{"product_id":"cotton-mather-and-biblia-americana-americas-first-bible-commentary-essays-in-reappraisal","title":"Cotton Mather and Biblia Americana--America's First Bible Commentary: Essays in Reappraisal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, 616 pages, Baker Academic   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCotton Mather's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBiblia Americana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was the first comprehensive Bible commentary composed in America. This volume serves as an essential companion to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBiblia Americana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as well as a useful resource in its own right. Written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field, these essays offer original, in-depth studies of Mather and his hitherto unpublished scriptural interpretations in the historical context of the early Enlightenment and the rise of Pietism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTranscending the pejorative image of Puritan witch doctor, Mather emerges from these essays as an erudite scholar and cosmopolitan theologian who was fully immersed in the new developments in biblical exegesis around the turn of the eighteenth century. Whether facing the challenge of historical criticism or examining the meaning of race and gender in the Bible, Mather wrestled with scientific and religious questions that are still relevant today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface by Harry Stout\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Jan Stievermann\u003cbr\u003eWilliam van Arragon on Mather as an American Elijah\u003cbr\u003eE. Brooks Holifield on abridging Mather\u003cbr\u003eFrancis J. Bremer on the ecumenical background\u003cbr\u003eOliver Scheiding on Mather's transatlantic connections\u003cbr\u003eAdriaan Neele on Peter van Mastricht and Mather\u003cbr\u003eWinton U. Solberg on Mather and the Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003eMichael Dopffel on biblical literalism and scientific inquiry\u003cbr\u003ePaul Wise on empiricism and the invisible world\u003cbr\u003eRick Kennedy on Mather and commonplace-book historiography\u003cbr\u003eKenneth P. Minkema on Mather and the Historical Books\u003cbr\u003eReiner Smolinski on pagan origins in the Pentateuch\u003cbr\u003eHarry Clark Maddux on euhemerism and ancient theology\u003cbr\u003eStephen J. Stein on comparing Mather and Jonathan Edwards on the Epistle of James\u003cbr\u003ePaul S. Peterson on Christological interpretation of the Shechinah glory\u003cbr\u003eMichael P. Clark on eschatological signs in Mather and Edwards\u003cbr\u003eDavid Komline on Arianism, William Whiston, and Mather's late eschatology\u003cbr\u003eHelen K. Gelinas on the daughters of Eve and regaining paradise\u003cbr\u003eRobert E. Brown on nature, culture, and gender in Mather's social theology\u003cbr\u003eJan Stievermann on the genealogy of races and the problem of slavery\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReiner Smolinski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (PhD, Pennsylvania State University) is professor of early American literature at Georgia State University and general editor of Cotton Mather's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBiblia Americana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJan Stievermann\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(PhD, University of Tübingen) is professor of the history of Christianity in North America at the University of Heidelberg, where he is also coordinator of the Jonathan Edwards Center. He is executive editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBiblia Americana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baker Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51394272231588,"sku":"9780801039690","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3452\/4580\/files\/41qWvUWXHBL._SY425.jpg?v=1782959407","url":"https:\/\/ccrbooks.org\/products\/cotton-mather-and-biblia-americana-americas-first-bible-commentary-essays-in-reappraisal","provider":"Canon and Creed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}