William Tyndale and Erasmus on How to Read the Bible: A Newly Discovered Manuscript of the English "Enchiridion"

British Library MS Additional 89149, newly discovered in 2015 at Alnwick Castle, is a previously unknown translation of Erasmus' Enchiridion militis Christiani into English. Dated 1523, it now represents the earliest surviving English translation of any work by Erasmus. This article presents de...

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Auteur principal: Cummings, Brian ca. 20./21. Jh. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2018
Dans: Reformation
Année: 2018, Volume: 23, Numéro: 1, Pages: 29-52
Classifications IxTheo:HA Bible
KAG Réforme; humanisme; Renaissance
KDB Église catholique romaine
Sujets non-standardisés:B Bible
B Imitation
B Allegory
B Hermeneutics
B Literal Sense
B Erasmus
Accès en ligne: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Résumé:British Library MS Additional 89149, newly discovered in 2015 at Alnwick Castle, is a previously unknown translation of Erasmus' Enchiridion militis Christiani into English. Dated 1523, it now represents the earliest surviving English translation of any work by Erasmus. This article presents detailed verbal evidence that associates the vocabulary of imitatio in the translation with William Tyndale's hermeneutic work on scripture, including his New Testament of 1525-1526. It thus offers the strongest evidence to date of Tyndale's hand in the English Enchiridion, long the subject of scholarly enquiry. It also provides a fresh interpretation of Tyndale's engagement with Erasmian humanism, and his position on disputes over literal and figurative senses in early Protestantism. At the heart of this is the distinctive English word ‘counterfeit', the meanings of which are traced through a range of medieval and Renaissance sources, from Chaucer onwards.
Description matérielle:4 Illustrationen
ISSN:1752-0738
Contient:Enthalten in: Reformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13574175.2018.1468605