BIOGRAPHIES

Manschreck, Clydge Leonard. Melanchthon: The Quiet Reformer. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1958, 175 p.

Attempts to understand Melanchthon and his ideas in the context of the Renaissance and the Reformation.

Richard, James William. Philip Melanchthon: The Protestant Preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1965, 175 p.

Study of the life and theology of Melanchthon that is reconstructed largely from the reformer's own writings.

Stupperich, Robert. Melanchthon. Translated by Robert H. Fischer. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1965, 175 p.

Sympathetic portrayal of Melanchthon and his work by a leading Melanchthon scholar.

CRITICISM

Classen, Carl Joachim. “Melanchthon's Rhetorical Interpretation of Biblical and Non-Biblical Texts.” In Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament, pp. 99-177. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2000.

Shows how Melanchthon applied rhetorical and dialectical theory to the texts of the Bible and other works.

Estes, James M. “The Role of the Godly Magistrates in the Church: Melanchthon as Luther's Interpreter and Collaborator.” The American Society of Church History 67, no. 3 (September 1998): 463-83.

Explores the question of the relationship between Melanchthon's ideas on the office of the Christian magistrate and Luther's thoughts on the subject.

Fraenkel, Peter. Testimonia Patrum: The Function of the Patristic Argument in the Theology of Philip Melanchthon. Geneva: Librairie E Droz, 1961, 382 p.

Considers Melanchthon's thought in the light of his reading of the teachings of the Church Fathers.

Hildebrandt, Franz. Melanchthon: Alien or Ally. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946, 98 p.

Examination of the concessions made by Melanchthon to elements outside the “inner circle” of the evangelical faith.

Jensen, Kristian. “The Latin Grammar of Philipp Melanchthon.” In Aca Conventus Neo-Latini Guelpherbytani: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, edited by Stella P. Revard, edited by Fidel Räle and Mario A. Di Cesare, pp. 513-19. Binghampton, N.Y.: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1988.

Claims that Melanchthon's pedagogical attitude can be detected in his works on Latin grammar.

Jensen, Minna Skafte. “Melanchthon, the Muses, and Denmark.” In Renaissance Culture in Context: Theory and Practice, edited by Jean R. Brink and William F. Gentrup, pp. 136-44. Aldershot, UK: Scolar Press, 1993.

Discusses Melanchthon's influence on Danish poets of the sixteenth century.

Kuspit, Donald B. “Melanchthon and Düer: The Search for the Simple Style.” Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 3, no. 2 (fall 1973): 177-202.

Offers an account of Melanchthon's consciousness of art understood in terms of his belief that the “simplicity” of Albrecht Dürer's art conveyed religious truth.

Maag, Karin, ed. Melanchthon in Europe. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1999, 191 p.

Volume containing eight essays that examine various aspects of Melanchthon's work.

McNally, J. R. “Melanchthon's Earliest Rhetoric.” In Rhetoric: A Tradition in Transition, edited by Donald C. Bryant, pp. 33-48. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1974.

Describes the contents and emphases of Melanchthon's 1519 De rhetorica libri tres.

Quere, Ralph Walter. Melanchthon's Christum Cognoscere: Christ's Efficacious Presence in the Eucharistic Theology of Melanchthon. Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1977, 405 p.

Study of Melanchthon's eucharistic doctrine, comparing it with Luther's teaching.

Rogness, Michael. Philip Melanchthon: Reformer Without Honor. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1969, 165 p.

Defines Melanchthon's place in the development of Lutheran theology.

Scheider, John R. Philip Melanchthon's Rhetorical Construal of Biblical Authority: Oratio Sacra. Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990. 191 p.

Detailed study of Melanchthon's life and work that contends the reformer construed biblical scripture literally as sacred rhetoric.

Vajta, Vilmos. Luther und Melanchthon in the History and Theology of the Reformation. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1961, 198 p.

Collection of essays in English and German.

Wengert, Timothy J. Law and Gospel: Philip Melanchthon's Debate with John Agricola of Eisleben Over Poenitentia. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1997, 232 p.

Study of how Melanchthon, during the time his theology first came under attack in the 1520s by another Wittenberg-trained reformer, John Agricola, came to define the relation between poenitentia and law.

———. Philip Melanchthon's Exegetical Dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, 238 p.

Discusses Melanchthon's criticism of Erasmus's interpretation method.

Wengert, Timothy J., and Graham, M. Patrick, eds. Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) and the Commentary. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997, 304 p.

Examines Melanchthon's commentary on ancient texts.

Additional coverage of Philip Melanchthon is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 179; and Literature Resource Center.