This book describes Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of theology focusing on his time as
Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is
centered on his 1550 Cambridge lectures on Ephesians and investigates them in their historical
context exploring what sort of a theologian Bucer was. The lectures are examined to find out
how they represent Bucer's method of teaching and doing theology and shed light on the
relationship between biblical exegesis and theological formulation as he understood it. Divided
into two interconnected parts the book first sets the historical context for the lectures
including a broad sketch of scholastic method in theology and the biblical humanist critique of
that method. It then closely examines Bucer's practice in the Cambridge lectures to show the
extent to which he was a theologian of the biblical humanist school influenced by the method
Erasmus set forth in the Ratio Verae Theologiae in which true theology begins ends and is
best done as an exercise in the exegesis of the Word of God.
