Paraphrase on Luke 1 to 10 : Collected Works of Erasmus - Volume 47

__Paraphrase on Luke 1–10__ contains the first half of Erasmus’s __Paraphrase on Luke__ the second half of which appeared in this series in 2003 – and completes the set of translations of the __Paraphrases__into English.

Erasmus yearned to make the New Testament an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, and to this end he composed the Paraphrases, in which the words of Holy Scripture provide the core of a text that was vastly expanded to embrace the reforming “philosophy of Christ.” Paraphrase on Luke 1–10 contains the first half of Erasmus’s Paraphrase on Luke – the second half of which appeared in this series in 2003 – and completes the set of translations of the Paraphrases into English.

In his Paraphrase on Luke, Erasmus expands on the original Gospel of Luke in the voice of its original author. The narrative is supplemented by Erasmus’ explications of the text’s moral, theological, and allegorical meanings and its psychological, historical, and geographical context. In addition to a fluid and idiomatic translation, Paraphrase on Luke 1–10 includes extensive annotations for the general or scholarly reader, making this a valuable and accessible resource for the study of both Erasmus and the New Testament.

Volume 47 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

Contents 7 Preface 9 Translator’s Note 13 Paraphrase on Luke / Paraphrasis in Lucam translated and annotated 21 The Sequence and Dates of the Publication of the Paraphrases 302 Works Frequently Cited 303 Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works 306 Index of Scriptural Passages Cited 311 Index of Greek and Latin Words Cited 323 General Index 329