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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on Luther's very last lectures, which interpret the Joseph story in the final chapters of Genesis. Scholars have frequently neglected the later Luther and the Genesis Lectures, making this an important new contribution to the field. Luther's lectures are not a modern scientific commentary, but enarrations, as Kenneth Hagen calls them, filled with public proclamation, expanded narrative, and a performative sense of language. The author furthers Oswald Bayer's performative interpretation of Luther's theology with a more sophisticated linguistic philosophy, while continuing Bayer's theological direction.
The book is an important new contribution to Luther studies and will be of interest to seminarians as well as to students of hermeneutics, homiletics, the relevance of the performative in proclamation, and philosophy of language.
"Peter D. S. Krey offers a theologically expansive and polyvalent reading of Luther's lectures on the la
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"Dr. Peter Krey takes the reader on an energetic ride, as he examines Luther’s reading of the Joseph Story through a variety of intriguing interpretive lenses. With his unique and empathetic approach, Krey has accumulated an original examination of a key section of Luther’s Genesis lectures. Luther is alive on these pages that lay out the complexity of his theological language in ways that resonate with both mind and heart." —Rev. Dr. Brooks Schramm and Rev. Dr. Kirsi Stjerna, Editors/Authors of Martin Luther, the Bible, and the Jewish People
Table of Contents
Preface – Introduction and Preliminary Information – The Literary Genre of Luther’s Expanded Joseph Narrative – Introductory Exploration of Luther’s Themes – Theology of the Cross I – Outside Resources – Empathy Has to Do with Suffering, e.g., That of Jacob – In Depth Theology: Dreams, Prophesies, and Visions – Words That Enter the Heart – The Trinity and Luther’s Language of Sending – Bibliography – Index of Names – Index of Subjects – Bible References.
