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- Maps
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Luther’s Life
- Luther as Late Medieval Theologian: His Positive and Negative Use of Nominalism and Realism
- Luther’s Roots in Monastic-Mystical Piety
- Luther and Medieval Reform Movements, Particularly the Hussites
- Luther’s Absorption of Medieval Biblical Interpretation and his Use of the Church Fathers
- Humanism, Luther, and the Wittenberg Reformation
- Luther’s Transformation of Medieval Thought: Discontinuity and Continuity
- Luther’s Transformation of Medieval Thought: Continuity and Discontinuity
- Luther on God and History
- Luther’s Use of Language
- Luther’s Theologia Crucis
- Luther’s Hermeneutics of Distinctions: Law and Gospel, Two Kinds of Righteousness, Two Realms, Freedom and Bondage
- Luther’s Doctrine of God
- Luther’s Theology of Creation
- Luther’s Anthropology
- Luther’s Teaching on Sin and Evil
- Justification by Faith: The View of the Mannermaa School
- Luther on Justification as Forensic and Effective
- Luther on Christ’s Person and Work
- Luther on the Holy Spirit and His Use of God’s Word
- Luther on Baptism and Penance
- Luther and the Lord’s Supper
- Luther on the Church
- Luther’s Eschatology
- The Framework for Christian Living: Luther on the Christian’s Callings
- Luther on Marriage, Sexuality, and the Family
- Luther’s Treatment of Economic Life
- Luther’s Treatment of Political and Societal Life
- Piety, Prayer, and Worship in Luther’s View of Daily Life
- Luther’s Views of the Jews and Turks
- Luther as a Resource for Christian Dialogue with Other World Religions
- The Influence of the Genres of Exegetical Instruction, Preaching, and Catechesis on Luther
- How Luther’s Engagement in Pastoral Care Shaped His Theology
- Luther’s Thought Assumed Form in Polemics
- Luther’s Thought Took Shape in Translation of Scripture and Hymns
- The Wittenberg Circle
- Luther’s Roman Catholic Critics
- Luther and the <i>Schwärmer</i>
- Luther’s Authority in the Late Reformation and Protestant Orthodoxy
- The Use of Luther’s Thought in Pietism and the Enlightenment
- The Use of Luther’s Thought in the Nineteenth Century and the Luther Renaissance
- Marxist Evaluations of Luther’s Thought
- Roman Catholic Luther Research in the Twentieth Century: From Rejection to Rehabilitation
- Luther’s Abiding Significance for World Protestantism
- Luther and Asia
- Luther in Africa
- Luther Studies in Latin America
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
As professor of Bible Luther employed traditional sources (the Vulgate, Nicholas of Lyra, patristic authors, contemporary traditional exegetes) and traditional exegetical methods, from both scholastic and monastic schools of interpreting. Although he never abandoned allegorical interpretation completely, it ceased to dominate his exegesis, which came to depend on the distinction of the law as demand for human performance and faith in the promises of Christ, as he transformed Augustine’s understanding of the contrast of ‘letter’ and ‘spirit’. He appreciated the ‘brooks’ of patristic and later commentary on Scripture but gave unchallenged authority to the ‘spring’, the source of those commentaries in the Scriptures themselves.
Keywords: biblical hermeneutics, medieval exegesis, Church Fathers, Glossa ordinaria, Nicholas of Lyra
Erik Herrmann, Associate Professor of Historical Theology, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis USA
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- [UNTITLED]
- Maps
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Luther’s Life
- Luther as Late Medieval Theologian: His Positive and Negative Use of Nominalism and Realism
- Luther’s Roots in Monastic-Mystical Piety
- Luther and Medieval Reform Movements, Particularly the Hussites
- Luther’s Absorption of Medieval Biblical Interpretation and his Use of the Church Fathers
- Humanism, Luther, and the Wittenberg Reformation
- Luther’s Transformation of Medieval Thought: Discontinuity and Continuity
- Luther’s Transformation of Medieval Thought: Continuity and Discontinuity
- Luther on God and History
- Luther’s Use of Language
- Luther’s Theologia Crucis
- Luther’s Hermeneutics of Distinctions: Law and Gospel, Two Kinds of Righteousness, Two Realms, Freedom and Bondage
- Luther’s Doctrine of God
- Luther’s Theology of Creation
- Luther’s Anthropology
- Luther’s Teaching on Sin and Evil
- Justification by Faith: The View of the Mannermaa School
- Luther on Justification as Forensic and Effective
- Luther on Christ’s Person and Work
- Luther on the Holy Spirit and His Use of God’s Word
- Luther on Baptism and Penance
- Luther and the Lord’s Supper
- Luther on the Church
- Luther’s Eschatology
- The Framework for Christian Living: Luther on the Christian’s Callings
- Luther on Marriage, Sexuality, and the Family
- Luther’s Treatment of Economic Life
- Luther’s Treatment of Political and Societal Life
- Piety, Prayer, and Worship in Luther’s View of Daily Life
- Luther’s Views of the Jews and Turks
- Luther as a Resource for Christian Dialogue with Other World Religions
- The Influence of the Genres of Exegetical Instruction, Preaching, and Catechesis on Luther
- How Luther’s Engagement in Pastoral Care Shaped His Theology
- Luther’s Thought Assumed Form in Polemics
- Luther’s Thought Took Shape in Translation of Scripture and Hymns
- The Wittenberg Circle
- Luther’s Roman Catholic Critics
- Luther and the <i>Schwärmer</i>
- Luther’s Authority in the Late Reformation and Protestant Orthodoxy
- The Use of Luther’s Thought in Pietism and the Enlightenment
- The Use of Luther’s Thought in the Nineteenth Century and the Luther Renaissance
- Marxist Evaluations of Luther’s Thought
- Roman Catholic Luther Research in the Twentieth Century: From Rejection to Rehabilitation
- Luther’s Abiding Significance for World Protestantism
- Luther and Asia
- Luther in Africa
- Luther Studies in Latin America
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Index
