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(0)Bruce Gordon
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 349 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin Luther. As the architect of the Reformation in Switzerland, he created the Reformed tradition later inherited by John Calvin. His movement ultimately became a global religion. A visionary of a new society, Zwingli was also a divisive and fiercely radical figure. Bruce Gordon presents a fresh interpretation of the early Reformation and the key role played by Zwingli....
2) Calvin
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wrote and taught. --from publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the Bible's journey around the globe and across more than two thousand years, showing how it has shaped and been shaped by changing beliefs and believers' radically different needs. The Bible has been a tool for violence and oppression, and it has expressed hopes for liberation. God speaks with one voice, but the people who receive it are scattered and divided-found in desert monasteries and Chinese house...
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xxix, 941 pages) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation is a comprehensive study of the life and work of Martin Luther and the movements that followed him-in history and through today. Entries explore Luther's contributions to theology, sacraments, his influence on the church and contemporaries, his character, and more.
7) Shaping the Bible in the Reformation: books, scholars, and their readers in the sixteenth century
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This volume collects significant new scholarship on the late mediaeval and early modern Bible, engaging with the work of theologians, the devotional needs of the laity and the shape their concerns gave to the most important book of the age.
8) Samson
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with Supernatural strength defends his people, sacrificing everything to avenge his love, his people, and his God.