"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...

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Main Author: Tyra, Steven W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: 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
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.
ISSN:1871-2428
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history and religious culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09802002