History - Religious

The Thirty Years War — Complete

Friedrich Schiller

This volume presents Friedrich Schiller’s “History of the Thirty Years’ War” in a comprehensive English…

Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812

George Smith

George Smith’s work is a scholarly biography that traces the life of Henry Martyn, the first modern Anglican…

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

The work before you is an English translation of the Qur’an produced by the eighteenth‑century scholar George…

Luther, vol. 5 of 6

Hartmann Grisar

Hartmann Grisar’s fifth volume in his six‑part “Life of Luther” is a scholarly biography that concentrates on…

Companion to the Bible

E. P. Barrows

The work is a systematic guide to biblical study, organized into four main parts that move from a concise…

Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism is a scholarly yet accessible survey written by D.T.

Curiosities of Christian History Prior to the Reformation

James Paterson

James Paterson’s Curiosities of Christian History Prior to the Reformation is a sweeping survey of the first…

An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

Henry Charles Lea

Le H. C. Lea’s work is a scholarly survey of the enforced celibacy of the clergy from the earliest Jewish…

History of the Jews, Vol. 5 (of 6)

Heinrich Graetz

Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert

James H. McClintock

James H. McClintock’s Mormon Settlement in Arizona is a scholarly survey of the Latter‑Day Saints’ expansion…

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth: A Study

Rush Rhees

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth: A Study, by Rush Rhees, is a scholarly companion to the gospels rather than a…

Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti

Samuel Marsden

This work is a biographical memoir of the Reverend Samuel Marsden, senior chaplain of New South Wales,…

Fratris Felicis Fabri Evagatorium in Terrae Sanctae, Arabiae et Egypti Peregrinationem. Volumen Tertium

Felix Fabri

Volumen tertium huius itinerarium peregrinorum Felix Fabri describit, quod incipit narratione de deserti fine…

A literal translation of the Saxon chronicle

This work is a literal translation of an early Saxon chronicle, produced by an unnamed “Lady in the Country”…

The Zen Experience

Thomas Hoover

Thomas Hoover’s The Zen Experience is a scholarly survey that traces Zen Buddhism from its Taoist roots…

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

The volume gathers a series of contemporary letters, reports, and maps that document the first decade of…

The New World of Islam

Lothrop Stoddard

The work is a sweeping historical survey of Islam’s rise, decline, and contemporary upheaval as seen from a…

History of the Jews, Vol. 4 (of 6)

Heinrich Graetz

John Knox and the Reformation

Andrew Lang

This work is a scholarly biography that sets out to reassess John Knox by challenging the traditional view…

The love-affairs of the Condés (1530-1740)

H. Noel Williams

The work is a scholarly survey of the Condé dynasty, tracing its principal figures from the early…

History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)

Hippolyte Taine

This volume is a scholarly survey of English literary development, written by the French critic Hippolyte…

Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John

William Alexander

The work is a scholarly commentary on the three Johannine epistles, written by the Irish bishop‑author…

History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

John William Draper

John William Draper’s History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science is a sweeping, argumentative study…

St John Damascene on Holy Images (πρὸς τοὺς διαβάλλοντας τᾶς ἁγίας εἰκόνας). Followed by Three Sermons on the Assumption (κοίμησις)

Saint John of Damascus

This work is a two‑part collection by Saint John of Damascus, an eighth‑century theologian who defended the…