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The Gospel according to Renan : reading, writing, and religion in nineteenth-century France /

Priest, Robert Daniel, 1984-

The Gospel according to Renan : reading, writing, and religion in nineteenth-century France / Robert D. Priest. - First edition. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ernest Renan's 'Life of Jesus' aroused enormous controversy when it was first published due to its claim to be a historically accurate biography of Jesus. This book demonstrates how Renan's work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in 19th-century French cultural life and reconstructs the ways that ordinary French men and women engaged with one of the great religious debates of their age.

9780191795534 (ebook) : No price


Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892. Vie de Jâesus.


Christianity--Controversial literature--History and criticism.
Christianity--France--19th century.

BR846.A

274.4081

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