ISBN: 9780195115291

This book argues the provocative thesis that Philip Melanchthon, so often pictured as hopelessly caught in the middle between Erasmus and Luther, and more "Erasmian" than Luther… More...

This book argues the provocative thesis that Philip Melanchthon, so often pictured as hopelessly caught in the middle between Erasmus and Luther, and more "Erasmian" than Lutheran in his thought, was, at least in his theological methods and views, not Erasmian at all, but in fact sharply opposed to Erasmus. Author Timothy J. Wengert builds his case largely on the basis of Melanchthon's Scholia on the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, employing the critically important but seldom used second edition of 1528, which was produced in the aftermath of Luther and Erasmus's famous debate over the free will. Wengert also draws on a wide range of other contemporary sources, many of them well known but, as he argues, frequently misunderstood. Throughout this analysis he subjects a wide range of the secondary literature to sharp critical review. From the vantage point of a relatively narrow exegetical dispute, the book deals with a number of important topics: the complicated and elusive relationships between humanism and the Reformation, Erasmus and Luther, Erasmus and Melanchthon, and Melanchthon and Luther; the theological issues of proper biblical interpretation, of free will, and of divine and human righteousness; and the hotly contested social problem of political order. Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Reformation theology, but to a broader audience of those concerned with Renaissance and Reformation history and literature. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Religion,Inspiration>Christianity>Christianity, Oxford University Press Core >2 >T<

ISBN: 9780195115291

This book argues the provocative thesis that Philip Melanchthon, so often pictured as hopelessly caught in the middle between Erasmus and Luther, and more ""Erasmian"" than Lutheran in hi… More...

This book argues the provocative thesis that Philip Melanchthon, so often pictured as hopelessly caught in the middle between Erasmus and Luther, and more ""Erasmian"" than Lutheran in his thought, was, at least in his theological methods and views, not Erasmian at all, but in fact sharplyopposed to Erasmus. Author Timothy J. Wengert builds his case largely on the basis of Melanchthon''s Scholia on the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, employing the critically important but seldom used second edition of 1528, which was produced in the aftermath of Luther and Erasmus''s famous debateover the free will. Wengert also draws on a wide range of other contemporary sources, many of them well known but, as he argues, frequently misunderstood. Throughout this analysis he subjects a wide range of the secondary literature to sharp critical review. From the vantage point of a relatively narrow exegetical dispute, the book deals with a number of important topics: the complicated and elusive relationships between humanism and the Reformation, Erasmus and Luther, Erasmus and Melanchthon, and Melanchthon and Luther; the theological issues ofproper biblical interpretation, of free will, and of divine and human righteousness; and the hotly contested social problem of political order. Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Reformation theology, but to a broader audience of thoseconcerned with Renaissance and Reformation history and literature. | Human Freedom Christian Righteousness by Timothy J. Wengert Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Religion > Christianity > Theology P10107, Timothy J. Wengert<

2004, ISBN: 0195115295

Oxford University Press, 1998. 254p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. Unbekannter Einband Wengert`s book clearly ranks with the very best studies of Melanchthon th… More...

Oxford University Press, 1998. 254p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. Unbekannter Einband Wengert`s book clearly ranks with the very best studies of Melanchthon that we have in print. The Journal of Religion 21/09/2004 (Publisher`s information). Printed on Demand 4 weeks, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780195115291

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. New. 9x6x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing, Oxford University Press, 6