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Luther : man between God and the Devil / Heiko A. Oberman ; translated by Eileen Walliser-Schwarzbart

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1989 Description: xx, 380 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0300037945 (alk. paper)
  • 9780300037944 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Luther. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
LOC classification:
  • BR325  .O27 1989
Contents:
The longed-for Reformation. Prologue : controversy beyond the grave ; A German event ; A medieval event ; An elemental event -- The unexpected Reformation. The road to Wittenberg : decisions before the Reformation ; The Reformation breakthrough ; The reformer attacked -- The Reformation in peril. Life between God and the devil ; Discord in the Reformation ; Christianity between God and the devil ; Wedded bliss and world peace : in defiance of the devil ; The man and his deeds ; Epilogue : Luther as he was
Summary: A biography of Luther. Pp. 290-297 deal with his attitude to the Jews, citing passages from his letter to Josel von Rosheim (1536), his pamphlet "Of the Jews and Their Lies" (1543), and the "Admonition against the Jews" added to his last sermon (1546). He called on rulers not to tolerate Jewish economic exploitation and to take strong measures against them as enemies of God - i.e. to burn their synagogues, confiscate their books, and expel them.|c(From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BR325 .O27 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 066293
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Translation of: Luther

Includes indexes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-354)

The longed-for Reformation. Prologue : controversy beyond the grave ; A German event ; A medieval event ; An elemental event -- The unexpected Reformation. The road to Wittenberg : decisions before the Reformation ; The Reformation breakthrough ; The reformer attacked -- The Reformation in peril. Life between God and the devil ; Discord in the Reformation ; Christianity between God and the devil ; Wedded bliss and world peace : in defiance of the devil ; The man and his deeds ; Epilogue : Luther as he was

A biography of Luther. Pp. 290-297 deal with his attitude to the Jews, citing passages from his letter to Josel von Rosheim (1536), his pamphlet "Of the Jews and Their Lies" (1543), and the "Admonition against the Jews" added to his last sermon (1546). He called on rulers not to tolerate Jewish economic exploitation and to take strong measures against them as enemies of God - i.e. to burn their synagogues, confiscate their books, and expel them.|c(From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)

Translation of: Luther: Mensch zwischen Gott und Teufel

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