{"product_id":"collected-works-of-erasmus-99","title":"Collected Works of Erasmus","description":"\u003cp\u003eErasmus yearned to make the New Testament an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, and to this end he composed the \u003cem\u003eParaphrases,\u003c\/em\u003e in which the words of Holy Scripture provide the core of a text that was vastly expanded to embrace the reforming “philosophy of Christ.” \u003cem\u003eParaphrase on Luke 1–10\u003c\/em\u003e contains the first half of Erasmus’s \u003cem\u003eParaphrase on Luke\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e– \u003c\/em\u003ethe second half of which appeared in this series in 2003 – and completes the set of translations of the \u003cem\u003eParaphrases\u003c\/em\u003e into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his \u003cem\u003eParaphrase on Luke\u003c\/em\u003e, 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, \u003cem\u003eParaphrase on Luke 1–10\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 47 of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Works of Erasmus\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Desiderius Erasmus, Translated and Annotated by Jane E. Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55075357426044,"sku":"9781442618879","price":134.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442618879_151e1cff-c136-471c-a1c0-a99af45455c4.jpg?v=1743626463","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-works-of-erasmus-99","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}