Biblical Scholarship and the Church: A Sixteenth-Century Crisis of Authority

by Jenkins,Allan K.

• ISBN13: 9780754637035
• ISBN10: 0754637034
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book traces how the authority of the Septuagint and later that of the Vulgate was called into question by the return to the original languages of scripture, and how linguistic scholarship was seen to pose a challenge to the authority of the teaching and tradition of the church. It shows how issues that remained unresolved in the early church re-emerged in first half of the sixteenth century with the publication of Erasmus' Greek-Latin New Testament of 1516. After examining the differences between Erasmus and his critics, the authors contrast the situation in England, where Reformation issues were dominant, and Italy, where the authority of Rome was never in question. Focusing particularly on the dispute between Thomas More and William Tyndale in England, and between Ambrosius Catharinus and Cardinal Cajetan in Italy, this book brings together perspectives from biblical studies and church history and provides access to texts not previously translated into English.

Table of Contents

Introduction,

The Debates: The Roots of the Problem

Erasmus and the Return to the Original Languages of Scripture

Erasmus and his critics: philological scholarship v. ecclesiastical tradition

The debate between Thomas More and William Tyndale concerning translation

The debate between Thomas More and William Tyndale concerning interpretation

The origin and development of Catharinus's dolemic against Cajetan

Reaction of the Dominicans to Cajetan's biblical commentaries

Conclusions

Documents: Interpretations of Matthew 16:16-19

Documents relating to chapters 2 & 3

Documents relating to chapters 5 & 6

Bibliography

Index

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