Judaizing Calvin Sixteenth-Century Debates over the Messianic Psalms

by Pak, G. Sujin

• ISBN13: 9780195371925
• ISBN10: 0195371925
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

By exploring how Martin Luther, Martin Bucer, and John Calvin interpreted a set of eight messianic psalms (Psalms 2, 8, 16, 22, 45, 72, 110, 188), Sujin Pak elucidates key debates about Christological exegesis during the era of the Protestant reformation. More particularly, Pak examines the exegeses of Luther, Bucer, and Calvin in order to (a) reveal their particular theological emphases and reading strategies, (b) identify their debates over the use of Jewish exegesis and the factors leading to charges of 'judaizing' leveled against Calvin, and (c) demonstrate how Psalms reading and the accusation of judaizing serve distinctive purposes of confessional identity formation. In this way, she portrays the beginnings of those distinctive trends that separated Lutheran and Reformed exegetical principles.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
Medieval and Late-Medieval Interpreters: The Legacy of Literal Prophecies of Christ	p. 13
Martin Luther: Literal Prophecies Redeployed	p. 31
Martin Bucer: Christological Readings through Historical Exegesis	p. 55
John Calvin: The Sufficiency of David	p. 77
The Judaizing Calvin: The Debate of Hunnius and Pareus	p. 103
Conclusion	p. 125
Notes	p. 141
Select Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 209
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