The English Bible and the seventeenth-century revolution / Christopher Hill
1993, 1st edition. London : Allen Lane. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #444710
ISBN: 0713990783
Physical description; xiii, 466 p. ; 24 cm. Contents; I. Introduction. 1. A Biblical Culture -- II. The Revolutionary Bible. 2. Before 1640. 3. Fast Sermons and Politics, 1640-1660. 4. Metaphors and Programmes. 5. The Wilderness, the Garden and the Hedge. 6. Poverty, Usury and Debt. 7. Political Divisions and the Civil War; Liberty and Libertinism. 8. The Bible and Radical Politics -- III. International Catholicism and National Politics. 9. The Decalogue and Idolatry. 10. Chosen Nation, Chosen People. 11. Covenanted Peoples: Scotland and England. 12. God is Leaving England. 13. The Reign of the Saints. 14. Antichrist and his Armies. 15. 'The Man of Blood' -- IV. The Bible and English Literature. 16. Some Biblical Influences. 17. Milton, Bunyan and Marvell -- V. The End of the Revolutionary Bible. 18. The Bible and an Unequal Society. 19. The Bible Dethroned. 20. Unfinished Business -- Appendix A. God the Highwayman -- Appendix B.A Note on Liberation Theology -- Index of Biblical Persons and Places. Subjects; Bible, English Versions History. Bible, English Versions History 17th century. Bible Influence. Religion and state England History 17th century. Religion and politics England History 17th century. Christianity and politics England History 17th century. Christianity and politics Great Britain History 17th century. War Religious aspects Christianity. Religion and politics Great Britain History 17th century.
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