The Early Church books

In examining the humanity and theology of the most influential apostle of the early Christian church, the author...  Read More >>

'Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls' explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible...  Read More >>

An examination of the work and influence of this 4th-century reformer and spiritual adviser, together with an edition...  Read More >>

This text explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish...  Read More >>

A fascinating compendium of official statements from popes and councils--together with commentary from contemporary...  Read More >>

"How useful is the Old Testament for reconstructing the history of early Israel? How accurate is the Bible s portrait...  Read More >>

The Gospel of Thomas is one of the most debated early Christian writings. Discovered as a Coptic translation in...  Read More >>

In this meticulously researched and compelling study, David Sim reconstructs the social setting of the Matthean...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive introduction to the Orthodox Church in the United States from 1794 to the present, this...  Read More >>

Exploring the New Testament world, this text seeks to illuminate the living context, social manners, politics, religious...  Read More >>

This study casts light on the life of John of Scythopolis, the 6th-century theologian who composed a series of annotations...  Read More >>

The religious and moral condition of Italy before the time of Joachim of Flora; Joachim of Flora; Francis of Assisi;...  Read More >>

The 15 hagiographies of holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and...  Read More >>

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These studies focus on personal eschatology in the Jewish and early Christian apocalypses. The apocalyptic tradition...  Read More >>

Revised versions of papers presented in meetings of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas between 1990 and 1994...  Read More >>

What is the Church? Perhaps more importantly, what is it meant to be? How did its earliest members understand this...  Read More >>

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This fifth volume of the Mediaeval Continuation is the fourth of the letters of Peter Damian, an eleventh-century...  Read More >>

By the fourth century AD, devout Christians had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North...  Read More >>

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In the process of writing this book, Teresa Shaw examined a variety of texts that explore the relationsh ip between...  Read More >>

Here Jerome Murphy-O'Connor presents a completely new, vivid, and dramatic account of the life of Paul. From his...  Read More >>

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