Luther's Aesop /

Reformer of the church, biblical theologian, and German translator of the Bible Martin Luther had the highest respect for stories attributed to the ancient Greek author Aesop. He assigned them a status second only to the Bible and regarded them as wiser than ";the harmful opinions of all the ph...

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Main Author: Springer, Carl P. E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, ©2011.
Series:Early modern studies series ; 8.
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Table of Contents:
  • Wittenberg and Athens
  • "The best after the Bible"
  • Luther the editor
  • A Lutheran fable book
  • Luther as Aesop
  • Appendix A. Other versions of the Coburg fables
  • Appendix B. Selected Latin poems of Luther
  • Appendix C. Varia : texts translated in chapter 5.