Reviews

"Craig Farmer has written a fine book....an admirable beginning guide to the thought of Musculus and a skillful example of the method known as history of exegesis....His work is careful and well-documented...Farmer's book succeeds in expanding both knowledge of the early modern history of Christian exegesis of the Gospel of John and knowledge of Musculus' place in that endeavor."--Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook
"...Farmer offers new insight into the complicated world of sixteenth-century biblical interpretation. His work should be required reading for all those interested in how the Bible, especially the Gospel of John, functioned in the Reformation."--Church History
"Farmer has written an erudite, balanced, and informative account of sixteenth-century biblical exposition...[His] book deserves careful study, as it brings the career of a forgotten reformer into purview and offers a highly readable and engaging work of intellectual history."--Sixteenth Century Review
"Farmer has given us an impressive demonstration of the fruitfulness of approaching the history of early modern theology from the perspective of biblical interpretation."--Religious Studies Review
"Craig Farmer's groundbreaking book opens up important new avenues for scholars interested in religious thought in sixteenth-century Europe and the Western tradition of biblical interpretation....Farmer's work provides a model for investigations into other figures whose work has been underappreciated....Highly recommended to historians of Christian thought and exegesis, reformation scholars, and biblical scholars."--The Journal of Religion
"In his brilliant study of the John-commentary by Wolfgang Musculus...Craig S. Farmer shows how paying attention to the work of biblical commentators illuminates patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed."-- Pro Ecclesia
"Craig Farmer has written a fine book....an admirable beginning guide to the thought of Musculus and a skillful example of the method known as history of exegesis....His work is careful and well-documented...Farmer's book succeeds in expanding both knowledge of the early modern history of Christian exegesis of the Gospel of John and knowledge of Musculus' place in that endeavor."--Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook
"...Farmer offers new insight into the complicated world of sixteenth-century biblical interpretation. His work should be required reading for all those interested in how the Bible, especially the Gospel of John, functioned in the Reformation."--Church History
"Farmer has written an erudite, balanced, and informative account of sixteenth-century biblical exposition...[His] book deserves careful study, as it brings the career of a forgotten reformer into purview and offers a highly readable and engaging work of intellectual history."--Sixteenth Century Review
"Farmer has given us an impressive demonstration of the fruitfulness of approaching the history of early modern theology from the perspective of biblical interpretation."--Religious Studies Review
"Craig Farmer's groundbreaking book opens up important new avenues for scholars interested in religious thought in sixteenth-century Europe and the Western tradition of biblical interpretation....Farmer's work provides a model for investigations into other figures whose work has been underappreciated....Highly recommended to historians of Christian thought and exegesis, reformation scholars, and biblical scholars."--The Journal of Religion