The Annotated Luther, Volume 6: The Interpretation of Scripture
Overview
This volume features Martin Luther the exegete and Bible teacher. His vast exegetical writings and lectures on Scripture are introduced through important examples from both the Old and New Testaments. Included in the volume is his brief treatise “On Translating” and his prefaces to both the Old and New Testaments, to key sections of Scripture (Psalter, Prophets), and to select books such as Genesis, Isaiah, Daniel, Romans, and Galatians. The content is rounded out by examples from his lectures and sermons on specific texts, including such examples as Genesis 1:26–2:3; Psalms 51 and 118; Isaiah 53; John 1:14; Romans 3:20–27; and 1 Corinthians 15:16–23.
Each volume in The Annotated Luther series contains new introductions, annotations, illustrations, and notes to help shed light on Luther’s context and interpret his writings for today. The translations of Luther’s writings include updates of Luther’s Works (American edition) or entirely new translations of Luther’s German or Latin writings.
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Key Features
- Includes Luther’s treatise “On Translating”
- Features prefaces to both the Old and New Testaments
- Contains examples of Luther’s exegetical writings
Contents
- Series Introduction (General Editors)
- Volume Introduction (Euan K. Cameron)
- On Translating (Volker Leppin)
- Preface to the Old Testament (Brooks Schramm)
- Intro to Genesis 1–2 (Kirsi I. Stjerna and Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen)
- Genesis 1:26—2:3 (Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen)
- Genesis 2L21-25 (Kirsi I. Stjerna)
- Genesis 3:2-16 (Jussi Koivisto)
- Preface to Psalter (Kristen E. Kvam)
- Psalm 51 (Mickey L. Mattox)
- Psalm 72 (Mickey L. Mattox)
- Psalm 118 (Erk H. Herrmann)
- Preface to Prophets (Brooks Schramm)
- Preface to Isaiah (Brooks Schramm)
- Isaiah 53 (Brooks Schramm)
- Preface to Daniel (Euan K. Cameron)
- Preface to NT (Kenneth G. Appold)
- Matthew 7:12 (Kenneth G. Appold)
- John 1:14 (Paul Rorem)
- Preface to Romans (Euan K. Cameron)
- Romans 3:20-27 (Piotr J. Malysz)
- 1 Cor. 15:16-23, 51-57 (Piotr J. Malysz)
- Preface to Galatians (Kirsi I. Stjerna)
- Galatians 2:15-16 (Kirsi I. Stjerna and Simo Peura)
Top Highlights
“Hence, St. Paul concludes, in chapter 2[:13], that the Jews are all sinners, saying that only the doers of the law are righteous before God.” (Page 465)
“The Luther Bible is Luther’s most powerful and durable achievement, but by its very essence it cannot be translated. Its character resides in its German language. No English Bible can be the Luther Bible.” (Page 4)
“Martin Luther, having—as he himself attested—struggled over a long period to discern the Scripture message of justification, found that message in the radical theological disjunction between the freely given forgiveness of God and the actual sinful state of all humanity, including those who had been saved by grace. God’s forgiveness saved the sinner from condemnation; the indwelling Spirit gradually healed and repaired fallen human nature, but never completely in this life. Growth in holiness was a consequence of God’s favor, not a cause of it.” (Page 6)
“the law, which either forces obedience through fear or allures us through the promise of temporal blessings.” (Page 485)
“percentage of all that Luther wrote, from his various writings about, around, and in dialogue” (Page 3)
- Title: The Annotated Luther, Volume 6: The Interpretation of Scripture
- Authors: Euan K. Cameron, Martin Luther
- Series: The Annotated Luther
- Volume: 6
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Reformation › Sources; Lutheran Church › Doctrines--Early works to 1800; Theology › Early works to 1800
- ISBNs: 9781451462746, 9781451465259, 1451462743, 1451465254
- Resource ID: LLS:NNTTDLTHR06
- Resource Type: text.monograph.collected-work
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:52:51Z
About Euan K. Cameron
Euan K. Cameron is Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary, New York. His current research explores how biblical and theological concerns informed and shaped historical thought in the later Middle Ages and the Reformation era. Cameron is a prolific author and editor of several volumes, including The New Cambridge History of the Bible.