A Jonathan Edwards Reader (Yale Nota Bene) |
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JE Smith
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Pages: 384 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0300098383
Pub: Yale University Press
Pub date: 2003-05-16
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 137668
Reader Reviews:
Excellent anthology (0/0 people found this helpful)
This book is one fruit of over 50 years of careful scholarship by the Yale Jonathan Edwards project. The editors of this anthology have been among the editors of the massive critical edition of Edwards' works that was published between 1957 and 2006.
As a result, this anthology is based on an excellent critical edition and has been itself edited by the experts. The language is Edwards' own but with regularised spelling, which makes for great reading. The editors have, for the longer works, done a brilliant job of editing the text down to fit in a manageable paperback, by removing carefully chosen sections of text. Their introduction is 40 illuminating pages.
The anthology consists of a good mix of works. Section one has eight miscellaneous pieces, including some Miscellanies and the Faithful Narrative, which is Edward's own account of one stage of revival.
It closes with various personal writings: excerpts from his diary and Resolutions, plus various personal letters.
The jewel in the crown are the two central sections of the collection. Three sermons: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God; A Divine and Supernatural Light; A History of the Work of Redemption (all in full) followed by six abridged treatises, including On the Religious Affections; Humble Inquiry; Original Sin; Freedom of the Will and the Nature of True Virtue.
This little book has been golddust for me in trying to get acquainted with Edwards.
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