Ecce Homo!: An Eighteenth Century Life of Jesus: Critical Edition and Revision of George Houston's Translation from the French Tapa dura - 1995

Berlin/Boston, , 1995. First Edition. Wraps.. Fine.. 8vo. pp. [357]. Original publisher's black and yellow wraps with black and yellow lettering at the spine and front cover. ISBN: 3110145200

Mouton de Gruyter 1995 de Gruyter 1995 xiii 343pp paperback, outside very slightly shop soiled otherwise pristine New

Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995.. History of Religions in Translation series. The first critical edition of an English translation. Pp.xii/343. Paperback. Scarce. VG."Ecce homo!, evidently the first published "Life of Christ", appeared anonymously in 1770. The text, by the atheist Baron d'Holbach, presents events contained in the gospels from a rationalist, free-thinking point of view....d'Holbach depicts Jesus as a normal human being, who had a normal birth, whose miracles were staged, in short who was an unrealistic visionary. This represented a vehement attack on the Bible, Christian dogma and morality, and all aspects of Christian institutions. In 1799, George Houston translated the banned text from French into English with the result that he was sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined two hundred pounds."

Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1995. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Inscribed by the author on half-title page (first name only). xiii, 343 pages. Was first published anonymously in 1770. The text presents events from the gospels from a rationalist point of view - depicting Jesus as normal human being. It was of course banned. In 1799 George Houston translated it into English. Little of d'Holbach's work survives in print and this is the first critical edition of an English translation. History of Religions in Translation 1. . 1st thus. Softcover.