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Selected Works of Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.
Article
“Faith, Reason and History in Early Modern Catholic Biblical Interpretation: Fr. Richard Simon and St. Thomas More.”
New Blackfriars (2015)
  • Jeffrey Morrow, Seton Hall University
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Abstract
This article contrasts St. Thomas More's theoretical work on the role of faith and history in biblical exegesis with that of Fr. Richard Simon. I argue that, although Simon's work appears to be a critique of his more skeptical contemporaries like Hobbes and Spinoza, in reality he is carrying their work forward. I argue that More's union of faith and reason, theology and history, is more promising than Simon's for Catholic theological biblical exegesis.
Keywords
  • Richard Simon,
  • St. Thomas More,
  • History of Biblical Studies,
  • Humanism,
  • History of Biblical Interpretation,
  • Reformation,
  • Seventeenth Century
Disciplines
Publication Date
November, 2015
DOI
10.1111/nbfr.12127
Citation Information
Jeffrey Morrow. "“Faith, Reason and History in Early Modern Catholic Biblical Interpretation: Fr. Richard Simon and St. Thomas More.”" New Blackfriars Vol. 96 Iss. 1066 (2015) p. 658 - 673 ISSN: 0028-4289
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey-morrow/31/