Description:
CWE 41 is intended as an essential companion to the full range of Erasmus scholarship on the New Testament, as it is translated, annotated and presented in Volumes 42-60.
Brief description: Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466-1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe's foremost scholars. Erasmus was a prolific author, writing on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects.
Review Quotes:
"Sider has given us an excellent guide through the vast extent of Erasmus' work on the New Testament. It is also a useful corrective of popular images of Erasmus which play down the Christian element in his thought and depict him one-sidedly as an almost secular messenger of tolerance, pacifism and areligious humanism."
--Henk Jan de Jonge, Leiden University, Novum Testamentum"The texts contained in CWE 41 help us understand why Erasmus was loved or loathed by his contemporaries, and we are indebted to Sider and his associates for producing such a magnificent translation."
--Amy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Erasmus Studies