London: R. Norton, for R. Royston, 1675. First Edition. Folio. Two parts in one. The first part, containing the Life of Christ, written by Jeremy Taylor, late Lord Bishop of Down Connor. The second, containing the Lives of the Apostles, with an enumeration, and some brief remarks upon their first..... More
Grenoble, [1927]: J. Ray and B. Arthaud. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 2750 copies. The present copy is #2177. 128 pages, with 12 aquatints. One of the finest color images of Jerusalem in the early 20th century. The later editions lacked the aquatints. In 1919 Bordeaux was elected to the..... More
Frankerae: Leon Strickium, 1702. 12mo in 6s. Latin text. [14] 276, [28] . Lamberus Bos (1670-1717) was a Dutch scholar who was professor of Greek who wrote on the Greek accents and syntax. This work is considered his most important and was only translated in an abridged edition in 1830..... More
Los Angeles, CA. The Noel Press, 1927. First Edition. Quarto. no pagination. Music by Theophilus Fitz and words by Henry Coe Culbertson. "The words of these songs are for the most part imaginary. They are put into the mouths of the twelve apostles to express the distinctive character and message..... More
London: Macmillan, 1884. Octavo. 2nd edition. 161 pages. 3 page autographed letter from the author, April 5, 1898. After his graduation from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1848, he served as a teacher to Leslie Stephen and came under the influence of Frederick Denison Maurice. In the meantime, he and his..... More
Boston: Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street, Next to the Prison, and By J. Blanchard at the Bible and Crown in Dock-square, 1745. First Edition. Octavo. v [1], 424 pages. One of the leading Presbyterians in the first half of the 18th century who upheld an English Puritan ideal of informal..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire, England; 1998): Whittington Press. Limited Edition. Imperial Quarto. Limited to 150 copies and includes "eight pages" from the Prayer book of 1913 which according to the colophon, should have only contained four. The present copy is number 96. 32[4],33-36[37], 38-39[1], [4], 41[4]-44 pages and colophon. The Oxford University..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900. Octavo. viii, 527 pages, one folding brown map and 8 color maps, 30 sepia photographic images. While many aspects of ancient Palestine are covered, it is primarily a picture of the various Biblical locations as they existed at the end of the 19th..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1761. Folio. In two volumes, 2nd edition, revised and improved with large additions by the author.746pp., (1)pp. appendix, and 747-1575pp., (92)pp. tables and an alphabetical index. Perhaps the highest authority on Anglican church law, still referred to in ecclesiastical proceedings. Begins with general exposition of the..... More
Philadelphia: A.J. Holman, 1903. xxiv, 809 pages, illustrations, with all four maps present in pockets. The contents cover Assyrian, Babylon, Egyypt, Arabia and the so-called Hittites. H.V. Hilprecht was a leading scholar on the Near East with a specialty on Assyriology, he was able to get the leading scholars on..... More
Dundee: A. Smith & Company for J. Chalmers, 1812. Octavo. Third edition. xxviii, 613p. with errata slip at end. Sub-title continues "...and supplemental disquisitions." These disquisitions were done by Samuel, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Rev. Horsley was a fellow of the Royal Society and many years served as its..... More
Arosiae (Uppsala): Typis & Impensis Pet. Kraft, 1804. Small Octavo. [8], 496 pages, index of 112 pages including the errata, with Latin and Greek words, references. Lars Kraft and his son Petrus Kraft worked together publishing scholarly works aimed at educating the pastor in Greek and Hebrew while serving in..... More
New York; (1992): Crossroads. First Edition in English. Octavo. 664p. index. Translated from the Germany John Bowden. The most important book on defining the preincarnate Christ. Hans Kung noted this was a book I would like to have written myself. He shows a mastery in understanding Harnack, Barth and Bultmann..... More
Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 1890. Small Octavo. In three volumes; 400, 324 and 328pp., illustrated with several single and double paged illustrations along with 12 maps and plans, some folding, some in color. Le Camus was the biblical scholar who traveled extensively to both the Holy Land as all of..... More
London: Henry S. King & Company, 1874. Octavo. Second Edition. Frontispiece map, xvi, 374 pages and 32pages publisher's ads. Maughan's time began with visiting of the various sites of religious significance. As he became more acquainted with the Bedouins, he learned much of their lifestyle. While divorce was common to..... More
1966. Octavo. Off-print, 20.pp. Edited by the scholar whose multi-volume set Discoveries in the Judean Desert reamins a classic. Other theologians discuss the primacy of Old Testament scholarship to Christian theology. Footnotes. More
London: John Murray, 1866. Octavo. Color frontispiece, lvii, 560 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates; maps (some folded, some in color) The author's precise rendering of the geology of the area distinguished him from many of the writers whose main purpose was to prove the Bible was true whether or..... More
(Andreas and Andreas Verlagsbuchhandel, Salzburg, 1983). Thick Quarto. 988pp. German text. illustrated church history published in color with more than 1300 color images and church history lexicon. Bound in marron cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a near fine copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket with a...... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1896. Octavo. 170 pages. Very scarce. Copies at Cambridge, Trinity (Dublin), New South Wales, and Rider College. The Othic system of shorthand allowed scholars and court reporters to quickly copy the spoken word with remarkable accuracy. Examples printed in small print runs in the 1890's were..... More
Grand Rapids MI; (1966): William B. Eerdmans. Quarto. 64 pages. Facsimiles of title pages, illustrations. Strand was a noted scholar on early German translations of the Bible. While it was Martin Luther's translation of the Bible in 1534 (the New Testament translation in 1522) that became the standard for German..... More
London: William Pickering, 1853. Octavo. xii, 408 pages, title page in red and black, Of the nature, excellencies, Uses, and intention of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper -- Of our general preparation to the worthy reception of the blessed Sacrament, the participation of the mysteries -- Of faith..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 129pp., (9) plates at rear. Based on eight unpublished Neo-Babylonian texts from the Yale Babylonian Collections this study sheds new light on an important phase of Neo-Babylonian society: the guilds, their political allegiance, and their membership. Bound in orange cloth, spine..... More