Dirk van Miert is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Cultural History at Utrecht University and specializes in the history of knowledge, with particular focus on the Republic of Letters. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam in 2004 and held long-term postdoctoral fellowships at the Warburg Institute, University of London; the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science; and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Utrecht University.

• Introduction: Biblical Philology in the Sixteenth Century 1: Joseph Scaliger: The Power of Philology (1590-1609) 2: Biblical Philology: Nothing Radical (1609-1619) 3: Mobilizing Biblical Philology: The States' Translation (1619-1637) 4: The Biblical Philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640) 5: Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645) 6: Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650) 7: Radical Philology: Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660) 8: On the Eve of Spinoza: The Rise of Biblical Philology (1650-1670) Conclusion: The Emancipation of Biblical Philology (1590-1670) Bibliography

Van Miert has done an excellent job placing biblical philology in its broader context. The study is clearly underpinned by meticulous research...

Dirk van Miert is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Cultural History at Utrecht University and specializes in the history of knowledge, with particular focus on the Republic of Letters. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam in 2004 and held long-term postdoctoral fellowships at the Warburg Institute, University of London; the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science; and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Utrecht University.

• Introduction: Biblical Philology in the Sixteenth Century 1: Joseph Scaliger: The Power of Philology (1590-1609) 2: Biblical Philology: Nothing Radical (1609-1619) 3: Mobilizing Biblical Philology: The States' Translation (1619-1637) 4: The Biblical Philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640) 5: Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645) 6: Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650) 7: Radical Philology: Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660) 8: On the Eve of Spinoza: The Rise of Biblical Philology (1650-1670) Conclusion: The Emancipation of Biblical Philology (1590-1670) Bibliography

Van Miert has done an excellent job placing biblical philology in its broader context. The study is clearly underpinned by meticulous research...

Dirk van Miert is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Cultural History at Utrecht University and specializes in the history of knowledge, with particular focus on the Republic of Letters. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam in 2004 and held long-term postdoctoral fellowships at the Warburg Institute, University of London; the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science; and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Utrecht University.

• Introduction: Biblical Philology in the Sixteenth Century 1: Joseph Scaliger: The Power of Philology (1590-1609) 2: Biblical Philology: Nothing Radical (1609-1619) 3: Mobilizing Biblical Philology: The States' Translation (1619-1637) 4: The Biblical Philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640) 5: Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645) 6: Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650) 7: Radical Philology: Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660) 8: On the Eve of Spinoza: The Rise of Biblical Philology (1650-1670) Conclusion: The Emancipation of Biblical Philology (1590-1670) Bibliography

Van Miert has done an excellent job placing biblical philology in its broader context. The study is clearly underpinned by meticulous research...