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Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Refo500 Academic Studies Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis in Co-operationwith Günter Frank (Bretten), Bruce Gordon,(NewHaven), UteLotz-Heumann (Tucson), Mathijs Lamberigts (Leuven), Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer (Bern), Tarald Rasmussen (Oslo), Johannes Schilling (Kiel), Zsombor Tóth (Budapest), Günther Wassilowsky (Linz), SiegridWestphal (Osnabrück), DavidM.Whitford(Waco). Volume 29 © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Jeff Fisher AChristoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Bibliographic informationpublishedbythe Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliotheklists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data available online:http://dnb.d-nb.de. ISSN 2197-0165 ISBN 978-3-647-55101-2 Yo ucan find alternative editions of this book and additionalmaterial on ourWebsite:www.v-r.de 2016, Vandenhoeck & RuprechtGmbH & Co.KG, Theaterstraße13, 37073 Göttingen/ Vandenhoeck & RuprechtLLC,Bristol, CT,U.S.A. www.v-r.de All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Typesetting by Konrad Triltsch GmbH, Ochsenfurt © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Contents Illustrations ................................. 7 Tables ..................................... 9 Abbreviations ................................ 11 1. Introduction ................................ 13 Biographical SummaryofOecolampadius ................ 14 The Christoscopic Approach of Oecolampadius ............ 27 2. Oecolampadius and the Exegetical Tradition .............. 33 ABrief HistoryofBiblicalInterpretation ................ 34 Comparisons to Oecolampadius’s CommentaryonHebrews ..... 37 Predecessors of Oecolampadius .................... 39 ContemporaryTheologians in Dialogue ................ 44 Reformed Theologians ......................... 46 3. The Scope of Scripture .......................... 53 Scopus in the Teaching of Oecolampadius ................ 54 Scopus in the Eastern Fathers ...................... 59 Scopus after Oecolampadius ....................... 67 4. The Background and Preface to the Hebrews Commentary...... 71 Lectures and Commentaries ....................... 72 The Lectures and CommentaryonHebrews ............... 79 Authorship of the Epistle ........................ 80 Name and Order of Hebrews ...................... 87 The Main Theme of Hebrews ...................... 92 © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews 6 Contents 5. The SuperiorityofChrist ......................... 99 Emphases in the Exegetical Tradition .................. 100 Oecolampadius on the SuperiorityofChrist .............. 109 Reformed Interpreters .......................... 121 Summary................................. 133 6. The Priesthood of Christ ......................... 135 Emphases in the Exegetical Tradition .................. 136 Oecolampadius on the Priesthood of Christ ............... 149 Reformed Interpreters .......................... 161 Summary................................. 174 7. The BetterCovenant........................... 177 Emphases in the Exegetical Tradition .................. 178 Oecolampadius on the BetterCovenant................. 192 Reformed Interpreters .......................... 212 Summary................................. 230 8. Conclusion ................................. 233 Bibliography................................. 243 PrimarySources .............................. 243 SecondarySources ............................ 248 Index of Subjects ............................... 257 © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Illustrations 1. Figure 1. t’Lichtisopden kandelaer gestalt. .................... 14 2. Figure 2. Portrait in Beza’s Icones. ......................... 21 3. Figure 3. Portrait in Rolt’s Lives of Principle Reformers. .............. 21 4. Figure 4. Statue of Oecolampadius in Basel. .................... 22 5. Figure 5. Hebrews CommentaryTitle Page. .................... 32 © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Tables 1. Theological Works for Comparisontothe CommentaryonHebrews. ...... 38 2. Biblical Commentaries by Oecolampadius..................... 75 3. Published EditionsofOecolampadius’s Commentaries. ............. 76 4. Comparison of Oecolampadius and Pellikan on the Order of the Epistle. .... 90 5. Spiritual InterpretationsofOld Covenant Elements. ...............182 © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews Abbreviations ACCS AncientChristian Commentary on Scripture,ed. Thomas Oden (Downers Grove, IL:IVP,1998–) ANF The Ante-Nicene Fathers:Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D.325,ed. AlexanderRoberts and James Donaldson (Grand Rapids:Eerd- mans, 1950–). BuA Briefe und Akten zum Leben Oekolampads,ed. Ernst Staehelin. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte10, 19 (New Yo rk:Johnson, 1971) CCSL Corpus Christianorum SeriesLatina (Turnholti :Brepols, 1954–) CNTCCalvin’s NewTestamentCommentaries,ed. DavidW.Torrance, Thomas F. Torrance (Grand Rapids:Eerdmans, 1959–1972) CO Ioannis Calvini opera quae supersuntomnia, 59 vols.,ed. W. Baum, E. Cunitz, E. Reuss (Brunswick and Berlin, 1863–1900) COE II Calvini OperaExegetica Series II (Geneva:Librairie Droz, 1992–) CPG Clavis Patrum Graecorum (Turnhout :Brepols,1974–2003) CR Corpus Reformatorum (Halis Saxonum:Schwetschke, 1834–1860) DMBIDictionary of MajorBiblicalInterpreters,ed. Donald K. McKim (Downers Grove, Ill:IVP Academic, 2007). GO Textus Biblie cum Glossa Ordinaria et expositione Lyre litterali (Basel:Froben & Petri, 1508) GO (1601) Bibliorum Sacrorum cumGlossa Ordinaria (Venice:Magnam Societatem, 1601) LW Luther’s Works,ed. JaroslavPelikanand Helmut T. Lehmann, American edition (St. Louis:Concordia;Philadelphia:Fortress, 1955–) NI (1516) Novum Instrumentum Omne,ed. Desiderius Erasmus (Basel:Froben, 1516) NT (1519) Novum Testamentum,ed. Desiderius Erasmus(Basel: Froben, 1519) NPNF1 Nicene andPost-Nicene Fathers,ed. Philip Schaff. First Series (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1886–1890) NPNF2 Nicene andPost-Nicene Fathers,ed. Philip Schaff and HenryWace.Second Series (Grand Rapids:Eerdmans,1952–1957) PG Patrologiae cursus completus:Series Graeca,ed. J. P. Migne (Paris, 1857–1912) PL Patrologiae cursus completus: Series Latina,ed. J. P. Migne (Paris, 1844–1890) RCS Reformation Commentary on Scripture,eds. TimothyF.Georgeand Scott M. Manetsch (IVP Academic, 2011–) WA D. Martin Luthers Werke:Kritische Gesamtausgabe (Weimar:Böhlau, 1883–) © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews © 2016, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525551011 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647551012 Jeff Fisher, A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews 1. Introduction The sixteenth centurywas atime when massivechanges were taking place in almost everyaspectoflife, including the church and howpeople practiced their faith.1 One of the most significantchanges was howthe Bible was read and interpreted. Ye t, despite the factthat the early sixteenth centurywitnessedan explosion of commentarywriting,the history of biblical interpretation in the sixteenth centurywas a“virtually unexplored” territoryofReformation history untilrecently.2 Scholars have focused more on the theological writings than on the commentaries, and those whohavestudied the commentaries largely fo- cused on only afew well-knownReformers.3 An anonymous Dutch printfrom the seventeenth centuryillustrates the importance of the men whoshaped the waythe Bible was interpreted