Lettres Choisies: The Correspondence of Richard Simon

by Justin Champion

This is the first modern critical edition of the correspondence of the early modern French biblical critic Richard Simon (1638-1712), priest of the Catholic Oratorian Order. Simon is widely regarded by theologians and historians of religion as the father of modern biblical criticism. He was the principal figure in a community of scholars dedicated to developing strategies for interpreting the holy text that ranged from England and the Low Countries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075466323X
• ISBN13: 9780754663232
• Release Date: December 2028
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 780 Pages