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Companion to the Bible

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…

The Personal Life of David Livingstone Chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family

The Personal Life of David Livingstone Chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family

William Garden Blaikie

This volume, compiled by William Garden Blaikie in 1880, is a biographical study that seeks to fill the gaps…

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Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

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

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A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version

Robertson, A. T.; Broadus, John Albert

This work is a scholarly harmony of the four Gospels that builds on John Albert Broadus’s influential…

American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent

American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent

Daniel G. Brinton

American Hero‑Myths is a scholarly study that seeks to rescue the native religious narratives of the Western…

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The unseen universe: Or, Physical Speculations on a Future State

Stewart, Balfour; Tait, Peter Guthrie

The work is a nineteenth‑century treatise that seeks to bridge scientific inquiry and Christian doctrine.

Cover of The Theistic Conception of the World An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought

The Theistic Conception of the World An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought

B. F. Cocker

The work is a nineteenth‑century theological treatise in which Benjamin Franklin Cocker sets out a systematic…

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 With an Account of the Trial of Jesus

An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice With an Account of the Trial of Jesus

Simon Greenleaf

Simon Greenleaf’s work is a scholarly attempt to bring the rigor of nineteenth‑century legal evidence to the…

The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1

The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

The work is a systematic exposition of the French Enlightenment philosopher‑physicist Paul‑Henri Thiry, baron…

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Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3)

Augustus Hopkins Strong

Augustus Hopkins Strong’s Systematic Theology is a revised and enlarged edition of a work first issued in…

Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards

Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

The volume gathers the sermons of Jonathan Edwards, the eighteenth‑century Congregational minister whose life…

Siddhartha: eine indische Dichtung

Siddhartha: eine indische Dichtung

Hermann Hesse

Der Roman ist eine poetisch‑mythische Erzählung, die das Leben des jungen Brahmanensohnes Siddhartha…

Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha

Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha

Anonymous

The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records

The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records

Paul Carus

The work is a scholarly compilation that presents the teachings and life of Gautama Buddha in a format…

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth: A Study

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…

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 A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, with Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which Reference is made to them

Story of the Bible Animals A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, with Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which Reference is made to them

J. G. Wood

The work is a scholarly yet popular natural history that pairs biblical references with detailed descriptions…

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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,…

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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

M. R. Harrington

The work is a scholarly ethnographic study of Lenape religion and ceremonial practice, compiled by M. R.

Sacred Books of the East

Sacred Books of the East

The volume presents a selection of Vedic hymns, the earliest Sanskrit poetry that forms the foundation of…

The Zen Experience

The Zen Experience

Thomas Hoover

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

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3

Sir Thomas Browne

The volume gathers the later English writings of Sir Thomas Browne, a 17th‑century physician and moralist,…

True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc.

True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc.

Johann Arndt

True Christianity is a devotional treatise that opens with a detailed autobiographical sketch, positioning…

The Gospel According to Peter: A Study

The Gospel According to Peter: A Study

Walter Richard Cassels

Walter Richard Cassels’s work is a scholarly examination of the fragmentary “Gospel of Peter” that emerged…

The Bible in Spain, Vol. 1 [of 2] Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

The Bible in Spain, Vol. 1 [of 2] Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

George Borrow

The work is a first‑person travel narrative by George Borrow, an English missionary who spent five years in…