The Bible, the Reformation and the church : essays in honour of James Atkinson / edited by W.P. Stephens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephens, W. P., editor.

Atkinson, James, honouree.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 105.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 105

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press Ltd., [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Festschrift in Honour of Emeritus Professor James Atkinson This volume commemorates the eightieth birthday of James Atkinson, a distinguished Reformation scholar who was Professor of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield. It reflects the relationship between the Bible, the Reformation, and the Church in his life and work. Fourteen friends and former colleagues contribute to it. Biblical scholars link the Bible to the Reformation and the Church, and Reformation scholars link the Reformation to the Bible and to the Church. In addition Anthony Thiselton writes a wide-ranging appreciatio

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; James Atkinson: Theologian, Professor and Churchman; Paul and the Introspective Conscience; Job and the Spirituality of the Reformation; Spirit, Bible and Preaching Today With Special Reference to William Tyndale; The Coherence of the Text: How it Hangeth Together: The Bible in Reformation England; Was Luther a Heretic?; The Genevan Version of the English Bible: Its Aims and Achievements; Theologiae proprium subjectum: Theology as the Critic and Servant of the Church

The Spirit with the Word: The Reformational Revivalism of George WhitefieldJ.W. Colenso's Correspondence with Abraham Kuenen, 1863-1878; Zwingli and the Salvation of the Gentiles; Luther's itio spiritualis; Luther and Barthon 1 Corinthians15: Sis Theses for Theology in Relation to Recent Interpretation; 'The Saxons be Sore on the Affirmative': Robert Barnes on the Lord's Supper; Erasmus and Marsilius of Padua; Publications of James Atkinson; Index of References; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613200617

9781283200615

1283200619

9780567556332

0567556336

OCLC:

741691704