As part of his effort to make the Bible an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, Erasmus composed the Paraphrases. In these series of texts, the Holy Scripture provides the core of a work that is vastly expanded to embrace the reforming "philosophy of Christ" in all of its forms. This volume contains two sets of Paraphrases, one on the Corinthian letters (circa. 1519), and the other on the group of letters from the Ephesians to the Thessalonians (circa. 1520).
The first set presents an epistolary narrative which not only enlivens the events described but revisits them from a sixteenth-century perspective. Together, they form a sharpened portrait of the primitive Corinthian church and an intriguing critique of the church as it was in Erasmus's time. The second set, Ephesians to Thessalonians, offers an interpretation of Pauline theology with humanistic overtones that are distinctively Erasmian. In these Paraphrases, we see the craft of the philologist at work in the articulation of the doctrine of the Trinity, the humanist depicting Christ with an unmistakably human sensibility, and the artist discussing familiar theological virtues of faith and love in a new way.
Apart from providing the first complete English translations of these Paraphrases since 1549, this volume gives excellent insight into the fundamentals of Erasmian theology and includes annotations which highlight the historical and linguistic implications of Erasmus's original texts.
Authors
Desiderius Erasmus, Robert D. Sider, Sister Mechtilde O'Mara, Edward A Phillips
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-491) and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 199.492
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Translated from the 1532 Froben ed. of Paraphrasis in omnes epistolas Apostolicas Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781442687226 0802092969
- LCCN
- BS2637 PA8502
- LCCN Item number
- E7 2009eb E5 1974 v. 43
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOGU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxvi, 538 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00224325 (OCoLC)635459547 (CaOOCEL)430755
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- YDXCP
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Translators’ Note 16
- Paraphrase on the First Epistle to the Corinthians 28
- Paraphrase on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians 226
- Paraphrase on the Epistle to the Ephesians 310
- Paraphrase on the Epistle to the Philippians 384
- Paraphrase on the Epistle to the Colossians 420
- Paraphrase on the First Epistle to the Thessalonians 460
- Paraphrase on the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians 486
- The Dedicatory Letter [1520] to Cardinal Campeggi 502
- The Sequence and Dates of the Publication of the Paraphrases 507
- Works Frequently Cited 508
- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works 515
- Index of Scriptural References 520
- Index of Classical References 530
- A 530
- C 530
- D 530
- G 530
- H 530
- J 530
- L 530
- M 530
- O 530
- P 531
- Q 531
- R 531
- S 531
- T 531
- V 531
- X 531
- Index of Patristic and Medieval References 532
- A 532
- C 532
- D 532
- E 532
- G 532
- H 532
- I 533
- J 533
- N 533
- O 533
- P 533
- T 533
- V 533
- Z 533
- Index of Greek and Latin Words Cited 534
- A 536
- B 537
- C 537
- D 537
- E 538
- F 538
- G 538
- H 538
- I 538
- L 539
- M 539
- N 540
- O 540
- P 540
- Q 540
- R 541
- S 541
- T 541
- U 541
- V 542
- General Index 543
- A 543
- B 544
- C 545
- D 547
- E 547
- F 553
- G 554
- H 555
- I 555
- J 556
- K 556
- L 556
- M 557
- N 559
- O 559
- P 559
- R 561
- S 561
- T 563
- U 564
- V 564
- W 564
- Y 565
- Z 565
