Religion from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1962. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 459 pp; sheds new life on various aspects of biblical life that have reshaped the study of the Old Testament, moving the Bible out of the isolation of centuries into the mainstream of world history. This book has been produced in Israel where scholars gain… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society, 1984. Paperback. Fine. 183 pp; Transactions of The American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for Promoting Knowledge Volume 74, Part 5, 1984; in printed wraps.

Northbrook, IL: The Jewish Theologial Society of Illinois, 1989. Second edition. Paperback. New. 311 pp; a translation guide designed for use with only those 19th-century Polish-language civil registration documents which follow the Napoleonic format; book is encased in hard plastic covers with the Quick Reference Guide in front pocket; in illustrated wraps.

Stuttgart, Deutschland: B. G. Teubner, 1999. Hardcover. New/351907673X. 196 pp; title translates as LATE ANTIQUE GOLD AMULETT WITH CHRISTIAN EXORCISM; 6 b & w plates, includes fold-out chart in rear pocket which is New condition; published without a dj in grey cloth boards with red stamping, (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN GERMAN).

Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1984. Hardcover. New/new. 112 pp; seminal treatment of the teachings of the church fathers on the military question i.e. the effect of early Christian writings on the issue of "holy war", to what extent early Christians participated in the military and what judgements the church made on participation in warfare. This copy is a… Read more about this item

London, UK: The British Library, 1996. Hardcover. New/new. 252 pp; comprehensive study of THE BOOK OF CERNE which with its complex interplay of text, script and image offers a fascinating insight into Insular culture and is the only surviving illuminated manuscript which can be firmly attributed to the powerful Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia; profusely illustrated with 9 full-color… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 1989. Hardcover. New/new. 135 pp; first study in more that seventy years to consider the early monasteries of Cornwall emphasizing identification of sites and tracing their survival to later periods; illustrated with 11 line drawing maps.

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. As New/very good +. 88 pp; examines the evidence of the Christian papyri discovered in Egypt to see what they cast on the problems and how far they support statements in our ancient authorities or the theories of modern scholars. Among matters discussed are the influence of Judaism and whether Gnosticism… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. New/new. 319 pp; this stidy challenges a popularly held belief that Christianity came into the world as an essentially iconophobic form of religiousity, one that was opposed on principle to the use of visual images in religious contexts; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1985. Hardcover. As New/very good +. 272 pp; a comprehensive history of the Lutheran Reformation in the frontier city of Strasbourg which explores the laity's contribution and investigates its effects on their ideas and behavior; dj has small chip and crease to upper right corner of front panel at fold point.

Chicago, Il: Rand, McNaly & Company, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good +. 309 pp; a depiction of the life, character and philosophy of Gotama; with full and complete explanatory notes by Mrs. I. L. Hauser; published without a dj in dark blue boards with gold stamping; scuffing to foot of spine.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Hardcover. As New/as new. 185 pp; reexaminbes the attitude ofthe early Church toward imperial Rome, asserting that Jesus and the early Christians had a critique of the Roman superpower - a critique that was broadly in line with the entire biblical and prophetic tradition. RENDER TO CAESAR transforms our understanding of early… Read more about this item

Limerick, ME: St. Matthew's Parish, 1981. Paperback. Very Good +. 73 pp; staple-bound booklet; updated version of the history of St. Matthew's Parish in Limerick, Maine; published to commemorate their 60th Anniversary; well-illustrated with b & w photos; in b & w illustrated photo wraps; some fading to spine area.

Lindau, Germany: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. facsimile is unpaginated (106 pp) and a hardcover; profusely illustrated with vibrantly reproduced, full-color illustrations; the second volume is a paperback, 96 pp; containg the original Latin text along with an English translation; with original slipcase, which is noticeable split along bottom edge and less so on top edge;… Read more about this item

New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd, 1978. Hardcover. As New/fine. 367 pp; lavish, coffee table presentation which is an extraordinary array of masterpieces that have been inspired by the symbolic prophesies of the Book of Revelation which is a systematic presentation and analysis of apocalytic themes in Western art; abundantly illustrated with over 80 full-color plates and… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 422 pp; scholarly study of the early medieval papacy that has been described as "the Byzantine captivity of the papacy". The author questions the previously held view that the major theme is the progressive and systematic elaboration of an idea of papal monarchy. He argues that while the… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 245 pp; focusing on the work of Lorenzo Valla, the Spanish Complutensian scholars, and Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book examines the New Testament studies of the Renaissance humanists rather than their more frequently studied religious, moral and political thought; dj has closed tear of approximately 1" to bottom edge… Read more about this item

Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1994. Hardcover. As New. 255 pp; the third book in a series of monographs and facsimilies devoted to major manuscripts in the collection of the Getty Museum. All the pages miniatures and historiated initials are reproduced in color and to actual size, as are a few text pages with secondary decoration.… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon Books, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. 650 pp; comprehensive history of the three first Crusades and with the history of the kingdom of Jerusalem up to the time of its conquest by Saladin; lacks dj.

Portsmouth, NH: Advent Christian Church, 1931. Very Good. 48 pp; plus advertisements; commemorative book announcing the dedication of the Advent Christian Church in Portsmouth, NH; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; in padded, dark blue boardsd with gilt stamping; minor wear to boards.