Burning to read :English fundamentalism and its Reformation opponents /James Simpson.

Name/Title

Burning to read :English fundamentalism and its Reformation opponents /James Simpson.

Description

Two hundred years of biblical violence -- Good Bible news -- Salvation, reading, and textual hatred -- The literal sense and predestination -- Bible reading, persecution, and paranoia -- History as error -- Thomas More and textual trust -- The tragic scene of early modern reading. viii, 346 p. :ill. ;22 cm.

Book Details

Author

Simpson, James

Place Published

City

Cambridge, Mass.

Date Published

2007

Publication Subjects

Bibel.--swd Reading. Reading--England--History--16th century. Intoleranz.--swd Protestantismus.--swd Bibellekt{uml}ure.--swd More, Thomas.--swd

Call No.

BR375.S54 2007

ISBN

9780674026711 (alk. paper), 0674026713 (alk. paper), 9780674046122, 0674046129

LCCN

2007011203

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-340) and index.