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The complete public domain text of William M Ramsay’s collection of essays – Pauline and Other Studies in Other Studies in Early Christian History – is now available on-line for free download in PDF. William M Ramsay [1851-1939], Pauline and Other Studies in Early Christian History. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. Hbk. pp.415. Click to download. There…
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Today’s free book is a collection of essays on the apostolic age of early church by Bishop J.B. Lightfoot. These essays were originally published as excurses in Lightfoot’s commentaries and cover such subjects as Jesus’ brothers, St Paul and Seneca and the Essene community. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this…
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[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecently I was reading through John Nolland’s commentary on the Gospel of Luke when I came across the following passage. A number of scholars have attempted to support Lukan authorship on the basis of a claim that the medical background of the author was evident in his writing. The argument takes its rise from the…
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The last Westminster Commentary of this week is 1 Corinthians by Henry Leighton Goudge. This public domain title was scanned from the copy in Spurgeon’s College Library. Henry Leighton Goudge [1866-1939], The First Epistle to the Corinthians with Introduction and Notes. Westminster Commentaries, 4th edn. London: Mehtuen & Co. Ltd.,1915. Hbk. pp.174. [Click to visit…
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The following article is now available on-line in PDF: John Fischer, “Paul in his Jewish Context,” The Evangelical Quarterly 57.3 (July-Sept. 1985): 211-236. Click here to read. My thanks to Dr Fischer of Menorah Ministries for his kind permission to place the article on-line. His Evangelical Theological Society address Jesus Through Jewish Eyes: A Rabbi Examines the…
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Thomas Charles Edwards was born in Bala, North Wales and served as the first Principal of the University of Aberyswyth and later of Bala Theological College, which had been founded by his father. Edwards was moderator of the Presbyterian Church in 1887 and was renowned for his preaching. My thanks to Book Aid for making…