Calvin's New Testament commentaries / T.H.L. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, T. H. L. (Thomas Henry Louis)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--16th century.

Bible.

Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.

Calvin, Jean.

Bible. New Testament.

History.

Criticism and interpretation of the New Testament.

Physical Description:

257 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition, revised, first Amer. edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993.

Summary:

This enlarged and revised edition of a much-acclaimed, full-length study (1971) of Calvin's New Testament commentaries expounds upon Calvin's principles of interpretation. It considers early sixteenth-century hermeneutics and gives special emphasis to the reformers Melanchthon, Bucer, and Bullinger and to "rhetorical" interpretation. A chapter on Calvin's view of the New Testament canon leads to an extensive section on the Greek and Latin texts of the New Testament; the conclusion is that this basic Greek text for the earlier commentaries was not that of Erasmus but the Colinaean text of 1534. The final chapter shows Calvin at work on his commentaries and describes the sources he used for social, geographical, and linguistic understanding of the New Testament. Extensive bibliographies of Calvin's commentaries, as well as those of the relevant Greek and Latin Bibles and the classical, patristic, medieval, and renaissance work to which he was indebted, complete this comprehensive study. Calvin emerges as the first great modern commentator and, above all, as the faithful minister of the Word of God.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The History of Calvin's Commentaries 6

Chapter 2 The Revisions of 1551 and 1556 36

Chapter 3 Early Sixteenth-Century Methods 60

Chapter 4 Calvin's Method and Interpretation 85

Chapter 5 The New Testament Canon 109

Chapter 6 The Greek Text 123

Chapter 7 The Latin Text 158

Chapter 8 Prolegomena to Exegesis 192

1. Calvin's Commentaries 206

2. Other Works by Calvin 222

3. Other Commentaries 223

4. Greek and Latin New Testaments and Bibles 233

5. Classical, Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Works 238

6. Later Books and Articles 241

Index 1. Scripture 247

Index 2. Calvin's Commentaries 251

Index 3. Bibles and New Testaments 252

Index 4. Names 253.

Notes:

"Published in Great Britain by T&T Clark ... Edinburgh, Scotland"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0664254896

OCLC:

28148050