Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness Philip Melanchthon's Exegetical Dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam |
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| Author:
| Wengert, Timothy J. |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Historical Theology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-511529-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $210.00 |
Book Description:
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In the 1520s a battle raged between Luther and Erasmus over the freedom of the will. This book demonstrates that Philip Melanchthon - hardly a silent observer in the fray - was actively involved, especially in his 1528 commentary on Colossians. He rejected Erasmus's position while developing an independent, but compatible stance to Luther's own. Though seemingly focused on a narrow exegetical dispute, the book deals with a variety of large and important questions - the complicated and...
More DescriptionIn the 1520s a battle raged between Luther and Erasmus over the freedom of the will. This book demonstrates that Philip Melanchthon - hardly a silent observer in the fray - was actively involved, especially in his 1528 commentary on Colossians. He rejected Erasmus's position while developing an independent, but compatible stance to Luther's own. Though seemingly focused on a narrow exegetical dispute, the book deals with a variety of large and important questions - the complicated and elusive relationships between humanism and the Reformation, Erasmus and Luther, Erasmus and Melanchthon, and Melanchthon and Luther; and all the issues of proper biblical interpretation of free will, of divine and human righteousness, and of political order.