ROMER, JOHN.

Testament. The Bible and History.

London:Michael O'Mara,1989. Rep. "Testament describes the making of the Bible, the creation of both the Old and the New Testaments and charts the book's survival through the long centuries of its life. Testament is a unique book: no other single volume tells the story of the Bible's extraordinary journey from the most ancient East to the heart of the modern West." A Channel Four Book. 25.5cms x 20cms. Pp.368, 38 colour plates, 72 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. Black cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 8331

Catalogue: Bibles: : 20th Century

Keywords: Romer Testament Bible History Omara Channel Four Tv Illustrated 28259 Bibles: : 20th Century

VICTORIAN BIBLE & PRAYER BOOK SET.

The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues....

Oxford: Printed At The University Press, Sold by E. Gardner and Son, At The Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London; And by J. and C. Mozley, Derby, M.DCCC.LV. [ 1855 ] . 0. Very good matching set. Polished black calf, with bright gilt decoration. Both spines with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Yellow endpapers. Binder's stamp to verso of the front board: "Webb & Hunt, Liverpool." Each book with dedication to front free-endpaper dated 1856. Printed title to each book: The Bible is dated 1856 and states the size is 'Diamond 24's' . The Prayer Book is 1854 and states the size is 'Nonparall 32's'. Both books measures 4.75" x 3.0" x 1.0" . A lovely set.

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Book number: 48729

Catalogue: Bibles: : 19th Century

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GREEK TESTAMENT.

The Greek Testament with the Readings Adopted by the Revisers of the Authorised Version...

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. 0. New Edition. With References in the Margin to Parallel Passages of the Old and the New Testament. "This volume is intended to serve as a companion to the Revised Version of the New Testament. The Revisers are not responsible for its publication..they did not esteem it within their province 'to construct a continuous and complete Greek text'..The body of the text in this volume is taken from the third edition of Stephanus, published in 1550". All edges red. Pp.viii/560, text in Greek throughout, owner's details to front free endpaper, very light spotting to endpapers. Bright blue cloth, gilt title to spine, edges rubbed, small bumps to corners. G+.

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Book number: 37721

Catalogue: Bibles: : Greek

Keywords: Greek Testament Readings Revised Authorised Version Old New Testament 38438 Bibles: : Greek

TYNDALE, WILLIAM.(TRANSLATOR)/ COOPER, W.R. (EDITOR).

The New Testament. 1526. (Original Spelling Edition).

London: British Library, 2003. 9780712346641. The text of the Worms edition of 1526 in original spelling. Edited for The Tyndale Society by W.R.Cooper, with a preface by David Daniell. "The publication in 1526 of a modestly priced pocket edition of the New Testament in English was possibly the most important single event in the history of the English Reformation. Much of Tyndale's work was to be taken over into the 1611 King James (Authorised) Version of the Bible, through which it became known throughout the English speaking world..This edition presents Tyndale's words in their original spelling. It is the first complete reprint since 1526 of his pioneering translation of the New Testament from Greek into English." 15cms x 10cms. Pp.18/558, colour frontispiece(opening of St John's Gospel in th British Library copy of Tyndale's 1526 New Testament, red marker ribbon. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/F.

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Book number: 29243

Catalogue: Bibles: : New Testament

Keywords: Tyndale Cooper New Testament 1526 Nt Bible English Original Spelling 50408 Bibles: : New Testament

WANGERIN, WALTER.

The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel.

Oxford: Lion, 1996. 0745921388. 1st ed. "The Bible as an epic novel, with all its sweeping action, its larger than life characters, its universal themes of good and evil, and always, above everything else, its enduring story of a love that staggers the imagination: the love of God for his people." Pp.852, maps to endpapers. Navy blue cloth, d/w slightly rubbed. VG/VG.

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Book number: 32562

Catalogue: Bibles: : 20th Century

Keywords: Wangerin Book God Bible Novel Bible Story 32511 Bibles: : 20th Century

WYCLIFFE, JOHN / COOPER, W.R. (EDITOR).

The Wycliffe New Testament (1388). (Modern Spelling).

London: The British Library, 2002. 9780712347280. An edition in modern spelling with an introduction, the oroginal prologues and the Epistle to the Laodiceans. Edited for The Tyndale Society. "The text of the New Testament presented here, known as the Later Version, appeared around 1388, four years after Wycliffe's death. Its impact was so great that in 1401 a statute was issued banning it upon pain of death. Lollards were persecuted for their beliefs and their ownership of forbidden texts." Pp.16/528, colour frontispiece.(Opening of St John's Gospel (M.S), blue marker ribbon. Black cloth, dustwrapper, slight sunning to spine. Scarce. F/VG.

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Book number: 29242

Catalogue: Bibles: : New Testament

Keywords: Cooper Wycliffe New Testament 1388 Nt Bible English Modern Wyclif 50803 Bibles: : New Testament