How Luther regards Moses : : the lectures on Deuteronomy / / Miles Hopgood [and eight others].

• Superior document: Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)
• VerfasserIn: Hopgood, Miles,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Why Deuteronomy? Understanding the Purpose of the Lectures -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Luther and the Wittenberg Movement -- 1.3 Developments in Luther's Thought during the Wartburg Period -- 1.3.1 Pre-Wartburg: On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church -- 1.3.2 Wartburg: The Misuse of the Mass -- 1.3.2.1 Defining Scriptural Authority -- 1.3.2.2 The Universal Priesthood -- 1.3.2.3 Sacrifice in the Lex Christi -- 1.4 Luther and Karlstadt: A Comparison -- 1.4.1 Karlstadt's On the Removal of Images -- 1.4.2 Exemplars or Aberrations? -- 1.4.2.1 Karlstadt's Regarding Vows -- 1.4.2.2 Luther: Letters and Treatises from the Wartburg -- 1.5 Conclusions and Looking toward Deuteronomy -- 2. What has Homer to do with Moses? Moses as Author of Scripture -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Luther's Concept of Moses as Author in the Lectures -- 2.2.1 Human Agency and Divine Authorship -- 2.2.1.1 Obstacles in Language and Translation -- 2.2.1.2 Moses's Agency as Author of Deuteronomy -- 2.2.2 The Author as Creative and Imaginative Genius -- 2.2.3 The Mosaic Style of Writing -- 2.2.3.1 Constructing and Structuring the Text -- 2.2.3.2 Modes of Speech and their Meaning -- 2.2.3.3 Repetition, Remembrance, and Repetition as Rhetorical Style -- 2.3 The Role of Moses as Author -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3. Fountain and Father of all Prophets: Moses as Prophet of Faith -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Moses and the Prophet as Teacher -- 3.2.1 Conflicts over Prophecy in the Reformation -- 3.2.1.1 Müntzer on Prophecy -- 3.2.1.2 Luther contra Müntzer -- 3.2.2 Deuteronomy as Moses's Lectures -- 3.2.3 Moses's Pedagogical Compassion -- 3.3 The Teachings of Moses in Deuteronomy -- 3.3.1 The Role of Experience in Luther's Hermeneutic -- 3.3.1.1 Conscience as the Location of Experience.

3.3.1.2 Experience as a Relational Knowledge of God -- 3.3.1.3 The Word as the Ground for the Experienced Relationship with God -- 3.3.2 Moses and the Experience of God in the Law -- 3.3.2.1 Luther's Concept of the Law in Deuteronomy -- 3.3.2.2 How Moses Teaches through the Laws -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4. The Full Authority of a King: Moses as Ruler of the People -- 4.1 The Divide between Prophet and Ruler in Moses -- 4.1.1 Prophet for All, Ruler for the Jews Alone -- 4.1.2 Luther's Restraint in Applying Moses's Laws -- 4.1.3 The Chasm Dividing Faith and Love -- 4.2 The Union of Prophet and Ruler in Moses -- 4.2.1 Moses's Place in Government -- 4.2.2 On Judges and Theologians -- 4.2.2.1 Interpreting the Law: Hermeneutics and Jurisprudence -- 4.2.2.2 Interpreting the Law: Emotion and Passion -- 4.2.3 Human Government as God's Rule -- 4.2.4 Just Government as Framework for the Life of Faith -- 4.3 Conclusion -- 5. Teaching Moses Spiritually: Evaluating the Legacy of the Lectures -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Karlstadt's Activity and Developing Thought -- 5.2.1 Shifts in Karlstadt's Use of the Term Gelassenheit -- 5.2.1.1 "Tract on the Supreme Virtue of Gelassenheit" (1520) -- 5.2.1.2 "The Meaning of the Term Gelassen and Where in Holy Scripture It Is Found" (1523) -- 5.2.2 Summary of Karlstadt's Development -- 5.3 Luther's Responses to his Opponents -- 5.3.1 Synopsis of Luther's Argument -- 5.3.2 Criticisms of Karlstadt's Exegesis -- 5.3.2.1 Semantic Myopia -- 5.3.2.2 Eisegetical Daydreaming and Hypocrisy -- 5.3.2.3 Constructing "his own Moses" -- 5.3.3 Relating to the Law of Moses -- 5.4 Examples of the Deuteronomy Lectures' Exegetical Legacy -- 5.4.1 Moses as Author in the Genesis Lectures -- 5.4.1.1 Moses's Authorial Intent -- 5.4.1.2 Moses's Authorial Style -- 5.4.1.3 The Synthesis of Intent and Technique -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Locations.