The Honeycomb Scroll: Philipp Melanchthon at the Dawn of the Reformation, by Gregory B. Graybill
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Long overshadowed by Luther and Calvin, Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) is one of the most important figures in the Protestant Reformation and had profound effect on Western church history. This book gives the most detailed English-language biographical treatment of Melanchthon to date, moving from his historical context and personal origins, through his childhood, education, and early career at Wittenberg during the dramatic events at the dawn of the Reformation (1497–1524).
Establishing the deep geopolitical and religious context of Melanchthon's early life, the volume then follows Melanchthon to the great halls of humanist learning at Heidelberg and Tubingen, where his studies and teaching career began and his faith was richly fostered. The pivotal moment comes in his appointment to the chair of Greek in Wittenberg where Melanchthon became a great ally and supporter of Martin Luther. Melanchthon's role as key player in the advocacy for reform expanded through his involvement in the Leipzig Disputation, his visible representation of the evangelical cause in Wittenberg during Luther's absence at Worms and the Wartburg, and his struggle with the radical wing. The volume closes by looking ahead to Melanchthon's contribution to the Augsburg Confession of 1530.
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- Published on: 2015-09-01
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About the Author Gregory B. Graybill is senior pastor at the First United Presbyterian Church of Moline, Illinois. He earned a DPhil at the University of Oxford and is author of Evangelical Free Will: Philipp Melanchthon&39;s Doctrinal Journey on the Origins of Faith(2010). He is collaborator on Philippians, Colossians in the Reformation Commentary on Scripture.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A pleasant, erudite, accessible work that explores the child, child prodigy, and young adult (life & times), not his theology. By M. Frost This book will be appreciated by anyone interested in Melancthon, Lutheranism, and the Reformation, primarily up to the year 1524 BUT the reader must keep in mind the stated purpose of the work. This is a non-academic, generalist work that can be readily appreciated by anyone interested in these areas. However, from the Introduction:"The purpose of this book , then, is to tell something of the story of the dawn of the Reformation, chiefly from the perspective of [Melanchthon]. By tracing his family origins, childhood, education, and early career at Wittenberg, I hope to convey something of the ethos and significance of the times. By combining a sharp biographical focus with occasional broad glances at much wider geopolitical considerations, my goal is to narrate a story both rich in detail and panoramic in scope. ... This book is not intended to do justice to Melanchthon's thought--neither his theology nor his philosophy. ... It is about Melanchthon's faith, professional development, work, and family in the midst of a world undergoing radical change. This is a personal framework which can complement the specialized studies of the Melanchthon monographs." (p. 4)Anyone interested in the theology of the young Melanchthon absolutely should read this work in conjunction with the wonderful 2014 CPH edition of Melanchthon's Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521, which, of course, is mentioned prominently in Graybill's work.So, IF the above stated purpose meets your desires regarding a modern English biography on the young Melanchthon, then this is the work for you. Graybill obviously likes Philipp. So this is no hit-job against him. And Graybill lovingly took numerous photographs in and around Melanchthon-related areas in German from his time working on the book. The nice b&w photographs, imprints, etc. really help bring the work to life. The work is easy to read, enjoyable to look at, and hits all the major points we can know about at this time based on the limited information available about Melanchthon's life from his birth in 1497 to the end of the work in 1524, as he comes back from his one significant vacation from Wittenberg to his hometown of Bretten. The print is rather large and the spacing conducive to easy reading. So even though it is over 300 pages, it feels like a much shorter work (of say only 200+). I started it on Nov. 6th and finished it Nov. 9th.My only major area of concern, and it isn't too big, is in the bibliography.1. It is too bad he doesn't separate out English works from non-English works. This is a rather general book, written at the 12th grade level or college undergraduate. In English for English readers. But so many of the works are in German. It makes it difficult to find those that are available in English.2. Second, I noticed that Lowell C. Green's two wonderful works in English aren't listed nor were they cited. See his Melanchthon in English (1982) and more importantly, How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel (1980). This latter work covers most of the period in Graybill's work. I was most surprised not to see it consulted.3. The way works are cited appears to show issues with the editing/proofreading. Take two similar works. Both Hill's Melancthon Selected Writings and Keen's A Melanchthon Reader are both cited on p. XI in the "Abbreviations" and mentioned in the text. But then only Hills' is shown in the Bibliography (p. 340); oddly, Keen's is absent from the Bibliography. Or take footnote 46 on p. 198. It mentions Meijering's 1983 work, but that work is then absent in the Bibliography.Some minor nits to pick:1. This seems almost like a self-published work, not an academic one. Thus, for example, there is no hardback. There are some typos (e.g., repeated words on the last two lines of p. 315)2. The typesetting is often a mess. For example, repeatedly in an area where there will be a picture or other visual image (a huge plus in this work!), suddenly half of a page will go blank, even though there is no break in text (there is no new section or chapter). See pages 22, 234, and 246.3. There are three nice maps of Europe, central Germany (from Munich to Hamburg and Cologne to Berlin), and the greater Bretten area (from Tubingen to Heidelberg). But oddly some cities mentioned prominently in the work are in none of the maps (e.g., Geneva, Trent, and Trier).4. Since this work has to rely so much on extant letters and later biographies, the sourcing is rather extensive. Yet sometimes interesting comments aren't supported. For example, on p. 209 there is a discussion about Philipp inviting a specific person to his wedding and this comment, "..., he still had to acknowledge the reality of sexual desire and concluded that he found consolation about the whole thing through Scripture's positive teachings on marriage. He would just have to trust in what the Bible said." Yet no source is attributed. Nothing cited. And this is pretty much the only time the author mentions human sexuality and Melancthon. (Thankfully he does point out elsewhere in the text when he quotes from other authors who have no specific attribution for the quote used.)5. Even though he has an "Index of Biblical References" and notes on p. 194 that 1 Macc. 5:40 is being cited, this reference to 1 Macc. isn't in the Index.I only hope and pray Graybill writes another volume or two or three, to do justice to all of Philipp's life! For the Epilog on pages 321-337 that attempts to quickly cover the rest of his life, of course, can't begin to serve the reality of his life or accomplishments. We really could use a good modern multi-volume biography of Melanchthon in English.And anyone who enjoys this lighter work, really should read Graybill's wonderful 2010 monograph on Melanchton's ideas on conversion and the will: Evangelical Free Will. A great work that is also quite accessible.
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