The Reformation of the Literal : Prophecy and the Senses of Scripture in Early Modern Europe
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
T&T Clark Studies in Historical Theology
ISBN-10
0567718794
ISBN-13
9780567718792
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 23rd, 2025
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
560 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 16.40 x 2.20 cms
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European historyEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700History of religionCalvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian ChurchesOld TestamentsChristian theologySacred textsHistoryEuropean historyHistory of religionChristianityCalvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian ChurchesOld TestamentsSacred texts, scriptures and revered writings
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What does it mean to read the Bible ''literally''? Recent debates on the Protestant reformers have focused on whether they were stridently literal interpreters or maintained a place for allegorical readings. However, in this nuanced book, Lundeen argues that the question of what in fact constituted the Bible''s literal sense was also a key question in early modern debates.
There is no clean binary of literal versus allegorical; instead, reformers subtly produced a variety of competing literalisms. There was not one literal sense in the Reformation, but many.
To make this case, Lundeen comparatively analyzes Reformation-era commentaries on the prophet Isaiah. He further highlights the little-known but influential works of the Basel reformer Johannes Oecolampadius, who was the first Christian to publish commentaries on most of the biblical prophets in the sixteenth century.
By placing Oecolampadius in conversation with a host of his better-known Christian and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries, this book reframes a central aspect of Reformation-era biblical exegesis, while also providing a constructive resource for those who seek to read the Bible''s ancient prophets as Christian scripture today.
There is no clean binary of literal versus allegorical; instead, reformers subtly produced a variety of competing literalisms. There was not one literal sense in the Reformation, but many.
To make this case, Lundeen comparatively analyzes Reformation-era commentaries on the prophet Isaiah. He further highlights the little-known but influential works of the Basel reformer Johannes Oecolampadius, who was the first Christian to publish commentaries on most of the biblical prophets in the sixteenth century.
By placing Oecolampadius in conversation with a host of his better-known Christian and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries, this book reframes a central aspect of Reformation-era biblical exegesis, while also providing a constructive resource for those who seek to read the Bible''s ancient prophets as Christian scripture today.
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