Edwin C Hostetter Sheffield Academic 2000 Paperback
Published in the Biblical Languages: Hebrew series, this elementary textbook is designed for those whose primary objective is biblical studies - all tPublished in the Biblical Languages: Hebrew series, this elementary textbook is designed for those whose primary objective is biblical studies - all the exercises and examples used are from the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). The book comprises 34 lessons, covering writing and copying, oral reading, sentence analysis, usage identification, syllable division, parsing and translation (Hebrew to English), with the emphasis on the last two skills. ...more
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Ascent of Mount Carmel
St John of the Cross Burns & Oates 1983 Paperback
The first of the treatises by St John of the Cross, this work was begun at El Calvario in 1578-9, shortly after St John's escape from imprisonment in The first of the treatises by St John of the Cross, this work was begun at El Calvario in 1578-9, shortly after St John's escape from imprisonment in Toledo, and was completed in Granada in 1588. Based on his poem, 'En una noche oscura', and with a second treatise, Dark Night of the Soul, the work deals with the purgation of the soul in the 'night of the senses' and the 'night of the soul' through which it must pass to gain illumination and union with God. This edition reprints the famous 1935 translation, with introduction and notes, by E Allison Peers. ...more
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An Understanding of Judaism
John D Rayner Berghahn 1997 Hardback
In this volume of Liberal Jewish sermons, Rayner combines forthright, radical thinking with spirituality, love of Jewish tradition and an abundance ofIn this volume of Liberal Jewish sermons, Rayner combines forthright, radical thinking with spirituality, love of Jewish tradition and an abundance of carefully documented quotations from classical Jewish sources. This combination yields fresh insights into the interpretation of Scripture, as examined in Part I, and the significance of the Jewish festivals dealt with in Part II, and brings out the relevance of both to present-day intellectual and social issues. From the Progressive Judaism Today series. No jacket. ...more
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A Jewish Understanding of the World
John D Rayner Berghahn 1998 Hardback
In this second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons spanning the mid- 1950s to the mid-1990s, Rayner seeks to understand contemporary history from a 'propIn this second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons spanning the mid- 1950s to the mid-1990s, Rayner seeks to understand contemporary history from a 'prophetic' point of view. ...more
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Medieval Church Councils in Scotland
DER Watt T&T Clark 2000 Hardback
An authoritative study of the Scottish inter-diocesan meetings that were unique in the kingdoms of Western Christendom - by authority granted in 1225,An authoritative study of the Scottish inter-diocesan meetings that were unique in the kingdoms of Western Christendom - by authority granted in 1225, they were held without a supervisory archbishop. ...more
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Hidden Wisdom and the Easy Yoke Wisdom, Torah and Discipleship in Matthew 11.25-30 Celia Deutsch JSOT 1987 Paperback
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Who's Who in Christianity
Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok Routledge 1998 Paperback
Covering both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions, from New Testament times to the present, this volume offers an invaluable guide to the menCovering both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions, from New Testament times to the present, this volume offers an invaluable guide to the men and women who have influenced the course of Christian history, including the founding fathers, saints, popes, philanthropists, theologians, monarchs, missionaries and heretics. The A-Z of entries describes the lives, opinions and achievements of personalities from Peter Abelard to Ulrich Zwingli, with bibliographic references for major figures and a glossary of theological terms. ...more
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The Celtic Gospels
Lemuel J Hopkins-James Oxford University Press 2001 Hardback
The Book of Chad, also known as the Gospel of Teilo after the patron saint of Llandaff, where the manuscript originated, dates from before 720 AD and The Book of Chad, also known as the Gospel of Teilo after the patron saint of Llandaff, where the manuscript originated, dates from before 720 AD and represents the earliest extant Welsh version of the Latin Gospels. This volume presents the first transcription of the Teilo- Chad manuscript, with lost sections made good from the Hereford Gospels. The Latin text is accompanied by an impressive critical apparatus, including a detailed history of the text and discussions of the various Latin versions and the relation of the Teilo-Chad texts to the Vulgate and other Gospel manuscripts. [1934] ...more
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The Caliphate
Thomas W Arnold Oxford University Press 1999 Hardback
This history of the Caliphate by the renowned Islamic scholar Sir Thomas Arnold (1864-1930) approaches the culturally distant subject of the Islamic pThis history of the Caliphate by the renowned Islamic scholar Sir Thomas Arnold (1864-1930) approaches the culturally distant subject of the Islamic political order with an infectious intellectual enthusiasm and with a great facility for bridging the religious and cultural divide. From the first 'Successors to the Prophet' to Turkey's abolition of the Caliphate in 1923, Arnold describes political events and explains the theological sanction of the caliphate and the religious and philosophical significance of the titles 'Caliph', 'Amir' (commander) and 'Imam' (leader). (1924) ...more
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Earliest Latin Commentaries of the Epistles of St Paul
Alexander Souter Oxford University Press 1999 Hardback
Alexander Souter presents detailed critical studies of the earliest Latin commentators to write on the Epistles of St Paul, approaching the writings aAlexander Souter presents detailed critical studies of the earliest Latin commentators to write on the Epistles of St Paul, approaching the writings as 'a Latin scholar passionately devoted to St Paul' rather than as a theologian. The study covers Victorinus Afer, the first to write on St Paul in about AD.360, Ambrosiaster, Jerome, Augustine, and Pelagius. For each author, a biographical sketch is followed by discussion of their manuscript tradition, style and language, sources, character and method of the commentaries and the biblical text on which they were based. (1927) ...more
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