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The Apostolic Fathersby J. B. Lightfoot, J. R. Harmer, Michael W. HolmesISBN 0801021995 (0-8010-2199-5)
Softcover, Baker Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Apostolic Fathers'Book summary:These Volumes Contain: Part 1 is 2 Vols Clement Part 2 is 3 vols Ignatius & Polycarp Edited and translated by J. B. Lightfood [via]
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Softcover, Apocryphile Pr - The Apostolic Fathers: ISBN 0801055148 (0-8010-5514-8)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group - The Apostolic Fathers: ISBN 0801056276 (0-8010-5627-6)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group - The Apostolic Fathers: ISBN 0801056551 (0-8010-5655-1)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group - The Apostolic Fathers: ISBN 0943575273 (0-943575-27-3)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub - The Apostolic Fathers: ISBN 0801021995 (0-8010-2199-5)
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The Apostolic Fathersby Jack N. SparksISBN 0840756615 (0-8407-5661-5)
Hardcover, T. Nelson
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Apostolic Fathers 1891by J. B. Lightfoot, J. R. HarmerISBN 0766164985 (0-7661-6498-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Apostolic Fathers 1891'Book summary:Contents: Epistles of Clement of Rome: Genuine Epistle to the Corinthians, An Ancient Homily Commonly Called the Second Epistle; Epistles of S. Ignatius; Epistle of S. Polycarp; Martyrdom of S. Polycarp; Didache, Or Teaching of the Apostles; Epistle of Barnabas; Shepherd of Hermas; Epistle to Diognetus; Fragments of Papias; Relique of the Elders Preserved in Irenaeus; Index of Scriptural Passages. [via]
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Apostolic Fathers: Shepherd of Hermas, Martyrdom of Polycarp, Epistle to DiogentusISBN 0674990285 (0-674-99028-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Athanasius: The Life of Anthony and the Letter Tomarcellinusby Robert C. GreggISBN 0809122952 (0-8091-2295-2)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesusby John Dominic CrossanISBN 0060616601 (0-06-061660-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened In The Years Immediately After The Execution Of Jesus'Book summary:John Dominic Crossan is the leading contemporary scholar on the historical Jesus, which means that his vocation is to look behind, around, and through Christ's resurrection, toward the goal of establishing what can be known about the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
His search for the historical Jesus, however, takes place in the larger context of the life of the church. Among the goals of The Birth of Christianity is to teach readers how our habits of worship have created false gods. To that end, Crossan attempts to unearth the religion's earliest forms. What did Christianity look like, Crossan asks, between the crucifixion and the conversion of Paul? And what might Christianity look like today had Saul never set off toward Damascus?
Crossan's conclusions don't come from newly discovered documents; they come from freshly-minted academic methodologies. He uses anthropology, history, and archaeology to construct his arguments about the essential nature of both Jesus' religion and Paul's. The 25-cent summary of his conclusion is that Jesus did not recognize the dualism between spirit and flesh that formed the basis of Paul's apocalyptic Christianity. In other words, Jesus was more Jewish than Paul.
The ramifications of this argument are huge. Crossan says much of Christian worship--and many of the world's injustices--are based on the dualistic Christ that Paul preached. Though Crossan doesn't bully readers into accepting his conclusions, he does press hard for them to situate their own beliefs in relation to his interpretations of Jesus and Paul. At every point in the evolution of his argument, he asks readers questions such as "How do you understand a human being?" and "What is the character of your God?" Then he proceeds to answer these questions himself. Finally, he tells readers what he thinks these answers mean.
It's an incredibly civilized style of argument--both spiritually and intellectually respectful and always rhetorically engaging. Though The Birth of Christianity weighs in at almost 600 pages of text, you'll probably want to read every word. And after that, you'll probably be hungry for more. [via]
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The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianityby Peter BrownISBN 0231061013 (0-231-06101-3)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Boethius Consolatio Philosophiaeby James J. O'DonnellISBN 0929524373 (0-929524-37-3)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325by Will DurantISBN 1567310141 (1-56731-014-1)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Christianity and Paganism, 350-750: The Conversion of Western Europeby J. N. HillgarthISBN 1597402516 (1-59740-251-6)
Hardcover, Acls History E-Book Project
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Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: A Parallel History of Their Origins and Early Developmentby Hershel ShanksISBN 1880317087 (1-880317-08-7)
Softcover, Biblical Archaeology Society
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The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reasonby Charles FreemanISBN 1400033802 (1-4000-3380-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason'Book summary:A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantines adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization.
When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, he turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority, whether that of the Bible, or the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy and of Galen and Hippocrates in medicine. Only a thousand years later, with the advent of the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today. Brilliantly wide-ranging and ambitious, this is a major work of history. [via]More editions of The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason:
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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in Englishby Geza VermesISBN 0140245014 (0-14-024501-4)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English'Book summary:It's been 50 years since a Bedouin youth named Muhammed edh-Dhub went looking for a stray sheep and instead found the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the intervening decades, the scrolls have been enveloped in a storm of controversy and bitter conflict: the scholars entrusted with translating and editing the texts sat on many of them instead, creating suspicions that escalated to conspiracy theories about supposed cover-ups of sensitive, even damaging material. Geza Vermes, a former professor of Jewish studies at Oxford and a noted authority on the scrolls, marks the 50th anniversary of Muhammed edh-Dhub's find with his book The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English; the title, however, is misleading, for the collection of documents is by no means complete.
Vermes has left out the copies of Hebrew scriptures that are available elsewhere, instead focusing on the sectarian writings of the Essene community at Qumran and the intertestemental texts, and these are indeed complete translations. Vermes has also included an overview of five decades of research on the scrolls and a thumbnail sketch of the Qumran community's history and religion. For anyone interested in biblical history, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English is a worthwhile read. [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English: ISBN 0713991313 (0-7139-9131-3)
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- The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English: ISBN 0140278079 (0-14-027807-9)
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The Complete Gospelsby Robert J. MillerISBN 0060655879 (0-06-065587-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Gospels'Book summary:From the editors of the bestselling "The Five Gospels, The Complete Gospels" presents for the first time anywhere all twenty of the known gospels from the early Christian era, offering a fuller and more fascinating picture of early Christian origins than found in the four canonical gospels alone - or in any other source. Each of these gospel records offers fresh glimpses into the world of Jesus and his followers, including: GOSPEL OF THOMAS reveals that Jesus, contrary to the popular image of him as an apocalyptic preacher of damnation and salvation, was actually a wisdom teacher who taught about the true origins of humankind. GOSPEL OF MARY suggests that women held prominent roles in the early church, and provides a startling look at what may have been the first attempts to suppress their leadership. SAYINGS GOSPEL Q, the controversial reconstruction of the first gospel used by Jesus' original followers, contains only Jesus' sayings and none of the dramatic stories about his life later told in the New Testament gospels. SIGNS GOSPEL is almost entirely a catalog of Jesus' miracles, intended to demonstrate that he was the Jewish Messiah, the Anointed. SECRET BOOK OF JAMES relates that immediately prior to his ascension, Jesus imparted a private revelation to James and Peter, which James presents here as a letter. GOSPEL OF PETER contains what may have been the original passion narrative later adapted in the New Testament synoptic gospels' accounts.
Four new pieces have been added to this third expanded edition: the three Jewish-Christian gospels and the Greek fragments of the Gospel of Thomas.
Each gospel is translated into lively, contemporary English, recapturing the spirit ofthe original. Exciting both to read and to hear, this Scholars Version (SV) translation has - as one reader put it - "a vitality that jumps off the page."
The editor and contributors to this volume are members of the Jesus Seminar founded by Robert W. Funk, based at the Westar Institute in Sonoma, California. [via]
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The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholars Versionby Robert J. MillerISBN 0944344496 (0-944344-49-6)
Softcover, Polebridge Pr Westar Inst
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Conflicts and Challenges in Early Christianityby Martin Hengel, C. K. Barrett, Donald A. HagnerISBN 1563382911 (1-56338-291-1)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conflicts and Challenges in Early Christianity'Book summary:These seminal essays by two leading New Testament scholars of our day focus on the interface between Judaism and Christianity in the New Testament.Professor Hengel writes in a broad and incisive manner on "Early Christianity as a Jewish-Messianic Universalist Movement." He argues that Christianity grew entirely out of Jewish soil and that pagan influences in the New Testament were mediated through Hellenistic Judaism. With an increasing number of Jewish scholars, he therefore contends that the New Testament must be considered an important source for our knowledge of ancient Judaism. In a final portion of his essay, he comments in some detail on "the final separation" of Christianity and Judaism.Professor Barrett's "Paul: Councils and Controversies" addresses a more specific topic, though one with wide-ranging implications. His focus is the council described in Galatians 2 and Acts 15. What is the gospel of Jesus Christ for Jews and what is it for the Gentiles of the Pauline mission? Barrett explores the historical circumstances and the theological issues at stake. He traces the weakness of the initial compromise agreement between Paul and Peter to take the gospel to the uncircumcision and the circumcision respectively, as well as the significance of the later compromise decree of the council that made minimal demands upon the Gentiles. The inadequacy of both approaches is found in their failure to refer to the center or core of the gospel, that is, to Jesus Christ.A brief concluding chapter draws together some of the essays' themes, by summarizing responses to them by Fuller Seminary's New Testament department and proposing prospects for future discussion. An annotated bibliography is also included.Donald A. Hagner is George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. [via]
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The Consolation of Philosophyby Boethius, Joel C. RelihanISBN 0872205843 (0-87220-584-3)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Consolation of Philosophy'Book summary:Unjustly imprisoned and waiting to die, Boethius penned his last and greatest work, Consolation of Philosophy, an imaginary dialogue between himself and Philosophy, personified as a woman. Reminiscent of Dante in places, Boethius's fiction is an ode-to-philosophy-cum-Socratic-dialogue. Joel Relihan's skillful rendering, smoother to the modern ear than previous translations, preserves the book's heart-rending clarity and Boethius's knack for getting it just right. Listen to him on fortune: "We spin in an ever-turning circle, and it is our delight to change the bottom for the top and the top for the bottom. You may climb up if you wish, but on this condition: Don't think it an injustice when the rules of the game require you to go back down."
Consolation of Philosophy recalls the transience of the material world, the eternality of wisdom, and the life of the philosopher. Boethius was deeply influenced by the Platonist tradition, and this piece is one of the more powerful and artful defenses of a detachment that feels almost Buddhist. For anyone who's felt at odds with the world, Consolation is a reminder that the best things in life are eternal. Boethius must be right: the book is just as meaningful today as it was in the sixth century when he wrote it. --Eric de Place [via]
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Cult of the Saintsby Peter BrownISBN 0226076229 (0-226-07622-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianityby Peter Robert Lamont BrownISBN 0226076210 (0-226-07621-0)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Das Kapitalby Karl MarxISBN 0895269317 (0-89526-931-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians: Essays and Translationsby Robert EisenmanISBN 1852307854 (1-85230-785-4)
Hardcover, Thorsons Element
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians: Essays and Translations'Book summary:This exciting work by the author of the 300,000-copy bestseller The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered challenges established views on the origins of Christianity. Professor Eisenman reveals startling information about the first Christians, the Righteous Teacher, the apocalyptic documents of the time, and more. [via]
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The Dead Sea Scrolls in Englishby Geza VermesISBN 0140237305 (0-14-023730-5)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dead Sea Scrolls in English'Book summary:The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls between 1947 and 1956 transformed the study of the Bible, early post-biblical Judaism and the beginnings of Christianity. Written in Hebrew and Aramaic, and dating roughly from 200 BC to the mid first-century AD, they afford insight into Palestinian Jewish life and ideology. This revised edition includes 26 newly translated scroll texts, an introduction discussing developments in Qumran scholarship, and an inventory of all the scrolls made available in 1991. [via]
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspectiveby Geza VermesISBN 0800614356 (0-8006-1435-6)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Early Christian Writingsby Maxwell StaniforthISBN 0880290749 (0-88029-074-9)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Early Christian Writings'Book summary:The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of letters and small-scale theological treatises from a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, several of whom were probably disciples of the Apostles, they provide a first-hand account of the early Church and outline a form of early Christianity still drawing on the theology and traditions of its parent religion, Judaism. Included here are the first "Epistle of Bishop Clement of Rome", an impassioned plea for harmony; "The Epistle of Polycarp"; "The Epistle of Barnabas"; "The Didache"; and, the Seven Epistles written by Ignatius of Antioch - among them his moving appeal to the Romans that they grant him a martyr's death. [via]
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Ecclesiastical Authority and Spiritual Power in the Church of the First Three Centuriesby Campenhausen, Hans, Freiherr VonISBN 0804706654 (0-8047-0665-4)
Hardcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Ecclesiastical Authority and Spiritual Power in the Church of the First Three Centuriesby Hans Von Campenhausen, J. A. BakerISBN 1565632729 (1-56563-272-9)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated
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The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Lettersby Elaine PagelsISBN 1563380390 (1-56338-039-0)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters'Book summary:In this highly original work, Elaine Pagels demonstrates how evidence from gnostic sources may challenge the assumption that Paul writes his letters to combat gnostic opponents and to repudiate their claims to secret wisdom. Drawing upon evidence from the gnostic exegesis of Paul, including several Nag Hammadi texts, the author examines how gnostic exegetes cite and interpret key passages in the letters they consider Pauline1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Hebrews.Besides offering new insight into controversies over Paul in the second century, this analysis of gnostic exegesis suggests a new perspective for Pauline study, challenging students and scholars to recognize the presuppositionshermenuetical and theologicalinvolved in their own reading of Pauls letters.Elaine H. Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the author of The Gnostic Gospels, which won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Johannie Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent, and the best-selling Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. [via]
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The Gospel of Judasby Marvin W. Meyer, Gregor Wurst, Martin Meyer, Rodolphe Kasser, Gregory Wurst, Bart D. EhrmanISBN 1426200420 (1-4262-0042-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gospel of Judas'Book summary:For 1,600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existeda gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, historys ultimate traitor. And far from being a villain, the Judas that emerges in its pages is a hero.
In this radical reinterpretation, Jesus asks Judas to betray him. In contrast to the New Testament Gospels, Judas Iscariot is presented as a role model for all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus. He is the one apostle who truly understands Jesus.
This volume is the first publication of the remarkable gospel since it was condemned as heresy by early Church leaders, most notably by St. Irenaeus, in 180. Hidden away in a cavern in Middle Egypt, the codex (or book) containing the gospel was discovered by farmers in the 1970s. In the intervening years the papyrus codex was bought and sold by antiquities traders, hidden away, and carried across three continents, all the while suffering damage that reduced much of it to fragments. In 2001, it finally found its way into the hands of a team of experts who would painstakingly reassemble and restore it.
The Gospel of Judas has been translated from its original Coptic in clear prose, and is accompanied by commentary that explains its fascinating history in the context of the early Church, offering a whole new way of understanding the message of Jesus Christ. [via]More editions of The Gospel of Judas:
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The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostleby Karen L. KingISBN 0944344585 (0-944344-58-5)
Softcover, Polebridge Pr Westar Inst
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle'Book summary:Lost for more than fifteen hundred years, the Gospel of Mary is the only existing early Christian gospel written in the name of a woman. Karen L. King tells the story of the recovery of this remarkable gospel and offers a new translation. This brief narrative presents a radical interpretation of Jesus' teachings as a path to inner spiritual knowledge. It rejects his suffering and death as a path to eternal life and exposes the view that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute for what it is - a piece of theological fiction. The Gospel of Mary of Magdala offers a fascinating glimpse into the conflicts and controversies that shaped earliest Christianity. [via]
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History and Literature of Early Christianity: Introduction to the New Testamentby Helmut KoesterISBN 3110149710 (3-11-014971-0)
Hardcover, Walter De Gruyter Inc
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In Search of Paul: How Jesus's Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdomby John Dominic Crossan, Jonathan L. ReedISBN 0060816163 (0-06-081616-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianityby Oskar SkarsauneISBN 083082670X (0-8308-2670-X)
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Judaism and the Origins of Christianityby David FlusserISBN 9652236276 (965-223-627-6)
Hardcover, Magnes Press, Hebrew University
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Judaism and the Origins of Christianity'Book summary:For more than three decades, Professor David Flusser of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem has pioneered new understandings of the Jewish background of early Christianity. Many have been fascinated by his unique monograph on Jesus, translated into several languages, Most of his scholarly articles in English, including some new contributions as well as many published in not easily accessible journals, have been collected in this one volume. A must for New Testament scholars, and students of early Judaism, it will also be welcomed by the many lay persons for whom Professor Flusser has provided illumination on the origins of Christian faith. [via]
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The Kingdom of the Wicked: Mamlekhet Arshaim [i.E. Ha-Reshaim]by Anthony BurgessISBN 0877957533 (0-87795-753-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Life and Work of Flavius Josephusby F. JosephusISBN 0030370159 (0-03-037015-9)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life and Work of Flavius Josephus'Book summary:From the dust jacket: "Valued by scholar and layman alike, these important writings of the famous historian, student of law, and military commander of antiquity, chronicle the fascinating first century A.D. The ancient past springs to life, becoming a thrilling narrative, when seen through the eyes of Josephus. His able pen paints the unforgettable times of Christ, making them real and meaningful. This edition is the standard English translation and includes the Antiquity and Wars of the Jews, The Life of Josephus, and Dissertations on Christ, John the Baptist and others; also the only non-Biblical contemporary reference to Jesus in all of ancient literature. This important book should be on every student's shelf." [via]
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A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesusby John P. MeierISBN 0385469934 (0-385-46993-4)
Hardcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'Book summary:No man is an island, not even Jesus, as John Meier writes in Companions and Competitors, the third installment of his four-part series, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. The first volume, an overview of Jesus' background, chronology, and early years, was followed by a second that analyzed Jesus' most important messages and deeds. Here, Meier explains his conviction that "No human being is adequately understood if he or she is considered in isolation from other human beings." He leads readers through the concentric circles of companions (including the followers who became his disciples and apostles) and competitors (such as Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Samaritans) that shaped Jesus' life in first-century Palestine. Meier, a priest and New Testament scholar at Notre Dame, writes in the engaging, methodical style of an astringently avuncular professor: chapters are carefully outlined, with straightforward headings such as "Points of Comparison and Contrast," "Caveats on Comparisons," and "The Sheer Oddness of Jesus"). His findings, particularly his explanation of "the essentially Jewish nature" of Jesus' relationships, are a valuable addition to the field of Historical Jesus scholarship. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus The Roots of the Problem and the Personby John P. MeierISBN 0385264259 (0-385-26425-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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The Moral World of the First Christiansby Wayne A. MeeksISBN 0664250149 (0-664-25014-9)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moral World of the First Christians'Book summary:This volume in the Library of Early Christianity examines the ethics and morality of the earliest Christians.
The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.
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The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writingsby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0195126394 (0-19-512639-4)
Softcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings'Book summary:This lucid introduction approaches the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective, emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature. Rather than shying away from the critical problems presented by these books, Ehrman addresses the historical and literary challenges they pose and shows why scholars continue to argue over such significant issues as how the books of the New Testament came into being, who produced them, what they mean, how they relate to contemporary Christian and non-Christian literature, and how they came to be collected into a canon of Scripture. Distinctive to this study is its emphasis on the historical, literary, and religious milieu of the Greco-Roman world, including early Judaism. As part of its historical orientation, this text also discusses works by other Christian writers who were roughly contemporary with the New Testament, such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocalypse of Peter, and the letters of Ignatius. Instead of simply setting forth scholarly views without explanations, Ehrman includes the evidence that scholars have found persuasive for their views, engaging students and demonstrating why scholars have taken the positions they have. Ideal for undergraduate and seminary classes in the New Testament, biblical studies, and Christian origins, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings is an accessible, clearly written introduction that encourages students to consider the historical issues surrounding these writings. [via]
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings: ISBN 0195126394 (0-19-512639-4)
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The New Testament and the People of Godby N. T. WrightISBN 0800626818 (0-8006-2681-8)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Testament and the People of God'Book summary:Part of a five-volume project on the theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity, this book offers a reappraisal of literary, historical and theological readings of the New Testament, arguing for a form of "critical realism" that facilitates different readings of the text. [via]
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The Origin of Satanby Elaine PagelsISBN 0679731180 (0-679-73118-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Satan'Book summary:. . . ground-breaking . . . Many times in the course of reading her explications I found myself saying, "Of course, why hasn't someone said this before?" By showing how the sectarian demonization of the "intimate enemies"--Jews and heretics--shaped early Christianity, the book helps us to understand the power of irrational forces that still need to be confronted in contemporary society. -- S. David Sperling, professor of Bible, Hebrew Union College [via]
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The Origins of Christian Morality: The First Two Centuriesby Wayne A. MeeksISBN 0300065132 (0-300-06513-2)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origins of Christian Morality: The First Two Centuries'Book summary:By the time Christianity became a political and cultural force in the Roman Empire, it had come to embody a new moral vision. This wise and eloquent book describes the formative years-from the crucifixion of Jesus to the end of the second century of the common era-when Christian beliefs and practices shaped their unique moral order. Wayne A. Meeks examines the surviving documents from Christianity's beginnings (some of which became the New Testament) and shows that they are largely concerned with the way converts to the movement should behave. Meeks finds that for these Christians, the formation of morals means the formation of community; the documents are addressed not to individuals but to groups, and they have among their primary aims the maintenance and growth of these groups. Meeks paints a picture of the process of socialization that produced the early forms of Christian morality, discussing many factors that made the Christians feel that they were a single and "chosen" people. He describes, for example, the impact of conversion; the rapid spread of Christian household cult-associations in the cities of the Roman Empire; the language of Christian moral discourse as revealed in letters, testaments, and "moral stories"; the rituals, meetings, and institutionalization of charity; the Christians' feelings about celibacy, sex, and gender roles; and their sense of the end-time and final judgment. In each of these areas Meeks seeks to determine what is distinctive about the Christian viewpoint and what is similar to the moral components of Greco-Roman or Jewish thought. [via]
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Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianityby Walter Bauer, Gerhard Krodel, Robert A. KraftISBN 0962364274 (0-9623642-7-4)
Softcover, Sigler Pr
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The Other Bible: Jewish Pseudepigrapha, Christian Apocrypha, Gnostic Scriptures, Kabbalah, Dead Sea Scrollsby Willis BarnstoneISBN 0060815981 (0-06-081598-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Other Bible: Jewish Pseudepigrapha, Christian Apocrypha, Gnostic Scriptures, Kabbalah, Dead Sea Scrolls'Book summary:Gathered here for the first time in one comprehensive volume are excerpted ancient holy texts from Judeo-Christian traditions that were excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments. The Other Bible is a unique sourcebook of essential selections from Jewish Psudepigrapha, early Kabbalah, Haggadah, Midrash, Christian Apocrypha, and Gnostic scriptures.
The Other Bible provides a rare opportunity to discover the poetic and narrative riches of this long-suppressed literature and experience firsthand its visionary discourses on the nature of God, humanity, the spiritual life, the world around us, and infinite worlds beyond this one. [via]
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Paul: A Critical Lifeby J. Murphy-O'ConnorISBN 0192853422 (0-19-285342-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paul: A Critical Life'Book summary:Traditionally the Acts of the Apostles has provided the framework for biographies of the Apostle Paul. In recent years, however, the historical value of the Acts has come into question. Many scholars argue that, despite the accuracy of many details, the text as a whole reflects the interests of Luke rather than objective reality.
This book presents a completely new, and much more vivid and dramatic, account of the life of Paul than any before. While continuing to give consideration to the Acts, Murphy-O'Connor reconstructs the apostle's life--from his childhood in Taursus and his years as a student in Jerusalem, to the successes and failures of his ministry--from his own writings. Reinforcing his critical analysis of Paul's letters with close attention to archaeology and contemporary texts, Murphy-O'Connor not only charts Paul's movements, but extracts a new understanding of his motives and the social and cultural aspects of his ministry. Most important of all, this biography transforms a fountain of theological ideas into a human being. [via]-
Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean Worldby David E. AuneISBN 1592443028 (1-59244-302-8)
Softcover, Wipf & Stock Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World'Book summary:Aune's comprehensive study of early Christian prophecy includes a review of its antecedents (Greco-Roman oracles, ancient Israelite prophecy, prophecy in early Judaism), a discussion of Jesus as prophet, and analyses of Christian prophetic speeches from Paul to the middle of the second century A.D. Extensive notes, bibliography, indexes. [via]
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Quo Vadisby Henryk Sienkiewicz, Jeremiah CurtinISBN 160312036X (1-60312-036-X)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quo Vadis'Book summary:Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. A brilliant Polish writer and patriot, he is possibly best known abroad for his monumental historical epic Quo Vadis that portrays the vibrant and dissonant combination of cruel excesses and decadence of Rome during the reign of the corrupt Emperor Nero and the high faith of the emerging era of early Christianity.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, is a love story of Marcus Vinicius, a passionate young Roman tribune, and Lygia Callina, a beautiful and gentle Christian maiden of royal Lygian descent and a hostage of Rome, raised in a patrician home. At first Marcus, a typical aristocratic Roman libertine of his time, has no notion of love and merely desires Lygia with erotic animalistic intensity. Through political machinations of the elegant Petronius he contrives to have her taken by force from her foster home and into the decadent and terrible splendor of the court of Ceasar, setting in motion a course of events that culminate in his own spiritual redemption.
Intricately researched, populated with vibrant historical figures, and gorgeous period detail, bloody spectacle and intimate beauty, this is an epic tapestry of the triumph of love, faith and sacrifice. [via]
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Hardcover, Norilana Books - Quo Vadis: ISBN 1561797952 (1-56179-795-2)
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Softcover, Hippocrene Books - Quo Vadis: ISBN 0895263459 (0-89526-345-9)
Softcover, Regnery Pub - Quo Vadis: ISBN 0802470971 (0-8024-7097-1)
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Softcover, Ignatius Pr - Quo Vadis: ISBN 0025668552 (0-02-566855-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Quo Vadis: ISBN 0760763097 (0-7607-6309-7)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books - Quo Vadis: ISBN 0781801001 (0-7818-0100-1)
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Quo Vadisby W.S. Kuniczak, Henryk SienkiewiczISBN 0781807638 (0-7818-0763-8)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quo Vadis'Book summary:Translated by Stanley F Conrad. Set around the dawn of Christianity with amazing historical accuracy Quo Vadis? won Sienkiewicz the Nobel Prize. Written nearly a century ago and translated into over 40 languages, Quo Vadis, has been the greatest best-selling novel in the history of literature. Now in a sparkling new translation which restores the original glory and splendour of this masterpiece, W S Kuniczak, the most acclaimed translator of Sienkiewicz in this century, combines his special knowledge of Sienkiewicz's fiction with his own considerable talents as a novelist. An epic saga of love, courage and devotion in Nero's time, Quo Vadis portrays the degenerate days leading to the fall of the Roman Empire and the glory and the agony of early Christianity. [via]
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Quo Vadis a Narrative of the Time of Neroby Henryk SienkiewiczISBN 1404326901 (1-4043-2690-1)
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The Resurrection of the Son of Godby N. T. WrightISBN 0800636155 (0-8006-3615-5)
Hardcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Rise of Christianityby W.H.C. FrendISBN 0800619315 (0-8006-1931-5)
Softcover, Fortress Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rise of Christianity'Book summary:The definitive text in early church history, Frend's The Rise of Christianity offers a vast, panoramic sweep of Christianity's first six centuries, from the dust of Palestine to the court of Justinian and the parting of Eastern and Western Christianity. With many maps, chronologies, and graphics, Frend's text is an engaging story but also an immensely learned and careful work of scholarship. Elegantly written. It is a marvelous reference work. It will become the standard church history of our time for scholar and novice alike. [via]
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The Story of Civilization Pt. A: Caesar and Christby Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 0671115006 (0-671-11500-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Thru the Bible With J. Vernon McGee: Complete Index/Supersaverby William Whiston, J. Vernons McGeeISBN 0785213899 (0-7852-1389-9)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thru the Bible With J. Vernon McGee: Complete Index/Supersaver'Book summary:Topical and reference searches made easy with one handy index!
Thousands of readers have journeyed Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee. Now they can access McGee's comments on virtually any Bible topic with the Thru the Bible Complete Index.
Created for pastors, teachers, and inquisitive students of God's Word, this 352-page resource is the perfect companion volume for those who want to get the maximum benefit from their Thru the Bible collection. Each topic is indexed by volume and page number to the five-volume commentary set. Users of the 60-volume paperback edition can use the Scripture references included with each topical description to search for a subject.
Truly comprehensive and complete, the Thru the Bible Complete Index provides quick access to nearly every Bible person, place, event, or doctrine in Dr. McGee's work. In addition, this volume catalogs McGee's teachings on contemporary issues, including anecdotes and his trademark "May-I-say-isms." McGee's unique brand of humor and homespun wisdom are easy to locate, either by using the topical portion of the index or the separate "Anecdotes" section.
The Thru the Bible Complete Index is an invaluable resource for those who depend on the Thru the Bible commentary series for its scholarly Bible insights and practical teaching illustrations.
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The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grailby Margaret StarbirdISBN 1879181037 (1-879181-03-7)
Softcover, Inner Traditions
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La Conspiracion Del Mar Muerto / Dead Sea Scrolls Deceptionby Richard Leigh, Michael BaigentISBN 8427032412 (84-270-3241-2)
Softcover, Martinez Roca S A Ediciones
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