{"product_id":"the-reformation-of-the-literal-prophecy-and-the-senses-of-scripture-in-early-modern-europe-9780567718792","title":"The Reformation of the Literal: Prophecy and the Senses of Scripture in Early Modern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to read the Bible 'literally'? Recent debates on the Protestant reformers have focused on whether they were stridently literal interpreters or maintained a place for allegorical readings. However, in this nuanced book, Lundeen argues that the question of what in fact constituted the Bible's literal sense was also a key question in early modern debates.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is no clean binary of literal versus allegorical; instead, reformers subtly produced a variety of competing literalisms. There was not one literal sense in the Reformation, but many. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make this case, Lundeen comparatively analyzes Reformation-era commentaries on the prophet Isaiah. He further highlights the little-known but influential works of the Basel reformer Johannes Oecolampadius, who was the first Christian to publish commentaries on most of the biblical prophets in the sixteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy placing Oecolampadius in conversation with a host of his better-known Christian and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries, this book reframes a central aspect of Reformation-era biblical exegesis, while also providing a constructive resource for those who seek to read the Bible's ancient prophets as Christian scripture today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Lundeen\u003c\/b\u003e is a pastor and church planter in Milwaukee, WI. He holds a PhD in the history of Christianity from Baylor University, USA, and an M.A. and M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"T\u0026T Clark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51259988803858,"sku":"9780567718792","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_077d3043-b274-43f4-84ee-bf1eb4064960.jpg?v=1746633900","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-reformation-of-the-literal-prophecy-and-the-senses-of-scripture-in-early-modern-europe-9780567718792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}