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Jaroslav Jan Pelikan has written 52 work(s)

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The Encyclopedia of Christianity: Si-Z

Product Description: This is volume 5 of the award-winning reference work on Christianity. The multivolume "Encyclopedia of Christianity" is a monumental reference work that addresses the broad interest in Christianity and religion around the world today...read more

By Erwin Fahlbusch (editor), Jan Milic Lochman (editor), John Mbiti (editor), Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor) and Lukas Vischer (editor)

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9789004145962 | Brill Academic Pub, February 15, 2008, cover price $159.00 | About this edition: This is volume 5 of the award-winning reference work on Christianity.

Orthodoxy And Western Culture: A Collection of Essays Honoring Jaroslav Pelikan on His Eightieth Birthday

Product Description: Jaroslav Pelikan is recognized as the foremost church historian of the twentieth century a position he has held for nearly fifty years. It is a reputation built upon such monuments as The Christian Tradition, and his most recent work, Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition...read more

By Patrick Henry (editor), Valerie R. Hotchkiss (editor) and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor)

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9780881412710 | St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, April 1, 2006, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Jaroslav Pelikan is recognized as the foremost church historian of the twentieth century a position he has held for nearly fifty years.

Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures

A history of the Bible traces its evolution from an oral testament to its numerous modern iterations and translations, discussing such topics as the canonization of different versions, the adoption of certain books by religions and sects, and the varying schools of critical scholarship that exist today. Reprint.

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780143036777 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, January 31, 2006), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A history of the Bible traces its evolution from an oral testament to its numerous modern iterations and translations, discussing such topics as the canonization of different versions, the adoption of certain books by religions and sects, and the varyingschools of critical scholarship that exist today.

Acts

Product Description: Jaroslav Pelikan initiates this forty-volume commentary series with his work on Acts. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible...read more

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9781587430947 | Brazos Pr, January 1, 2006, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Jaroslav Pelikan initiates this forty-volume commentary series with his work on Acts.

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9781441201799 | Brazos Pr, January 1, 2006, cover price $29.99

Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition

Product Description: One of the world’s leading theologians offers important insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds.“A work of keen insight, great learning, and ecumenical generosity.”—Robert Louis Wilken, First Things“[Pelikan’s] book is learned, indeed massively so, yet because of the lucidity of its prose it is accessible to the general reader...read more

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9780300093889 | Yale Univ Pr, June 10, 2003, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Jaroslav Pelikan has been translating, editing and studying the Christian creeds and confessions of faith for 60 years.

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9780300109740 | Yale Univ Pr, December 12, 2005, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: One of the world’s leading theologians offers important insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds.

Mary: Images Of The Mother Of Jesus In Jewish And Christian Perspective

Product Description: Three preeminent historians provide an ecumenical portrait of Mary by exploring the varied ways in which the mother of Jesus is perceived. For Pelikan, Mary is the focal point for spirited theological discussion and dogma. For Flusser,Mary is a symbol for myriad Jewish mothers who suffer and endure—the mater dolorosa in a world of total inhumanity...read more

By David Flusser, Justin Lang and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780800637064 | Fortress Pr, April 30, 2005, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Three preeminent historians provide an ecumenical portrait of Mary by exploring the varied ways in which the mother of Jesus is perceived.

Whose Bible Is It?: A History Of The Scripture Through The Ages

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780670033850 | Viking Pr, March 3, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A history of the Bible traces its evolution from an oral testament to its numerous modern iterations and translations, discussing such topics as the canonization of different versions, the adoption of certain books by religions and sects, and the varying schools of critical scholarship that exist today.

Cambridge Platonist Spirituality

Product Description: This volume in the distinguished Classics of Western Spirituality series presents a collection of essays, poetry, and treatises by Cambridge Platonists, a movement in philosophical theology that flourished around Cambridge University in the 17th century and left a profound impact on the shape of subsequent religious life in the English speaking world...read more

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (foreword by), Charles Taliaferro (editor) and Alison J. Teply (editor)

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9780809105397 | Paulist Pr, October 1, 2004, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This volume in the distinguished Classics of Western Spirituality series presents a collection of essays, poetry, and treatises by Cambridge Platonists, a movement in philosophical theology that flourished around Cambridge University in the 17th century and left a profound impact on the shape of subsequent religious life in the English speaking world.

Mary, Mother of God

By Carl E. Braaten (editor), Lawrence S. Cunningham (contributor), Kyriaki Kariyanes FitzGerald (contributor), Beverly Roberts Gaventa (contributor), Timothy George (contributor), Robert W. Jenson (editor) and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (contributor)

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9780802822666 | Eerdmans Pub Co, June 1, 2004, cover price $16.00

Interpreting the Bible & the Constitution

Product Description: Both the Bible and the Constitution have the status of "Great Code," but each of these important texts is controversial as well as enigmatic. They are asked to speak to situations that their authors could not have anticipated on their own...read more

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780300102673 | Yale Univ Pr, April 1, 2004, cover price $58.00 | About this edition: Both the Bible and the Constitution have the status of "Great Code," but each of these important texts is controversial as well as enigmatic.

Bach Among the Theologians

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780800607920 | Fortress Pr, December 1, 1986, cover price $18.95

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9781597522779 | Wipf & Stock Pub, November 6, 2003, cover price $20.00

The Encyclopedia of Christianity: J-0

Product Description: This is the third volume of a five-volume reference work presenting the history and current state of the Christian faith in its rich spiritual and theological diversity around the world. It contains more than 350 articles for alphabetical entries J-O...read more

By Erwin Fahlbusch (editor), Jan Milic Lochman (editor), John Mbiti (editor), Geoffrey W. Nbromiley (trans), Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor) and Lukas Vischer (editor)

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9789004126541 | Brill Academic Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $159.00 | About this edition: This is the third volume of a five-volume reference work presenting the history and current state of the Christian faith in its rich spiritual and theological diversity around the world.

The Encyclopedia of Christianity: J-O

Product Description: The first volume set the standard for reference works of this kind. Essential, this is possibly the best encyclopedic reference on Christianity,---Library Journal. A translation and extensive revision of the third edition of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon Internationale Theologische Enzyklopadie...read more

By Geoffrey W. Bromiley (trans), Erwin Fahlbusch (editor), Jan Milic Lochman (editor), John Mbiti (editor), Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor) and Lukas Vischer (editor)

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9780802824158 | Eerdmans Pub Co, August 1, 2003, cover price $100.00 | About this edition: The first volume set the standard for reference works of this kind.

Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition

Product Description: This five-volume set seeks to assemble the principal creeds and confessions of the Christian Church, from biblical times to the present and from all over the globe, and place them in their historical and theological context. An introductory volume, "Credo", by church historian Jaroslav Pelikan, surveys the history of these creeds, delves into the meaning and purpose of creeds, and probes the issues and controversies that spawn new creeds, as well as the origins of new religious movements within Christianity...read more

By Valerie R. Hotchkiss and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor)

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9780300093919 | Hardcover with CD edition (Yale Univ Pr, July 1, 2003), cover price $550.00 | About this edition: This five-volume set seeks to assemble the principal creeds and confessions of the Christian Church, from biblical times to the present and from all over the globe, and place them in their historical and theological context.

Fools for Christ

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9781579108021 | Wipf & Stock Pub, November 7, 2001, cover price $22.00

Luther's Works on Cd-Rom

Product Description: A monumental resource, now available electronically The 55-volume set of Luther’s Works, a monumental translation project published jointly by Fortress Press and Concordia Publishing House in 1957, is singular in its value to church historians, Luther scholars, and Christians...read more

By Helmut T. Lehmannm (editor) and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor)

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9780800603595 | Cdr edition (Fortress Pr, November 1, 2001), cover price $259.00 | About this edition: A monumental resource, now available electronically The 55-volume set of Luther’s Works, a monumental translation project published jointly by Fortress Press and Concordia Publishing House in 1957, is singular in its value to church historians, Luther scholars, and Christians.

Divine Rhetoric: The Sermon on the Mount As Message and As Model in Augustine, Chrysostom, and Luther

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By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780881412147 | St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $16.00

Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture

Product Description: One of the most highly regarded works of intellectual history of the past decade, Jesus Through the Centuries is an original and compelling study of the impact of Jesus on cultural, political, social, and economic history. Noted historian and theologian Jaroslav Pelikan reveals how the image of Jesus created by each successive epoch -- from rabbi in the first century to liberator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- is a key to understanding the temper and values of that age...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780300034967 | Yale Univ Pr, September 1, 1985, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: Examines the impact of Jesus of Nazareth on Western culture--politically, socially, and economically--and suggests that a study of the various historical representations of Jesus will reveal an essential key to improved cultural understanding

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9780300079876 | Yale Univ Pr, November 10, 1999, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: One of the most highly regarded works of intellectual history of the past decade, Jesus Through the Centuries is an original and compelling study of the impact of Jesus on cultural, political, social, and economic history.

9780060970802 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, January 1, 1987), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Examines the impact of Jesus of Nazareth on Western culture--politically, socially, and economically--and suggests that a study of the various historical representations of Jesus will reveal an essential key to improved cultural understanding

Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture

Explores how Mary has been represented in theology, art, music, and literature throughout the ages

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780300069518 | Yale Univ Pr, September 25, 1996, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Explores how Mary has been represented in theology, art, music, and literature throughout the ages

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9780300076615 | Yale Univ Pr, September 10, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Explores how Mary has been represented in theology, art, music, and literature throughout the ages

What Has Athens to Do With Jerusalem?: Timaeus and Genesis in Counterpoint

Product Description: The debate about evolution and creationism is striking evidence of the tensions between biblical and philosophical-scientific explanations of the origins of the universe. For most of the past twenty centuries, important historical context for the debate has been supplied by the relation (or "counterpoint") between two monumental texts: Plato's Timaeus and the Book of Genesis...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780472108077 | Univ of Michigan Pr, December 1, 1997, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The debate about evolution and creationism is striking evidence of the tensions between biblical and philosophical-scientific explanations of the origins of the universe.

The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries

An abridged version of the scholar's seminal work, Jesus Through the Centuries, contains more than two hundred new illustrations, most in color, complemented by discussion of each era's conception and depiction of Jesus Christ. BOMC & History. UP. (view table of contents)

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780300072686 | Ill sub edition (Yale Univ Pr, September 23, 1997), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Shows how each era has depicted Jesus and describes what this reveals about their religous conceptions

Faust the Theologian

Product Description: In this erudite and beautifully written book, an eminent scholar meditates on the theological implications of Goethe's Faust. Jaroslav Pelikan considers Goethe's statement that he was a pantheist when it came to science, a polytheist in art, and a monotheist in ethics, and he uses it for the first time to analyze Faust's development as a theologian -- thereby enabling us to see Goethe's masterpiece in a surprising new light...read more

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9780300062885 | Yale Univ Pr, April 26, 1995, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Reflecting on Goethe's statement that he was a pantheist in science, a polytheist in art and a monotheist in ethics, Pelikan analyzes Goethe's character "Faust" and his development as a theologian.

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9780300070644 | Yale Univ Pr, January 31, 1997, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: In this erudite and beautifully written book, an eminent scholar meditates on the theological implications of Goethe's Faust.

The Unbounded Community: Papers in Christian Ecumenism in Honor of Jaroslav Pelikan

By William Caferro (editor), Duncan G. Fisher (editor) and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (editor)

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9780815315964 | Taylor & Francis, November 1, 1996, cover price $80.00

The Reformation of the Bible: The Bible of the Reformation

Product Description: It is equally true that the Reformation was inspired and defined by the Bible and that the Bible was reshaped by the intellectual, political and cultural forces of the Reformation. This work explores the level of influence each had upon the other.

By Bridwell Library (corporate author), Valerie R. Hotchkiss, Jaroslav Jan Pelikan and David Price

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9780941881180 | Yale Univ Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $10.01 | About this edition: It is equally true that the Reformation was inspired and defined by the Bible and that the Bible was reshaped by the intellectual, political and cultural forces of the Reformation.

Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter With Hellenism

Product Description: Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time. Pelikan concentrates on four Cappadocians: Gregory of Nazianzus; Basil of Caesarea; Gregory of Nyssa; and Macrina, sister and teacher of the latter two...read more

By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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9780300055542 | Yale Univ Pr, August 1, 1993, cover price $42.50 | About this edition: Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time.

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9780300062557 | Yale Univ Pr, February 22, 1995, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time.

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