VI-6 Ordinis sexti tomus sextus: Annotationes in Novum Testamentum (Pars Secunda) (Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi – Erasmus, Opera Omnia) - Hardcover

P.F. Hovingh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444514600 ISBN 13: 9780444514608

Publisher: BRILL, 2013

Synopsis

Part Two of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin text of Erasmus Annotations to the New Testament presents his notes on the Gospel according to St. John and the Acts of the Apostles.

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Review

"...this new volume inaugurates a new series within the giant enterprise: the "ordo quartus", assigned to works of moral instruction... The moral precepts expounded in the present volume are timeless by definition... the wealth of classical quotation and parabolae does not prevent this volume from fully exhibiting some qualities which are now considered typically Erasmian. The "Panegyricus ad Philippum", for instance, poses the dilemma of acceptable limits to flattery... In the present volume both "Panegyricus ad Philippum" and the "Institutio principis Christiani" have been edited by Otto Herding in masterly fashion. His critical presentation of the text is impeccable and accompanied by a carefully balanced selection of historical notes. Similarly Herding's introduction to each of the two treatises is like an assortment of keys, opening up a variety of insights into Erasmus' text, adding precise accentuations to some ongoing discussions but stopping well short of a full fledged and necessarily subjective analysis of the two works." "Renaissance Quarterly"

."..this new volume inaugurates a new series within the giant enterprise: the "ordo quartus," assigned to works of moral instruction... The moral precepts expounded in the present volume are timeless by definition... the wealth of classical quotation and parabolae does not prevent this volume from fully exhibiting some qualities which are now considered typically Erasmian. The "Panegyricus ad Philippum," for instance, poses the dilemma of acceptable limits to flattery... In the present volume both "Panegyricus ad Philippum" and the "Institutio principis Christiani" have been edited by Otto Herding in masterly fashion. His critical presentation of the text is impeccable and accompanied by a carefully balanced selection of historical notes. Similarly Herding's introduction to each of the two treatises is like an assortment of keys, opening up a variety of insights into Erasmus' text, adding precise accentuations to some ongoing discussions but stopping well short of a full fledged and necessarily subjective analysis of the two works." "Renaissance Quarterly"

...this new volume inaugurates a new series within the giant enterprise: the ordo quartus, assigned to works of moral instruction... The moral precepts expounded in the present volume are timeless by definition... the wealth of classical quotation and parabolae does not prevent this volume from fully exhibiting some qualities which are now considered typically Erasmian. The Panegyricus ad Philippum, for instance, poses the dilemma of acceptable limits to flattery... In the present volume both Panegyricus ad Philippum and the Institutio principis Christiani have been edited by Otto Herding in masterly fashion. His critical presentation of the text is impeccable and accompanied by a carefully balanced selection of historical notes. Similarly Herding's introduction to each of the two treatises is like an assortment of keys, opening up a variety of insights into Erasmus' text, adding precise accentuations to some ongoing discussions but stopping well short of a full fledged and necessarily subjective analysis of the two works. Renaissance Quarterly

About the Author

Tineke L. ter Meer was trained as a scholar in Dutch literature at VU University Amsterdam, and achieved her doctorate with a study of the epigrams of Constantijn Huygens. She also edited his early Latin poems (2004). Currently, she assists in the translation of Erasmus' correspondence into Dutch.

Edition details

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444514600
• ISBN 13: 9780444514608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416