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Ackerman, Walter. Out of Our People's Past: Sources for the Study of Jewish History. New York: United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1977. 719 pages. Bibliography. On lower spine: United Synagogue of America. 'What I have tried to do is to bring together a series of documents which afford the student the opportunity of gaining some sense of what Jewish life was like during the period covered by the book. I hope that those who use this book will come to appreciate the fact that Jews were real people concerned with real things.' - Preface. The first chapter is 'The Expulsion from Spain,' and the last chapter is titled 'Workers of the world - Unite.' Very good hardcover. Former owner's name stamp inside front cover. ISBN 0838102212. #23556. $57.50
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Aiken, Lisa. To Be a Jewish Woman. Foreword by Rabbi Mordecai Tendler. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1992. 1st printing. xxvii, pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. The role of women in Judaism and religious life. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0876686099. #22375. $35
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Al-Husain, Ali B. (Imam Zayn al-'Abidin 'Ali ibn al-Husayn). The Psalms of Islam: Al-Sahifah Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyyah. Translated with an introduction and annotation by William C. Chittick. Foreword by Syed Husain M. Jaffri. Publisher's Foreword by Gulam Ali Dhalla. London: Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2006. lii, 376 pages. Bibliography. Notes on the Translation. English Arabic Version. This is a re-edited version with a new handwritten Arabic calligraphy of the 1988 edition. Alternate ISBN 9163165058. Text in Arabic and English. Good hardcover, top of spine slightly crushed and crease in front cover. ISBN 094607951X. #25252. $125
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Allen, Eula. The River of Time. Frontispiece by R. E. Zimmerman. Cover design by E. B. Price. Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.R.E. Press, 1971. 11th printing. iv, 70, [2] pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Copyright 1965 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0876040555. #23023. $17.50
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Anandamayi (Sri Sri Anandamay Ceritebala Sosati). As the Flower Sheds Its Fragrance: Diary Leaves of a Devotee. Foreword by Richard Lannoy. Calcutta: Shree Shree Anandamayee Charitable Society, 1983. 1st edition. xii, 199 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Very good pictorial hardcover. #25081. $20
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Balsara, P. P. Highlights of Parsi History. Bombay: P. P. Balsara, 1969. 5th edition. 12mo (small book). 97 pages. Index. Good stiff wrappers (soft cover). Pencil underlining and notes. #23508. $50
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Bennett, W. H. Symbols of Our Celto-Saxon Heritage. Foreword by L. G. Pine. Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Canadian British Israel Association, 1985. 2d printing. xxi, 210 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations. First printing 1976. A study of heraldic emblems to the nations and tribes of Israel in the early days of the patriarchs and the wanderings of the tribes prior to their being formed into a Kingdom. The author shows by prophecy that these tribes maintained their emblems after their captivities and dispersions, until their development into the Celto-Saxon nations of today--the modern counterparts, therefore, of ancient Israel. - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in worn, torn and frayed dust jacket. #23719. $30
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Blavatsky, H. P. (Helen Petrovna). The Key to Theosophy, Being a Clear Exposition, in the Form of Question and Answer, of the Ethics, Science, and Philosophy for the Study of Which the Theosophical Society Has Been Founded. Los Angeles: Theosophy Company, 1973. Facsimile reprint of the original edition, as first issued at London, 1889. xii, 310 pages. Very good hardcover with gilt title and devices. Unrelated gift inscription on blank front flyleaf. #23887. $15
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Brown, Warren S., Nancy Murphy, and H. Newton Malony, editors. Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. 1st printing. xv, 252 pages. Index. Bibliography. Signed on a bookplate pasted inside the front cover by all three editors. Theology and the Sciences. 'This book strives for greater consonance between contemporary science and Christian faith.' - Rear cover. Very good large pictorial trade paperback (soft cover). ISBN 0800631412. #24904. $25
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ; or, A Plain and Profitable Discourse. Philadelphia: Geo. W. Mentz, 1815. 274 pages. Frontispiece, 15 centimeters. Shaw and Shoemaker 34252. Leather. Edges worn and slightly scuffed, head band missing, part of front edge of flyleaf missing. Otherwise, nice and tight copy. Good. #15657. $95
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Burckhardt, Titus. An Introduction to Sufi Doctrine. Translated by D. M. Matheson. Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore, Pakistan: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1973. Reprinted. First published in 1959. ix, 156 pages. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). Some pencil underlining and marginalia. #23511. $15
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Burns, James D. (James Drummond). The Celestial City: Glimpses within the Gates. Boston: American Tract Society, 1867? 1st printing. 12mo (small book). iv, 128 pages. On title page: Rev. James D. Burns, M. A., Hampstead, London. On title page verso: Riverside, Cambridge, Stereotyped and printed by H. O. Houghton. A discourse on heaven. Good hardcover. Top of backstrip, edges and corners slightly rubbed. Gilt title on front cover. #23107. $70
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Carpenter, George Henry. A Case Study in the Use of Contemporary Literature in a Local Parish. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1979. Authorized facsimile of typescript. 140 pages. Long signed inscription by the author. Dissertation originally submitted for the degree of D. Min. at Drew University, 1978. Softcover with paper label. Very good. #18330. $25
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Chillingworth, William, 1602-1644. The Religion of Protestants A Safe VVay to Salvation, or, An Ansvver to a Booke Entitled Mercy and Truth, Or, Charity Maintain'd by Catholiques, Which Pretends to Prove the Contrary. [The Religion of Protestants A Safe Way to Salvation]. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield [sic], and are to be sold by Iohn Clarke under St. Peters Church in Corn-hill, 1638. 4to (large book). [32], 406 pages. Incomplete copy, lacks pages 407-413 and blank leaf at end. 'The Preface: To the Avthor of Charity Maintained, With an Answer to His Pamphlet entituled A Direction to N. N.' The title is a reference to 'Mercy and Truth' by Edward Knott, 1582-1656. Fair softcover. There is no binding, the book appears to have been disbound and pages are sewn tightly together with string; the title page is, in effect, the front cover, with an ink signature of a former owner along the top margin and a small label with number along bottom edge; another owner's ink name and place in blank margin on Preface page; some ink marginalia and spots in text; water stains throughout. #24924. $350
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Church of Saint Teresa of Avila, Brooklyn, New York. St. Teresa's Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Program, 1874-1949. Brooklyn, New York: Church of Saint Teresa of Avila, 1949. 4to. No pagination (about 100 pages). Photographs. Illustrations. Includes a chapter on 'St. Teresa's Diamond Jubilee after Seventy Five Years,' biographical sketches of several monsignors affiliated with the church, description of activities and societies, photographs of altar and choir boys and classes, memorial pages, and advertising. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), with plastic comb binding. Initial page is detached. Covers slightly frayed and worn. #25153. $35
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Cohon, Samuel S. Jewish Theology: A Historical and Systematic Interpretation of Judaism and Its Foundation. Assen, Netherlands: Royal VanGorcum - Prakke, 1971. 1st printing. xiii, [2],481 pages. Index. Bibliography. Collected Writings of Samuel S. Cohon. Major sections: The Nature of Jewish Theology, Definition of Judaism and of Its Creedal Content, The Doctrine of God in Judaism, and The Nature and Destiny of Man, Very good hardcover. ISBN 9023208307. #24730. $35
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Cowan, Neil M., and Ruth Schwartz Cowan. Our Parents' Lives: The Americanization of Eastern European Jews. New York: Basic Books, 1989. 1st printing. xxv, 305 pages. Index. Bibliographical notes. Photographs. Signed and dated by author Neil Cowan on the title page. Inscribed by both authors on blank preliminary leaf. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 4650542500. #23555. $22.50
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Cragg, Kenneth. The Privilege of Man: A Theme in Judaism, Islam and Christianity. London: University of London Athlone Press, 1968. ix, 208 pages. Index. Jordan Lectures 1967. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket. ISBN 0485174081. #20889. $25
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Craven, Augustus, Mrs. (Pauline de La Ferronays), 1808-1891. Natalie Narischkin, Sister of Charity of St. Vincent of Paul. Translated by Lady Georgiana Fullerton. New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis: Benzinger Brothers, 1880? 283 pages. The French original edition was first published about 1877. US publication date is an estimate. Good hardcover with gilt front cover and spine titles. Top of spine slightly frayed. Library call number in white ink on lower spine, otherwise no library markings. Rear flyleaf removed. #24121. $40
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Cunningham, William. What Atheism Means to Me. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1926. 24mo (very small book). 32 pages. Little Blue Book, 1138. Copyright 1926. Good stapled wrappers (soft cover), staples slightly corroded. #25750. $20
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Cusden, Richard A. J. The Hustling Parson, or The Adventures of an Unconventional Evangelist. New York: Gospel Car Mission Publishing House / Edward J. Howell, Inc., 1930. 215 pages. Photographs. Frontispiece portraits. A biography of Rev. Arthur G. Tippett. Good hardcover, corners and edges slightly rubbed. #25793. $20
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Dasa, Vedavyasa (Christian Jansen). Srila Prabhupada and His Disciples in Germany. Spain: The Mandir Media Group, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, 1996. 1st printing of 2,000 copies. xi, 452 pages. Index. Color and black-and-white photographs. Very good pictorial hardcover. ISBN 8486883148. #22357. $22.50
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Dercsenyi, Balazs, Gabor Hegyi, Erno Marosi, and Bela Takacs. Calvinist Churches in Hungary. Edited by Erzsebet Deri. Translated by Ferenc Kelemen and Annamaria Szabo. Foreword by Lorant Hegedus. Budapest: Hegyi & Company Publishing House, 1992. 1st printing. 4to (large book). lv, 182 pages. Bibliography. Color and black-and-white photographs. Floor plans. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 9637592156. #25126. $60
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Evans, Mike. The Return. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1986. 1st printing. 236 pages. Signed by the author. Very good cloth-covered hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0840755014. #18445. $20
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Feeney, Denis. Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts, and Beliefs. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 1st printing. Small 8vo (small book). xii, 161 pages. Index. Roman Literature and Its Contexts. 'Rather than asking how religion is transmuted into literature, we should, Denis Feeney argues, be thinking in terms of a range of cultural practices, interacting, competing, and defining each other in the process.' - Preliminary page. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0521551048. #24539. $55
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Floridi, Alexis Ulysses. Moscow and the Vatican. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ardis, 1986. 279 pages. Bibliography. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. ISBN 0882336479. #20590. $125
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French, Richard Valpy, editor. Lex Mosaica, or the Law of Moses and the Higher Criticism. Introduction by Lord Arthur Hervey, Bishop of Bath and Wells. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1894. xxxvi, 652 pages + a 24 page publisher's catalog. Index. Contributions by A. H. Sayce, George Rawlinson, George C. M. Douglas, R. B. Girdlestone, Richard Valpy French, J. J. Lias, F. Watson, J. Sharpe, Alexander Stewart, Stanley Leathes, Robert Sinker, F. E. Spencer, Robert Watts, and Henry Wace. Fair hardcover. Backstrip faded and partially torn. Binding intact, but rear cover partially detached. Front hinge weak. A few pages slightly torn, not affecting text. All edges have a reddish stain. #23934. $80
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Religion & Theology Authors A - F

Religion & Theology
Authors A - F