Seeming Knowledge: Shakespeare and Skeptical Faith

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Seeming Knowledge EDITORIAL BOARD John D. Cox DuMez Professor of English Hope College Susan M. Felch Professor of English Calvin College Susan VanZanten Gallagher Professor of English Director, Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development Seattle Pacific University Anthony Low Professor of English New York University Roger Lundin Blanchard Professor of English Wheaton College Patricia A. Ward Professor of French and Comparative Literature Vanderbilt University Studies in Christianity and Literature 1 Seeming Knowledge Shakespeare and Skeptical Faith JOHN D. COX BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS © 2007 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of Baylor University Press. Cover Design: Cynthia Dunne, Blue Farm Graphics Cover Image: Aristotle (384–322 BC) with a Bust of Homer, 1653 (oil on canvas ), Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–69) / , Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library. Used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cox, John D., 1945Seeming knowledge : Shakespeare and skeptical faith / John D. Cox. p. cm. -- (Studies in Christianity and literature ; 1) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-932792-95-9 (cloth/hardcover : acid-free paper) 1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Philosophy. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Religion. 3. Skepticism in literature. 4. Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. I. Title. PR3001.C67 2007 822.3'3--dc22 2007022393 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper with a minimum of 30% pcw recycled content. To Hope ...