The Divine Legation of Moses

• 1738 First part published. Thomas Chubb in An Enquiry Concerning Redemption hit back at some comments of Warburton's. • 1744 The section dealing with the origin of language is translated into French by Léonard de Malpeines, as Essai sur les hiéroglyphes des Égyptiens. Warburton issues the first part of a two-part reply to critics, to Conyers Middleton, Richard Pococke, Richard Grey; and also Mark Akenside, John Tillard, Julius Bate and Nicholas Mann. to Arthur Ashley Sykes and Henry Stebbing. • 1751 A German translation begins publication, and is reviewed by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. • 1766 In an anonymous work, Robert Lowth takes issue with Warburton, over a 1765 addition to the Divine Legation (appendix to book 5) concerning the Book of Job. • 1770 Edward Gibbon attacks Warburton's interpretation of Æneid book VI. ==References==