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| Named Person: | Jonathan Edwards; Edward Taylor; Increase Mather; Increase Mather; Increase Mather; Edward (Schriftsteller 1642-1729) Taylor; Jonathan (Theologe 1703-1758) Edwards |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Linda Munk |
| ISBN: | 0195114949 9780195114942 |
| OCLC Number: | 35305137 |
| Description: | xii, 144 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The devil's mousetrap -- Jonathan Edwards and the Angel of the Lord : A history of the work of redemption -- The age of Messiah : Increase Mather and the conversion of the Jews -- Edward Taylor and the Feast of Tabernacles. |
| Responsibility: | Linda Munk. |
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Abstract:
This study approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines - Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor - from the perspective of literary criticism. Author Linda Munk focuses on the background of these men's ideas and the sources from which they drew, directly and indirectly, in framing their theology. She notes that the language used in the pulpit by Mather, Edwards, and Taylor is full of allusions to the Bible and the Apocrypha, to Puritan treatises, and, most remarkably, to post-biblical exegesis, Jewish and Christian. She proceeds to unpack these allusions that have, for the most part, proven to be unclear to contemporary readers, in order to provide essential insights into the construction of Puritan theology.
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- American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
- Christian literature, American -- Puritan authors -- History and criticism.
- American literature -- New England -- History and criticism.
- Edwards, Jonathan, -- 1703-1758 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Taylor, Edward, -- 1642-1729 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Mather, Increase, -- 1639-1723 -- Literary art.
- Puritan movements in literature.
- Redemption in literature.
- Puritans in literature.
- Littérature américaine -- ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) -- Histoire et critique.
- Littérature chrétienne américaine -- Auteurs puritains -- Histoire et critique.
- Littérature américaine -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire et critique.
- Puritanisme dans la littérature.
- Rédemption dans la littérature.
- Puritains dans la littérature.
- Mather, Increase -- Literary art.
- Mather, Increase
- Taylor, Edward (Schriftsteller, 1642-1729)
- Edwards, Jonathan (Theologe, 1703-1758)
- Theologie
- Predigt
- Erlösung (Motiv)
- Christliche Literatur
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