Volume 1 — BOOKS FOR STUDENTS

Translations of Early Documents

A Series of texts important for the study of Christian origins. Under the Joint Editorship of the Rev. W. O. E. Oesterley, D.D., and the Rev. Canon G. H. Box, M.A.

The object of this Series is to provide short, cheap, and handy textbooks for students, either working by themselves or in classes. The aim is to furnish in translations important texts unencumbered by commentary or elaborate notes, which can be had in larger works.

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Translations of Early Documents

FIRST SERIES—Palestinian-Jewish and Cognate Texts (Pre-Rabbinic)

1. Jewish Documents in the Time of Ezra

Translated from the Aramaic by A. E. Cowley, Litt.D., Sub-Librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 4s. 6d. net.

2. The Wisdom of Ben-Sira (Ecclesiasticus)

By the Rev. W. O. E. Oesterley, D.D., Vicar of St. Alban’s, Bedford Park, W.; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London. 2s. 6d. net.

3. The Book of Enoch

By the Rev. R. H. Charles, D.D., Canon of Westminster. 2s. 6d. net.

4. The Book of Jubilees

By the Rev. Canon Charles. 4s. net.

5. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

By the Rev. Canon Charles. 2s. 6d. net.

6. The Odes and Psalms of Solomon

By the Rev. G. H. Box, M.A., Rector of Sutton, Beds., Hon. Canon of St. Albans.

7. The Ascension of Isaiah

By the Rev. Canon Charles. Together with No. 10 in one volume. 4s. 6d. net.

8. The Apocalypse of Ezra (ii. Esdras)

By the Rev. Canon Box. 2s. 6d. net.

9. The Apocalypse of Baruch

By the Rev. Canon Charles. Together with No. 12 in one volume, 2s. 6d. net.

10. The Apocalypse of Abraham

By the Rev. Canon Box. Together with No. 7 in one volume. 4s. 6d. net.

11. The Testaments of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

By the Rev. Canon Box and S. Gazelee.

12. The Assumption of Moses

By Rev. W. J. Ferrar, M.A., Vicar of Holy Trinity, East Finchley. With No. 9 in one volume. 2s. 6d. net.

13. The Biblical Antiquities of Philo

By M. R. James, Litt.D., F.B.A., Hon. Litt.D., Dublin, Hon. LL.D., St. Andrews, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. 8s. 6d. net.

14. The Lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament

By M. R. James, Litt.D. 5s. 6d. net.

SECOND SERIES—Hellenistic-Jewish Texts

1. The Wisdom of Solomon

By W. O. E. Oesterley, D.D. 2s. 6d. net.

2. The Sibylline Oracles (Books iii-v)

By the Rev. H. N. Bate, M.A., Vicar of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, W.; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London. 3s. 6d. net.

3. The Letter of Aristeas

By H. St. John Thackeray, M.A., King’s College, Cambridge. 2s. 6d. net.

4. Selections from Philo

5. Selections from Josephus

By H. St. J. Thackeray, M.A. 5s. net.

6. The Third and Fourth Books of Maccabees

By the Rev. C. W. Emmet, B.D., Vicar of West Hendred, Berks. 3s. 6d. net.

7. The Book of Joseph and Asenath

Translated from the Greek text by E. W. Brooks. 2s. 6d. net.

THIRD SERIES—Palestinian-Jewish and Cognate Texts (Rabbinic)

⁠[711]1. The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirke Aboth). Translated from the Hebrew by W. O. E. Oesterley, D.D. 5s. net.

⁠[711]2. Berakhoth. By the Rev. A. Lukyn Williams, D.D.

⁠[711]3. Yoma. By the Rev. Canon Box.

⁠[711]4. Shabbath. By W. O. E. Oesterley, D.D.

⁠[711]5. Tractate Sanhedrin. Mishnah and Tosefta.

The Judicial procedure of the Jews as codified towards the end of the second century A.D. Translated from the Hebrew, with brief Annotations, by the Rev. Herbert Danby, M.A., Sub-Warden of St. Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden. 6s. net.

[The special importance of this consists in the light thrown by it on the trial of our Lord.]

⁠[711]6. Kimhi’s Commentary on the Psalms (Book I, Selections). By the Rev. R. G. Finch, B.D. 7s. 6d. net.

7. Tamid 11. Megilla

8. Aboda Zara 12. Sukka

9. Middoth 13. Taanith

10. Sopherim 14. Megillath Taanith

Jewish Literature and Christian Origins:

Vol. I. The Apocalyptic Literature.

” II. A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediæval Judaism.

By W. O. E. Oesterley, M.A., D.D., and G. H. Box, M.A., D.D.

The Uncanonical Jewish Books

A Short Introduction to the Apocrypha and the Jewish Writings 200 B.C.-A.D. 100. By William John Ferrar, M.A., Vicar of East Finchley. 3s. net.

A popularisation of the work of specialists upon these books, which have attracted so much attention.

Translations of Christian Literature

General Editors: W. J. SPARROW SIMPSON, D.D.; W. K. LOWTHER CLARKE, B.D.

A number of translations from the Fathers have already been published by the S.P.C.K. under the title “Early Church Classics.” It is now proposed to enlarge this series to include texts which are neither “early” nor necessarily “classics.” The divisions at present proposed are given below. Volumes belonging to the original series are marked with an asterisk.

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SERIES I.—GREEK TEXTS.

Dionysius the Areopagite: The Divine Names and the Mystical Theology. By the late C. E. Rolt. 7s. 6d. net.

The Library of Photius. By J. H. Freese. In 6 Vols. Vol. I. 10s. net.

The Apocriticus of Macarius Magnes. By T. W. Crafer, D.D. 7s. 6d. net.

*The Epistle of St. Clement, Bishop of Rome. By the Rt. Rev. J. A. F. Gregg, D.D. 1s. 3d. net.

*Clement of Alexandria: Who is the Rich Man that is being saved? By P. M. Barnard, B.D. 1s. 3d. net.

*St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood. By T. A. Moxon. 2s. net.

*The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles. By C. Bigg, D.D. 1s. 3d. net.

*The Epistle to Diognetus. By the Rt. Rev. L. B. Radford, D.D. 1s. 6d. net.

St. Dionysius of Alexandria. By C. L. Feltoe, D.D. 3s. 6d. net.

*The Epistle of the Gallican Churches: Lugdunum and Vienna. With an Appendix containing Tertullian’s Address to Martyrs and the Passion of St. Perpetua. By T. H. Bindley, D.D. 1s. 3d. net.

*St. Gregory of Nyssa: The Catechetical Oration. By the Ven. J. H. Srawley, D.D. 2s. net.

*St. Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of St. Macrina. By W. K. Lowther Clarke, B.D. 1s. 3d. net.

Gregory Thaumaturgus (Origen the Teacher): the Address of Gregory to Origen, with Origen’s Letter to Gregory. By W. Metcalfe, B.D.

*The Shepherd of Hermas. By C. Taylor, D.D. 2 vols. 2s. each net.

Eusebius: The Proof of the Gospel. By W. J. Ferrar, 2 vols.

Hippolytus: Philosophumena. By F. Legge. 2 vols.

The Epistles of St. Ignatius. By the Ven. J. H. Srawley, D.D. 4s. net.

*St. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies. By F. R. M. Hitchcock, D.D. 2 vols. 2s. each net.

Palladius: The Lausiac History. By W. K. Lowther Clarke, B.D. 5s. net.

Palladius: The Life of St. Chrysostom. By H. Moore.

*St. Polycarp. By B. Jackson. 1s. 3d. net.

SERIES II.—LATIN TEXTS.

Tertullian’s Treatises concerning Prayer, concerning Baptism. By A. Souter, D.Litt. 3s. net.

Tertullian against Praxeas. By A. Souter, D.Litt. 5s. net.

Novatian on the Trinity. By H. Moore. 6s. net.

*St. Augustine: The City of God. By F. R. M. Hitchcock, D.D. 1s. 6d. net.

*St. Cyprian: The Lord’s Prayer. By T. H. Bindley, D.D. 1s. 6d. net.

Minucius Felix: The Octavius. By J. H. Freese, 3s. 6d. net.

*Tertullian: On the Testimony of the Soul and On the Prescription of Heretics. By T. H. Bindley, D.D. 2s. net.

*St. Vincent of Lerins: The Commonitory. By T. H. Bindley, D.D. 2s. net.

St. Bernard: On Grace and Free Will. By W. Watkin Williams.

SERIES III.—LITURGICAL TEXTS. Edited by C. L. FELTOE, D.D.

St. Ambrose: On the Mysteries and on the Sacraments. By T. Thompson, B.D., and J. H. Srawley, D.D. 4s. 6d. net.

*The Apostolic Constitution and Cognate Documents, with special reference to their Liturgical elements. By De Lacy O’Leary, D.D. 1s. 3d. net.

*The Liturgy of the Eighth Book of the Apostolic Constitution, commonly called the Clementine Liturgy. By R. H. Cresswell. 1s. 6d. net.

The Pilgrimage of Etheria. By M. L. McClure. 6s. net.

*Bishop Sarapion’s Prayer-Book. By the Rt. Rev. J. Wordsworth, D.D. 1s. 6d. net.

SERIES IV.—ORIENTAL TEXTS.

The Ethiopic Didascalia. By J. M. Harden, B.D., LL.D.

The Apostolic Preaching of Irenaeus (Armenian). By J. A. Robinson, D.D.

SERIES V.—LIVES OF THE CELTIC SAINTS. Edited by ELEANOR HULL.

St. Malachy of Armagh (St. Bernard). By H. J. Lawlor, D.D.

St. Ciaran of Clonmacnois. By R. A. S. Macalister.

St. Patrick: Life and Works. By N. D. J. White, D.D.

SERIES IX.—SELECT PASSAGES.

Documents Illustrative of the History of the Church. Vol. I. To A.D. 313. Edited by B. J. Kidd, D.D. 7s. 6d. net.

Handbooks of Christian Literature

The Letters of St. Augustine. By W. J. Sparrow Simpson, D.D. Cloth boards, 10s. net.

The Early Christian Books: A Short Introduction to Christian Literature to the Middle of the Second Century. By W. John Ferrar, M.A., Vicar of East Finchley. Cloth boards, 3s. 6d. net.

The Inspiration and Authority of Holy Scripture: A Study in the Literature of the First Five Centuries. By George Duncan Barry, B.D. Cloth boards, 4s. 6d. net.

The Eucharistic Office of the Book of Common Prayer. By the Rev. Leslie Wright, M.A., B.D. Cloth boards, 3s. 6d. net.

Helps for Students of History

Edited by C. JOHNSON, M.A., H. W. V. TEMPERLEY, M.A. and J. P. WHITNEY, D.D., D.C.L.

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3. Medieval Reckonings of Time. By Reginald L. Poole, LL.D., Litt.D. 6d. net.

4. The Public Record Office. By C. Johnson, M.A. 6d. net.

5. The Care of Documents. By C. Johnson, M.A. 6d. net.

6. The Logic of History. By C.G. Crump. 8d. net.

7. Documents in the Public Record Office, Dublin. By R. H. Murray, Litt.D. 8d. net.

8. The French Wars of Religion. By Arthur A. Tilley, M.A. 6d. net.

By Sir A. W. WARD, Litt.D., F.B.A.

9. The Period of Congresses—I. Introductory. 8d. net.

10. The Period of Congresses—II. Vienna and the Second Peace of Paris. 1s. net.

11. The Period of Congresses—III. Aix-la-Chapelle to Verona. 1s. net.

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12. Securities of Peace: A Retrospect (1848-1914). Paper, 2s. net; cloth, 3s. net.

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16. A Short Introduction to the Study of Colonial History. By A. P. Newton, M.A., D.Litt. 6d. net.

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18. Ecclesiastical Records. By the Rev. Claude Jenkins, M.A., Librarian of Lambeth Palace.

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21. Hints on the Study of Latin (A.D. 125-750). By Alexander Souter, D.Litt. 8d. net.

22. Report of the Historical MSS. Commission. By R. A. Roberts, F.R.Hist.S., sometime Secretary of the Commission.

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25. Introduction to the Study of Russian History. By W. F. Reddaway. 6d. net.

26. Monuments of English Municipal Life. By W. Cunningham, D.D., F.B.A.

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The Venerable Bede: His Life and Writings. By the Right Rev. G. F. Browne, D.D., formerly Bishop of Stepney and of Bristol. With Illustrations. Cloth boards, 10s. net.

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The Reformation in Ireland: A Study of Ecclesiastical Legislation. By Henry Holloway, M.A., B.D. Cloth boards, 7s. 6d. net.

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The Emperor Julian: An Essay on His Relations with the Christian Religion. By Edward J. Martin, B.D., formerly Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford. Cloth boards, 3s. 6d. net.

The Importance of Women in Anglo-Saxon Times; The Cultus of St. Peter and St. Paul, and other Addresses. By the Right Rev. G. F. Browne, D.D. With two Illustrations. Cloth boards, 7s. 6d. net.

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Essays Liturgical and Historical. By J. Wickham Legg, D.Litt., F.S.A. Cloth boards, 5s. net.

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French Catholics in the Nineteenth Century. By the Rev. W. J. Sparrow Simpson, D.D. Cloth boards, 5s. net.

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An Abbot of Vézelay. By Rose Graham, F.R.Hist.S. With eight Illustrations. Cloth boards, 3s. 6d. net.

The Westminster Gazette says: “His career bristles with interdicts, excommunications, appeals to Rome, and struggles in which he showed himself to be very distinctly a member of the Church Militant.”

Texts for Students

General Editors: CAROLINE A. J. SKEEL, D.Lit.; H. J. WHITE, D.D.; J. P. WHITNEY, D.D., D.C.L.

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1. Select Passages from Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius, Dio Cassius, illustrative of Christianity in the First Century. Arranged by H. J. White, D.D. Paper cover, 3d. net.

2. Selections from Matthew Paris. By C. A. J. Skeel, D.Lit. Paper cover, 9d. net.

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Itinerarium Regis Ricardi. By M. T. Stead.

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Slavonic Settlements in Dalmatia. By J. B. Bury.

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Galileo. By W. W. Bryant, F.R.A.S., Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Michael Faraday. By J. A. Crowther, D.Sc.

Alfred Russel Wallace: The Story of a Great Discoverer. By Lancelot T. Hogben, B.A., B.Sc.

Joseph Priestley. By D. H. Peacock, B.A., M.Sc., F.I.C.

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