Historical Essays

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Historical Essays is written by Joseph B. Lightfoot and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1597526452 (ISBN 10) and 9781597526456 (ISBN 13).

These essays, by one of the pre-eminent New Testament scholars of the nineteenth century, demonstrate Lightfoot's wide range as a historian, theologian, and thoughtful Christian. Four of these five essays began as lectures, delivered in the 1870s. The last essay was written shortly before Lightfoot's death. Contents 1. Christian Life in the Second and Third Centuries 2. Comparative Progress of Ancient and Modern Missions 3. England During the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century 4. The Chapel of St. Peter and the Manor-House of Auckland 5. Donne, the Poet-Preacher