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Luther as a Biblical Scholar. Luther challenges the academy to speak beyond itself. Whatever the theological malady, Martin Luther prescribed the same remedy: the word of God. For Luther, the Word was central to the Christian life. As a lover, translator, and interpreter of Scripture, Luther believed the Bible was too important to be left to academics. God’s word has always been and must always...

Old Testament, the allegories represented the spiritual meaning; but the historical account itself, or the literal senses, represented the carnal meaning. But I ask you, is this not a desecration of the sacred writings?25 Second, essential to making sense of Luther’s apparently contradictory remarks on allegory is to observe that he understood the allegory that he practiced as distinct from that of the church fathers, which he so strongly criticized. This is a very significant point, and we will
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