Anton van Dale
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Anton van Dale (Anthonie, Antonius) (8 November 1638 in Haarlem - 28 November 1708 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Mennonite preacher, physician and writer on religious subjects, described by the contemporary theologian Jean Le Clerc as an enemy of superstition.[1] He was a critic of witch-hunting.[2]
His De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes (1683) was an influential work on oracles, which he argued against the supernatural and the role of the Devil[3] in the pagan oracular tradition. In this he was followed two decades later by Fontenelle, who wrote his Histoire des oracles as an adaptation and popularized version of van Dale's work.
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Works
- De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes (1683)
- Dissertationes de origine ac progressu Idolatriae et Superstitionum, de vera ac falsa Prophetia, uti et de Divinationibus Idolatricis Judaeorum (1696)
- Commentatio super Aristeam de LXX interpretibus (1705)
- Dissertatio super Aristea de LXX interpretibus (1705)
Notes
- ↑ Jonathan Israel, The Dutch Republic (1995), p. 925.
- ↑ Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Hilary Marland, Hans de Waardt, Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe (1997), p. 74.
- ↑ The History of the Devil: The Abolition of Witch-Prosecution[dead link]
References
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