| Calvin: Commentaries Contributor(s): Haroutunian, Joseph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0664241603 ISBN-13: 9780664241605 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1958 Annotation: Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works?each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century?contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries. The Library of Christian Classics ensures that this great literature of the Christian heritage is easily available and invites the ongoing development of theology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Theology - History - Religion | Biblical Commentary - General |
| Dewey: 220.7 |
| LCCN: 58005060 |
| Series: Library of Christian Classics (Paperback Westminster) |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5.5" W x 8.46" (1.15 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Reformed - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume, demonstrating the main elements of Calvin's doctrine as they appear in his many commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testaments, speaks with singular power to the ordinary reader today. Included are more than two hundred selections under headings ranging from the Bible, knowledge of God, and the church. Introductory selections from Calvin's own writings also are provided. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries. |
Contributor Bio(s): Haroutunian, Joseph: - Joseph Haroutunian was Professor of Systematic Theology at McCormick Theological Seminary and at the University of Chicago Divinity School. |