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CALVIN'S ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER INTERPRETERS OF GENESIS
THE GOAL OF THE INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS
Chapter 2 Calvin as commentator on the Mosaic Harmony and Joshua
CALVIN’S FINAL COMMENTARIES
THE METHOD OF THE 'MOSAIC HARMONY'
CALVIN’S RHETORICAL STYLE IN THE 'MOSAIC HARMONY'
POSSIBLE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
MAKING SENSE OF THE PENTATEUCHAL LAWS
DIVINE ACCOMMODATION IN THE 'MOSAIC HARMONY' AND 'JOSHUA'
CALVIN'S "DYING BEQUEST TO THE CHURCH"
JUSTICE AND CRUELTY IN JOSHUA
MORAL LESSONS FROM JOSHUA
CALVIN AS GUIDE THROUGH DIFFICULT TERRAIN
Chapter 3 Calvin as an interpreter of Job
Chapter 4 Calvin as commentator on the Psalms
THE COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS
INTERPRETATION IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE SCRIPTURE
CALVIN'S INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS IN RELATION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PSALMS TO JESUS CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM
ASSESSMENT OF CALVIN'S EXEGESIS
Chapter 5 Calvin as commentator on the Prophets
The transcription of Calvin's lectures
The sequence of Calvin's lectures
The audience of Calvin's lectures
The extemporary character of Calvin's lectures
The humanist style of Calvin's lectures
The engagement with other commentators in Calvin's lectures
COMMENTARY CONCERNS AND EXEGETICAL EMPHASES
The progress of the kingdom of Christ and salvation history
The beginnings of the kingdom of Christ
The consummation of the kingdom of Christ
The progress of the kingdom of Christ
The Restoration of the church
Strand 1: The restoration of the church as reformation: the return to original integrity
Strand 2: The restoration of the church as redemption: the progress to ultimate consummation
Chapter 6 Calvin as commentator on the Synoptic Gospels
The Circumstances of the writing of the commentary
Calvin's humanist background
Calvin's dialogue with other interpreters of the gospels
Literary and rhetorical dimensions
Exegetical emphases and hermeneutical approaches
Chapter 7 Calvin as commentator on the Gospel of John
THE HISTORY OF CALVIN'S COMMENTARY ON JOHN
THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PRIOR TO CALVIN
The Gospel of John in the early Christian church
The Gospel of John in the Middle Ages
The Gospel of John in the sixteenth century
CALVIN AS COMMENTATOR ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
Substantive aspects of Calvin's interpretation of the Gospel of John
Chapter 8 Calvin as commentator on the Acts of the Apostles
THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMENTARY
CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE COMMENTARY
Chapter 9 Calvin as commentator on the Pauline epistles
THE CONTEXTS OF THE PAULINE COMMENTARIES
The commentaries and the Institutes
Calvin's historical circumstances and the writing of the commentaries
Calvin's humanism and other influences
Calvin and the church's interpretive tradition
THE CONCERNS OF THE PAULINE COMMENTARIES
Text, history, and literary forms
Calvin's hermeneutical and exegetical approach
CALVIN AS COMMENTATOR ON THE PAULINE EPISTLES
APPENDIX A: PUBLICATION OF CALVIN’S PAULINE COMMENTARIES
Chapter 10 Calvin as commentator on Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Date, circumstances and background issues of the commentary
Effects of Calvin's background in humanism and other influences
Sources: Calvin's dialogue with the history of exegesis and other biblical commentaries in his work
Literary and rhetorical dimensions
Further discussion and analysis of Calvin as biblical commentator
Chapter 11 John Calvin as an interpreter of the Bible
APPROACHES CALVIN DOES NOT USE
Sharp distinction between the testaments
CALVIN'S ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL
Humanism and biblical interpretation
Universalizing the scholastic classroom
The principle of accommodation
Calvin and the Bible
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