Church History
Philipp J. Spener Briefe aus der Dresdener Zeit 1686-1691 Band 2: 1688 Herausgegeben von Johannes Wallmann in Zusammenarbeit mit Klaus vom Orde [Philipp Jakob Spener: Letters from the Dresden Period 1686-1691. Volume 2: 1688] The letters of Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705), the founder of Pietism, are first-class sources for ecclesiastical and cultural history, offering as they do an insight into the development and the spread of the Pietist Movement. This edition which began with three volumes of letters from the Frankfurt period is making them available for the first time. (read more...) |
Antiquity
Joseph und Aseneth Herausgegeben von Eckart Reinmuth Eingeleitet, editiert, übersetzt und mit interpretierenden Essays versehen von Eckart Reinmuth, Stefan Alkier, Brigitte Boothe, Uta B. Fink, Christine Gerber, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr u.a. [Joseph and Aseneth.] The tale of Joseph and Aseneth gives an account of the love, conversion and preservation of Aseneth, the haughty daugther of an Egyptian priest, who married Joseph, son of Jacob (cf. Gen 41,45). (read more...)
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Calvin
Calvin Handbuch Herausgegeben von Herman J. Selderhuis [The Calvin Handbook] The purpose of this volume is to support and stimulate the research being done on Calvin. In addition to providing information for experts in this field, the contributors also wish to give reliable information to those who do not deal with Calvin for scholarly or professional purposes. This volume is published simultaneously in English by Eerdmans, in Italian by Claudiana and in Dutch by Kok. (read more...)
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Church History
Children in Late Ancient Christianity Edited by Cornelia Horn and Robert R. Phenix This volume brings together studies of a diverse collection of sources - patristic texts, apocrypha, medicinal treatises, hagiography, pseudepigrapha, papyri, and more – illuminating how children mediated the relationship between Christian thought and society in late antiquity. (read more...)
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