Reformation Readings of the Apocalypse: Geneva, Zurich, and Wittenberg (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology) PDF
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REFORMATION READINGS OF THE APOCALYPSE OXFORD STUDIES IN HISTORICAL THEOLOGY SERIES EDITOR David C. Steinmetz, Duke University EDITORIAL BOARD Irena Backus, Université de Genéve Robert C. Gregg, Stanford University George M. Marsden, University of Notre Dame Wayne A. Meeks, Yale University Heiko A. Oberman, University of Arizona Gerhard Sauter, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn Susan E. Schreiner, University of Chicago John Van Engen, University of Notre Dame Geoffrey Wainwright, Duke University Robert L. Wilken, University of Virginia IMAGES AND RELICS THE UNACCOMMODATED CALVIN Theological Perceptions and Visual Images Studies in the Foundation of a Theological in Sixteenth-Century Europe Tradition John Dillenberger Richard A. Muller THE BODY BROKEN WHAT PURE EYES COULD SEE The Calvinist Doctrine of the Eucharist Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in Its Exegetical and the Symbolization of Power in Context Sixteenth-Century France Barbara Pitkin Christopher Elwood THE CONFESSIONAHZATION OF CASSIAN THE MONK HUMANISM IN REFORMATION Columba Stewart GERMANY Erika Rummell HUMAN FREEDOM, CHRISTIAN RIGHTEOUSNESS THE PLEASURE OF DISCERNMENT Philip Melanchthon 's Exegetical Dispute Gender, Genre, and Allegorical with Erasmus of Rotterdam Rhetoric in Marguerite de Navarre's Timothy J. Wengert Heptameron Carol Thysell PRIMITIVISM, RADICALISM, AND THE LAMB'S WAR REFORMATION READINGS OF THE The Baptist-Quaker Conflict in APOCALYPSE Seventeenth-Century England Geneva, Zurich, and Wittenberg T. L. Underwood Irena Backus THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY The Johannine Exegesis of Wolfgang Musculus Craig S. Farmer REFORMATION READINGS ®F +HE APOCALYPSE GENEVA, ZURICH, AND WITTENBERG Irena Backus OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2OOO OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 2000 by Irena Backus Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Backus, Irena Dorota, 1950— Reformation readings of the Apocalypse : Geneva, Zurich, and Wittenberg / Irena Backus. p. cm—(Oxford studies in historical theology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-513885-6 1. Bible. N.T. Revelation—Criticism, interpretation, etc— History—i6th century. 2. Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc.— History—i6th century. 3. Reformation. I. Title. II. Series. BS2825.z.B34 2000 228',o6'o94O903i—den 00-026356 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 42 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I should like to thank all the people who made this book possible: first and foremost, Cristina Pitassi, Enrico Norelli, Olivier Fatio, and Guy Backus, all of whom have, over the years, encouraged my interest in the Apocalypse and whose critical remarks have often acted as a spur. I should also like to thank David Steinmetz, who encouraged me to completely transform a short pamphlet I wrote in 1996, Les sept visions et la fin des temps, into a compre- hensive monograph, and Marlène Jaouich, who provided extremely valuable technical assistance, as always. My thanks also go to the Lutheran Brother- hood Foundation Library in Minnesota, without whose help I could not have gained access to Selnecker's commentary. Geneva, Switzerland I. B. April 2000 This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Abbreviations ix Introduction xi 1. The Problem of Canonicity 3 2. Antoine du Pinet and His Models 37 3. Augustin Marlorat and Nicolas Colladon 61 4. The Apocalypse and the Zurich Reformers 87 5. The Lutheran Counterpoint: David Chytraeus and Nikolaus Selnecker 113 Conclusion 135 Notes 139 Bibliography 169 Index 175 This page intentionally left blank ABBREVIATIONS Apc The Apocalypse of John. ASD Desiderius Erasmus. Opera omnia. Amsterdam, 1969. CCL Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina. CPG Clavis patrum graecorum. LB Desiderius Erasmus. Opera omnia emendatiora et auctiora, ad optimas editiones, praecipue quas ipse Erasmus postremo curauit, summa fide exacta doctorumque virorum notis illustrata. Leiden, 1705. PG Jacques-Paul Migne, ed. Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca. PL Jacques-Paul Migne, ed. Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina. WA D. Martin Luthers Werke. Z Ulrich Zwingli. Huldreich Zwinglis sämtliche Werke. ix
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