Early Modern Senior Undergraduate Seminar

‘The Bible in the Renaissance and Reformation’
Saturday, March 1, 2003

The history of the Christian Bible is intertwined with three epoch-making developments of the early modern period – the invention of printing, Renaissance humanism, and the Protestant Reformation. The Bible was the first book printed using moveable type by Johann Gutenberg. Problems with the Vulgate text inspired the humanist scholarship of Lorenzo Valla and Desiderius Erasmus, among others. The Reformation motto sola scriptura (scripture alone) raised the Bible as the highest authority in matters human and divine.

This one-day seminar will address these issues in lectures, a rare-book display, and group discussion.

Seminar: The seminar will take place in the Pratt Library, and will run from 9 am to 5 pm. A package of readings will be sent out before the seminar. There is no charge to students who have been accepted to the program. Lunch is included.

Eligibility: This program is open to senior undergraduate humanities students at Ontario Universities.

Application: A covering letter (limit 300 words) expressing why you want to participate in this seminar, along with a reference letter from a professor, should be submitted no later than Friday, January 31, 2003 to:

Early Modern Senior Undergraduate Seminar
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Third Floor, Pratt Library, 71 Queen’s Park Crescent East
Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1K7