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Book SynopsisScholarship has tended to assume that Luther was uninterested in the Greek and Latin classics, given his promotion of the German vernacular and his polemic against the reliance upon Aristotle in theology. But as Athens and Wittenberg demonstrates, Luther was shaped by the classical education he had received and integrated it into his writings. He could quote Epicurean poetry to non-Epicurean ends; he could employ Aristotelian logic to prove the limits of philosophy’s role in theology. This volume explores how Luther and early Protestantism, especially Lutheranism, continued to draw from the classics in their quest to reform the church. In particular, it examines how early Protestantism made use of the philosophy and poetry from classical antiquity. Contributors to this volume: Joseph Herl, Jane Schatkin Hettrick, E.J. Hutchinson, Jack D. Kilcrease, E. Christian Kopf, John G. Nordling, Piergiacomo Petrioli, Eric G. Phillips, Richard J. Serina, Jr, R. Alden Smith, Carl P.E. Springer, Manfred Svensson, William P. Weaver, and Daniel Zager.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations Abbreviations Classical Authors and Works Notes on Contributors Introduction: Martin Luther: From Classical Formation to Reformation James Kellerman, R. Alden Smith and Carl P.E. Springer Part 1: Luther and Classical Poets and Philosophers 1 Naso erat magister? Virgil and Other Classical Poets in Luther’s Tischreden R. Alden Smith 2 Nugatory Nonsense: Why Luther Rarely Cites Catullus John G. Nordling 3 “Pious Mirth”: Listening to Martin Luther’s Latin Poetry Carl P.E. Springer 4 Luther between Stoics and Epicureans Carl P.E. Springer 5 Philtered Philosophy: Aristotle and Cicero in Luther’s Tischreden R. Alden Smith 6 A Debatable Theology: Medieval Disputation, the Wittenberg Reformation, and Luther’s Heidelberg Theses Richard J. Serina, Jr. 7 A Painted Record of Martin Luther in Renaissance Bologna Piergiacomo Petrioli Part 2: The Reformation of Hymnody and Liturgy 8 What Virgil Taught Martin Luther About Poetry and Music E. Christian Kopff 9 Collaboration over Time: Luther’s Adaptation of Ambrose’s Veni Redemptor Gentium Eric Phillips 10 The Latin Liturgy and Juvenile Lutheran Instruction in Sixteenth-Century Germany Joseph Herl 11 “Exulting and Adorning in Exuberant Strains”: Luther and Latin Polyphonic Music Daniel Zager 12 Tradition and the Individual Talent: Some Verse-Paraphrases of Psalm 1 E.J. Hutchinson 13 Imitate the Lutherans: Catholic Solutions to Liturgical Problems in Late Eighteenth-Century Vienna Jane Schatkin Hettrick Part 3: Lutheran Readings of Philosophy and Poetry 14 Melanchthon, Luther, and Indexing the Classics William P. Weaver 15 An Intended Reformulation: Of Brad Gregory, Duns Scotus, and Early Modern Metaphysics Jack D. Kilcrease 16 Ad normam veritatis christianae: Correcting Aristotle in Protestant Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics Manfred Svensson 17 Influence and Inspiration: Archias and Staupitz as Didactic Models for Cicero and Luther John G. Nordling Bibliography Index
