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Gospel harmonies and the genres of biblical scholarship in early modern Europe

Abstract:: Early modern gospel harmonies have received little attention, mostly studied as poor precursors to modern synoptic criticism. This article reassesses the harmony’s significance by reconstructing its development c.1500-1700, reaching two conclusions. Firstly, it argues that gospel harmonies acted as a touchstone for critical intellectual developments such as the rise of scientific chronology. Secondly, it argues that the harmony’s transformation over this period, influenced by multiple overlapping disciplines, resulted in it becoming one of the most creative scholarly genres by the late seventeenth century. This interdisciplinarity was simultaneously the prime attraction of the harmony and the reason for its eighteenth-century decline.

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Macfarlane, K. (2023). Gospel harmonies and the genres of biblical scholarship in early modern Europe. Renaissance Quarterly, 76(3), 1027–1067.

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Macfarlane, K. “Gospel Harmonies and the Genres of Biblical Scholarship in Early Modern Europe.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 76, no. 3, Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp. 1027–67.

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Macfarlane, K. 2023. “Gospel Harmonies and the Genres of Biblical Scholarship in Early Modern Europe.” Renaissance Quarterly 76 (3): 1027–67.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Theology Faculty
Sub department:: Theology and Religion Faculty
Oxford college:: Keble College
Role:: Author

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Journal:: Renaissance Quarterly More from this journal
Volume:: 76
Issue:: 3
Pages:: 1027-1067
Publication date:: 2023-11-15
Acceptance date:: 2022-04-14
DOI:: 10.1017/rqx.2023.408
EISSN:: 1935-0236
ISSN:: 0034-4338

Language:: English
Keywords:: FFR
Pubs id:: 1259839
Local pid:: pubs:1259839
Deposit date:: 2022-05-16

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Copyright holder:: Kirsten Macfarlane
Copyright date:: 2023
Rights statement:: Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Renaissance Society of America. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.

Licence:: CC Attribution (CC BY)

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