Includes a copy of the original manuscript of the Arabic Improvement of the Moral Qualities, a translation into English, and an essay on the place of Solomon ibn Gabirol in the development of Jewish ethics.
Includes a copy of the original manuscript of the Arabic Improvement of the Moral Qualities, a translation into English, and an essay on the place of ...
In this formidable study, Jastrow compares several aspects of the religious life of the Israelites and ancient Babylonias by comparison of their written texts. Among the topics examined are the creation and flood accounts, the concept of the Sabbath, and the ethics of both cultures.
In this formidable study, Jastrow compares several aspects of the religious life of the Israelites and ancient Babylonias by comparison of their writt...
The first volume of an ambitious project to document the history of the early church, this is one of John Mason Neale's crowning achievements. Meticulously researched, Neale's treatment of the early church in Egypt is among the required reading of any student of oriental Christianity still today. Beginning with the traditions of St. Mark's foundation of the Egyptian church, the developments of Christianity are traced up through the controversies associated with Nestorius and the Council of Chalcedon. In Neale's characteristically readable style, the early stages of Eastern Christianity and...
The first volume of an ambitious project to document the history of the early church, this is one of John Mason Neale's crowning achievements. Meticul...
A seven-volume set on the history of monasticism in the western work. It covers the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede. It contains information on a number of western saints.
A seven-volume set on the history of monasticism in the western work. It covers the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerab...
An indispensable reference for the history of monasticism in the western work, Montalembert's seven-volume masterpiece on the subject still reads with depth and conviction. Covering the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede, this set contains substantial information on a number of western saints.
An indispensable reference for the history of monasticism in the western work, Montalembert's seven-volume masterpiece on the subject still reads with...
Originally published as the Hibbert Lectures of 1887, this series of essays covers more than the title suggests. The work of an early explorer of Assyriology, this book traces many of the more familiar motifs and themes from ancient religion back to the ancient Babylonians.
Originally published as the Hibbert Lectures of 1887, this series of essays covers more than the title suggests. The work of an early explorer of Assy...
The work of the remarkable sisters Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, this lectionary of what is now known as Christian Palestinian Aramaic, was re-edited in the light of two manuscripts from the Sinai, which they recovered, and from Paul de Lagarde's Evangeliarium Hierosolymitanum. An important document for the textual criticism of the New Testament as well as for the early practice of the church, Lewis and Dunlap added to its value by composing this light "critical edition." Presented in Syriac with English annotations to the Greek text of the Gospels, this useful study will be...
The work of the remarkable sisters Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, this lectionary of what is now known as Christian Palestinian Aramaic...
A seven-volume set on the history of monasticism in the western work. It covers the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede. It contains information on a number of western saints.
A seven-volume set on the history of monasticism in the western work. It covers the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerab...
A seven-volume set that covers the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede. It contains information on a number of western saints.
A seven-volume set that covers the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede. It contains information on a number of w...
