'Voltaire and the Bible'

Graham Gargett

'Voltaire and the Bible'

Graham Gargett

Ulster University

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Abstract

An analysis of Voltaire's references to, attacks on, and - occasionally - positive responses to the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. I show that Voltaire had considerable knowledge of contemporary biblical scholarship, though at second hand. I review those aspects of the Bible he found most offensive, but also draw attention to passages that moved him. The resulting synthesis is less clear-cut than might have been thought, as - in some ways - Voltaire prefigures the more sophisticated biblical criticism of the nineteenth century.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire
Editors	Nicholas Cronk
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	193-204
ISBN (Print)	978-0-521-84973-9 and 978-0-521-61495-5
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 2009

Keywords

Voltaire
Bible
biblical criticism

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