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Martha Washington : Americas First First Lady
$7.99Add to cartA biography stressing the childhood of Martha Washington, America’s first First Lady. From astronauts to athletes, and poets to presidents, the books in this popular biography series incorporate intriguing childhood anecdotes, informative career facts, and lively illustrations as they tell the real-life stories of America’s most amazing individuals. There are 54 different titles available. Ages 8-12.
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Survey Of Israels History (Revised)
$44.99Add to cartSince its first publication in 1970, A Survey of Israel’s History has established itself as a popular and useful text in Bible colleges and seminaries. This revision by David O’Brien, which brings A Survey of Israel’s History up to date, is certain to add to its value and continue its popularity. A chapter on the Intertestamental Period has been added. Numerous line-maps, charts, and diagrams help to clarity details. An extensive chronological chart provides an overall summary of names and dates. Authoritative, thoroughly biblical, factually sound, and movingly human — A Survey of Israel’s History will prove enormously helpful to the student of the Bible, and to anyone in search of a definitive history of the chosen people.
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Renaissance And Reformation
$37.99Add to cartReadable and informative, this major text in Reformation history is a detailed exploration of the many facets of the Reformation, especially its relationship to the Renaissance. Estep pays particular attention to key individuals of the period, including Wycliffe, Huss, Erasmus, Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin. Illustrated with maps and pictures.
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Letter Writing In Greco Roman Antiquity
$35.00Add to cartDo the New Testament epistles follow conventional forms? Stowers analyzed thousands of ancient letters, both formal and personal, and constructed useful classifications based on the letters’ social functions. He quotes hundred of letters, shows how to ”read” them, and illuminates the structure and purpose of New Testament letters.
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Jewish Writings Of The Second Temple Period
$69.00Add to cartThis volume describes that part of the rich literary production of ancient Judaism which was not contained in the Hebrew Bible nor in rabbinic literature. These writings originated in the Second Temple period, a period which proved highly creative in the midst of strong external influences and internal movements. Prime example are the Dead Sea scrolls, documents of an extremely separatist sect. Their discovery in 1947 revolutionized our understanding of Second Temple Judaism and its literature. Yet another group are the Apocrypha, closely related to later biblical writings and incorporated within the Greek Old Testament. Finally, the encounter with Greek culture is documented by Jewish authors writing in Greek, notably Philo and Josephus. After a historical outline which sets the stage, the chapters of this book describe and analyse these documents. Selective bibliographies for further reading conclude the chapters. Includes indexes of sources, names, and subjects. This is an analysis of the early documents and does not contain the actual writings of the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran sectarian writings, Philo or Josephus.
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History Of Christianity
$23.00Add to cartSince publication of the first edition in 1918, A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker has enjoyed outstanding success and recognition as a classic in the field. Written by an eminent theologian, it combines in its narrative a rare blend of clarity, unity, and balance. In light of significant advances in scholarship in recent years, extensive revisions have been made to this fourth edition. Three scholars from Union Theological Seminary in New York have incorporated new historical discoveries and provided fresh interpretations of various periods in church history from the first century to the twentieth. The result is a thoroughly updated history which preserves the tenor and structure of Walker’s original, unparalleled text.
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Paul And Palestinian Judaism
$42.00Add to cart)”Perhaps the most important book on Paul to be written in this generation,”—Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Written out of an encyclopedic knowledge of Josephus, Philo, the Mishnah, Talmud, Tosefta, Mekilta, Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha.
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Women Of The Reformation From Spain To Scandinavia
$34.00Add to cartIn this fascinating and concluding volume in his series on the contributions of women to the Reformation, celebrated historian Roland Bainton tells the stories of twenty-seven courageous figures – some famous, some less well-known – all ardently committed to religious reform during the restless years of the Reformation. Bainton’s knack for combining an intimate knowledge of this historical period with a congenial and personal style of writing is once again on display in these memorable portraits of sixteenth-century women from Spain, Portugal, Scotland, England, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, and Transylvania.
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Women Of The Reformation In France And England
$34.00Add to cartMarguerite of Navarre, Jeanne d’Albret, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, and Elizabeth I – these are a few of the courageous women who used their political influence to promote religious reform during the chaotic days of the Reformation in France and England. In a warm and personal style, renowned historian Roland Bainton opens up the lives of these significant women who devoted their lives to the cause of religious reform.
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Women Of The Reformation In Germany And Italy
$34.00Add to cartIn this first installment in celebrated historian Roland Bainton’s Women of the Reformation trilogy, sixteen women who are usually lost behind familiar Reformation figures and events come to life. Extensively researched and vividly told, these are the stories of unsung reformers who courageously renounced religious vows, opened their homes to those fleeing religious persecution, and faced estrangement from their families in the cause of the Protestant Reformation in Germany and Italy.
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Scholastic Miscellany : Anselm To Ockham
$60.00Add to cartEdited and translated by Eugene R. Fairweather. The Library of Christian Classics presents in English a selection of the most indispensable Christian treatises written before the end of the sixteenth century. These books meet the needs of lay people, students, and pastors alike. The first section of this volume deals primarily with Anselm of Canterbury, the second deals with ‘Theologians of the Twelfth Century,’ and the third deals with Franciscan thought in ‘The Thirteenth Century and After.’ Especially helpful are the introductions and the bibliographies provided by Fairweather. Contents are exactly the same as the original hardbound edition
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Augustine Later Works
$60.00Add to cartThe three works of St. Augustine translated in this volume, in whole or part, were all published in the years between 410 and 420, when Augustine was in his late fifties or early sixties, still at the height of his powers, and not yet wholly absorbed by the Pelagian controversy, which forced him to imprison his doctrine of Grace in a system of rigid logic.
