TY - BOOK ID - 5279857 TI - Spinoza and the irrelevance of biblical authority PY - 2001 SN - 0521800137 0521093538 0511554753 9780521800136 9780511554759 9780521093538 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Spinoza, Benedictus de, KW - Contributions in Biblical interpretation KW - Bible KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History KW - Spinoza, Benedictus de KW - -Contributions in Biblical interpretation KW - Religion. KW - Ispīnūzā, KW - Spinoza, Baruch, KW - Espinoza, Baruch d', KW - Sbīnūzā, KW - Espinosa, Baruch de, KW - De Spinoza, Benedictus, KW - Shpinozah, KW - Shpinozah, Barukh, KW - Spinoza, Benedict de, KW - Spinoza, Barukh, KW - Spinoza, Baruch de, KW - Spinoza, Benoît de, KW - ספינאזא, ברוך דע KW - ספינאזא, ברוך, KW - שפימוזה, ברוך KW - שפינאזא, בענעדיקט KW - שפינאזא, ברוך KW - שפינאזע, ברוך KW - שפינוזא, בנדיקטוס KW - שפינוזהת ברוך, KW - שפינוזה, ברוך KW - שפינוזה, ברוך די, KW - שפינוזה, ברוך, KW - שפינוזה, ב. KW - سبينوزا، بندكتس KW - Biblia KW - Contributions in Biblical interpretation. KW - de Spinoza, Benedictus KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Spinoza, Benedictus de, - 1632-1677 - Religion. KW - Spinoza, Benedictus de, - 1632-1677. - Tractatus theologico-politicus. KW - Spinoza, Baruch KW - Spinoza, Benedict de KW - Spinoza, Benedictus de, - 1632-1677 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5279857 AB - 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 new historical criticism, he showed that biblical teaching and law were irrelevant for a modern pluralistic state and its intellectual life. J. Samuel Preus highlights Spinoza's achievement by reading the Treatise in the context of a literary conflict among his contemporaries about biblical interpretation - a conflict fraught with political implication. Preus's exposition of neglected primary sources surrounding Spinoza's work offers evidence regarding his rhetorical strategy and intent in the Treatise. The book provides not only a valuable contribution to Spinoza scholarship but an important account of the origins of modern methods of biblical interpretation. ER -