Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Sequence and Dates of the Original Publication of the Paraphrases xi
5. Order of the Paraphrases in the Collected Works of Erasmus (CWE) xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part One. 'A Kind of Exposition': The Production of the Paraphrases
9. 1. The Tongue and the Book: Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament and the Arts of Scripture 29
10. 2. Exegetical Fictions? Biblical Paraphrases of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 59
11. 3. Historical Imagination and the Representation of Paul in Erasmus' Paraphrases on the Pauline Epistles 85
12. 4. Triumphs, Trophies, and Spoils: Roman History in Some Paraphrases on Paul by Erasmus 111
13. 5. Sub evangelistae persona: The Speaking Voice in Erasmus' Paraphrase on Luke 127
14. 6. Jesus and His Family in Erasmus' Paraphrases on Luke and John 151
15. 7. Exegesis and Marriage in Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament 175
16. Part Two. 'A Full Library of Divinity Books': The Reception of the Paraphrases
17. 8. The Textual Travail of the Tomus secundus of the Paraphrases 213
18. 9. Why Noël Béda Did Not Like Erasmus' Paraphrases 265
19. 10. The Paraphrases of Erasmus in French 279
20. 11. John Bale's Image of Both Churches and the English Paraphrase on Revelation 291
21. 12. Forming a Protestant Consciousness? Erasmus' Paraphrases in English Parishes, 1547-1666 313
22. Bibliography 361
23. Contributors 379
24. Index of Scriptural Passages 383
25. General Index 391
26. Backmatter 398