Collected Works of Erasmus
«
"Sider has given us an excellent guide through the vast extent of Erasmus’ work on the New Testament. It is also a useful corrective of popular images of Erasmus which play down the Christian element in his thought and depict him one-sidedly as an almost secular messenger of tolerance, pacifism and areligious humanism."
» Henk Jan de Jonge, Leiden University, <em>Novum Testamentum</em>
Erasmus produced his five editions of the New Testament in Greek and Latin and his Paraphrases on the Gospels and Epistles almost contemporaneously with the tumultuous events that accompanied the beginnings of the Reformation in Europe. Les mer
Logg inn for å se din bonus
This volume, CWE 41, seeks to set in perspective in a major introductory essay the full range of that scholarship. It traces the origin of Erasmus' work and its development over the course of the last two decades of his life, placing the work on the New Testament in the context of his life and the political and religious events of his age, revealing the endeavour as a process, and thus giving the reader illuminating points of reference for the many cryptic allusions in his annotations and paraphrases. The book includes an annotated translation of three of Erasmus' major writings on Scripture and its interpretation -- the Paraclesis, the Ratio verae theologiae ('System of True Theology'), and the Apologia (defense of his work). It includes as well some of his further attempts to clarify his endeavour -- relevant letters and a vitriolic response to his 'crabby critics' (Contra morosos). The volume offers a unique insight into the production of Erasmus' scholarship in book form, illustrating abundantly the special features that made his editions of the New Testament and his Paraphrases both esthetically pleasing and effectively marketable products.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Toronto Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780802092229
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 25 x 18 cm
Anmeldelser
«
"Sider has given us an excellent guide through the vast extent of Erasmus’ work on the New Testament. It is also a useful corrective of popular images of Erasmus which play down the Christian element in his thought and depict him one-sidedly as an almost secular messenger of tolerance, pacifism and areligious humanism."
» Henk Jan de Jonge, Leiden University, <em>Novum Testamentum</em>
«
"The texts contained in CWE 41 help us understand why Erasmus was loved or loathed by his contemporaries, and we are indebted to Sider and his associates for producing such a magnificent translation."
» Amy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, <i>Erasmus Studies</i>