God's last words : reading the English Bible from the Reformation to fundamentalism / David S. Katz.
| Author/creator | Katz, David S. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004. |
| Description | xvi, 397 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface: The biblical reader and the shifting horizon of expectations -- The prehistoric English Bible -- In pursuit of a useful Bible: scriptural politics and the English Civil War -- Cracking the foundations: biblical criticism and the Newtonian synthesis -- Streamlined Scriptures: the demystification of the Bible -- The occult Bible: aestheticization and the persistence of the supernatural -- Divine copyright and the apotheosis of the author in eighteenth-century England -- Ten little Israelites: counting out the Bible in Victorian England -- Unsuitable paternity: Darwin, anthropology, and the evolutionist Bible -- Conclusion: The end of a world and the beginning of fundamentalism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-378) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003021344 |
| ISBN | 0300101155 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BS455 .K38 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |