Anton van Dale
Anton van Dale (Anthonie, Antonius) ( November 8, 1638 in Haarlem - November 28, 1708 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Mennonite preacher, doctor and author of religious texts.
The contemporary theologian Jean Leclerc described him as an enemy of everything supernatural . He was also a critic of the witch hunt . In his writings he mainly dealt critically with Christian interpretations of pagan oracles . His work, which was later received and popularized by the French enlightener Fontenelle , marks an important intermediate stage in the process of secularization of the West .
Works
- De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes (1683)
- Dissertationes de origine ac progressu Idolatriae et Superstitionum, de vera ac falsa Prophetia, uti et de Divinationibus Idolatricis Judaeorum (1696)
- Commentatio super Aristeam de LXX interpretibus (1705)
- Dissertation super Aristea de LXX interpretibus (1705)
Remarks
- ↑ Jonathan Israel : The Dutch Republic. 1995, p. 925.
- ↑ Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Hilary Marland, Hans de Waardt, Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe (1997), p. 74.
- ↑ Ralph Häfner: Gods in Exile. Early modern understanding of poetry in the field of tension between Christian apologetics and philological criticism (approx. 1590–1736). (= Early modern times. Volume 80). Tübingen 2003, p. 393 ff.
literature
- Ralph Häfner: Gods in Exile. Early modern understanding of poetry in the field of tension between Christian apologetics and philological criticism (approx. 1590–1736). (= Early modern times. Volume 80). Tübingen 2003, p. 393 ff.
- Jonathan Irvine Israel: ch. 20 Fontanelle and the War of the Oracles . In: Radical enlightenment: philosophy and the making of modernity: 1650-1750 . Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 2001, ISBN 0-19-820608-9 , pp. 359-374.
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SURNAME | Dale, Anton van |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch Mennonite preacher, doctor and author of religious texts |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1638 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |
DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1708 |
Place of death | Haarlem |