Calvin, the Bible, and History
Autor Barbara Pitkinen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iul 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190093273
ISBN-10: 0190093277
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 236 x 152 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190093277
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 236 x 152 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Calvin, the Bible, and History is a valuable resource for scholars of John Calvin, Reformation history, and the history of biblical interpretation. Pitkin's careful and enlightening exploration of Calvin's commitment to the 'sacred histories' provides an important glimpse into how and why Calvin handled distinct biblical genres in the manner that he did.
Pitkin's volume is an illuminating study and an offering of the highest level to the growing literature on Calvin's exegesis.
Calvin, the Bible, and History is a volume that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and educated lay people ... engaging and extremely thoughtful.
In addition to the book's importance for our understanding of Calvin's role as an innovative early modern interpreter of scripture committed to "lucid brevity," it is Pitkin's presentation of the reformer as a socially engaged, politically active thinker and strategist that offers equally interesting lines of future inquiry.
This is a rich study...
In this fine book...Pitkin provides an admirable examination of Calvin's specific commentaries, showing the exegete at work in navigating relationships between original biblical contexts and the needs of his audiences. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
Through several case studies, Pitkin explores the multi-faceted ways that historical consciousness was interlinked with Calvin's interpretation of biblical books, authors, and themes, analyzing the centrality of history in his engagement with scripture from the Pentateuch to his reception of the apostle Paul.
Pitkin provides a rich picture of Calvin's exegetical activities and his working herme-neutic that took shape in an era when attitudes about the Bible as an historical source were in the process of making dramatic shifts.
With this book Barbara Pitkin has placed those who honor and respect the legacy of John Calvin in her debt.
Pitkin has masterfully presented a portrait of Calvin's historicizing exegesis through a set of well-chosen case studies of Calvin's biblical exegesis. From clarifying the distinctive elements of Calvin's Paulinism to illuminating his Johannine vision of salvation history to investigating his uses of the histories of Isaiah, David, and 2 Samuel as mirrors for the present, Pitkin expertly demonstrates Calvin's careful historical approach to Scripture-an approach that simultaneously reconstructs the biblical past with its own "integrity and remoteness" while applying these histories as guides for contemporary meaning. This is a must-read for any who seek a multifaceted understanding of Calvin's engagement with biblical history and its overarching message of God's providential care across time.
This masterful study reveals John Calvin's considerable debt to French humanism. Barbara Pitkin elegantly elucidates Calvin's approach to the biblical text and his understanding of sacred history, shaped by both the exegetical tradition and contemporary French legal scholarship. Highlighting the interplay between Reformation theology and the Renaissance study of history, this is intellectual history at its finest!
Barbara Pitkin's brilliant book illuminates a less well-known side to Calvin: that this prolific biblical expositor read the Bible in its historical setting. Calvin was both aware of the dangers of historical anachronism, and convinced that the Scriptures spoke to the existential predicaments of his own age. With sensitivity to the different genres of Calvin's writings on the Bible, Barbara Pitkin evokes Calvin's famous lucidity and clarity in her own beautifully crafted prose.
Pitkin is an extraordinarily careful scholar; one can learn an immense amount by reading her footnotes for example....This is one of the few books I've read this year where I wanted more. I will look forward to her further work, as this topic is one of the most fruitful in modern Calvin studies.
Pitkin's volume is an illuminating study and an offering of the highest level to the growing literature on Calvin's exegesis.
Calvin, the Bible, and History is a volume that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and educated lay people ... engaging and extremely thoughtful.
In addition to the book's importance for our understanding of Calvin's role as an innovative early modern interpreter of scripture committed to "lucid brevity," it is Pitkin's presentation of the reformer as a socially engaged, politically active thinker and strategist that offers equally interesting lines of future inquiry.
This is a rich study...
In this fine book...Pitkin provides an admirable examination of Calvin's specific commentaries, showing the exegete at work in navigating relationships between original biblical contexts and the needs of his audiences. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
Through several case studies, Pitkin explores the multi-faceted ways that historical consciousness was interlinked with Calvin's interpretation of biblical books, authors, and themes, analyzing the centrality of history in his engagement with scripture from the Pentateuch to his reception of the apostle Paul.
Pitkin provides a rich picture of Calvin's exegetical activities and his working herme-neutic that took shape in an era when attitudes about the Bible as an historical source were in the process of making dramatic shifts.
With this book Barbara Pitkin has placed those who honor and respect the legacy of John Calvin in her debt.
Pitkin has masterfully presented a portrait of Calvin's historicizing exegesis through a set of well-chosen case studies of Calvin's biblical exegesis. From clarifying the distinctive elements of Calvin's Paulinism to illuminating his Johannine vision of salvation history to investigating his uses of the histories of Isaiah, David, and 2 Samuel as mirrors for the present, Pitkin expertly demonstrates Calvin's careful historical approach to Scripture-an approach that simultaneously reconstructs the biblical past with its own "integrity and remoteness" while applying these histories as guides for contemporary meaning. This is a must-read for any who seek a multifaceted understanding of Calvin's engagement with biblical history and its overarching message of God's providential care across time.
This masterful study reveals John Calvin's considerable debt to French humanism. Barbara Pitkin elegantly elucidates Calvin's approach to the biblical text and his understanding of sacred history, shaped by both the exegetical tradition and contemporary French legal scholarship. Highlighting the interplay between Reformation theology and the Renaissance study of history, this is intellectual history at its finest!
Barbara Pitkin's brilliant book illuminates a less well-known side to Calvin: that this prolific biblical expositor read the Bible in its historical setting. Calvin was both aware of the dangers of historical anachronism, and convinced that the Scriptures spoke to the existential predicaments of his own age. With sensitivity to the different genres of Calvin's writings on the Bible, Barbara Pitkin evokes Calvin's famous lucidity and clarity in her own beautifully crafted prose.
Pitkin is an extraordinarily careful scholar; one can learn an immense amount by reading her footnotes for example....This is one of the few books I've read this year where I wanted more. I will look forward to her further work, as this topic is one of the most fruitful in modern Calvin studies.
Notă biografică
Barbara Pitkin is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Stanford University. Her research focuses on religious thought, biblical exegesis, and views of the past in the early modern period. She is the author of What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in its Exegetical Context.