Cross-Examining Scripture: Testimonial Strategies in Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason

Cross-Examining Scripture: Testimonial Strategies in Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason

This essay explores how rules for handling testimonial evidence were developed in the contexts of the British jurisprudence, epistemology and theological debate over the course of the eighteenth century, and shows how Thomas Paine appropriated these rules in The Age of Reason, his deistic manifesto....

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Veröffentlicht in:Rhetorica 2013-06, Vol.31 (3), p.261-295
1. Verfasser: Hoffman, David C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This essay explores how rules for handling testimonial evidence were developed in the contexts of the British jurisprudence, epistemology and theological debate over the course of the eighteenth century, and shows how Thomas Paine appropriated these rules in The Age of Reason, his deistic manifesto. (Author abstract)
ISSN:0734-8584
DOI:10.1525/RH.2013.31.3.261