Author: LUTHER, MARTIN. Kellerman, James A., R. Alden Smith & Carl P. E. Springer.
Title: Athens and Wittenberg. Poetry, philosophy, and Luther's legacy.
Description: Leiden & Boston, Brill, [2023]. XIV,310 pp. Col. & b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (boards). 8vo. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Vol. 234). [ISBN: 978-90-04-20670-0]. - New copy. !Scholarship has tended to assume that Luther was uninterested in the Greek and Latin classics, given his promotion of the German vernacular and his polemic against the reliance upon Aristotle in theology. But as Athens and Wittenberg demonstrates, Luther was shaped by the classical education he had received and integrated it into his writings. He could quote Epicurean poetry to non-Epicurean ends; he could employ Aristotelian logic to prove the limits of philosophy’s role in theology. This volume explores how Luther and early Protestantism, especially Lutheranism, continued to draw from the classics in their quest to reform the church. In particular, it examines how early Protestantism made use of the philosophy and poetry from classical antiquity. Contributors to this volume: Joseph Herl, Jane Schatkin Hettrick, E.J. Hutchinson, Jack D. Kilcrease, E. Christian Kopf, John G. Nordling, Piergiacomo Petrioli, Eric G. Phillips, Richard J. Serina, Jr, R. Alden Smith, Carl P.E. Springer, Manfred Svensson, William P. Weaver, and Daniel Zager. Technical editor: Christopher Ocker. - Text in English. - Publisher's retail price: € 135.16

Keywords: Classical Philology Theology Luther Klassieke filologie Theologie