Bucer, Ephesians and Biblical Humanism The Exegete as Theologian

This book considers Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of theology, focusing on his time as Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is centered on Bucer’s Cambridge lectures on Ephesians (1550-1551), analyzing them to find out how they display h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amos, N. Scott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 : Introduction
  • PART I : HISTORICAL CONTEXT
  • Chapter 2: The Old Theology and the New Learning at Cambridge to 1549
  • Chapter 3: “Remember the Readings and Preachings of God’s Prophet and True Preacher, Martin Bucer”: Bucer’s Sojourn in Cambridge, 1549-1551
  • PART II: THE PRAELECTIONES AS AN EXERCISE IN BIBLICAL-HUMANIST METHOD
  • Chapter 4: “Ratio seu Methodus Martini Buceri”: Bucer’s Prefatory Lectures on Ephesians and His Use of Biblical Humanist Theological Method
  • Chapter 5: “An Exposition of the Whole Doctrine of Salvation”: Bucer’s Deployment of Biblical Humanist Method in Exegesis and Theology and the Shape of the 1550 Ephesians Lectures as a Whole
  • Chapter 6: Theology in an Exegetical Context: Bucer on Ephesians 1:3-6 and the Doctrine of Election
  • Chapter 7: Theology in an Exegetical Context: Bucer on Ephesians 1:13-18 and the Doctrine of Faith
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion