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Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth‐Century Atlantic World.

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Titel: Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth‐Century Atlantic World.
Autoren: Shuger, Debora1 (AUTHOR) shuger@gmail.com
Quelle: Journal of Religious History. Nov2025, p1. 2p.
Schlagwörter: *BIBLICAL criticism, *LAYPERSONS, *THEOLOGIANS, *REVELATION, *SEVENTEENTH century, *CULTURAL history, *THEOLOGICAL education
Geografische Kategorien: LONDON (England)
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Abstract: The article reviews "Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World," which explores the influence of Hugh Broughton on a group of lay scholars in London during the late 1580s. This group, primarily composed of uneducated parishioners, engaged deeply with complex biblical scholarship and continued to promote Broughton's ideas after his death in 1612, particularly in the New World. The study highlights how their methodologies, while historicist, supported a theological continuity between the Old and New Testaments, ultimately reinforcing their religious beliefs rather than undermining them. The book also reveals the surprising engagement of ordinary individuals with scholarly pursuits during this period, challenging assumptions about the exclusivity of biblical scholarship. [Extracted from the article]
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Abstract:The article reviews "Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World," which explores the influence of Hugh Broughton on a group of lay scholars in London during the late 1580s. This group, primarily composed of uneducated parishioners, engaged deeply with complex biblical scholarship and continued to promote Broughton's ideas after his death in 1612, particularly in the New World. The study highlights how their methodologies, while historicist, supported a theological continuity between the Old and New Testaments, ultimately reinforcing their religious beliefs rather than undermining them. The book also reveals the surprising engagement of ordinary individuals with scholarly pursuits during this period, challenging assumptions about the exclusivity of biblical scholarship. [Extracted from the article]
ISSN:00224227
DOI:10.1111/1467-9809.70037