I found this book helpful, enjoyable, during my study on early chruch history.
This and vol. 2 of the same are the only two books I have in my "print library," because I have bought on Logos everything else I have in print that's on Logos. The minute these volumes become available for purchase on Logos, I will order them. And by "print library" I mean Kindle. Kindle is better than print, but so much less useful and so much less readable than Logos.
@Rosie Perera, you had previously shown your support for this book, and this version of the request has more upvotes. I figured I'd bring it to your attention.
Volume 2 of this series has been requested here. If anyone who has upvoted this volume is also interested in volume 2, please visit that request and upvote it as well!
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Jerusalem, with its turbulent history, is without doubt one of the best- known cities of the world. A long line of foreign powers have ruled over it, from as far back as biblical times. But the city owes its importance not to them but to the fact that it is the birthplace of monotheism. Othmar Keel sketches in broad brush…
First, place your order for The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/7445. That gives you a nice resource you can tag "reformed" Then start nagging Logos for a slightly older classic: The Explanation of the Gospel by Blessed Theophylact…
The story of emergent Christianity from the apostolic age to the dividing of the ways between the Greek East and the Latin West
In recent years, a growing number of biblical scholars have turned to ancient art as a vital resource for understanding the historical and conceptual background of the Bible. While these "iconographic" approaches have done much to advance findings from more traditional text-based studies, they have yet to fully address…
This is the first in-depth study of the Israelite prohibition of images in the light of comparative material from the surrounding cultures. The author proposes a distinction between tolerant de facto aniconism and programmatic aniconism and argues that there was a development from West Semitic de facto aniconism (cults…
