Wainwright)....Pages 189-205 St. Paul’s Epistles from Covenants to Order in a Lockean Context (Giambattista Gori)....Pages 207-228 Figures of Jesus from Locke to the Enlightenment (Gian Mario Cazzaniga)....Pages 229-242 Locke’s Pauline Hermeneutics: A Critical Review (Maria-Cristina Pitassi)....Pages 243-256 Back Matter ....Pages 257-266