Chastising with Scorpions:Reading the Old Testament in Early Modern England

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In this essay, Kevin Killeen explores an imgrained yet contentious reading habit of early modern England, the mapping of the biblical onto contemporary politics. Book history, with its focus on the physical object, has at times served to occlude the protocols of such typology. By analyzing typological readings of the biblical kings Rehoboam and Jeroboam, he shows some of the political, spiritual, and hermeneutic uses to which the Bible was put.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Killeen, Kevin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-7932
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	Part of a special issue: 'The Textuality and Materiality of Reading in Early Modren England'
Keywords:	biblical interpretation in early modern England,John Cave,Joseph Hall,John Donne,John Maxwell
Dates:	Published: September 2010
Institution:	The University of York
Academic Units:	The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > English and Related Literature (York)
Depositing User:	Pure (York)
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2012 14:06
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2024 12:08
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1525/hlq.2010.73.3.491
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1525/hlq.2010.73.3.491
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:53990

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Chastising with Scorpions:Reading the Old Testament in Early Modern England

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