Spinoza and the irrelevance of biblical authority
Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is a landmark both in democratic political theory and in the history of biblical interpretation. Spinoza championed liberty of thought, speech and writing by discrediting the Bible as the standard for truth and a source of public law. Applying a n...
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Cambridge University Press
2001
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- 1 Spinoza versus the interpreters 2 Rationalism unleashed: Ludwig Meyer's new hermeneutic 3 Disengagement on the right 4 The liberal engagement: reason, usage, history 5 Starting over: Spinoza's naturalized Bible