The Daily Discoveries of a Bible Scholar and Manuscript Hunter: A Biography of James Rendel Harris (1852–1941)
Autor Alessandro Falcettaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2019
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780567692658
ISBN-10: 0567692655
Pagini: 704
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.97 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0567692655
Pagini: 704
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.97 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
In addition to being a biography it functions as a sort of reference work, in particular with regard to the origins of many manuscripts
Notă biografică
Alessandro Falcetta teaches at the University of Stavanger, Norway.
Cuprins
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
Recenzii
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.
The overall movement and flow of the biography keeps the reader engaged, and itbalances well Harris's academic life with his ministry passions.
The Daily Discoveries of a Bible Scholar and Manuscript Hunter is without a doubt a major monograph. With its publication, Falcetta has contributed to the field of biblical scholarship the work of a lifetime - and a lifetime of work. This book will prove to be indispensable.
It will be an important addition to academic libraries and of great interest to students of the history of biblical scholarship. James Rendel Harris comes alive in these pages and his contributions, which have long shaped my own work, are key to understanding the dynamic history of manuscript studies, textual criticism, and the intersection of present and past in any historical inquiry.
Falcetta's study transmits to the reader an affection for Harris that imparts delight to the perusal of its 676 pages. The work fills a gap in the literature of not only biblical research but also nineteenth- and twentieth-century Quaker history and progressive Christianity more generally. I commend it to anyone with an interest in these areas.
Harris' name and publications still figure large in New Tesament study especially for those interested in 19th-20th century textual criticism. For others too the biography is fascinating. Those who enjoyed Janet Soskice, The Sisters of Sinai (the tale about the formidable twins, doctors Lewis and Gibson, whose lives were in many ways intertwined with Harris') will similarly find this biography, albeit more prolix in style, equally important and fascinating. There were indeed giants in those days.
The book is almost as interesting as Harris himself, astonishingly detailed; it took the Italian author 23 years to research and write. It is interesting not just because of its fascinating 'hero', but in the way that it illuminates an important and formative period of biblical studies.
[A] book bursting with detail. Nearly 130 pages of endnotes attest to how far [Falcetta's] research went ... Falcetta has clearly mined the primary resources, personal letters, and other archival material. No stone appears unturned.
Falcetta has provided a spirited account of the exceptionally long career of James Rendel Harris, one of the leading textual critics and manuscript collectors in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century ... Falcetta records [Harris's] experiences in exceptional detail and good humour.
This is a monumental work by Alessandro Falcetta, a fitting tribute to the great Quaker academic adventurer Rendel Harris; scholar, teacher, campaigner, minister and humorist. This fine volume is important for those studying renaissance Quakerism, the history of biblical scholarship, holiness revival, and, above all, the art of a full and faithful life.
James Rendel Harris was an extremely erudite scholar of the ancient literature surrounding the Bible. He successfully sought out manuscripts on persistent travels in the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was also an active Quaker, a champion of suffering Armenians and president of the Free Church Council in 1907-8. A man of ceaseless energy, he has been brought to life with comparable erudition by Alessandro Falcetta.
Mercurial scholar, discoverer of the mysterious Odes of Solomon, intrepid traveller, collector of manuscripts, supporter of the twin autodidact Scottish 'Sisters of Sinai', reporter on the Armenian genocide, and first Principal of Woodbrooke, J. Rendel Harris long needed a good biographer. This role has now been admirably filled by Alessandro Falcetta, whose carefully researched and well-told account of James Rendel Harris's life provides a fascinating read.
The overall movement and flow of the biography keeps the reader engaged, and itbalances well Harris's academic life with his ministry passions.
The Daily Discoveries of a Bible Scholar and Manuscript Hunter is without a doubt a major monograph. With its publication, Falcetta has contributed to the field of biblical scholarship the work of a lifetime - and a lifetime of work. This book will prove to be indispensable.
It will be an important addition to academic libraries and of great interest to students of the history of biblical scholarship. James Rendel Harris comes alive in these pages and his contributions, which have long shaped my own work, are key to understanding the dynamic history of manuscript studies, textual criticism, and the intersection of present and past in any historical inquiry.
Falcetta's study transmits to the reader an affection for Harris that imparts delight to the perusal of its 676 pages. The work fills a gap in the literature of not only biblical research but also nineteenth- and twentieth-century Quaker history and progressive Christianity more generally. I commend it to anyone with an interest in these areas.
Harris' name and publications still figure large in New Tesament study especially for those interested in 19th-20th century textual criticism. For others too the biography is fascinating. Those who enjoyed Janet Soskice, The Sisters of Sinai (the tale about the formidable twins, doctors Lewis and Gibson, whose lives were in many ways intertwined with Harris') will similarly find this biography, albeit more prolix in style, equally important and fascinating. There were indeed giants in those days.
The book is almost as interesting as Harris himself, astonishingly detailed; it took the Italian author 23 years to research and write. It is interesting not just because of its fascinating 'hero', but in the way that it illuminates an important and formative period of biblical studies.
[A] book bursting with detail. Nearly 130 pages of endnotes attest to how far [Falcetta's] research went ... Falcetta has clearly mined the primary resources, personal letters, and other archival material. No stone appears unturned.
Falcetta has provided a spirited account of the exceptionally long career of James Rendel Harris, one of the leading textual critics and manuscript collectors in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century ... Falcetta records [Harris's] experiences in exceptional detail and good humour.
This is a monumental work by Alessandro Falcetta, a fitting tribute to the great Quaker academic adventurer Rendel Harris; scholar, teacher, campaigner, minister and humorist. This fine volume is important for those studying renaissance Quakerism, the history of biblical scholarship, holiness revival, and, above all, the art of a full and faithful life.
James Rendel Harris was an extremely erudite scholar of the ancient literature surrounding the Bible. He successfully sought out manuscripts on persistent travels in the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was also an active Quaker, a champion of suffering Armenians and president of the Free Church Council in 1907-8. A man of ceaseless energy, he has been brought to life with comparable erudition by Alessandro Falcetta.
Mercurial scholar, discoverer of the mysterious Odes of Solomon, intrepid traveller, collector of manuscripts, supporter of the twin autodidact Scottish 'Sisters of Sinai', reporter on the Armenian genocide, and first Principal of Woodbrooke, J. Rendel Harris long needed a good biographer. This role has now been admirably filled by Alessandro Falcetta, whose carefully researched and well-told account of James Rendel Harris's life provides a fascinating read.