Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Sacred Scripture Exegetes and biblicists

Contant, Philippe de La Miette du

CONTANT, PHILIPPE DE LA MOLETTE DU

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CONTANT, Philippe de La Miette du. - Exegete, b. in the Dauphiné on 29 Aug. 1739, doctor of the Sorbonne and vicar general of Vienne, guillotined by the revolutionaries on 24 July 1794.

Works: Essai sur l'Écriture Sainte (Paris 1775); Nouvelle méthode pour entrer dans le vrai sens de l'Écriture (ibid. 1777); La Genèse expliquée d'après les textes primitifs (ibid. 1777); L'Exode expliqué (ibid. 1780); Les Psaumes expliqués d'après les différents textes orientaux (ibid. 1781); Le Lévitique expliqué (ibid. 1785).

He also left a manuscript of a Nouvelle Bible polyglotte.

Bibliography

BIBL.: E. Mangenot, s. v. in DB, II, col. 927 ff.

Gaetano M. Perrella

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 433.

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Perrella, Gaetano Maria. “Contant, philippe de la molette du.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 433. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/contant-philippe-de-la-molette-du.

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Perrella, Gaetano Maria. “Contant, philippe de la molette du.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 433. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/contant-philippe-de-la-molette-du.

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  author    = {Perrella, Gaetano Maria},
  title     = {Contant, philippe de la molette du},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {433},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/contant-philippe-de-la-molette-du}
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