Contributions of Commentaries on the Minor Prophets to the Formation of Distinctive Lutheran and Reformed Confessional Identities
The essay explores the question of the evidence of distinct Lutheran and Reformed confessional practices of exegesis particularly concerning interpretations of Old Testament prophecy. It begins by outlining differences in Martin Luther and John Calvin’s practices of christological exegesis and visio...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2012, Volume: 92, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 237-260 |
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confessional identity
biblical interpretation
exegesis
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Aegidius Hunnius
David Pareus
Philip Melanchthon
Lucas Osiander
Nikolaus Selnecker
Lambert Daneau
Johannes Drusius
Johannes Piscator
Minor Prophets
Prophecy
christological exegesis
vision of sacred history
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Summary: | The essay explores the question of the evidence of distinct Lutheran and Reformed confessional practices of exegesis particularly concerning interpretations of Old Testament prophecy. It begins by outlining differences in Martin Luther and John Calvin’s practices of christological exegesis and vision of sacred history in their interpretations of the Minor Prophets. Next, it traces the evolution of these differences in a set of figures from the next generation of Lutheran and Reformed exegetes in order to discern whether consistent patterns emerge to indicate ways in which biblical interpretation shaped confessional identity. Through a survey of commentaries on the Minor Prophets by a set of next generation Lutherans (Philip Melanchthon, Aegidius Hunnius, Lucas Osiander, and Nicolas Selnecker) and next generation Reformed (David Pareus, Lambert Daneau, Johannes Drusius, and Johannes Piscator) the author provides a picture of how biblical interpretation did indeed play a significant role in the formation and expression of confessional identity in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. |
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ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09220003 |