1st Edition
English Bibles on Trial Bible burning and the desecration of Bibles, 1640–1800
By Avner Shamir
Copyright 2017
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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The aim of this book is to explore antagonism towards, and acts of violence against, English Bibles in England and Scotland (and, to a lesser degree, Ireland) from the English Civil War to the end of the eighteenth century. In this period, English Bibles were burnt, torn apart, thrown away and desecrated in theatrical and highly offensive ways. Soldiers and rebels, clergymen and laymen, believers... Read more
1. Bible Burning: The Historical Significance of a Gesture
2. Desecrating and Burning Bibles
3. Bible Burners and Their Motives
4. The Gesture
5. Phantom Bible Burners
Biography
Avner Shamir is Assistant Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
"Shamir tells a compelling, formidably researched and many-faceted story, and the book comes warmly recommended."
-Alec Ryrie, Durham University, UK
