Isaac La Peyrère (1596-1676) : his life, work, and influence / by Richard H. Popkin.
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TextSeries: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; 1. | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, ISBN: 9789004253339Publisher: Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1987Description: 1 online resource (x, 241 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9789004246508
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- BR1725.L2 P67 1987
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages [216]-234.
Preliminary Material -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The Life of Isaac La Peyrère -- Chapter Three: The History of the Pre-Adamite Theory from Ancient Times to La Peyrère -- Chapter Four: Biblical Criticism and Interpretation in La Peyrère -- Chapter Five: French Nationalist Messianism up to La Peyrère -- Chapter Six: La Peyrère's Heretical Theological Theories -- Chapter Seven: The Influence of La Peyrère's Biblical Criticism -- Chapter Eight: The Influence of La Peyrère's French Oriented Messianism -- Chapter Nine: The Pre-Adamite Theory in the Enlightenment, and the Scientific Conflicts of Polygenetic and Monogenetic Theories -- Chapter Ten: Pre-Adamism and Racism -- Chapter Eleven: La Peyrère's Legacy in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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