The New Cambridge History of the Bible Volume 3, From 1450 to 1750

1. The study of tongues: The Semitic languages and the Bible in the Renaissance
2. The revival of Greek studies in the West
3. Humanist Bible controversies
4. The Old Testament and its ancient versions in manuscript and print in the West, fromc . 1480 toc . 1780
5. Critical editions of the New Testament, and the development of text-critical methods: From Erasmus to Griesbach (1516–1807)
6. In search of the most perfect text: The early modern printed Polyglot Bibles from Alcalá (1510–1520) to Brian Walton (1654–1658)
7. Publishing in print: Technology and trade
8. Latin Bibles in the early modern period
9. Bibles in the Dutch and Scandinavian vernaculars toc . 1750
10. German Bibles outside the Lutheran movement
11. Bibles in French from 1520 to 1750
12. English Bibles fromc. 1520 toc. 1750
13. Bibles in Central and Eastern European vernaculars toc . 1750
14. Bibles in Italian and Spanish
15. Theories of interpretation: The quadriga and its successors
16. The importance of the Bible for early Lutheran theology
17. The Bible in Reformed thought, 1520–1750
18. The Bible in Roman Catholic theology, 1450–1750
19. Orthodox biblical exegesis in the early modern world (1450–1750)
20. The Bible in the pulpit, 1500–1750
21. The Bible in catechesis,c . 1500–c . 1750
22. The Bible in liturgy and worship,c . 1500–1750
23. The Bible in political thought and political debates,c . 1500–1750
24. The problem of ‘spiritual discipline’: Apocryphal books among sixteenth-century leaders of the Lutheran churches
25. The Bible and the emerging ‘scientif c’ world-view
26. Between humanism and Enlightenment: Morality, reason and history as factors in biblical interpretation
27. The Bible and the early modern sense of history
28. The Bible and literature in the European Renaissance
29. The Bible and the visual arts in early modern Europe
30. The Bible and music in the early modern period (1450–1750)
31. The Bible in European colonial thoughtc. 1450–1750
32. Conquest and evangelisation: The Bible in colonial America (1500–1750)

This volume charts the Bible's progress from the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. During this period, for the first time since antiquity, the Latin Church focused on recovering and re-establishing the text of Scripture in its original languages. It considered the theological challenges of treating Scripture as another ancient text edited with the tools of philology. This crucial period also saw the creation of many definitive translations of the Bible into modern European vernaculars. Although previous translations exist, these early modern translators, often under the influence of the Protestant Reformation, distinguished themselves in their efforts to communicate the nuances of the original texts and to address contemporary doctrinal controversies. In the Renaissance's rich explosion of ideas, Scripture played a ubiquitous role, influencing culture through its presence in philosophy, literature, and the arts. This history examines the Bible's impact in Europe and its increasing prominence around the globe.