Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 2020. Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-381) and indexes.
Contents:
Part I. The discourse on human nature in the Renaissance and the Reformation. Ch.1. Two trials, multiple interpretations : Reuchlin, Luther, and the discursive context of the early sixteenth century -- Ch. 2. Platonic anima and Pauline spiritus : Erasmus' concept of human nature -- Ch. 3. Spirit and flesh : Luther's critique of Erasmus' anthropology -- Ch. 4. CRUX sola est nostra theologia : Luther's theology of the cross in context -- Part. II. Theologus gloriae vs. theologus crucis : from the Christian kabbalah to Luther's sola scriptura. Ch. 5. Solam scripturam regnare : the development of Luther's scriptural argument -- Ch. 6. The spirit and the letter : the debate on biblical hermeneutics in context-- Ch. 7. Vera cabala dominis nomini : Luther's theologia crucis and the Christian kabbalah.
Summary:
"Since the nineteenth century, scholars have debated the controversial relationships between humanism, the Renaissance and the Reformation. Challenging the dominant narrative on the subject, Giovanni Tortoriello reconstructs the debates that characterized the early Reformation movements. He shows that Martin Luther's theology of the cross developed in reaction to the irenic tendencies of the Renaissance. With the spread of Platonism, Hermeticism, and Kabbalah in the fifteenth century, the identity of Christianity shifted and the boundaries between the different religions thinned. In response to this attempt to minimize the differences among the various religions, Luther reiterated the centrality and uniqueness of the salvific event of the cross. Confessional biases and theological prejudices have obliterated the role that Platonism, Hermeticism, and Christian Kabbalah played in the early Reformation debates. The author reconstructs these controversies and situates Luther's theology of the cross in this historical context." -- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket.
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