L'Écriture et le reste: the Pensées of Pascal in the exegetical tradition of Port-Royal
| dc.creator | Wetsel, David, 1949- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-12-14T22:12:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-12-14T22:12:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0814203248 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | OCLC #7577485 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | LCCN 81009610 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30122 | |
| dc.description | (print) xxi, 234 p. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm | en |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | Acknowledgments ix -- Foreword, by Philippe Sellier xi -- Introduction xv -- PART ONE : THE BIBLE IN THE THEOLOGY OF PORT-ROYAL -- I Le Chemin aux Granges : Pascal's "Entretiens" with Le Maistre de Sacy 3 -- Pascal and Sacy : Critical Intuition versus the Hard Facts 3 -- Pascal's "Conversion" and the First Retreat at Port-Royal-des-Champs 4 -- The Entretien avec M. de Saci : A Problematic Text and Its Sources 7 -- The Evolution of Pascal's Apologetic Vocation 17 -- The Bible at Port-Royal 20 -- An Analysis of the Entretien : The Uses of Profane Philosophy 24 -- Subsequent Meetings of Pascal and Sacy : The "Conférences" at Vaumurier 36 -- II Monsieur de Sacy and His Bible 45 -- Sacy's Role at Port-Royal 45 -- The Nouveau Testament de Mons and Arnauld's Defense of Vernacular Translations of the Bible 48 -- Sacy's Translation of the Old Testament : "Le Langage obscur du Saint Esprit" 53 -- The Bible and la libre pensée 56 -- Sacy's Apologetic Counteroffensive : A Defense of the Literal Inspiration of Scripture 61 -- III Sacy's Préface à la Genèse : Exegesis in the Service of Apology 71 -- The Significance of the Préface 71 -- Moses and the New Testament 73 -- "Nécessité de prouver aux Chrestiens la divinité de Jésus-Christ comme les saints l'ont prouvée aux payens" 76 -- Proofs of Christianity Drawn from outside Revelation 79 -- Sacy's Exposition of his Exegetical Principles 84 -- On Reading the Bible 92 -- PART TWO : THE BIBLE IN THE ARGUMENT OF THE PENSEES -- IV Pascal's Biblicism : The Apologetic Consequences of a Literal View of the Fall 99 -- The Centrality of the Fall in the Argument of the Apology 99 -- "Un Lieu effectif : Sacy's Presentation of the Fall as a Historical Event 102 -- Parallels in the Pensées : The Specificity of Revelation and the Paradox of the Doctrine of Original Sin 108 -- "L'Ordre du monde" : The Fall Translated into the Language of expérience 114 -- The Absence of a Scriptural Exposition of the Fall in Pascal's Argument 119 -- V From Expérience to Revelation : The Role of the Fall in Pascal's Apologetic Strategy 125 -- Ordering Pascal's Argument : The Copies and the "liasse table de 1658" 125 -- "Misère"/"Grandeur" : The Fall Presented as Philosophical Hypothesis 130 -- "A.P.R." : The Transition to Revelation 139 -- The "Conférence" of 1658 : The Testimony of Etienne Périer and Filleau de la Chaise 145 -- Pascal's libertin 152 -- "Preuves convaincantes" : Toward a Historical Proof of Revelation 159 -- VI "L'Ecriture et le Reste" : Pascal's Historical Demonstration of the Credibility of Christianity 165 -- "La plus grande des preuves" 165 -- "Soumission et usage de la raison" 166 -- "Le Dieu qui se cache" : The Hidden Character of Revelation 170 -- "Les deux sens de l'Ecriture" 173 -- Pascal's Vision of Sacred History : The "témoignage" of the Jews 182 -- "Preuves de Jésus-Christ" : The Obscurity of the Historical Jesus 189 -- "Prophéties" : The Definitive Argument of the Apology Reconstructed with the Aid of the Sacy Bible 193 -- Conclusion 211 -- Bibliography 223 -- Indexes 227 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.language.iso | fr | en |
| dc.publisher | The Ohio State University Press | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662. Pensées | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Catholic authors | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Apologetics -- History -- 17th century | en |
| dc.title | L'Écriture et le reste: the Pensées of Pascal in the exegetical tradition of Port-Royal | en |
| dc.type | Book | en |
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