Current Perspectives on Luther's Biblical Interpretation
Martin Luther's office at the University of Wittenberg was "teacher of the Bible" (Doctor Bibliae). Luther held a literal-prophetic understanding of scripture. Many recent studies have added new perspectives to Luther's interaction with scripture. After placing Luther's view...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Johns Hopkins University Press
2022
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Lutheran quarterly
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 249-267 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church |
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| Summary: | Martin Luther's office at the University of Wittenberg was "teacher of the Bible" (Doctor Bibliae). Luther held a literal-prophetic understanding of scripture. Many recent studies have added new perspectives to Luther's interaction with scripture. After placing Luther's view of scripture in context and comparing his teaching with the tradition, this article then examines Luther's exegesis in light of contemporary linguistic theories. Oswald Bayer and Gerhard Forde analyzed Luther in terms of speech-act theory. Along similar lines Kinga Zeller has claimed that Luther's understanding of the internal clarity of scripture means that he does not rely on any Aristotelian first principle when exegeting scripture. The linguistic theories of Gadamer, Ebeling, Jüngel, Stolt, among many others, as well as scholars representing the new face of Christendom also enter the summary of recent lines of Luther research. |
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| ISSN: | 2470-5616 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Lutheran quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/lut.2022.0066 |