Texte zur Geschichte des Pietismus
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Edited by:
Hans Schneider
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On behalf of:
der Historischen Kommission zur Erforschung des Pietismus
This first german edition of Mühlenberg's correspondence is of fundamental importance not only for church history in the U.S.A., but also for the early history of that country.
The letters, reproduced in their original form, are accompanied by numerous footnotes, which offer necessary explanations and commentary on the texts of the letters. They reflect not only the history of German Lutheranism in the U.S.A., but also the history of other churches and denominations.
The publication of a critical-historical edition of the works of August Hermann Francke continues with the second volume of his writings on Biblical hermeneutics. In addition to an extensive introduction, this volume again provides notes about the sources for each printed work plus multiple indices.
This volume contains Francke's hermeneutic writings from 1685 to 1707; they partly arose from his lectures and were partly addressed to a wider audience as aids to reading the Bible, as which they were widely published as Bible prefaces over many years. The volume also contains Francke's Observationes Biblicae, notes in the form of a periodical on an improvement of Luther's bible translation, which aroused vehement controversy on account of their criticism of the Luther Bible.
