F C Burkitt – författare

Originally published in 1930, this book contains the last of three volumes on the origin and progress of the Christian faith from its origins in Judaism until the early twentieth century. Volume three reviews the current status of Church doctrine and methods of worship, particularly in England, and examines the Church's on-going tasks in the world, with particular reference to other religions. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Christianity and the Church's role in the lives of its devotees.

Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935) was a prominent theologian and biblical scholar. Originally published in 1932, this book contains the substance of five lectures delivered by Burkitt during October 1931 at Union Theological Seminary, New York, as the Morse Lectures for that year. Various aspects of the relationship between Church doctrine and Gnostic thought are discussed, providing a highly informative analysis of a complicated topic. Rigorous and thought-provoking, this text will be of value to anyone with an interest in the early development of Christianity and biblical scholarship in general.

The standard edition of the Curetonian manuscript, with the Sinai text in the footnotes. One volume contains the Syriac text with facing English translation; the other contains a discussion of the Old Syriac version.