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This book explores baptism in the ancient world, the sects which practiced it, their history, origins, characters, diversity, and influences.
This book examines Paul as a hybrid of both Jewish and early Christian traditions meeting at the crossroads of a commonly-shared Hellenistic culture.
In this second-century defense of Christianity, Athenian philosopher Aristides explains to the Emperor why the Christian way of worship is the only philosophically adequate one.
These fifteen essays by a Presbyterian clergyman are devoted to the personality of Jesus,
The historicity, testimony, and importance of the Resurrection, by the Professor of Theology at Aberdeen.
The essential presence of the personality of Christ in the Atonement, by the Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology at Oxford; with a historical sketch of the doctrine.
This book concentrates on the life and teachings of Jesus, as related by the fashionable Gilded Age clergyman. As a crystallized sample of one sort of Victorian devotion, Beecher's book is full of miracles, scenery and sentiment, but devoid of systematic theology.
Henry Boynton Smith presents a complete manual of Christian theology from the perspective of an anti-Unitarian Congregationalist.
This eastern Aramaic translation of the Old Testament contains one section of Paul de Lagarde's critical edition of the Babylonian Targum.
Distinguished biblical scholar Paul de Lagarde provides an annotated Coptic version of the New Testament arranged by the General Epistles, preceding Pauline Epistles, and concluding with Philemon. Titles and references are in Latin.
Catena on selected passages from the Gospels, from Eusebius of Caesarea and others.
Apostolic Constitutions, as edited by Paul de Lagarde, who corrects the Greek text extensively from the Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic and Coptic translations.
Two chief texts of the pseudo-Clementine literature: the Homilies in Greek, and the Recognitions in Syriac
This volume contains the Greek and Syriac versions of the Contra Manicheos by Titus, Bishop of Bostra, as well as the letters of Pope Julius I and a brief expostion of the Christian faith by Gregory the Thaumaturge.
This work narrates the history of the world from Adam to Jesus, presented in an English translation of Ethiopic and Coptic manuscripts. This exclusive translation of rare sources is recommended for readers interested in comparative religion, Oriental Orthodoxy, and biblical studies.
This volume includes the text of the Lowell Lectures delivered by Philip Moxom on various topics in early Christian history.
Taking his interest in the Islamic conquest to its northwestern frontier, Lane-Pool here considers the history of the Moors in Spain. The famous battles and their various outcomes are recorded. A gripping account for students of history, this treatment of the Islamic presence in Europe is a solid piece of research that has stood the test of time.
Undertaking the classic question of the relationship of Islam to Judaism, Geiger begins his treatment with the intertwined questions of what Islam wishes to do, is able to do, and is permitted to do with Judaism.
Written in the period affected by the Neo-Scholastic movement in philosophy, Perrier's well-known treatment of the subject is still ubiquitously cited. This handy resource lays out the premises of Scholasticism and traces its development up to the author's time.
This classic account of the missionary life of James Hannington has delighted generations of readers. A moving account of a man willing to risk all for his convictions, this missionary story appeals to popular readers and those interested in the European presence in Africa.
Designed as a primer for Catholic children, this booklet became an historic fixture in American Catholic literature. Dividing the Bible into episodes easily understood by children, the author, Bishop Gilmour, explained in easy language, the Roman Catholic understanding of these stories.
This is the full four-volume set of the Laws and Customs of Israel published in 1915-1916, bound in two volumes. Based on the codes Chayye Adam and Kizzur Shulchan `Arukh, this Hebrew-English compendium is an invaluable source for Judaic traditions and customs.
They address many critical issues regarding the historical veracity of the Gospels and represent the emerging interest in the historical Jesus that was the spirit of the times. Besides addressing the canonical Gospels, this volume also discusses Marcion and non-canonical gospels.
Bringing together into one volume the classic liturgical studies of C. E. E. Brightman, this edition provides a valuable source of comparison on the liturgies of the church. Included in this edition are the complete text of Hammond's "Antient Liturgies" and Brightman's "Eastern Liturgies" from his two volume set "Liturgies Eastern and Western."
Three miniscule gospel codices held by the General Theological Seminary in New York are published in partial facsimile form, along with thorough collations and descriptions. Codices Gregory 669, 2324, and 2346 are included.
Harnack's classic lecture on the relationship between history and Christianity has stood the test of time. Both the concepts of personality and history are closely examined. Harnack asserts that historical criticism causes no real damage to authentic Christianity.
The original manuscript of the Arabic Improvement of the Moral Qualities was examined by Wise in order to prepare this edition. The text includes a copy of the original Arabic, a translation into English, and an essay on the place of Solomon ibn Gabirol in the development of Jewish ethics.
An indispensable reference for the history of monasticism in the western work, Montalembert's seven-volume masterpiece on the subject still reads with depth and conviction. Covering the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede, this set contains substantial information on a number of western saints.
This two-volume set gives a detailed and colorful account of Tristram's expeditions to examine the state of the Holy Land (Palestine and Jordan) during the second half of the nineteenth century. The first volume describes the historical land of Moab (Jordan), while the second volume covers the historical land of Israel (Palestine).
Samuel Hemphill provides an English translation of the reconstructed text of The Diatessaron using the Arabic translation and Ephrem's commentary.
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