biblical poetics before humanism and reformation
christopher ockers book is a study of the interpretation of the bible in the late middle ages . he argues that interpreters developed a biblical poetics very similar to that cultivated and promoted by protestants in the sixteenth century which was reinforced by the adaptation of humanist rhetoric to bible reading after lorenzo valla . this comparative study is derived from a variety of unpublished commentaries as well as more familiar works by nicholas of lyra john wyclif jean gerson denys the carthusian wendelin steinbach desiderius erasmus philip melanchthon and john calvin .