The Image of Judaism in Seventeenth Century Europe

Popkin, Richard H.

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“…chadwyck.com). This may be related to millenarianism (broadly conceived) which permeated England and Parliament in the civil-war period (Capp, 1972: 157) and which has long been associated with Hebraism (Goldish, 1998;Popkin, 2001). 13 Interestingly, Hobbes' emphasizing baptism alienated Anabaptists, the group most commonly called "enthusiasts."…”

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“… 12 Of 1960 digitalized texts published in England 1640–1660 containing the phrase “kingdom of God,” only 123 (6%) do not contain any of the terms “Israel,” “Jerusalem,” “Zion,” “Hebrew,” or “Jew” (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). This may be related to millenarianism (broadly conceived) which permeated England and Parliament in the civil-war period (Capp, 1972: 157) and which has long been associated with Hebraism (Goldish, 1998; Popkin, 2001). …”

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“My Highest Priority Was to Absolve the Divine Laws”: The Theory and Politics of Hobbes’ Leviathan in a War of Religion

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2016

Political Studies

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In his autobiography, Thomas Hobbes stated that he wrote his most influential work of political theory, Leviathan, to "absolve the divine laws" in response to "atrocious crimes being attributed to the commands of God." This article attempts to take Hobbes seriously, and to read Leviathan as a contribution to the religious politics of the English Civil War. I demonstrate Hobbes' appropriation of the religious terms and sources characterizing civil-war political discourse, and explore these terms and sources both in Hobbes' response to religiously motivated politics and in the foundations of his most important political ideas. Hobbes emerges from this account as a critic of Christian politics and enthusiasm broadly conceived, as a political philosopher who employed an Israelite political model, and as an erstwhile ally of some of those usually considered his deepest opponents.

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