Catholic Theology, Scripture Study

Manual of Patrology. Cayre

Society of St. John the Evangelist, Desclée & Company, 1935. 2 vol hardcover.  742pp + 916pp. weighs 1,313 grams. €20.  1st volume has a loose front cover. Underlining in both volumes, much more in the 1st volume, because this is set up in chronological order,  and everyone wants what the earliest of the earliest of the Church Fathers had to…

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Catholic Theology, Scripture Study

Patrology, Quasten

4 volumes, softcover. weighs 2.9 kilo. Not much, but occasional underlining in pencil. €65. for the set. This monumental series places at the disposal of the English reading public a solid introduction to early Christian literature. It is the first work of its kind written originally in English. The first volume appeared in 1950. Reviewers were unanimous in heaping praise…

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Catholic Theology, Judaism, Scripture Languages, Scripture Study, Uncategorized

The Tribes of Yahweh. Gottwald

A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 BCE (Biblical Seminar). 916 pages, paperback. This important and substantial study may well prove to represent a breakthrough in the study of the people of Israel during the formative period which preceded the monarchy. Fully aware of the current  decline of comprehensive vision in favour of isolated specialisms, Professor Gottwald describes…

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Scripture Study

Gesù di Nazaret, Benedetto XVI

Joseph Ratzinger, Benedetto XVI. Hardcover with dust jacket, 443 pagine. €5. Like all books printed in Italy, the pages start to yellow not long after the initial purchase. Does not affect the text. no underlying. good condition. “Ho voluto fare il tentativo di presentare il ‘Gesù storico’ in senso vero e proprio. Io sono convinto, e spero che se ne…

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