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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches of local catalogs, Open Library, and Google Books yielded no evidence of an English translation for Balthasar Bekker's 1693 work 'Ondersoek en antwoord [...] op 't request door de gedeputeerden der Noordhollandsche synode tot Edam'. The search results only returned bibliographic references to the work within microfilm collections or library catalogs, not translations of the text itself.
Verified Mar 29, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books · methodology
Balthasar Bekker refused to be silenced by the church authorities who sought to ban his work without ever reading it. This text provides a sharp, historical defense of free inquiry against those who favor censorship over the labor of intellectual debate.