Defender of the Most Holy Matriarchs
Subtitle: Martin Luther's Interpretation of the Women of Genesis in the Enarrationes in Genesin, 1535-1545 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9789004128941
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Christian theology; History; Religion - Biblical Studies; History: World; Religion; Biblical Studies - Old Testament; General; Interior Design - General; 1483-1546; 16th century; Christianity; Enarrationes in Genesin; History of doctrines; Luther, Martin,; Matriarchs (Bible); Religious aspects; Sources; Women; Women in the Bible
Description: "This work examines Martin Luther's interpretation of the female characters in the stories of Genesis, drawing attention to his appropriation of premodern catholic interpretations of the biblical "saints". In Luther's hands, many of these women became heroic examples of the godly life newly adapted to the worldly asceticism of emerging Protestantism. Their everyday sanctity, exercised for the most part within the limits Luther believed God had imposed on their sex, displayed the kind of piety he thought should animate Christian women in their own households. Two chapters evaluate Luther's interpretation of Eve, noting his understanding of the ideal relations between men and women. Five further chapters examine Sarah, Hagar, Rachel, the daughters and wife of Lot, and Potiphar's wife."--BOOK JACKET.