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Author Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536

Title Annotations on Romans / edited by Robert D. Sider ; translated and annotated by John B. Payne [and others]
Published Toronto, Ont. ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 480 pages)
Series Collected works of Erasmus ; v. 56. New Testament scholarship
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Works. Selections. English. 1984.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Works. English. 1974 ; v. 56.
Contents Contents -- Preface -- Translators' Note -- Annotations on the Epistle to the Romans: Annotationes in epistolam ad Romanos -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus' Works -- Index of Biblical and Apocryphal References -- Index of Classical References -- A -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Index of Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance References -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- N -- O -- P -- R -- T -- V -- Z
Index of Greek and Latin Words CitedA -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary The Annotations of Erasmus are designed for those who wish to take the study of the Bible seriously. Erasmus himself declared as much: his Annotations were not written, he implied, to provide pleasant diversions or popular entertainment. They were a work of genuine biblical scholarship. They brought to bear on theological issues of the day the light of Scripture interpreted from its own historical and literary contexts -- often with disturbing clarity. They are, moreover, replete with that Erasmian irony that so effectively exposed the personal and institutional follies of all parties in the early years of the Reformation. Erasmus wrote annotations on all the New Testament books, but among them all the annotations on Romans must hold a special place. The Epistle to the Romans has been understood as the classic theological statement by the Apostle to the gentiles of the terms on which Divine grace embraced all human beings. Besides, centuries of reflection have made Romans a focus of debate on central theological issues -- for example, the relation of the Divine Persons, the predestination of the saints, the doctrine of justification. To such problems the sometimes tortured syntax of the Greek has often obscured the clarity sought from the divine Apostle. Erasmus understood that all discussion of Romans must rest upon a sure grasp of the author's intent. His task, therefore, in the Annotations on Romans was to clarify the text of the Epistle, and so to illuminate the vision of Paul. This translation reveals the annotations as a rich storehouse of methodological discussion and semantic analysis, and a fascinating witness to the theological debates of the early sixteenth century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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SUBJECT Bible. Romans -- Commentaries. Early works to 1800
Bible. Romans fast
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
HISTORY -- Renaissance.
Form Electronic book
Author Sider, Robert D. (Robert Dick)
Payne, John B. (John Barton), 1931-2016.
ISBN 9781442677654
1442677651
1282011669
9781282011663
9786612011665
6612011661
Other Titles Annotationes in Epistolam ad Romanos. English