Benjamin Holloway(c. 1691–1759)

Author of an eighteenth-century synthesis linking physical speculation with theological argument. His work aimed to show coherence between natural order and divine purpose, treating nature as a readable 'text.'

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Physical and Theological Originals

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Originals physical and theological sacred and profane Or an essay towards a discovery of the first descriptive ideas in things, by discovery of the simple or primary roots in words

The Dial's edition: Oxford, 1751

An essay toward discovering first descriptive ideas in things, tracing Hebrew words to their original meanings and showing the coherence between natural order and revealed religion.

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