Scholarship, Sacrifice and Subjectivity

ISBN-13: 9780367761899 / Miękka / 2023 / 124 str.

Opis

The essays collected here lay bare the extraordinary powers and resources of The Renaissance Bible, with contributions by leading scholars of early modernity Anthony Grafton, Brian Cummings, Russ Leo, Beth Quitslund, and Achsah Guibbory.

Spis treści

Introduction: Scholarship, Sacrifice and Subjectivity: The Renaissance Bible Today

Hannah Crawforth and Russ Leo

1. Some Early Citizens of the Respublica Litterarum Sacrarum: Christian Scholars and the Masorah Before 1550

Anthony Grafton

2. William Tyndale and Erasmus on How to Read the Bible: A Newly Discovered Manuscript of the English Enchiridion

Brian Cummings

3. Jean Calvin, Christ’s Despair, and the Reformation Decensus ad Inferos

Russ Leo

4. "A Second Bible": Liturgy and Interpretation in the Expositions of John Boys

Beth Quitslund

5. The Reformation of Hebrew Scripture: Chosen People, Chosen Nations, and Exceptionalism

Achsah Guibbory

O autorze

Hannah Crawforth is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at King’s College, London, UK.

Russ Leo is Associate Professor in English at Princeton University, USA.