Open AccessErasmus’ Commentary on Psalm 2
Author(s) -
Allan K. Jenkins
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of hebrew scriptures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1203-1542
DOI - 10.5508/jhs.2000.v3.a3
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , hebrew , exposition (narrative) , philosophy , scholarship , philology , interpretation (philosophy) , new testament , hebrew bible , classics , literature , theology , history , art , biblical studies , linguistics , art history , law , political science , the renaissance , feminism
Erasmus' failure to master Hebrew raises the question ofhow his ad fontes approach to biblical interpretation applied to the OldTestament. His 76-page 'commentary' on Psalm 2 shows that he does make use ofHebrew, though his insights are derivative, mostly from Jerome or Augustine. Insome places, however, he bases his exposition on the LXX and, where this differsfrom the Hebrew, on both. Erasmus reads the psalm as applying to Christ ratherthan David, and his philological scholarship is used to serve his interpretativeaim of contemporary application in accordance with his 'philosophy of Christ'.