‘This will become a standard book to introduce students of theology, scripture, and peace studies to a scholar who knows no boundaries and consistently sought to resolve conflicts by shedding new light on their origins… Essential.’ - D.A. Brown (Choice Magazine - vol 51:04:2013) ‘Christine-von Wedel carefully harnesses Erasmus’s work as a scholar to a program of religious reform within the Catholic tradition… Students of Christian humanism have much to gain from this comprehensive study.’- Ralph Keen (Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:03:2014) ‘Erasmus of Rotterdam is a terrific achievement that establishes Erasmus of Rotterdam as an intellectual influence… Wedel does an exceptional job engaging the sources and literature of Erasmus’s own era in context.’- Rebecca Giselbrecht (Zwingliana vol 42:2015)

• AcknowledgmentsI INTRODUCTIONA: ERASMUS’S EARLY DEVELOPMENT     II YEARNING FOR THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’; Early poems and letters in the MonasteryIII HISTORICAL AWARENESS; Antibarbari, Letter to Thomas Grey, three Poems from 1499, Precatio ad Virginis filium Jesum, Encomium matrimonii   IV NEO-PLATONISM; Enchiridion / LettersV ERASMUS’S EDITION OF LORENZO VALLA’S COLLATIO NOVI TESTAMENTIVI THE PRAISE OF FOLLYB: THE EXEGETICAL THEOLOGIANVII THE NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR; Novum instrumentum / Methodus / LettersVIII THE PARAPHRAST; Paraphrases of the GospelsIX HOW THE TRINITY IS KNOWN; Paraphrases and Annotations X ON THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION; Paraphrase of John / Colloquia Puerpera, Problema and AmicitiaXI ON THE DOCTRINE OF GOD; The paraphrase of John’s prologueXII ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION; Annotations and paraphrases on Romans and GalatiansXIII HANDLING OF DOCTRINE; The Explanation of the Apostles’ CreedC: IN CONFLICT WITH THE CHURCH REFORMERSXIV THE ARGUMENT WITH LUTHER; Letters / De libero arbitrio / Interpretations of RomansXV ERASMUS AND THE REFORMERS IN ZURICH AND BASEL; Letters / Advice for the counsel of Basel / Contra PseudevangelicosD: ERASMUS'S REFORM IDEASXVI THE QUESTION OF LAW; Annotation on I Corinthians 7:39XVII THE QUESTION OF PEACE; Institvtio principis christiani / Qverela pacis / Dvlce bellvm inexpertis / Consvltatio de bello Turcico XVIII ERASMUS’S VIEWS ON WOMEN; Christiani matrimonii institutio / De vidua christianaCONCLUSION   XIX ERASMUS: ADVOCATE OF A NEW CHRISTIANITY; Purgatio / Ecclesiastes / LettersABBREVIATIONS AND QUOTED SOURCESSECONDARY LITERATURE

‘This will become a standard book to introduce students of theology, scripture, and peace studies to a scholar who knows no boundaries and consistently sought to resolve conflicts by shedding new light on their origins… Essential.’ - D.A. Brown (Choice Magazine - vol 51:04:2013) ‘Christine-von Wedel carefully harnesses Erasmus’s work as a scholar to a program of religious reform within the Catholic tradition… Students of Christian humanism have much to gain from this comprehensive study.’- Ralph Keen (Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:03:2014) ‘Erasmus of Rotterdam is a terrific achievement that establishes Erasmus of Rotterdam as an intellectual influence… Wedel does an exceptional job engaging the sources and literature of Erasmus’s own era in context.’- Rebecca Giselbrecht (Zwingliana vol 42:2015)

• AcknowledgmentsI INTRODUCTIONA: ERASMUS’S EARLY DEVELOPMENT     II YEARNING FOR THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’; Early poems and letters in the MonasteryIII HISTORICAL AWARENESS; Antibarbari, Letter to Thomas Grey, three Poems from 1499, Precatio ad Virginis filium Jesum, Encomium matrimonii   IV NEO-PLATONISM; Enchiridion / LettersV ERASMUS’S EDITION OF LORENZO VALLA’S COLLATIO NOVI TESTAMENTIVI THE PRAISE OF FOLLYB: THE EXEGETICAL THEOLOGIANVII THE NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR; Novum instrumentum / Methodus / LettersVIII THE PARAPHRAST; Paraphrases of the GospelsIX HOW THE TRINITY IS KNOWN; Paraphrases and Annotations X ON THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION; Paraphrase of John / Colloquia Puerpera, Problema and AmicitiaXI ON THE DOCTRINE OF GOD; The paraphrase of John’s prologueXII ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION; Annotations and paraphrases on Romans and GalatiansXIII HANDLING OF DOCTRINE; The Explanation of the Apostles’ CreedC: IN CONFLICT WITH THE CHURCH REFORMERSXIV THE ARGUMENT WITH LUTHER; Letters / De libero arbitrio / Interpretations of RomansXV ERASMUS AND THE REFORMERS IN ZURICH AND BASEL; Letters / Advice for the counsel of Basel / Contra PseudevangelicosD: ERASMUS'S REFORM IDEASXVI THE QUESTION OF LAW; Annotation on I Corinthians 7:39XVII THE QUESTION OF PEACE; Institvtio principis christiani / Qverela pacis / Dvlce bellvm inexpertis / Consvltatio de bello Turcico XVIII ERASMUS’S VIEWS ON WOMEN; Christiani matrimonii institutio / De vidua christianaCONCLUSION   XIX ERASMUS: ADVOCATE OF A NEW CHRISTIANITY; Purgatio / Ecclesiastes / LettersABBREVIATIONS AND QUOTED SOURCESSECONDARY LITERATURE

‘This will become a standard book to introduce students of theology, scripture, and peace studies to a scholar who knows no boundaries and consistently sought to resolve conflicts by shedding new light on their origins… Essential.’ - D.A. Brown (Choice Magazine - vol 51:04:2013) ‘Christine-von Wedel carefully harnesses Erasmus’s work as a scholar to a program of religious reform within the Catholic tradition… Students of Christian humanism have much to gain from this comprehensive study.’- Ralph Keen (Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:03:2014) ‘Erasmus of Rotterdam is a terrific achievement that establishes Erasmus of Rotterdam as an intellectual influence… Wedel does an exceptional job engaging the sources and literature of Erasmus’s own era in context.’- Rebecca Giselbrecht (Zwingliana vol 42:2015)

• AcknowledgmentsI INTRODUCTIONA: ERASMUS’S EARLY DEVELOPMENT     II YEARNING FOR THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’; Early poems and letters in the MonasteryIII HISTORICAL AWARENESS; Antibarbari, Letter to Thomas Grey, three Poems from 1499, Precatio ad Virginis filium Jesum, Encomium matrimonii   IV NEO-PLATONISM; Enchiridion / LettersV ERASMUS’S EDITION OF LORENZO VALLA’S COLLATIO NOVI TESTAMENTIVI THE PRAISE OF FOLLYB: THE EXEGETICAL THEOLOGIANVII THE NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR; Novum instrumentum / Methodus / LettersVIII THE PARAPHRAST; Paraphrases of the GospelsIX HOW THE TRINITY IS KNOWN; Paraphrases and Annotations X ON THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION; Paraphrase of John / Colloquia Puerpera, Problema and AmicitiaXI ON THE DOCTRINE OF GOD; The paraphrase of John’s prologueXII ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION; Annotations and paraphrases on Romans and GalatiansXIII HANDLING OF DOCTRINE; The Explanation of the Apostles’ CreedC: IN CONFLICT WITH THE CHURCH REFORMERSXIV THE ARGUMENT WITH LUTHER; Letters / De libero arbitrio / Interpretations of RomansXV ERASMUS AND THE REFORMERS IN ZURICH AND BASEL; Letters / Advice for the counsel of Basel / Contra PseudevangelicosD: ERASMUS'S REFORM IDEASXVI THE QUESTION OF LAW; Annotation on I Corinthians 7:39XVII THE QUESTION OF PEACE; Institvtio principis christiani / Qverela pacis / Dvlce bellvm inexpertis / Consvltatio de bello Turcico XVIII ERASMUS’S VIEWS ON WOMEN; Christiani matrimonii institutio / De vidua christianaCONCLUSION   XIX ERASMUS: ADVOCATE OF A NEW CHRISTIANITY; Purgatio / Ecclesiastes / LettersABBREVIATIONS AND QUOTED SOURCESSECONDARY LITERATURE