Edwards the Exegete: Biblical Interpretation and Anglo-Protestant Culture on the Edge of the Enlightenment

Sweeney fills this lacuna, exploring Edwards' exegesis and its significance for Christian thought and intellectual history. In Edwards the Exegete, Douglas A. Sweeney compares Edwards' work to that of his most frequent interlocutors and places it in the context of the history of exegesis, challenging commonly held notions about the state of Christianity in the age of the Enlightenment. Scholars have long recognized that Jonathan Edwards loved the Bible, but preoccupation with his roles in Western "public" life and letters has eclipsed the significance of his biblical exegesis. Sweeney's significant reassessment of Edwards' place in the Enlightenment makes a major contribution to Edwards studies, eighteenth-century stud

Rick Kennedy said Five Stars. Edwards saw the Big Picture and Sweeney brings this out very well.

Muller, P.J. This book isn't about syntax, but something more powerful: the transforming Word of God." --Rhys Bezzant, author of Jonathan Edwards and the Church"This study fills a significant lacuna. Much has been written about Edwards' life and times, his theology, and philosophy. As Sweeney identifies and explains Edwards s exegetical practices, he displays not only his knowledge of Edwards s work but also the most recent scholarship on Edwards todayAnyone interested in biblical interpretation and Jonathan Edwards will be more than delighted when reading this book."--The Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry"A very impressive achievement. Any study of Edwards that does not deal with that religious and professional preoccupation is seriously flawed."--<

Douglas A. He is on the editorial board of Jonathan Edwards Studies.. Sweeney is Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought, Chair of the Department, and Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His books include two volumes in the Yale Edition of