“Berruyer’s Bible is an exceptional contextual analysis and account of one of the great theological and literary scandals of eighteenth-century France. Berruyer’s drama is historically significant in itself, but the use of his book’s origin and fate to shed light on the religious, cultural, and political tensions of eighteenth-century France (and vice versa), and the continuation of that exploration into a nineteenth century too often detached from early modern phenomena, make this a work of genuine scholarly originality, power, and importance.” Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania
