Gangemi, Attilio. 2 vol copertina morbida. weighs 1.2 kilo. This is really quite good. €15 for the set.
Category: 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…
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…
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…
Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide, the Gospels
trans. Mossman, the Gospels, complete original set, hardcover. 6 volumes. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. A steal at €100. Weighs about 6 kilo. Cornelius, in the 1600’s, compiled all of the scriptural commentaries of all of the Doctors of the Church in to a scriptural order. This set was translated by the Anglican Mossman, who had been accused of not…
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…