Rhetoric and Theology : the hermeneutic of Erasmus / Manfred Hoffmann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE / ERASMUS, RHETORICAL THEOLOGIAN; 1 Images of Erasmus; 2 Humanism and Rhetorical Theology; 3 Point of Departure, Sources, and Procedure; 4 Ratio Verae Theologiae; 5 Ecclesiastes Sive De Ratione Concionandi; 6 Ratio and Ecclesiastes Compared; TWO / LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND SCRIPTURE; 1 Language, Nature, and Culture; 2 The Deterioration and Restoration of Language; 3 Words and Ideas; 4 Bonae Litterae; 5 Sacrae Litterae; 6 The Approach to Scripture; THREE / THE ALLEGORICAL NATURE OF SCRIPTURE; 1 Letter and Spirit.

2 The Fourfold Sense of Scripture3 Allegory and Accommodation; 4 Allegory, Similitude, and Persuasion; 5 Openness and Hiddenness; 6 The Allegorical Method; FOUR / SPEECH AND INTERPRETATION; 1 Invention; 2 Disposition; 3 The Harmony of Christ; 4 Theological Loci; 5 Law and Gospel; 6 The Variety of Persons, Times, and Things; FIVE / THE VIRTUES OF SPEECH; 1 Elocutio; puritas, perspicuitas; 2 Aptum; collatio, commoditas; 3 Ornatus; jucunditas, vehementia; 4 Prudentia; judicium, consilium; 5 Adfectus; ethos, pathos; 6 Virtus; honestum, utilitas; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes.

Departing from the traditional focus on Erasmus as philologist and moralist, Rhetoric and Theology shows how Erasmus attempted to interpret Scripture by way of a rhetorical theology that focuses on the figurative, metaphorical quality of language, with a view to moral and theological reform.

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