Swiss-Dutch Arminian (Remonstrant) theologian and biblical critic who applied humanist philological methods to scripture and published learned theological journals, disseminating Enlightenment ideas.
Applied historical and philological criticism to scripture, arguing that the Pentateuch could not have been written entirely by Moses. Edited and published the Bibliothèque universelle, Bibliothèque choisie, and Bibliothèque ancienne et moderne — journals that gave Locke's Essay its first major review and spread Enlightenment ideas across Europe.
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