Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Notes on Contributors xv
6. Abbreviations and Works Frequently Cited xvii
7. Abbreviations of Biblical Books Used in Explanatory Notes xix
8. Editor’s Introduction 3
9. Chronology of Erasmus’ Life and Works 17
10. Part one: Approaches to Erasmus' ratio or 'system' of 1518/1519
11. The Ratio in Erasmus’ Life and Work to 1519 21
12. Erasmus, Sacred Literature, and Literary Theory 48
13. Biblical Poetics in Scholasticism and the Ratio 63
14. The Ratio and Annotations as Theory and Practice of Biblical Interpretation 80
15. The Parable of Sincere and Sophistical Discourse in the Ratio 93
16. Part two: The Ratio Verae Theologicae
17. Scheme of Contents of the Ratio verae theologiae 111
18. Note on the Text 113
19. Ratio verae theologiae Preface: Purpose of the Ratio 114
20. A1 – Elements of a Method for the Study of Scripture 115
21. B1 The Unity in Variety of the Gospel 131
22. B2a ‘The Wonderful Circle and Harmony of the Entire Drama of Christ’ 146
23. B2b The Figurative Character of the Language of ‘Sacred Literature’ 197
24. A2 Elements of a Method for the Study of Scripture (concluded) 223
25. Explanatory Notes 247
26. Conspectus of Church Fathers Cited in the Ratio 329
27. Bibliography 335
28. Concordance of Editions of the Ratio 343
29. Index of Rhetorical Terms and Literary-Critical Concepts 351
30. General Index 353