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Hadriaan Beverland's De Peccato Originali (On Original Sin 1679)
An Annotated Edition and Translation
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 349/29
- Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History, Volume: 349/29
Author:
In his De peccato originali (1679), Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) presented his thesis that sex was the original sin and a vital part of human nature. Building on contemporary insights into the history of the text of the Bible, he criticised the hypocritical attitudes among the religious and social elite of his day concerning the biblical text and sexual morality. The work became notorious in the seventeenth century and led to its author’s banishment. In the eighteenth century, it exerted considerable influence on the way in which many in Europe came to see sexuality.
This annotated edition with English translation also includes a comprehensive introduction that includes a contextualization of the De peccato originali and its impact.
This annotated edition with English translation also includes a comprehensive introduction that includes a contextualization of the De peccato originali and its impact.
Karen Hollewand is at the University of Groningen (Department of History), where she studies the history of sexuality. Her publications include The Banishment of Beverland. Sex, Sin, and Scholarship in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic (Leiden, 2019).
Floris Verhaart is a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies). His publications include Classical Learning in Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic, 1690-1750: Beyond the Ancients and the Moderns (Oxford, 2020).
Floris Verhaart is a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies). His publications include Classical Learning in Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic, 1690-1750: Beyond the Ancients and the Moderns (Oxford, 2020).
“Capitalising on resurging scholarly interest in Beverland’s story and beliefs, Karen Hollewand and Floris Verhaart have prepared this first translation to make his ideas more understandable and his work more accessible to a wider audience. Beverland is especially significant because he was the first early Enlightenment writer to concentrate on the topic of sex ... an impressive translation of an important work, including a powerful technical apparatus, which promises great insight for those interested in early modern attitudes towards sex and biblical scholarship in the Dutch Republic.”
Matthew Baines (Moore Theological College) in Intellectual History Review on May 8th, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2024.2347074
Matthew Baines (Moore Theological College) in Intellectual History Review on May 8th, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2024.2347074
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Editorial Note
Introduction
1 Life and Works
2 Intellectual Context and Influences
3 Reception
4 Style
5 Textual Tradition
Summary of the Contents of the DPO per Chapter
De peccato originali (Transcription and Translation)
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Editorial Note
Introduction
1 Life and Works
2 Intellectual Context and Influences
3 Reception
4 Style
5 Textual Tradition
Summary of the Contents of the DPO per Chapter
De peccato originali (Transcription and Translation)
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the intellectual and religious culture of early modern Europe, especially the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, as well as the history of sexuality and the history of classical and biblical scholarship. Keywords: Hadriaan Beverland, original sin, sexuality, Dutch Republic, early modern history, scholarship, Bible, Adam and Eve.