Christian Philosopher
Full title: The Christian philosopher or, a divine essay on the principles of man's universal redemption
The Dial's edition: London, 1758
A compact work of physico-theology, a blend of natural philosophy and scriptural argument, built around a single provocative question: what sort of 'serpent' could have tempted Eve in Genesis, and what does that episode imply about human nature and divine revelation? Robinson sets out to analyze the serpent's 'nature, attributes, and properties' in order to argue (against 'infidel' skepticism) that the Genesis account displays a coherence that Moses could not have devised without divine aid.
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Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Library)
