Research Catalog

Title

"Defender of the most holy matriarchs" : Martin Luther's interpretation of the women of Genesis in the Enarrationes in Genesin, 1535-45 / by Mickey Leland Mattox.

Author

Mattox, Mickey L., 1956-

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

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Details

Description

xvi, 315 p. : cm. ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This work examines Martin Luther's interpretation of the female characters in the stories of Genesis, drawing attention to his appropriation of premodern catholic interpretations of the biblical "saints". In Luther's hands, many of these women became heroic examples of the godly life newly adapted to the worldly asceticism of emerging Protestantism. Their everyday sanctity, exercised for the most part within the limits Luther believed God had imposed on their sex, displayed the kind of piety he thought should animate Christian women in their own households. Two chapters evaluate Luther's interpretation of Eve, noting his understanding of the ideal relations between men and women. Five further chapters examine Sarah, Hagar, Rachel, the daughters and wife of Lot, and Potiphar's wife."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Studies in medieval and Reformation thought ; v. 92

Uniform Title

Studies in medieval and Reformation thought v. 92.

Subject

• Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
• Bible. > Commentaries
• 1500-1599
• Matriarchs (Bible)
• Women in the Bible
• Women > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > 16th century > Sources

Genre/Form

• Commentaries
• Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Muliercula: Eve in the Young Luther's Exegesis -- 1.1. Patristic and Medieval Exegesis -- 1.2. Eve in Martin Luther's Declamationes in Genesin (1523-24) -- Ch. 2. Socia Gubernationis: Eve in the Enarrationes in Genesin -- 2.1. The Elder Luther's Interpretation of Eve -- Ch. 3. Sancta Domina: Luther's Catholic Exegesis of Sarah -- 3.1. Genesis 18:1-15 -- 3.2. Patristic Exegesis: Origen, Ambrose, Chrysostom -- 3.3. Sarah in Luther's Exegesis -- 3.4. Luther's Hagiography of Sarah in Patristic Context -- 3.5. The Trinity in Genesis 18 -- 3.6. Luther's Catholic Exegesis of the Old Testament -- Ch. 4. Empta Ancilla: A Hagiography of Hagar -- 4.1. Medieval Interpretations of Hagar -- 4.2. Luther's Interpretation of Hagar in Medieval Context -- 4.3. Luther's 'Literal' Reading of Hagar in Medieval Context -- Ch. 5. Sanctae Puellae: Justifying the Daughters of Lot -- 5.1. Luther on the Daughters of Lot -- 5.2. Reformed Interpreters: Calvin, Musculus, Vermigli -- Ch. 6. Mulier Heroica: The Faith of Rachel -- 6.1. Luther's Hagiography of Rachel -- 6.2. Lutheran Approaches to Rachel -- Ch. 7. Turpissimum Scortum: Demonizing Potiphar's Wife -- 7.1. Theological Exegesis: Joseph and the Hiddenness of God -- 7.2. Luther on Potiphar's Wife -- 7.3. Roman Catholics: Cajetan, Oleaster and Ferus -- App. 1. Genesis in Wittenberg: 1518-1545 -- App. 2. Sixteenth Century Genesis Commentaries.

ISBN

9004128948

LCCN

^^2002033035

OCLC

• 51304288
• SCSB-12060913

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library