Barbara Pitkin

Stanford University | SU · Department of Religious Studies

The evangelical sermon was the Protestant Reformation’s central ritual event and the catalyst for a host of other changes, ranging from the abolition of the Mass to acts of violent iconoclasm. In promoting the sermon, reformers in Germany and Switzerland were in continuity with trends in medieval preaching, but at the same time the new centrality g...

This article examines Calvin's commentary on Exodus through Deuteronomy (1563) through the lens of sixteenth-century historical jurisprudence, exemplified in the works of François de Connan and François Baudouin. Recent scholarship has demonstrated how Calvin's historicizing exegesis of the Bible is in continuity with broader trends in Christian bi...

In his preface to his 1553 commentary on the Gospel of John, Calvin joined a long line of Christian thinkers in expressing high esteem for the Fourth Gospel's unique teaching. Although all four gospels, he claims, aim to make Christ known, the first three exhibit his “body,” whereas John exhibits his “soul.” Despite this traditional-sounding affirm...

This essay examines three passages in Calvin's commentary on John (1553) in order to trace how Calvin steers away from traditional reflections on Christ's two natures in such a way as to open the door for discussions of human nature. His anthropologically-focused reading of the Fourth Gospel transforms traditional notions of what makes John so uniq...

Barbara Pitkin traces the way in which Calvin's exegetical labors contributed to his understanding of faith. Through detailed analysis of Calvin's interpretation of selected biblical passages, this study shows how his views evolved. Pitkin describes the gradual development of the mature Calvin's view that faith exhibits a twofold character--saving...

This article considers Calvin's portrayal of David as a paradigm for the faith of sixteenth-century Christians and illuminates a development in Calvin's doctrine of faith that his exegesis of the Psalms occasioned. Calvin focuses on the historical person, David, and downplays David's prophetic status. Faith, as depicted in light of David's example...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Divinity School, 1994. Photocopy.

Diss. University of Chicago, 1994. Literaturverz.