For and Against the Bible: A Translation of Sylvain Maréchal's Pour Et Contre La Bible (1801)

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43432-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Research on Religion

In this first translation of Sylvain Maréchal’s Bible commentary, Sheila Delany offers an important document in the history of modern European secularization and rationalist Bible criticism. Editor of one of France’s best-known radical journals, Révolutions de Paris, and author in many genres—drama, poetry, journalism, treatise—Maréchal (1750-1803) embraced the revolutionary egalitarian ideas of François-Noël “Gracchus” Babeuf. As an atheist, he witnessed with dismay the advent of Napoleon and the post-revolutionary return of Catholic fervor. For and Against the Bible was his protest, his reminder of what the nation had endured and of what, at the opening of the nineteenth century, it might still accomplish. Delany’s introduction and annotated English translation will be of importance to all interested in Jewish or Christian Bible studies, history of Bible criticism, eighteenth century European rationalism, French atheism, modern European secularism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delany, Sheila

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Agnostizismus, Atheismus, Säkularer Humanismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface XI

Acknowledgments XII

Translator’s Note XIII

Introduction

For and Against the Bible

Epistle to Ministers of All Religions

Post-script

Addendum

Part 1: Jewish Scripture

Nature is a Book Superior to the Bible.

The Old Testament

IGenesis: First Book of the Pentateuch of Moses

IIExodus

IIILeviticus

IVNumbers

VDeuteronomy

VIJoshua, or Jesus the Liberator

VIIJudges

VIIIRuth

IXThe First Book of Kingdoms, or Kings: First Book of Samuel

XThe Second Book of Kingdoms or Kings: Book 2 of Samuel

XIKings: Book III

XIIKings, Book IV

XIIIParalipomenon: Book I, Chronicles

XIVParalipomenon: Chronicles, Book II

XVEzra: First Book

XVINehemiah: Book II of Ezra

XVIITobias

XVIIIJudith

XIXEsther

XXJob

XXIThe Psalms of David

XXIIProverbs, or the Wisdom of Solomon

XXIIIThe Parables of Solomon

XXIVEcclesiastes, or the Preacher

XXVThe Song of Songs or the Song Par Excellence of Solomon

XXVIWisdom

XXVIIThe Ecclesiasticus of Jesus, Son of Sirach

XXVIIIIsaiah

XXIXJeremiah

XXXLamentations of Jeremiah

XXXIBaruch

XXXIIEzekiel

XXXIIIDaniel

XXXIVHosea

XXXVJoel

XXXVIAmos

XXXVIIObadiah

XXXVIIIJonah

XXXIXMicah

XLNahum

XLIHabakkuk

XLIISophonius

XLIIIHaggai

XLIVZachary

XLVMalachi

N.B. Extract from the Catechism of Curé Meslier

XLVIMaccabees, or the Murderers: Book I

XLVIIMaccabees, or the Murderers: Book II

N.B. Extract from the Catechism of Curé Meslier

Part 2: Christian Scripture

The New Testament

IThe Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew

IIHoly Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to Saint Mark

IIIThe Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to Saint Luke

IVHoly Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to Saint John

VActs of the Apostles

VIEpistle of Saint Paul to the Romans

VIIFirst Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

VIIISecond Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians

IXEpistle of Saint Paul to the Galatians

XEpistle of S. Paul to the Ephesians

XIEpistle of S. Paul to the Philippians

XIIEpistle of Saint Paul to the Colossians

XIIIFirst Epistle of S. Paul to the Thessalonians

XIVSecond Epistle from the Same to the Same

XVFirst Epistle of S. Paul to Timothy

XVISecond Epistle of S. Paul to Timothy

XVIIEpistle of S. Paul to Titus

XVIIIEpistle of S. Paul to Philemon

XIXEpistle of S. Paul to the Hebrews

XXEpistle of S. Paul to Seneca the Philosopher

XXIThe Catholic Letter of S. James the Minor and the Just

XXIIThe Two Catholic Epistles of Saint Peter

XXIIIThe Three Catholic Epistles of Saint John

XXIVCatholic Epistle of S. Jude, Called the Zealous

XXVThe Apocalypse of S. John

XXVIPrayer of Manasses, King of Judah

XXVIIEpistles of the Virgin Mary

XXVIIITestament of the Holy Virgin

N.B. Extract from the Catechism of the Curé Meslier

XXIXCollection of Ancient Gospels or Monuments of the 1st Century of Christianity, Taken from Fabricius, Grabius and Other Scholars; by Father B****, London, 1769, 284 Pages

Part 3: Result of Reading the Bible

Result of Reading the Bible

Post-script

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sheila Delany, Professor Emerita at Simon Fraser University, obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia University. She has written many articles and books in medieval studies, especially Chaucer, and has translated two other works by Sylvain Maréchal: his satirical legendary, which appeared as Anti-saints (2012), and his novella of a cross-dressing young Parisienne, The Woman Priest (2016), both with University of Alberta Press.