Christian Jihad Two Former Muslims Look at the Crusades and Killing in the Name of Christ: (Kregel Publications) Publisher's Comments: Christian Jihad is the story of a horrific journey of slaughter and conversion by the sword. It paints the picture of warriors, fighting in the name of religion. It is a journey into the darkest hour of Christianity—the Crusades. Details...

Christianity and Liberalism: (Eerdmans) Publisher's Comments: Machen's classic defense of orthodox Christianity established the importance of scriptural doctrine and contrasts the teachings of liberalism and orthodoxy on God and man, the Bible, Christ, salvation, and the church. Though originally published nearly seve... Details...

Christianizing Homer The Odyssey, Plato, and the Acts of Andrew: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study focuses on the apocryphal Acts of Andrew (c. 200 CE), which purports to tell the story of the travels, miracles, and martyrdom of the apostle Andrew. Traditional scholarship has looked for the background of such writings in Jewish and Christian s... Details...

Consoling Heliodorus: A Commentary on Jerome, Letter 60: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Jerome (c. 347-420 A.D.) is best remembered as the author of the Vulgate translation of the Bible. But he was also an untiring letter writer. Among the many letters which have survived are several written to friends who had suffered recent bereavement. In t... Details...

Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought: (P&R) Publisher's Comments: This brilliant analysis of the thought of Van Til combines praise, clarification, and constructive criticism. Both warm and incisive, it promotes appreciation of Van Til and refinement of his ideas. Details...

De Doctrina Christiana: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The De Doctrina Christiana ("On Christian Teaching") is one of Augustine's most important works on the classical tradition. Undertaken at the same time as the Confessions, it sheds light on the development of Augustine's thought, especially in the areas of ... Details...

Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This enlightening study examines the relationship of the early Christians to the classical tradition. Based on the work of the Christian thinkers, Justine, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and existing pagan criticism of the Church, the book illustrates h... Details...

Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion The Power of the Hysterical Woman: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: A study of how women figured in public reaction to the church from New Testament times to the second century CE. MacDonald shows the conviction of pagan writers that female initiative was central to Christianity's development, and the belief that women incl... Details...

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Flavian Rome has most often been studied without serious attention to its most prolific extant author, Titus Flavius Josephus. Josephus, in turn, has usually been studied for what he is writing about (mainly, events in Judaea) rather than for the context in... Details...

Genesis 1–11- Series: Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Takes these chapters as a separate unity, a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish and Christian religions, and explains their religious significance and place in the Bible as a whole. Details...