academics
Luther on Augustine’s Spirit and the Letter
Monday, December 1st, 2008I recently finished my latest assignment in Luther translation. [1] It was a Latin Forward written by Luther for a new publication of Augustine’s Concerning the Spirit and the Letter.[2]
Luther’s use, criticism, and praise of the fathers is always of keen interest to me. This work of Augustine was read as part of the curriculum [...]
Walther - officially speaks Nebraskan
Monday, April 14th, 2008My translation (mentioned in earlier posts from last August and September) of part 1 of a series of articles in Der Lutheraner by C.F.W. Walther has officially appeared in print. It is in the Forum section of the latest issue (Eastertide 2008) of Logia. It is titled: “Walther on Absolution.” The [...]
Wittenberg and Aristotle
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Logia has called for manuscripts on the topic of “Wittenberg and Athens” for their Reformation 2008 issue. So at the end of November, I reworked my paper titled Wittenberg Reforms in the University which I wrote as part of my doctoral program. I reworked it to shorten and improve the text and fix up some [...]
Two down, on three
Monday, December 10th, 2007The second Preface and the Afterword are completed. The German afterword was especially interesting as it contained several historical allusions and Luther’s recounting of a couple of stories from his early history including Luther’s recollection of his being a student and reading a book containing sermons of John Hus. There is also an interesting story [...]
Two of Three
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007The first preface is completed and the second is underway. This second work is a Latin preface and German afterword written by Luther to a publication of several letters of John Hus (WA 50, 23-25 & 34-39).
The occasion was the rumor in 1536/1537 of a general council to be held in the near future [...]
First Assignment
Saturday, August 11th, 2007My first Luther translation assignment was from WA 51, 67-76, Predigt am 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis, a Sermon on the 21st Sunday after Trinity, which was based on Ephesians 6.
It was an interesting assignment that I finished toward the beginning of July. It should appear as part of LW 58 which will begin editing [...]
New academic project: new volumes of the English edition of Luther’s Works
Thursday, July 5th, 2007The definitive edition of the written work of Martin Luther is the Weimar Edition. This edition of Luther’s work contains the surviving German and Latin original versions of Luther’s 16th century labor. Sitting on the bookshelf it consists of well over 100 volumes, which on average are large books of many hundreds of pages. If [...]
