Search Results: Christianity from Furrowed Brow Books

New York: W.W. Norton, 2009. First paperback. softcover. Very good. Alter, Robert : The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary. New York : W.W. Norton, 2009.  First paperback printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm H. Bound in publisher's matte color paper wrappers glued to text block. Deckle edge paperback. Front and back covers extend into fold-over page markers. xl pp prelim material, 518 numbered pp, two unnumbered following, one with author bio, the second blank. Extensive introductory material on e.g. historical contexts and challenges of translating Book of Psalms; notes on transliteration; further reading. Condition notes: Pages clean and binding tight; no notes or highlighting. Moderate wear/soiling to cover, no tears. Quite a nice, solid reading copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

InterVarsity Press, 1998. hardcover. Bray, Gerald [Editor] : Romans (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament VI). Downer's Grove (IL) : Intervarsity Press, 1998. Later printing. Series/general editor Thomas C. Oden. Size is quarto (4vo), 10.25"/26cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, bright gilt and copper lettering and ornamentation to spine and front board. Glossy color photographic dj (front features color photo of apse, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy). Plain cream endpapers. Xxviii pp prelim material, 404 numbered pp. General editor's intro; guide to using commentary; abbrev; editor's intro to volume; commentary sections; appendix (table of digital sources of primary documents); chronology, glossary, bibliography, indices (authors, subject, scriptural). Scriptural quotes use the Revised Standard Version (RSV). Condition notes: a good to very good copy of a handsome edition: light wear to unclipped dj; spine ends rolled, corners sharp; interior shows former owner's stamp… Read More

Baker Academic, 2004. paperback. Holmes, Michael W. [Editor] : The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations. Grand Rapids (MI) : Baker Academic, 2004. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Xvi pp prelim material, 609 numbered pp, [610-613] maps, [614-24] blank. Prefaces to the updated and second editions; abbrev, intro, bibliography; Letters to and/for from: Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp; the Martyrdom of Polycarp, the Didache, Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Epistle to Diognetus, Fragments of Papias; indices of subjects, authors, scripture, and extra-Biblical literature; maps. This is a facing page Greek-English edition. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy with the typical array of stamps and stickers indicating such; includes a card pocket to inside back cover. A solid copy with no spine crease but two cover corners show relic fold. Scattered but noticeable highlighting noted to portions of intro, Letter of Romans to… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Bradshaw, David : Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of Christendom. Cambridge (UK) : Cambridge University Press, 2006. Third printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xiv pp prelim material, 297 numbered pp, plus seven blank. Author's preface, 10 chaps (notes passim), bibliography, index. Condition notes: Not ex library. DJ present; surface scratches to back; clear tape affixes DJ flaps to front and rear pastedowns. Former owner's name written in pen to ffep; 16 pp fairly discreet black pen notes/ underlining. Else, pages clean. Binding sound and square. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Buechervertriebsanstalt, 1987. hardcover. Florovsky, Georges : Aspects of Church History (Collected Works of Georges Florovsky, Vol 4). Vaduz : Notable & Academic / B??chervertriebsanstalt, 1987. Series edited by Richard S. Haugh. Translators: not credited. ISBN 3905238047. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. 231 numbered pp (pp [i]- [xii] use Roman numerals; Arabic numbering starts (erroneously) at [11]; [232-234] blank). In Memoriam (about author), Aspects of Patristic Thought and History (including a brief essay on "The Hagia Sophia Churches"; Aspects of Russian Church History; notes and references. Condition notes: a clean, tight, unmarked copy with bumped corners/rolled spine ends, moderate wear to boards and the remains of a sticker to back. Interior shows light tanning. Lacking dust-jacket, possibly issued without. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Herder and Herder, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Bloch, Ernst : Atheism in Christianity;: The religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom. New York : Herder and Herder, 1972. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. 273 numbered pp, plus three blank. 44 chapters, including "A Glance at Slave-Talk", "The Strange Ubiquity of the Bible", "Marxism and Religion", "The Bounds of Patience", "Astral-Myth in the Bible", and more. Condition notes: Light wear to clipped dj with several small tears esp at folds. Spine/binding quite nice, good color, square, sharp corners. Interior shows half a dozen pages with fairly discreet marginalia/underlining (no highlighting); former owner's name and blind stamp to ffep; else unmarked. From the jacket: "...in order to be an atheist one must be a good Christian, and in order to be a Christian one must be a good atheist...the best thing… Read More

Holy Cross Press. hardcover. Hughson, Shirley C., O.H.C. : Athletes of God: Lives of the Saints for every day in the year. West Park (NY) : Holy Cross Press, 1957. "New edition," per copyright page. Size is octavo (8vo), 7.5"/19+cm h. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, black lettering to spine. Lacks dj. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 414 numbered pp. Apologia, index of names, 365 saints of the Western Church. Condition notes: lacks dj; boards quite worn w/some modest staining/tanning/dimpling, spine ends rolled, corners bumped and frayed, top edge foxed w/some staining. Pp generally tanned, no notes or highlighting. But it's a well-constructed book and is nicely solid in the hand. A very nice reading copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Eau Claire (WI): Eau Claire Book and Stationary Co, 1942. First. Softcover. Very good. Eastvold, Rev. S.C. : Beyond the Grave. Eau Claire (WI) : Eau Claire Book and Stationary Co, 1942. First printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.375"/21.2cm h. Bound in publisher's tan glossy textured wrappers. [1-13], 14-176. Author's preface, t-o-c, intro (by Prof Philip S. Dybvig of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN), 12 chaps/sermons. Condition notes: very good. Binding slightly cocked, light wear to wrappers, light soiling to edges. Former owner's marks to interior (Dr. R.A. Peterson, owner of The Out of Print BookShoppe on Chicago Ave in Minneapolis): inventory number stamp to half-title and title pages; signature to title page and again to inside rear wrapper, with date; also included is a bookmark from the BookShoppe. An occasional typo struck out with pen, else unmarked. Pages lightly tanned. The author was pastor of the First Lutheran Church in Eau Claire and these sermons were delivered by radio during… Read More

Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. paperback. Hackel, Sergei [ed] : The Byzantine Saint: University of Birmingham Fourteenth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. London : Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1981. A Special Number of Sobornost incorporating Eastern Churches Review [Studies Supplementary to Sobornost 5]. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/2m h. Bound in publisher's b&w glossy wrappers. Unusual for a pb, illus to 'endpapers' (inside covers and adjacent p)- "Company of the Saints" icon by the hand of a member of the school of Theophanes the Greek, late 14th cent, located in Moscow. X pp prelim material, 245 numbered pp, plus one lacking no. List of illus, abbrev, acknowl, editor's intro, symposium overview by Anthony Bryer, sections on: Origins, Saint and Society, Life as Genre, Saint in Cult and Art, contributors, index. Notes, b&w photos/maps/illus. Condition notes: nice, solid copy, former owner's name in pen to top of title page, else unmarked. Fascinating collection of papers… Read More

Liturgical Press, 1992. paperback. Taft SJ, Robert F. : The Byzantine Rite: A Short History (American Essays in Liturgy). Collegeville (MN) : Liturgical Press, 1992. First printing of this stapled pamphlet of high quality. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 84 numbered pp, plus four blank. Abbrev, author intro, chaps on the Byzantine Rite, Paleo-Byzantine Liturgy, the Rite becomes Imperial, Dark Ages and Iconoclasm, Middle-Byzantine Synthesis, and Neo-Sabaitic Ascendancy; notes passim. Condition notes: quite a very good, unmarked and sound. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Brazos Press, 2008. 42139th. paperback. Osborn, Ian M.D. : Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?: A Psychiatrist Explores the Role of Faith in Treatment. Grand Rapids (MI) : Brazos Press, 2008. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 208 numbered pp. Author's prologue, intro plus eight additional chaps; epilogue; appendices (DSM-IV diagnostic criteria; Yale-Brown scale); notes, index. Condition notes: a very good, unmarked copy with moderate wear to wrappers and a handful of pages with turned corners. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Hendrickson Pub. paperback. Kydd, Ronald A. : Charismatic Gifts in the Early Church: An Exploration into the Gifts of the Spirit During the First Three Centuries of the Christian Church. Peabody (MA) : Hendrickson Pub, 1993. Later printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. X pp prelim material, 100 numbered pp, plus two blank. Acknowl, preface, intro, nine chaps, conclusion, notes, index. Condition notes: fine, clean, unmarked copy, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

SJMP Books, 2018. Schweizer, Mark : The Choir Director Wore Out: A Liturgical Mystery. Tryon (NC) : SJMP Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781732636200. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [1-6], 7-239, [240] about the author. Condition notes: a lightly worn, gift-appropriate copy, signed by the author on the title page. Light wear to wrappers; interior unmarked but for author signature. We personally inspect every book we offer.

New Grail Pub, 2006. Paperback. Roach, Richard; Faas, Robert J. [ed] : A Christian Theosophic Vision. St. Paul (MN) : Grailstone Press, 2006. First edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 92 numbered pages. Intro (by Robert J. Faas), four selections drawn from Roach's 18th century works "The Imperial Standard of Messiah Triumphant" and "The Great Crisis, or, the Mystery of the Times and Seasons Unfolded". Condition notes: New: no notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Grailstone, 2015. First THUS. Paperback. Benz, Ernst : Christian Kabbalah: Neglected Child of Theology. St. Paul : Grailstone Press, 2004. Edited by Robert J. Faas; translated from the German by Kenneth Wesche. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [3-7], 8-95, [96-97] illus, [98] index. "The classic introduction to Jewish Kabbalah and Christian theosophic mysticism, available in English for the first time...." Condition notes: New. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2004. Paperback. Thomas, R.S. : Collected Later Poems. Tarset (UK) : Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2013 reprint. Octavo (8vo). 368 numbered pp. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Light shelfwear. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding tight. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Sovereign Grace Pub, 1987. hardcover. Green, Jay P. and Robinson, Maurice A. : A Concise Lexicon to the Biblical Languages. Lafayette (IN) : Sovereign Grace Publishers, 1987. ISBN listed as 1878442821 but seems to be an error. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. [vi] pp prelim material, [1]-253, [254] (Hebrew); then pagination begins again: [1]-143, [144-148] blank. Publisher's preface, abbrev; lexicons. Condition notes: clean, tight, bright; no spine crease; interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, 1995. Paperback. Beshir, Victor : Coptic roots: The story of Christianity in Egypt-Book One.. Washington (DC) : St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, 1995. Foreword by Bishop Moussa. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7"/17.7cm h. Staple-bound in publisher's color wrappers. [1], 2-71, [72] ads. B&w and color illus. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1997. paperback. Papadakis, Aristeides : Crisis in Byzantium: The Filioque Controversy in the Patriarchate of Gregory II of Cyprus (1283-1289). Crestwood (NY) : St Vladimirs Seminary Press, 1997. Revised edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [i-iv], v-xiii, [xiv], 1-256, [257-258] blank. Abbrev, chronology, foreword to the SVS (revised) edition, preface, intro, nine chaps, appendices (the Tomus of 1285), Exposition of the Tomus of Faith against Beccus, Mark's Report to the Synod), bibliography, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: an excellent, clean copy, light wear to wrappers. Smudge to tail corner edge. Important study of Byzantine theology in the Filioque struggles between East and West. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Fortress Press, 1992. Paperback. Russell, D. S. : Divine Disclosure: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers glued to text block; reprod of John Martin's 'Great Day of His Wrath' to front. xxii pp prelim material, 164 numbered pp, two unnumbered following. Well organized/detailed t-o-c, notes, bibliography, indices of texts/authors/subjects. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages tanned but clean; binding tight. Light wear to cover. A finely organized study of apocalyptic lit as expressed in Jewish and Jewish-Christian sources. We personally inspect every book we offer.