Collected Works of Erasmus

Controversies, Volume 74

Collected Works of Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus, Jan Bloemedal, Alexander Dalzell, Erika Rummel, Charles Fantazzi, Stephen Ryle, Douglas A Shantz
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This volume contains the first translation of Erasmus' response to two of his fiercest Spanish critics. Erasmus' thorough engagement with the New Testament, in particular his revision of the Vulgate translation, aroused much controversy, especially in the orthodox Roman Catholic country of Spain. Erasmus had to fight fierce polemics with several people, including two Spanish scholars, Diego Lopez Zuniga and Sancho Carranza de Miranda, who were both connected to the University of Alcala. This quarrel lasted from 1520 to 1524, with a late response by Erasmus in 1529. The discussion started as a philological one, regarding "correct" Latin, but turned into a dogmatic-theological fight over the issues of whether the New Testament speaks of Christ as God, whether one can apply the term servus (servant) to Christ, and whether the sacramental character of matrimony can be deduced from Ephesians 5:32. The five texts in this volume are, for the first time, translated and annotated. With elucidating notes and an introduction, the volume offers wonderful insight into a fierce and fundamental polemic over the New Testament.
This meticulous translation lets one breathe the smoke of Erasmus' ' Spanish War' of the early 1520s and also seize the interest of its skirmishes and alarums for the social campaign that he was prosecuting in those years through his publication of New Testament texts, annotations, and paraphrases. - Mark Vessey, Principal of Green College and Professor of English Literature, University of British Columbia
Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466-1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe' s foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects. Jan Bloemendal is a senior researcher at the Huygens Institute and lecturer at Ruhr University Bochum. Alexander Dalzell was a professor emeritus of classics at the University of Toronto. Erika Rummel is a professor emerita in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University. Charles E. Fantazzi is the Thomas Harriot Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Classics and Great Books at East Carolina University. Stephen Ryle was a lecturer in the department of classics at the University of Leeds. Douglas H. Shantz is a professor emeritus of classics and religion at the University of Calgary.
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ISBN-13: 9781487546298
Published: 3 Dec 2022
Published In: Canada
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 248mm
Width: 171mm
Weight: 1g
Pages: 320

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