Expositions of the Psalms : : Collected Works of Erasmus, Vol. 63 / / Desiderius Erasmus; ed. by Dominic Baker-Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Erasmus, Desiderius,
• HerausgeberIn: Baker-Smith, Dominic,
• TeilnehmendeR: Heath, Michael.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus ; 63
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.)

Between 1515 and 1533 Erasmus wrote commentaries on eleven psalms. His principal aim was, as in his Paraphrases, to contribute, through the exposition of the Bible, to the renewal of preaching and devotional literature. This is the first of three volumes of the Expositions of the Psalms in the Collected Works of Erasmus. It contains the commentaries ?Blessed the Man? / ?Beatus vir,? ?Why Did the Nations Rage?? / ?Quare fremuerunt gentes?,? ?O Lord, How Have My Tormentors Multiplied?? / ?Domine quid multiplicati?,? and ?A Sermon on the Fourth Psalm? / ?In psalmum quartum concio.?The commentaries in this volume recall many of Erasmus? favourite preoccupations and themes: his concern with Christian ethics; his constant exhortation to readers to practise the philosophia Christi and place their trust in God; the importance of exercising, in deeds rather than merely in words, charity towards those less fortunate than oneself, and the need to avoid vanity and falsehood at every turn. Erasmus stresses the role of the psalms as a comfort in tribulation and an exhortation to piety ? in the very specific meaning that he gives to that word. He remains ever concerned about how the psalms relate to each individual in the conduct of his or her life.The introduction by Dominic Baker-Smith provides an important framework for the understanding and appreciation of all three volumes of the Expositions of the Psalms.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- An Exposition of the First Psalm, 'Blessed the Man/ Principally on the Tropological Level / Enarratio primi psalmi, 'Beatus vir, iuxta tropologiam potissimum -- A Commentary on the Second Psalm, 'Why Did the Nations Rage? / Commentarius in psalmum 2,'Quarefremuerunt gentes?' -- A Paraphrase on the Third Psalm, 'O Lord, How Have My Tormentors Multiplied!' / Paraphrasis in tertium psalmum, 'Domine quid multiplicati' -- A Sermon on the Fourth Psalm / In psalmum quartum concio -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus' Works -- Index of Biblical and Apocryphal References -- General Index