"Mary puts us all to shame": Martin Luther's Reception of the Medieval Magdalene
This article examines Martin Luther's interpretation of Saint Mary Magdalene throughout his career, from his Psalms lectures of 1513 to his sermons on John's Gospel in 1529. In particular, it will be argued that Luther both adopted and reshaped the exegetical tradition flowing from the twe...
| Published in: | Church history and religious culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2018]
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 367-386 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bernard, Clairvaux, Abt, Heiliger 1090-1153
/ Mary Magdalen
/ Reception
/ Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ History 1513-1529
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Bernard of Clairvaux
B John 20,1-18 B history of exegesis B Martin Luther B Reformation B Luke 7,36-50 B Mary Magdalene |
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| Summary: | This article examines Martin Luther's interpretation of Saint Mary Magdalene throughout his career, from his Psalms lectures of 1513 to his sermons on John's Gospel in 1529. In particular, it will be argued that Luther both adopted and reshaped the exegetical tradition flowing from the twelfth-century theologian, Bernard of Clairvaux. The final result was a Reformation reading of the Magdalene that was neither fully medieval nor "Protestant" as the tradition would later develop. Luther's journey with the saint thus illumines his ambiguous place in the history of biblical interpretation, as well as his fraught relationship to the medieval past. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09802002 |