Biblical scholarship and the church : a sixteenth-century crisis of authority / Allan K. Jenkins and Patrick Preston

Author: Jenkins, Allan K., 1931-
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: xiii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Preston, Patrick

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Series

Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies

Contents

Introduction -- Part I : the debates -- The roots of the problem -- Erasmus and the return to the original languages of scripture -- Erasmus' debates with traditionalists -- The debate between Thomas More and William Tyndale concerning translation -- The debate between Thomas More and William Tyndale concerning interpretation -- The origin and development of Catharinus's polemic against Cajetan -- Reaction of the Dominicans to Cajetan's biblical commentaries -- Part II : documents -- A. Interpretations of Matthew 16:16-19 -- B. Documents relating to chapters 2 and 3 -- Documents relating to chapters 5 and 6.

Subject(s)

Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc—History—16th century
Bible—Translating—History—16th century
Bible—Versions—History—16th century
Church history—16th century
Reformation
Counter-Reformation
Church—Authority—History of doctrines—16th century
Europe—Intellectual life—16th century

ISBN

0754637034 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780754637035 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-314) and indexes.

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