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"Three decades of detailed pilot studies have prepared David Steinmetz for this exquisite contribution to Calvin scholarship. With his singular grasp of biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages and the Reformation era, Steinmetz succeeds in tracing the precise profile of Calvin as biblical interpreter." --The late Heiko Oberman, Regents' Professor of History, University of Arizona (for the first edition) "This expanded collection of path-breaking studies reveals how David Steinmetz set investigation into Calvin's biblical interpretation on a new footing and the ways in which he has continued to build upon that solid foundation in the decade and half since Calvin in Context first appeared. No one has done more to shape for the 21st century a more nuanced and precise image of Calvin as an expositor of scripture." --Barbara Pitkin, author of What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in its Exegetical Context "Three decades of detailed pilot studies have prepared David Steinmetz for this exquisite contribution to Calvin scholarship. With his singular grasp of biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages and the Reformation era, Steinmetz succeeds in tracing the precise profile of Calvin as biblical interpreter."--Heiko Oberman, University of Arizona. "The beauty of this work is that it interprets Calvin in the context of his own literary tradition and draws from the vast field of primary sources...Steinmetz has performed a remarkable serivce to the field through this methodology"--Sixteenth Century Studies. .,."close, sensitive reading of less familiar texts in Calvin's oeuvre, which opens up new insights into or refines contemporary understandings of broader themes in Calvin's thoughts ....humane insistence on the conversational nature of Calvin's work, both those intellectual engagements he explicitly recognized and those he did not ...nuanced attention to differences of tone, specific formulation, and choice of terms, and the broad familiarity with other works to suggest allusions, intentional and perhaps unintentional associations of broader constructions of ideas."--Renaissance Quarterly "The beauty of this work is that it interprets Calvin in the context of his own literary tradition and draws from the vast field of primary sources. Steinmetz has performed a remarkable service to the field through this methodology, which many of his students and followers have adopted."--Sixteenth Century Journal "This is a work of great value for students of sixteenth-century biblical scholarship, as well as for those interested in the thought of John Calvin."--The Historian "Three decades of detailed pilot studies have prepared David Steinmetz for this exquisite contribution to Calvin scholarship. With his singular grasp of biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages and the Reformation era, Steinmetz succeeds in tracing the precise profile of Calvin as biblical interpreter."--Heiko Oberman, University of Arizona. "The beauty of this work is that it interprets Calvin in the context of his own literary tradition and draws from the vast field of primary sources...Steinmetz has performed a remarkable serivce to the field through this methodology"--Sixteenth Century Studies. , .."close, sensitive reading of less familiar texts in Calvin's oeuvre, which opens up new insights into or refines contemporary understandings of broader themes in Calvin's thoughts ....humane insistence on the conversational nature of Calvin's work, both those intellectual engagements he explicitly recognized and those he did not ...nuanced attention to differences of tone, specific formulation, and choice of terms, and the broad familiarity with other works to suggest allusions, intentional and perhaps unintentional associations of broader constructions of ideas."--Renaissance Quarterly "The beauty of this work is that it interprets Calvin in the context of his own literary tradition and draws from the vast field of primary sources. Steinmetz has performed a remarkable service to the field through this methodology, which many of his students and followers have adopted."--Sixteenth Century Journal "This is a work of great value for students of sixteenth-century biblical scholarship, as well as for those interestedin the thought of John Calvin."--The Historian "Three decades of detailed pilot studies have prepared David Steinmetz for this exquisite contribution to Calvin scholarship. With his singular grasp of biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages and the Reformation era, Steinmetz succeeds in tracing the precise profile of Calvin as biblical interpreter."--Heiko Oberman, University of Arizona. "The beauty of this work is that it interprets Calvin in the context of his own literary tradition and draws from the vast field of primary sources...Steinmetz has performed a remarkable serivce to the field through this methodology"--Sixteenth Century Studies. .,."close, sensitive reading of less familiar texts in Calvin's oeuvre, which opens up new insights into or refines contemporary understandings of broader themes in Calvin's thoughts ....humane insistence on the conversational nature of Calvin's work, both those intellectual engagements he explicitly recognized and those he did not ...nuanced attention to differences of tone, specific formulation, and choice of terms, and the broad familiarity with other works to suggest allusions, intentional and perhaps unintentional associations of broader constructions of ideas."--Renaissance Quarterly "The beauty of this work is that it interprets Calvin in the context of his own literary tradition and draws from the vast field of primary sources. Steinmetz has performed a remarkable service to the field through this methodology, which many of his students and followers have adopted."--Sixteenth Century Journal "This is a work of great value for students of sixteenth-century biblical scholarship, as well as for those interested in the thought of John Calvin."--The Historian

This is an accessible and authoritative general introduction to Calvin's thought. Steinmetz engages a wide range of primary sources and places Calvin in the context of the theological and exegetical traditions that influenced him.