“Quid est homo quod memor es ipsius?”: Calvin and Cocceius (1603–1669) on Psalm 8

This article addresses a controversy between Reformed theologians on the exegesis of Psalm 8 which arose in the Dutch Reformed Church during the late seventeenth century. The followers of the Leiden theologian Johannes Cocceius proposed an eschatological (even apocalyptic) reading of this Psalm whic...

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Main Author: van Asselt, Willem J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2011
In: Church history and religious culture
Year: 2011, Volume: 91, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 135-147
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Johannes Cocceius John Calvin history of exegesis exegesis of Psalm 8 Calvin’s historical versus Cocceius’s christological interpretation of Psalm 8 continuity and discontinuity in pre-critical Reformed exegesis of prophetical and apocalyptic texts
B Bible. Psalmen 8
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