Considering both Philipp Melanchthon's exegetical lectures and commentaries and his hitherto largely unknown sermons, Tobias Jammerthal combines the aspects of the history of exegesis and piety with a careful examination of the respective theological and historical contexts of each source.

Tobias Jammerthal suggests a new perspective on Philipp Melanchthon's theology of the Lord's Supper: Considering both his exegetical lectures and commentaries and his hitherto largely unknown sermons from the start of his career in Wittenberg until shortly after the Augsburg Interim, the author combines the aspects of the history of exegesis and piety with a careful examination of the respective theological and historical contexts of each source. The picture emerging is that of a theology of the Lord's Supper continuously focussing on the actual act of communion rather than the more theoretical question of the presence of Christ.

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Studium der Ev. Theologie in Neuendettelsau, Tübingen, Jerusalem, Durham (GB) und Heidelberg; Vikariat in Großseelheim (Hessen); 2014 MA in Theology and Religion (Durham); 2018 Dr. theol. (Tübingen); 2020 Ordination zum Pfarrer; 2021 Internationaler Melanchthonpreis der Stadt Bretten; seit 2020 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte der Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau.