The Reformation of the Literal : Prophecy and the Senses of Scripture in Early Modern Europe.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lundeen, Erik, author.

Series:

• T&T Clark Studies in Historical Theology.
• T&T Clark Studies in Historical Theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"Recent debates on Protestant Reformers have focused on whether they were stridently literal or allegorical interpreters. However, in this nuanced book, Ludeen 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction The Varieties of Literalism
• Chapter 1 Biblical Humanism and the Quest for Truth
• Chapter 2 Deciphering Figures of Speech with the Church Fathers
• Chapter 3 Establishing Authoritative Readings with Medieval Christians
• Chapter 4 Finding Coherence and Contemporaneity with Medieval Jews
• Chapter 5 Harvesting the Tradition with the Reformers
• Chapter 6 Debating Referentiality with the Reformers
• Conclusion The Literal Sense Reconsidered
• Bibliography
• Index of Names and Subjects
• Index of Scripture Citations.

ISBN:

• 9780567718815
• 0567718816
• 9780567718839
• 0567718832
• 9780567718808
• 0567718808

OCLC:

1460463448