The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Medizinische Theologie
BRILL 2005; US$ 166.00This book deals with the tradition of the medical theology of Martin Luther. Another focus is the analysis of the development of the theologica medicinalis in baroque Lutheranism, by means of previously un- or scarcely evaluated source material. more...
500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg
De Gruyter 2005; US$ 224.00This essay collection presents a multi-facetted overview of five centuries of cultural history and the history of Christianity in Hamburg; at the same time, it places local historical aspects in the wider context of overall developments in the history of ideas. more...
Todten-Andenken und Himmels-Gedanken
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 307.00Starting with the lyric poetry, this volume opens the first critical edition of the sacred works of the prominent Nuremberg Baroque poet Sigmund von Birken (1626?1681). A double volume, it provides access to the most extensive collection of Birken's sacred poetry still extant in manuscript. Alongside mourning poems, the collection contains poems covering... more...
Dissertationes funebres oder Leichabdankungen
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 196.00Andreas Gryphius' »Leichabdankungen« (funeral sermons and speeches), presented here for the first time in a critical edition, are unique examples of the culture of mourning and consolation existing in the early modern age. The edition is based on the posthumous collected edition of 1666. An appendix contains all those supplements to the first prints... more...
Anhang zu Todes-Gedanken und Todten-Andenken
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 280.00For the first time, this double volume makes accessible to researchers two extraordinary collections of religious poetry by the prominent Baroque poet Sigmund von Birken (1626-1681). The critical apparatus and commentary provide detailed documentation of issues of textual criticism, indicate the historical place of each text, document scriptural references,... more...
Isaaks Opferung (Gen 22) in den Konfessionen und Medien der Frühen Neuzeit
De Gruyter 2006; US$ 293.00?The sacrificing of Isaac? (Genesis 22) was subjected to intensive interpretation by the various religious denominations in the early modern age.The contributors to this volume are historians from the fields of exegesis, art, literature and music; they focus on the wide variety of texts and media genres in which the story is represented (commentary,... more...
Golgatha in den Konfessionen und Medien der Frühen Neuzeit
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 210.00This volume contains studies on the interdisciplinary exploration of the intermedial interpretation of the New Testament narrative material concerning Golgotha in the Early Modern Age. Special consideration has been given to multifaceted aspects of the history of theology, exegesis, art, literature and music. more...
Leichabdankung und Trauerarbeit. Zur Bewältigung von Tod und Vergänglichkeit im Zeitalter des Barock
Editions Rodopi 2009; US$ 97.50InhaltVorwortRalf Georg Bogner: Die Totenklage der Frühen Neuzeit. Perspektiven der interdisziplinären ForschungMisia Sophia Doms: Die 'Wirklichkeit¿ der Transzendenz. Überlegungen zur Magnetbildlichkeit in der Leichabdankung Magnetische Verbindung des HErrn JESV/ und der in Jhn verliebten Seelen von Andreas GryphiusJohannes Birgfeld: Trauer(arbeit)... more...
Hermeneutica Sacra
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 210.00Scholars of the history of theology and the humanities from North America, Scandinavia and Germany investigate Biblical hermeneutics from its foundations laid during the Reformation (Luther, Melanchthon) to its multifaceted effects during the 16th and 17th centuries. This book specifically focuses on the diversity of the art of exegesis as exemplified... more...
Der problematische Prophet
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 210.00The Old Testament Book of Jonah has attracted considerable attention ever since ancient Christian times and has stimulated the production of numerous commentaries, sermons, poetical compositions and visual depictions. Indeed, the story of Jonah has provoked heterogeneous adaptions even in the realm of contemporary literature. This volume contains studies... more...
- 1
- Page









