Review:
'Irena Backus has firmly established herself as an authority on the reception of the Church Fathers, during the Reformation era. Here she extends her scope to examine historical scholarship in a more general way, with the Fthers still playing a leading role.'
James K. Farge, Theological Studies, 2005.
'...Backus provides an exhaustive and differentiated examination of the role of history in the different theological millieus of the Reformation era. As a consequence, the book serves as a valuable contribution to the development of historical method itself as well as to the origins of historical sciences, whose roots go further back than the nineteenth century.'
Susanne Rau, H-German, 2005.
'...remarkably erudite book...In clearing away previous scholarly assumptions, Backus has made a path-breaking contribution ro Reformation scholarship. She has shown that for both Protestant reformers and Catholic apologists historical inquiry into the texts and contexts of patristic theology proved essential.'
Charles L. Stinger, Erasmus of Rotterdam Society, Yearbook Twenty Five, 2005.
About the Author:
Irena Backus, D.Phil.(1976), Oxford University, Dr. theol. hab. (1988), University of Berne, Hon. D.D. (2001), University of Edinburgh, is Professor of Reformation History at the University of Geneva. She has published extensively on history of Biblical Exegesis and on the reception of the Church Fathers in the West. Her publications include The Reception of the Church Fathers in the West (Brill, 1997) and Reformation Readings of the Apocalypse (2001).
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