TEACHERS IN THE LIBRARY

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Explore 9,106 contributor entries across five fields, including 73 documented scholar profiles. Search authors, translators and their associated works.

CONTRIBUTORS

9,106

73 documented profiles

FIELDS

history to reference books

ERA ESTABLISHED

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Twenty enduring works. Find your next read.

Antiquities of the Jews

Read a first-century Jewish historian’s account of his people, from creation onward.

Church History

Trace the early church through a historian who preserves many earlier documents.

Confessions

An intimate exploration of conversion, memory and desire, written as prayer.

The Apostolic Fathers

Meet the Christian voices just after the apostles through Lightfoot’s translation.

The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Explore a classic reconstruction of the Jewish setting of Jesus’ life and ministry.

The City of God

An expansive reflection on history, worship and the two cities shaped by human love.

Why God Became Man

Follow a medieval dialogue about incarnation, justice and reconciliation.

Summa Theologiae

Choose a question and follow Aquinas through objections, answers and replies.

Apostolic Christianity

Begin Schaff’s history with the apostles and the first Christian communities.

The Chaldean Account of Genesis

Encounter an early study of Babylonian creation and flood narratives from cuneiform tablets.

Methods and Aims in Archaeology

Explore Petrie’s influential approach to excavation, recording and interpreting material evidence.

Nineveh and Its Remains

Read an excavator’s firsthand account of uncovering the palaces and monuments of ancient Assyria.

The German Reformation

Read Schaff’s account of Luther and the religious upheavals of the sixteenth century.

The Temple: Its Ministry and Services

Explore a classic account of temple worship, festivals and daily service.

Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Browse people, places and biblical terms in this historic reference companion.

Nave’s Topical Bible

Start with a subject and follow connected passages across the Bible.

Bible Names Dictionary

Look up the traditional meanings of names found throughout Scripture.

The Jewish War

Read Josephus’s account of the revolt against Rome and the fall of Jerusalem.

Proslogion

A short, prayerful meditation on seeking understanding and the existence of God.

On Christian Doctrine

Consider how signs, language and love shape the interpretation and teaching of Scripture.

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