This volume contains Francke's hermeneutic writings from 1685 to 1707; they partly arose from his lectures and were partly addressed to a wider audience as aids to reading the Bible, as which they were widely published as Bible prefaces over many years. The volume also contains Francke's Observationes Biblicae , notes in the form of a periodical on an improvement of Luther's bible translation, which aroused vehement controversy on account of their criticism of the Luther Bible.

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Udo Sträter ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg und Geschäftsführender Direktor des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Pietismusforschung.

Christian Soboth ist Privatdozent für Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft und Geschäftsführender Mitarbeiter des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Pietismusforschung der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.