LEADER 03739nam 2200649 450 001 9910460559003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-3236-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442632363 035 $a(CKB)3710000000421851 035 $a(EBL)3432184 035 $a(OCoLC)929153814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001634790 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16387295 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001634790 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14950909 035 $a(PQKB)10495388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669530 035 $a(CEL)450028 035 $a(OCoLC)918588993 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00930950 035 $a(DE-B1597)465822 035 $a(OCoLC)944178719 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442632363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256062 035 $a(OCoLC)958580331 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000421851 100 $a20160920h19811981 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChristening pagan mysteries $eErasmus in pursuit of wisdom /$fMarjorie O'Rourke Boyle 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1981. 210 4$dİ1981 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 225 1 $aErasmus Studies ;$v5 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-5220-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPrologue -- $tONE. Under the Pear Tree -- $tTWO. Scholars' Ink -- $tTHREE. Martyrs' Blood -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography of Primary sources cited -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aThis is the first book devoted to investigating the scholarly commonplace that Erasmus? revival of classical learning defines his evangelical humanism. It acknowledges that it was a feat for him to challenge the obscurantism of late medieval schooling by restoring classical studies. It recognizes that his editions of Greek and Latin authors alone fix his place in the history of scholarship. But the plainest questions about this achievement may still be asked, and the most popular texts freshly interpreted. Was his work only the expression in the ?idiom of the Renaissance? or a perennial Christian humanism? Or did he advance on it theoretically as well as practically? Did Erasmus contribute conceptually to the interrogation of pagan wisdom with the Christian economy? Christening Pagan Mysteries proposes that he did.Although doctrinal issues involved, this inquiry is not systematically theological. Erasmus wrote no treatise on the subject that might be so explored. A rhetorical approach, complementary to his own method, discloses his evangelical humanism through the analysis of three significant texts. The seminal dialogue Antibarbari provides the conceptual key in one of the most important humanist declarations in the history of Christian thought to the Renaissance. The Christocentric conviction it voices is then discerned through new interpretations of two other texts which christen pagan mysteries in original and important ways: the Moria and the final colloquy, ?Epicureus,? in which a pagan goddess and a pagan philosopher are gathered to Christ. 410 0$aErasmus studies ;$v5. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance. 676 $a199/.492 700 $aBoyle$b Marjorie O'Rourke$f1943-$0919295 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460559003321 996 $aChristening pagan mysteries$92061799 997 $aUNINA