In 1520, the reading public witnessed the eruption of a simmering conflict between Erasmus, the foremost advocate of the new biblical humanism, and Edward Lee, a younger scholar at the University of L
Erasmus yearned to make the New Testament an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, and to this end he composed theParaphrases, in which the words of Holy Scripture prov
Erasmus yearned to make the Bible an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, and to this end he composed the Paraphrases, in which the words of Holy Scripture provide th
