Description
Holy Scripture Speaks reveals the rich complexity of the literary, theological, and cultural dimensions of Erasmus? Paraphrases on the New Testament and indicates future directions that research in this area should take.
Chapter
PART ONE: 'A KIND OF EXPOSITION': THE PRODUCTION OF THE PARAPHRASES
1 The Tongue and the Book: Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament and the Arts of Scripture
2 Exegetical Fictions? Biblical Paraphrases of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
3 Historical Imagination and the Representation of Paul in Erasmus' Paraphrases on the Pauline Epistles
4 Triumphs, Trophies, and Spoils: Roman History in Some Paraphrases on Paul by Erasmus
5 Sub evangelistae persona: The Speaking Voice in Erasmus' Paraphrase on Luke
6 Jesus and His Family in Erasmus' Paraphrases on Luke and John
7 Exegesis and Marriage in Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament
PART TWO: 'A FULL LIBRARY OF DIVINITY BOOKS': THE RECEPTION OF THE PARAPHRASES
8 The Textual Travail of the Tomus secundus of the Paraphrases
9 Why Noël Béda Did Not Like Erasmus' Paraphrases
10 The Paraphrases of Erasmus in French
11 John Bale's Image of Both Churches and the English Paraphrase on Revelation
12 Forming a Protestant Consciousness? Erasmus' Paraphrases in English Parishes, 1547–1666
Index of Scriptural Passages