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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

1799 Subjects: Anti-clericalism, Religion Forms: Essays Translation Status: Integral English London URL

Authors of source text

Paul Henri Dietrich d'Holbach

Contributions

Anonymous (George Houston)
translator

Related resources

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Histoire critique de Jésus-Christ ou Analyse raisonnée des Évangiles has translation
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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 translation has paratext
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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 paratext

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'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; such was the controversial nature of d'Holbach's ideas'. Andrew Hunwick, Ecce Homo! An Eighteenth Century Life of Jesus : Critical Edition and Revision of George Houston's Translation from the French (2013).