Alexander Geddes 1737-1802

Pioneer of Biblical Criticism

Reginald C. Fuller

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781474231701
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

'Geddes was incontestably a man of great learning and independence of mind and his work as a pioneer of modern biblical scholarship is one of the greatest historical importance' (J.G. Macgregor). Yet the work of this eighteenth-century scholar is largely unknown today, though his name is often linked with the 'fragment hypothesis' of Pentateuchal composition which he initiated and which was developed by Vater. But perhaps his most significant contribution is in the field of mythology at the moment when J.G. Eichhorn was himself engaged in this development. Making full use of contemporary sources, and drawing upon hitherto unpublished material, Dr Fuller writes the first full-scale study of this remarkable man who with courage, not unmixed with rashness, stood almost alone in his endeavours to introduce principles of literary and historical criticism into Bible study in Britain.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• General Editor's Preface
• Foreword
• Chapter One: EARLY INFLUENCES
• Chapter Two: PREPARING TO TRANSLATE THE BIBLE: GEDDES'S TEXTUAL CRITICISM
• Chapter Three: LITERARY AND HISTORICAL CRITICISM: BIBLICAL INSPIRATION
• Chapter Four: ORIGINS OF GEDDES'S LITERARY AND HISTORICAL CRITICISM
• Chapter Five: CONTEMPORARY COMMENT ON GEDDES'S BIBLICAL CRITICISM
• Chapter Six: THE DEATH OF DR GEDDES. LATER DEVELOPMENT OF HIS CRITICAL THEORIES
• Chapter Seven: GEDDES'S PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL CRITICISM
• NOTES
• LISTS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX
• ILLUSTRATIONS