The Promise of Historical Criticism: German Biblical Scholarship
in Trans-Atlantic Context
Sunday, January 9, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
Westin, Vashon Room I
Chair: Jonathan
Sheehan, Indiana University
Papers:From philologia profana to philologia sacra: Reimarus's
Philological Scholarship in the Light of his Radical
Biblical Criticism
Ulrich Groetsch, Rutgers University
Secularization, Historical Criticism, and Theological
Enlightenment in Germany: The Case of Johann Salomo Semler
Eric Carlsson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Saving the Bible for Modern Civilization: The Promise of
Historical Criticism in Late Nineteenth-Century American
Theology
Michael L. Kamen, University of Notre Dame