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Julius Wellhausen (1844-1918) first published this work in German in 1878. Reissued here is the 1885 English translation of a revised 1883 version. Intended as a multi-volume work, this first book now stands as a self-contained work. A biblical scholar and orientalist, Wellhausen was professor of theology at Greifswald (until resigning for reasons of conscience) and then professor at Halle, Marburg and Gottingen. An early exponent of scientific philology, he placed the Pentateuch in a historical-social context, setting aside theological traditions. In this work, he sets out his method and argues that the Pentateuch is a synthesis of four independent narratives. He then examines the history of worship, sacrifice, sacred feasts, priests, and the law in ancient Israel. Wellhausen is a central figure in modern biblical studies, his theory dominated scholarship for a century, and his pioneering work remains of great interest in the field.

This two-volume work, published in 1831, is a critical study of early Christianity and the influence that Judaism had on the New Testament. Also offering a thorough exposition of the philosophy and theology of Philo of Alexandria, this remains a scholarly work of lasting value.

This three-volume work of more than 2,000 pages, published in 1838, may be regarded as marking the modern period in the Christian study of Judaism. Gfroerer (1803-61) was the first scholar who attempted to recount the history of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus by using primary sources.

This third-century Syriac treatise is an early record of ecclesiastical law, covering topics such as Christian discipline, ethics, forgiveness and charity. The text was published in 1903 by the pioneering scholar Margaret Gibson, and contains additional material uncovered by her, providing a more complete version of this important work.

Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-74) published his monumental eighth edition of the Greek New Testament between 1869 and 1872. Fellow biblical scholars published the prolegomena between 1884 and 1894. The whole remains a standard work of reference. Part 2 of Volume 3 contains sections IX-XIII of the prolegomena.

Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-74) published his monumental eighth edition of the Greek New Testament between 1869 and 1872. Fellow biblical scholars published the prolegomena between 1884 and 1894. The whole remains a standard work of reference. Volume 2 contains the text and critical apparatus for Acts, the Epistles and Revelation.

Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-74) published his monumental eighth edition of the Greek New Testament between 1869 and 1872. Fellow biblical scholars published the prolegomena between 1884 and 1894. The whole remains a standard work of reference. Part 1 of Volume 3 brings together sections I-VIII of the prolegomena.

Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-74) published his monumental eighth edition of the Greek New Testament between 1869 and 1872. Fellow biblical scholars published the prolegomena between 1884 and 1894. The whole remains a standard work of reference. Volume 1 contains the text and critical apparatus for the Gospels.

British biblical textual critic Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75) reflects in this 1854 work on editions of the Greek New Testament since Erasmus. He describes his own critical methods and collations, which brought clarity to the developing field. This account still informs textual criticism.

The sisters Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) were pioneering biblical scholars credited with a number of important discoveries. This text, first published in 1907, is a collection of Christian Arabic documents which include the gospels, a biblical commentary and a Gospel lectionary for use at Easter.

Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This volume is a classification, in Greek, by Gibson of all the Arabic documents in the monastery library of St Catherine's on Mount Sinai, first published in 1894.

Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This book is an inventory, written in English and Greek by Lewis, of all the Syriac documents in the monastic library of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, first published in 1894.

Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text is a collection of scriptural lessons from a Syriac manuscript acquired in Cairo in 1895. First published in 1897, it also features critical notes by distinguished theologian Eberhard Nestle.

Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text is the transcription and translation of a Syriac manuscript acquired by her in 1895. First published in 1902, the text includes both biblical materials and an early Qur'anic text.

The biblical scholar Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This volume, the transcription of an Arabic manuscript from the monastic library of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, first published in 1901,includes the stories of Aphikia and Cyprian and Justa.

Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text, first published in 1896, is an edition of Arabic and Syriac versions of apocryphal stories including the Clementine Recognitions, the 'Anaphora Pilati' and the Martyrdom of James and Simon.

Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) and her twin sister Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) were experts in ancient languages who discovered a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This volume is a transcription of an Arabic manuscript of St Paul's epistles, found by Lewis and transcribed by Gibson, first published in 1894.

Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text, first published in 1899, is a transcription by her of an Arabic biblical manuscript including sections of the New Testament as well as a treatise on the nature of God.

Oxford-educated rector A. T. S. Goodrick (1856-1914) published this edition of the Book of Wisdom, one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, in 1913. His English translation, using Henry Barclay Swete's text, includes an extensive introduction and remains relevant to readers interested in Old Testament exegesis.

First published in 1909, this is a study of Ecclesiasticus, the ancient Greek translation of Jesus ben Sirach's religious work, originally written in Hebrew. J. H. A. Hart (1876-1952) explores the relationship of a version of the text in a fourteenth-century codex to its ancient Hebrew origins.

This text of the apocryphal book of the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) in English, published in 1909, was edited by John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg (1873-1961), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and then of Armagh. He provides an extensive introduction outlining the text's history, and detailed notes throughout.

Biblical scholar and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) collected the fragmentary philosophical writings of Philo Judaeus, born in Alexandria around 25 BCE. In this work, published in 1886, Harris presents Philo's surviving texts and offers a Latin translation and detailed analysis.

This translation of an Arabic commentary by Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite (fl. late tenth century) was published by David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940) in 1889. It is perhaps the best example of Jephet's exegetical work. Fiercely polemical, this text has greatly contributed to our understanding of tenth-century religious controversies.

A distinguished German Assyriologist, Friedrich Delitzsch (1850-1922) caused a furore in 1902 when he gave a lecture on the light that cuneiform research had shed on the Bible, tracing Old Testament narratives to earlier Babylonian myths. Reissued here is the illustrated 1903 English edition.

F. H. A. Scrivener published a variety of works of New Testament scholarship while working as a clergyman and headmaster in the nineteenth century. This volume is an edition of the Greek text used by the translators of the Authorised Version, showing the variant readings adopted in the Revised Version of 1881.

William Aldis Wright was a respected literary and biblical scholar who was secretary to the Old Testament Revision Company and published widely on Shakespeare. Drawing on his skills in both disciplines, this volume is a clear and detailed glossary of obsolete and archaic words used in the King James Bible.

F. H. A. Scrivener (1813-1891) published a variety of works of New Testament scholarship while working as a clergyman and headmaster. This volume is a critical examination of the King James Bible which chronicles the history of the Bible's various editions and the evolution of the text.

A collection of Biblical manuscript fragments in Syriac and Greek dating from the sixth to eighth centuries. Acquired and translated into English by pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis, they include the gospels, epistles and parts of the Old Testament, along with homilies relating to the lives of Jesus and the apostles.

Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels, miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul, St Andrew and St James, brother of Jesus. This Arabic version of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.

Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels, miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul, St Andrew and St James, brother of Jesus. This English translation of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.