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Jean Leclerc

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Genevan theologian and biblical scholar (1657-1736)

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Jean Le Clerc, also Johannes Clericus, was a Genevan theologian, biblical scholar, and journalist. He was famous for promoting exegesis, or critical interpretation of the Bible, and was a radical of his age. He parted with Calvinism over his interpretations and left Geneva for that reason.

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Jean Le Clerc, also Johannes Clericus, was a Genevan theologian, biblical scholar, and journalist. He was famous for promoting exegesis, or critical interpretation of the Bible, and was a radical of his age. He parted with Calvinism over his interpretations and left Geneva for that reason. He was a propagator of John Locke's philosophy and of Isaac Newton's physics.

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Lived 1657 to 1736 · aged 78
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