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  • - In the Revised Version with Introduction and Notes
     
    £26.49

    This text of the apocryphal book of the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) in English, published in 1909, was edited by John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg (1873-1961), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and then of Armagh. He provides an extensive introduction outlining the text's history, and detailed notes throughout.

  • - Two Lectures Delivered before the Members of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in the Presence of the German Emperor
    by Friedrich Delitzsch
    £24.49

    A distinguished German Assyriologist, Friedrich Delitzsch (1850-1922) caused a furore in 1902 when he gave a lecture on the light that cuneiform research had shed on the Bible, tracing Old Testament narratives to earlier Babylonian myths. Reissued here is the illustrated 1903 English edition.

  • - With Remarks on its Revision upon Critical Principles
    by Samuel Prideaux Tregelles
    £33.99

    British biblical textual critic Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75) reflects in this 1854 work on editions of the Greek New Testament since Erasmus. He describes his own critical methods and collations, which brought clarity to the developing field. This account still informs textual criticism.

  • by August Friedrich Gfrorer
    £35.99 - 53.99

    This three-volume work of more than 2,000 pages, published in 1838, may be regarded as marking the modern period in the Christian study of Judaism. Gfroerer (1803-61) was the first scholar who attempted to recount the history of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus by using primary sources.

  • - With Introduction and Notes
     
    £38.99

    Oxford-educated rector A. T. S. Goodrick (1856-1914) published this edition of the Book of Wisdom, one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, in 1913. His English translation, using Henry Barclay Swete's text, includes an extensive introduction and remains relevant to readers interested in Old Testament exegesis.

  • - Edited with a Textual Commentary and Prolegomena
     
    £33.99

    First published in 1909, this is a study of Ecclesiasticus, the ancient Greek translation of Jesus ben Sirach's religious work, originally written in Hebrew. J. H. A. Hart (1876-1952) explores the relationship of a version of the text in a fourteenth-century codex to its ancient Hebrew origins.

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    £25.49

    Biblical scholar and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) collected the fragmentary philosophical writings of Philo Judaeus, born in Alexandria around 25 BCE. In this work, published in 1886, Harris presents Philo's surviving texts and offers a Latin translation and detailed analysis.

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    £22.49

    The sisters Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) were pioneering biblical scholars credited with a number of important discoveries. This text, first published in 1907, is a collection of Christian Arabic documents which include the gospels, a biblical commentary and a Gospel lectionary for use at Easter.

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    £22.49

    Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This book is an inventory, written in English and Greek by Lewis, of all the Syriac documents in the monastic library of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, first published in 1894.

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    £21.49

    Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This volume is a classification, in Greek, by Gibson of all the Arabic documents in the monastery library of St Catherine's on Mount Sinai, first published in 1894.

  • - Containing Lessons from the Pentateuch, Job, Proverbs, Prophets, Acts, and Epistles
     
    £26.49

    Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text is a collection of scriptural lessons from a Syriac manuscript acquired in Cairo in 1895. First published in 1897, it also features critical notes by distinguished theologian Eberhard Nestle.

  • - The Protevangelium Jacobi and Transitus Mariae
     
    £27.99

    Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text is the transcription and translation of a Syriac manuscript acquired by her in 1895. First published in 1902, the text includes both biblical materials and an early Qur'anic text.

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    £25.49

    The biblical scholar Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This volume, the transcription of an Arabic manuscript from the monastic library of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, first published in 1901,includes the stories of Aphikia and Cyprian and Justa.

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    £22.49

    Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text, first published in 1896, is an edition of Arabic and Syriac versions of apocryphal stories including the Clementine Recognitions, the 'Anaphora Pilati' and the Martyrdom of James and Simon.

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    £21.49

    Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) and her twin sister Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) were experts in ancient languages who discovered a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This volume is a transcription of an Arabic manuscript of St Paul's epistles, found by Lewis and transcribed by Gibson, first published in 1894.

  • - From an Eighth or Ninth Century MS. in the Convent of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai
     
    £22.49

    Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text, first published in 1899, is a transcription by her of an Arabic biblical manuscript including sections of the New Testament as well as a treatise on the nature of God.

  • - Oder vom Einflusse der Judisch-AEgyptischen Schule auf die Lehre des Neuen Testaments
    by August Friedrich Gfrorer
    £33.99 - 42.49

    This two-volume work, published in 1831, is a critical study of early Christianity and the influence that Judaism had on the New Testament. Also offering a thorough exposition of the philosophy and theology of Philo of Alexandria, this remains a scholarly work of lasting value.

  • - By Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite
     
    £26.49

    This translation of an Arabic commentary by Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite (fl. late tenth century) was published by David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940) in 1889. It is perhaps the best example of Jephet's exegetical work. Fiercely polemical, this text has greatly contributed to our understanding of tenth-century religious controversies.

  • - According to the Text Followed in the Authorised Version Together with the Variations Adopted in the Revised Version
     
    £49.49

    F. H. A. Scrivener published a variety of works of New Testament scholarship while working as a clergyman and headmaster in the nineteenth century. This volume is an edition of the Greek text used by the translators of the Authorised Version, showing the variant readings adopted in the Revised Version of 1881.

  • - A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the Authorised Version of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer
    by William Aldis Wright
    £49.49

    William Aldis Wright was a respected literary and biblical scholar who was secretary to the Old Testament Revision Company and published widely on Shakespeare. Drawing on his skills in both disciplines, this volume is a clear and detailed glossary of obsolete and archaic words used in the King James Bible.

  • - Its Subsequent Reprints and Modern Representatives
    by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
    £27.99

    F. H. A. Scrivener (1813-1891) published a variety of works of New Testament scholarship while working as a clergyman and headmaster. This volume is a critical examination of the King James Bible which chronicles the history of the Bible's various editions and the evolution of the text.

  • - Fragments of Sixth Century Palestinian Syriac Texts of the Gospels, of the Acts of the Apostles and of St. Paul's Epistles
     
    £26.49

    A collection of Biblical manuscript fragments in Syriac and Greek dating from the sixth to eighth centuries. Acquired and translated into English by pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis, they include the gospels, epistles and parts of the Old Testament, along with homilies relating to the lives of Jesus and the apostles.

  • - Translated From an Arabic MS in the Convent of Deyr-Es-Suriani, Egypt, and from MSS in the Convent of St Catherine on Mount Sinai and in the Vatican Library
     
    £27.99

    Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels, miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul, St Andrew and St James, brother of Jesus. This English translation of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.

  • - Transcribed from an Arabic MS in the Convent of Deyr-Es-Suriani, Egypt, and from MSS in the Convent of St Catherine, on Mount Sinai
     
    £26.49

    Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels, miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul, St Andrew and St James, brother of Jesus. This Arabic version of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.

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    £21.49

    The third-century Syriac treatise Didascalia Apostolorum was edited and translated into English in 1903 by the pioneering scholar Margaret Gibson. Covering topics including the organisation of the early church and the conduct of the clergy, this is an important source for historians interested in Christian doctrine and law.

  • - Edited from a Mesopotamian Manuscript with Various Readings and Collations of Other MSS
     
    £26.49

    This third-century Syriac treatise is an early record of ecclesiastical law, covering topics such as Christian discipline, ethics, forgiveness and charity. The text was published in 1903 by the pioneering scholar Margaret Gibson, and contains additional material uncovered by her, providing a more complete version of this important work.

  • by Thomas Hartwell Horne
    £49.49

    Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

  • by Thomas Hartwell Horne
    £44.49

    Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

  • by Thomas Hartwell Horne
    £55.99

    Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

  • by Thomas Hartwell Horne
    £44.49

    Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

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