Format:
xvii, 384 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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23 cm
ISBN:
9781107125360
Content:
"Medieval western theologians considered the Johannine comma (1 John 5:7-8) the clearest biblical evidence for the Trinity. When Erasmus failed to find the comma in the Greek manuscripts he used for his New Testament edition, he omitted it. Accused of promoting Antitrinitarian heresy, Erasmus included the comma in his third edition (1522) after seeing it in a Greek codex from England, even though he suspected the manuscript's authenticity. The resulting disputes, involving leading theologians, philologists and controversialists such as Luther, Calvin, Sozzini, Milton, Newton, Bentley, Gibbon and Porson, touched not simply on philological questions, but also on matters of doctrine, morality, social order, and toleration. While the spuriousness of the Johannine comma was established by 1900, it has again assumed iconic status in recent attempts to defend biblical inerrancy amongst the Christian Right. A social history of the Johannine comma thus provides significant insights into the recent culture wars."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe McDonald, Grantley Robert Biblical criticism in early modern Europe New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016 ISBN 9781316408964
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Erasmus, Desiderius 1466-1536
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Comma Johanneum
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Textgeschichte
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Humanismus
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Konflikt
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Comma Johanneum
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Trinitätslehre
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Bibelausgabe
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Kontroverse
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Geschichte 1520-1900
Author information:
McDonald, Grantley 1974-
