The Covenant of Works: The Origins, Development, and Reception of the Doctrine, by J.V. Fesko

Abstract

with the remaining three in German (with no English summary). English-speaking scholars will find this exposure to European research stimulating and refreshing. It will broaden the horizons of those who concentrate on the British Isles, reminding them of the pan-European dimension of the Reformation and its origins in what was then the Holy Roman Empire. Unfortunately, the quality of the English tends to suffer from the fact that most of the contributors are writing in a foreign language, and the editors would have done well to employ a native English-speaker as a copy editor, who could have smoothed out the style here and there and made the texts easier to read. The effort is certainly worthwhile and this volume will be an important addition to library collections everywhere.