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''The Divine Legation of Moses'' is the best-known work of William Warburton, an English theologian of the 18th century who became bishop of Gloucester. As its full title makes clear, it is a conservative defence of orthodox Christian belief against deism, by means of an apparent paradox: the afterlife is not mentioned in terms in the Pentateuch (i.e. Torah – see Jewish eschatology#"The world to come"), making Mosaic Judaism distinctive among ancient religions; from which, Warburton argues, it is seen that Moses received a divine revelation. The ''Divine Legation'' was published in two parts and nine books from 1737 by Warburton, who left it unfinished, however. It is a learned and discursive work, and excited extensive controversy in Warburton's lifetime, which the author pursued with acrimony. One side-issue, the history of writing, was treated by Warburton in a manner that proved influential. A modern opinion, from J. G. A. Pocock, is that the book is a "strange and flawed work of undisciplined genius".〔J. G. A. Pocock, ''Barbarism and Religion II'' (1999), p. 388.〕 ==Reception timeline== *1737 First part published.〔 *1738 Warburton publishes a ''Vindication'' to an anonymous attack (by William Webster).〔 *1741 Second part published.〔 *1743 Reply from Thomas Bott. Thomas Chubb in ''An Enquiry Concerning Redemption'' hit back at some comments of Warburton's. *1744 The section dealing with the origin of language is translated into French by Léonard de Malpeines, as ''Essai sur les hiéroglyphes des Égyptiens''. Warburton issues the first part of a two-part reply to critics, to Conyers Middleton, Richard Pococke, Richard Grey; and also Mark Akenside, John Tillard, Julius Bate and Nicholas Mann.〔 *1745 Warburton issues the second part of his reply to Arthur Ashley Sykes and Henry Stebbing. *1751 A German translation begins publication, and is reviewed by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. *1766 In an anonymous work, Robert Lowth takes issue with Warburton, over a 1765 addition to the ''Divine Legation'' (appendix to book 5) concerning the ''Book of Job''. *1770 Edward Gibbon attacks Warburton's interpretation of ''Æneid'' book VI.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Divine Legation of Moses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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