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First published in 1911 as the second edition of a 1909 original,
this book contains an English translation of the odes and psalms
attributed to the biblical king Solomon. Rendel Harris draws on
Syriac manuscripts to compose a fluid and poetic translation, and
includes a transcription of the Syriac original at the back of the
volume. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in
ancient Jewish poetry.
Originally published in 1903, this book traces the influence of the
ancient pagan legends of Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, on later
Christian hagiography. Rendel Harris charts how the Church not only
displaced ancient religious practices centred around the Dioscuri
with their own traditions, but also how Christians took pagan
legends and reshaped them for their own purposes. This book will be
of value to anyone with an interest in comparative religious
history, the history of the early church and the influences of
paganism on Christianity.
The scholar and philosopher Philo Judaeus born around 25 BCE in
Alexandria, blended his knowledge of Jewish law and scripture with
his command of Greek philosophy in his influential works, ensuring
that he became a subject of intellectual enquiry in his own right.
However, James Rendel Harris (1852 1941), a biblical scholar,
palaeographer and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, thought Philo
too 'slenderly prized' in Britain. Harris intended this collection,
published in 1886, to bring together surviving fragments of Philo's
work. In a detailed introduction, he explains the complicated tasks
involved in identifying and classifying these ancient texts, and
also points out that this volume is intended to provide a basis for
future research on Philo. The fragments are presented in their
original Greek, most of them accompanied by a Latin translation.
Harris provides notes throughout, and the book continues to offer a
valuable resource for biblical and philosophical scholarship.
Much of the work of James Rendel Harris (1852-1941), palaeographer
and biblical scholar, focused on the translation and understanding
of early Christian writing, and this collection of two volumes of
essays examines two key texts. The first work in this reissue,
published in 1896, discusses the book known as 'The Shepherd of
Hermas'. This early work, thought to be written in Rome around the
first or second century CE, is composed of three parts: visions,
commandments and similitudes. Harris examines aspects of the work,
such as how to interpret the ninth similitude - as allegory or
literally - and discusses in detail questions about translation.
Themes of other essays include the legendary library of Prester
John in Abyssinia, the third-century writer Gaius the Presbyter and
problems surrounding the fourth-century Codex Euthalianus. The
second work, published in 1889, is concerned with the apocalyptic
language in the book of Baruch.
In this two-volume work, J. Rendel Harris (1852-1941) fundamentally
shaped Biblical scholarship in the twentieth century, arguing for
the existence of a 'first known treatise on Christian theology',
antedating the New Testament. A palaeographer, Harris examined
recurring textual corruptions of Old Testament passages in early
Christian writers and surmised an underlying collection, which he
called the 'Testimony Book'. The book, Harris believed, collected
Biblical testimonia - passages prophesying Christ - in order to
prove the legitimacy of the new Christian faith. These arguments
against Judaic theology marked, in Harris's opinion, the beginnings
of the Christian written tradition. Volume 1 (1916) lays the
groundwork for Harris's argument by examining the use of testimonia
in early Christian writers like Cyprian and Gregory of Nyssa. 'The
starting point of the modern study of the use of the Old Testament
in the New', this is a work of enduring importance to religion
scholars.
In this two-volume work, J. Rendel Harris (1852-1941) fundamentally
shaped Biblical scholarship in the twentieth century, arguing for
the existence of a 'first known treatise on Christian theology',
antedating the New Testament. A palaeographer, Harris examined
recurring textual corruptions of Old Testament passages in early
Christian writers and surmised an underlying collection, which he
called the 'Testimony Book'. The book, Harris believed, collected
Biblical testimonia - passages prophesying Christ - in order to
prove the legitimacy of the new Christian faith. These arguments
against Judaic theology marked, in Harris's opinion, the beginnings
of the Christian written tradition. Volume 2 (1920) seeks to
demonstrate how the New Testament relied upon the 'Testimony Book',
by examining Galatians, Hebrews and other letters and gospels. 'The
starting point of the modern study of the use of the Old Testament
in the New', this is a work of enduring importance to religion
scholars.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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