Foundations of Christianity: A Study in Christian Origins
by Kautsky, Karl
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- Paperback
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- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0853452628
- ISBN 13
- 9780853452621
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About This Item
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972. Light rubbing, bumping and shelfwear to wraps, including slight crease on outer edge of rear wrap. Spine slightly cocked with a vertical crease that does not affect text block. Interior tight and unmarked except 6-word annotation on half-title page, 1/2 inch line in margin p. 10 (ink), 1.5 inch margin line and sentence annotation p. 11 (ink), 2 words underlined and marginal annotation p. 192 (ink), and reddish india ink-like smear in margin p. 220.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Foundations of Christianity is a 1908 book by Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky. In it, he attempts to explain the origins of Christianity, and claims that it can best be explained by historical materialism rather than divinity. The first edition in English, published in 1925 by George Allen and Unwin, followed the eleventh German version. The German text was re-translated into English by Henry F. Mins, and published by Russell and Russell in 1953. In 1972, a translation by Jacob W.
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- Title
- Foundations of Christianity: A Study in Christian Origins
- Author
- Kautsky, Karl
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0853452628
- ISBN 13
- 9780853452621
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Philosophy Religion - Christianity
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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