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Biblical scholarship and the church : a sixteenth century crisis of authority

Explores the recurrent tension between scholarly approaches to the translation and interpretation of the Bible, and the authority of the Church and the place of the Bible in the life of the Church.
Print Book, English, 2007
Ashgate Pub., Aldershot, Hants, England, 2007
Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology and biblical studies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xiii, 325 pages
9780754637035, 0754637034
228783468
Introduction
Part I : The debates
The roots of the problem
Erasmus and the return to the original languages of scripture
Erasmus and his critics : philological scholarship versus Ecclesiastical tradition
The debate between Thomas More and William Tyndale concerning translation
The debate between Thomas More and William Tyndale concerning interpretation
The origin and development of Catharinus's polemic against Cajetan
Reaction of the Dominicans to Cajetan's biblical commentaries
Part II : Documents
A. Interpretations of Matthew 16:16-19
B. Documents relating to chapters 2 & 3
Documents relating to chapters 5 & 6