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Patristic Studies eBook Series

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  • Priests of My People

    Levitical Paradigms for Early Christian Ministers

    by Bryan A. Stewart ...
    Series Book 11 - Patristic Studies
    This book offers an innovative examination of the question: why did early Christians begin calling their ministerial leaders «priests» (using the terms hiereus/sacerdos)? Scholarly consensus has typically suggested that a Christian «priesthood» emerged either from an imitation of pagan priesthood or in connection with seeing the Eucharist as a sacrifice over which a «priest» must preside. This ... Read more

    $101.39 USD

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  • The Grail Chronicles

    Tracing the Holy Grail From the Last Supper to its Current Location

    by E C Coleman ...
    This is the story of a plain silver chalice from the first century AD that now rests in the heart of England. From its momentous beginnings as the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper, and as the vessel used to catch His blood at the Crucifixion, to its unrecognised discovery in the late nineteenth century, the chalice has passed through the hands of saints, crusaders, kings, queens, Templar ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God Code

    Unlocking Divine Messages Hidden in the Bible

    by Timothy P. Smith ...
    The book that inspired the major History Channel special God Code shows there is more to the Bible than meets the eye—messages from God hidden for ages, now revealed by modern computer technology.In God Code, antiquities expert Timothy P. Smith reveals his decades-long quest to understand the complex messages he discovered in an ancient Hebrew manuscript of the Bible. This painstaking search ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Medieval Monastery

    by Roger Rosewell ...
    Series Book 687 - Shire Library
    An illustrated look at life in abbeys and priories, and within the monastic orders, in the middle ages.Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of Britain's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, power and charity, learning and invention, they survive today as haunting ruins, great houses and as some of our most important cathedrals and churches ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters

    A Historical and Biographical Guide

    Edited by Marion Ann Taylor, Agnes Choi ...
    The history of women interpreters of the Bible is a neglected area of study. Marion Taylor presents a one-volume reference tool that introduces readers to a wide array of women interpreters of the Bible from the entire history of Christianity. Her research has implications for understanding biblical interpretation--especially the history of interpretation--and influencing contemporary study of ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • The Church of Smyrna

    History and Theology of a Primitive Christian Community

    by Mauricio Saavedra ...
    Series Book 33 - Patrologia – Beitraege zum Studium der Kirchenvaeter
    This book deals with the theology of the Church of Smyrna from its foundation up to the Council of Nicaea in 325. The author provides a critical historical evaluation of the documentary sources and certain aspects particularly deserving of discussion. He makes a meticulous study of the history of the city, its gods and institutions, the set-up of the Jewish and Christian communities and the ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Pilgrim to Unholy Places

    Christians and Jews re-visit the Holocaust

    by Raymond Pelly ...
    Series Book 26 - Judaica et Christiana
    Based in New Zealand, the author, an Anglican priest, made a number of pilgrimages 1995–2008 to the extermination (and other camp) sites of the Third Reich, 1933–45. These find expression in Diary entries that describe the sites as they now are and scope the problems they raise for both Jews and Christians.The book thus places the Holocaust at the centre of Jewish-Christian dialogue. In face of ... Read more

    $110.19 USD

  • Facets of Pauline Discourse in Christocentric and Christotelic Perspective

    by Dan Lioy ...
    Series Book 166 - Studies in Biblical Literature
    In this thought-provoking study, Dan Lioy asserts that a Christocentric and Christotelic perspective is an unmistakable feature of Paul’s discourse. The journey begins with an analysis of the old Adamic creation in Genesis 1–3 before digressing into representative passages from Paul’s writings, touching on such themes as new creation theology, the apostle’s apocalyptic interpretation of reality, ... Read more

    $111.29 USD

  • The School of Antioch

    Biblical Theology and the Church in Syria

    Edited by Vahan S. Hovhanessian ...
    Series Book 6 - Bible in the Christian Orthodox Tradition
    The School of Antioch: Biblical Theology and the Church in Syria contains the latest conclusions and findings of academic research by specialized biblical scholars in biblical theology of the Church in the East commonly referred to as the School of Antioch. This collection of essays will be of special interest to scholars of theology and religion, including those interested in the fields of ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • After One-Hundred-and-Twenty

    Reflecting on Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition

    by Hillel Halkin ...
    Series series Library of Jewish Ideas
    A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish traditionAfter One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed and evolved from biblical times to today. Taking its title from the Hebrew and Yiddish blessing to live to a ripe old age—Moses is said to ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Christe Eleison!

    The Invocation of Christ in Eastern Monastic Psalmody c. 350-450

    by James Frederick Wellington ...
    Series Book 2 - Studies in Eastern Orthodoxy
    For centuries the Jesus Prayer has been leading Orthodox Christians beyond the language of liturgy and the representations of iconography into the wordless, imageless stillness of the mystery of God. In more recent years it has been helping a growing number of Western Christians to find a deeper relationship with God through the continual rhythmic repetition of a short prayer which, by general ... Read more

    $79.29 USD

  • Who Made Early Christianity?

    The Jewish Lives of the Apostle Paul

    by John Gager , Jr. ...
    Series series American Lectures on the History of Religions
    In this historical and theological study, John G. Gager undermines the myth of the Apostle Paul's rejection of Judaism, conversion to Christianity, and founding of Christian anti-Judaism. He finds that the rise of Christianity occurred well after Paul's death and attributes the distortion of the Apostle's views to early and later Christians.Though Christian clerical elites ascribed a rejection ... Read more

    $24.69 USD