Interesting note in the Volume 2 introduction. I recall fondly how much time Dr. Masaki (Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne) spent during class times, offering corrected translations and noting errors...
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"As in Volume 1, there are occasional asides to “the reader” (e. g., p. 259), a minor indication, but a significant one, that Luther’s Lectures on Genesis are removed from the status of a verbatim transcript by at least two stages: students took down lecture notes, with a characteristic fluctuation in accuracy; editors compiled these notes, with a greater editorial liberty than current canons of scholarship would allow. In addition, there are passages here in Volume 2, as there are in Volume 1, where the very language and conceptual framework suggest the influence of (Veit) Dietrich on the formulation of Luther’s thoughts (e.g., p. 207 f., p. 242)."
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