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Ecce homo! Or, a critical enquiry into the history of Jesus Christ, being a rational analysis of the gospels. Translated from the French

1813 Subjects: Anti-clericalism, Religion Forms: Essays Printing and Publishing Status: New edition Translation Status: Integral English London URL

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Paul Henri Dietrich d'Holbach

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uncertainty Anonymous (George Houston)
translator
Daniel Isaac Eaton
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New edition by Eaton of George Houston's translation. Houston reworked his translation, addeding several footnotes and quotations. Eaton was prosecuted for the publication but escaped conviction by revealing the translator's identity. Houston was sentenced to two years and later emigrated the the US, where he republished Ecce Homo.

J.R. Dinwiddy, "William Cobbett, George Houston and Freethought", Notes and Queries (July-August 1977), pp.325-9; Leech, Cosmopolitanism, p. 157; Andrew Hunwick, Ecce Homo!: An Eighteenth Century Life of Jesus: Critical Edition and Revision of George Houston's Translation From the French (2013).