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.

Bible.

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