Lau, Franz; Robert H. Fischer (Trans.) — Luther

London SCM Press Ltd. 1st UK edition pp. 178. Small octavo. Pebbled red paper boards with black rules and lettering to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved: bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in its original, unclipped, very good dustjacket. Overall, very good+. An uncommon biography of the Protestant leader. ¶ There has been a renaissance in the study of Luther. Probably no one is better able to sum up and assess the findings of the immense modern scholarly literature on the subject than Dr. Lau, Professor of Church History in the University of Leipzig and Editor of the international Luther Yearbook. The emphasis here is on Luther's theology, but the thought - by which this great figure deserves to be judged - is interpreted against its personal and political background.