 | Rhetoric and Theology: The Hermeneutic of Erasmus Subjects: Erasmus Desiderius d. 1536; Bible -- Criticism interpretation etc.; Erasmus Desiderius d. 1536 -- Language; Hermeneutics -- History -- 16th century; Rhetoric -- 1500–1800; Departing from the traditional focus on Erasmus as philologist and moralist, Rhetoric and Theology shows how Erasmus attempted to interpret Scripture by way of a rhetorical theology that focuses on the figurative, metaphorical quality of language, with a view to moral and theological reform. Hoffman Manfred : Manfred Hoffmann was Professor of Church History and Historical Theology, Candler School of Theology and Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University. |
