Daily Discoveries of a Bible Scholar and Manuscript Hunter: A Biography of James Rendel Harris (1852–1941)

AvAlessandro Falcetta

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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This is the first full biography of James Rendel Harris (1852-1941), Bible and patristic scholar, manuscript collector, Quaker theologian, devotional writer, traveller, folklorist, and relief worker. Drawing on published and unpublished sources gathered in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, many of which were previously unknown, Alessandro Falcetta tells the story of Harris’s life and works set against the background of the cultural and political life of contemporary Britain. Falcetta traces the development of Harris’s career from Cambridge to Birmingham, the story of his seven journeys to the Middle East, and of his many campaigns, from religious freedom to conscientious objection.The book focuses upon Harris’s innovative contributions in the field of textual and literary criticism, his acquisitions of hundreds of manuscripts from the Middle East, his discoveries of early Christian works – in particular the Odes of Solomon – his Quaker beliefs and his studies in the cult of twins. His enormous output and extensive correspondence reveal an indefatigable genius in close contact with the most famous scholars of his time, from Hort to Harnack, Nestle, the ‘Sisters of Sinai’, and Frazer.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:1 157 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:704
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567674180

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Alessandro Falcetta teaches at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

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This is a detailed, ably and stylistically composed work; it eclipses most biographies of biblical and theological luminaries of the past, in both its particulars and its panorama.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF MAPSTABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONSPREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSABBREVIATIONSAUTHOR’S NOTESPROLOGUECHAPTER 1. BETWEEN TWO RIVERSCHAPTER 2. FROM MATH TO HORTCHAPTER 3. CONVERSIONCHAPTER 4. HELENCHAPTER 5. A PROMISING SCHOLARCHAPTER 6. A POPULAR PROFESSORCHAPTER 7. THE DARK CLOSETCHAPTER 8. THE CALL OF THE CAMCHAPTER 9. THE SEPTUAGINT MISSIONCHAPTER 10. WITH THE SISTERS OF SINAI CHAPTER 11. THE BREEZE OF CAMBRIDGECHAPTER 12. THE ORIGINS OF THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENTCHAPTER 13. THE SWORD OF THE SULTANCHAPTER 14. BACK TO THE OURFANS CHAPTER 15. LEYDEN’S DIS-APPOINTMENT CHAPTER 16. THE QUAKER RENAISSANCECHAPTER 17. THE FOUNDATION OF WOODBROOKECHAPTER 18. THE DOCTOR IN WONDERLANDCHAPTER 19. INNER LIGHT CHAPTER 20. PRESIDENT OF THE FREE CHURCHESCHAPTER 21. THE CRUMBLING EMPIRECHAPTER 22. THE END OF A WORLDCHAPTER 24. MANUSCRIPTSCHAPTER 25. THE ODES OF SOLOMONCHAPTER 26. THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITYCHAPTER 27. THE ORIGINS OF RELIGIONCHAPTER 28. THE CURATORCHAPTER 29. THE QUEST OF THE HARMONYCHAPTER 30. THE RENDEL HARRIS LIBRARYCHAPTER 31. THE MINGANA COLLECTIONCHAPTER 32. THE BLIND MASTERCHAPTER 33. THE ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATIONCHAPTER 34. THE LAST DISCOVERYEPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHYENDNOTES