Lutheran humanists and Greek antiquity : Melanchthonian scholarship between universal history and pedagogy / by Asaph Ben-Tov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Tov, Asaph.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 183.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 183

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560.

Melanchthon, Philip.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The textual monuments of Greco-Roman antiquity, as is well known, were a staple of Europe’s educated classes since the Renaissance. That the Reformation ushered in a new understanding of human fate and history is equally a commonplace of modern scholarship. The present study probes attitudes towards Greek antiquity by of a group of Lutheran humanists. Concentrating on Philipp Melanchthon, several of his colleagues and students, and a broader Melanchthonian milieu, a Lutheran understanding of Pagan and Christian Greek antiquity is traced in its sixteenth century context, positing it within the framework of Protestant universal history, pedagogical concerns, and the newly made acquaintance with Byzantine texts and post-Byzantine Greeks – demonstrating the need to historicize Antiquity itself in Renaissance studies and beyond.

Contents:

Greek antiquity in Lutheran universal history

Lutheran humanists and Byzantium: the scope of Greek antiquity

Lutheran humanists on Greek: the history of Greek and Greek in history

Some Lutheran readings of Greek texts

Graecia transvolavit Alpes.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis--Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95113-0

9786612951138

90-474-4395-0

OCLC:

695990039

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004179653.i-236 DOI