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Charles Christian Hennell (1809-1850) was a theological writer best known for his association with George Eliot. First published in 1838, this volume contains Hennell's deconstruction of the Bible to separate the historical character of Jesus from later myths. Hennell's 1839 work Christian Theism is also included in this volume.

In this two-volume set published in 1902, the writings of colonial American missionary David Brainerd help detail his life story and religious work amongst the Native Americans. Volume 2 contains Brainerd's journal retelling his missionary work with native peoples, together with correspondence and other religious writing.

This is a two-volume translation by Clement Huart (1854-1926), a leading French Orientalist, of a fourteenth-century Persian text recording the lives of the founders of the order of whirling dervishes. Published in 1918-22, it provides fascinating insights into the origins of this branch of Islamic mysticism.

This 1924 volume broke new ground by considering a collection of fragments of Manichaean texts that had been recently discovered in Turkestan. It describes the dualistic form of Christianity that thrived during the fourth and fifth centuries, and remains important for those studying heterodox movements in early Christianity.

In 1593 documents for a sequel to the Puritan work Parte of a Register were collected, but never published. Edited by the ecclesiastical historian Albert Peel (1886-1949) this study contains a list of these manuscripts, which provide valuable evidence of the concerns of the early Puritan movement in England.

George Augustus Selwyn (1809-78) was the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand, and later bishop of Lichfield. His ministry helped to shape the form of the Anglican Communion and the relationship of the colonial churches to the Church of England. This 1879 biography was written by his chaplain.

This is a two-volume translation by Clement Huart (1854-1926), a leading French Orientalist, of a fourteenth-century Persian text recording the lives of the founders of the order of whirling dervishes. Published in 1918-22, it provides fascinating insights into the origins of this branch of Islamic mysticism.

In this lively three-volume account first published in 1843, the British adventurer and agent of the Bible Society, George Henry Borrow, describes his travels in Spain during the 1830s distributing the scriptures. The book's mixture of exotic travelogue and anti-Catholic sentiment proved very popular with early Victorian readers.

Between 1878 and 1902, Constance E. Plumptre championed some of the most fascinating philosophical theories of the Victorian age. Volume 1 of her history of Pantheism (1878) tackles periods and theories as diverse as Brahminism and Scholasticism to provide an erudite but accessible introduction to Oriental, Greek and modern Pantheism.

Giovanni Bernardo de Rossi (1742-1831), professor of oriental languages at the University of Parma, was an important collector of manuscripts and incunabula, and an authority on Hebrew typography and textual variants. This volume comprises his 1800 Latin catalogue of Jewish anti-Christian polemics and an 1812 Italian catalogue of books from his library.

Volume 1 of Pahlavi Texts was published in 1880 and includes a guide to Parsi writings, a history of Pahlavi language and literature and studies of the texts translated within. These texts include the Bundahis, the Bahman Yast, and the Shayast La-Shayast, written around the sixth century CE.

Volume 3 of Pahlavi Texts was published in 1885 and includes the texts of Dina-i Mainog-i Khirad, Sikand-gumanik Vigar, and the Sad Dar. The translations of these manuscripts provide further historical and social context to Zoroastrianism and its relationship with other contemporary faiths, from lay and clerical perspectives.

Volume 5 of Pahlavi Texts was published in 1897 and includes texts from the Dinkard and Selections of Zad-sparam relating legendary marvels from creation to resurrection. West's translations of these texts offer easy access to the most valuable sources for Zoroaster's life and a prophetic chronology of the faith.

Volume 2 of Pahlavi Texts was published in 1882 and includes histories of the manuscripts of the ninth-century Dadistan-i Dinik and Epistles of Manuskihar, as well as noting their relevance to scholarship and Zoroastrian history. Their scope provides an insight into the nature of Zoroastrianism in the period.

Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) served in the Indian Medical Service, which took him to Darjeeling, Burma and Tibet. He carried out original field research at Buddhist temples and among the lay population. Highly illustrated, this landmark study of Tibetan Buddhism, its history, doctrine, temples and rituals, first appeared in 1895.

Edited by the church historian and Benedictine monk Cuthbert Butler (1858-1934), this two-volume edition of Palladius' Lausiac History combines the Greek text with scholarly analysis. Volume 1 (1898) discusses the various manuscripts of the History, Palladius' theology and sources, and the history of Egyptian monasticism more broadly.

In the fourth century, Arianism asserted that Christ was not truly divine but a created being. St Athanasius (c.296-373) vigorously defended the Christian orthodoxy. This 1873 publication reproduces his orations in the original Greek. Also included is a biography of Athanasius by the ecclesiastical historian William Bright (1824-1901).

Prepared by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2-1870) and first published in 1844-6, this two-volume collection contains transcriptions and translations of the Sermones Catholici of AElfric of Eynsham (c.950-c.1010). Volume 1 (1844) contains sermons for the first year of a two-year cycle, and focuses on the important events in the calendar.

This monumental five-volume history of early Christian literature, published between 1902 and 1932 by Munich professor Otto Bardenhewer (1851-1935), was acclaimed for its thoroughness, clarity and sound judgment, and remains a standard work of reference. Volume 1 focuses on the second century, from the Didache to Ignatius of Antioch.

Volume 4 of Pahlavi Texts was published in 1892 and comprises West's collation and analysis of the fragmentary evidence for and remnants of the Nasks, the twenty-one treatises compiling theological texts of the Sassanid empire. These were largely lost after the fall of the empire in the mid-seventh century CE.

In 1593 documents for a sequel to the Puritan work Parte of a Register were collected, but never published. Edited by the ecclesiastical historian Albert Peel (1886-1949) this study contains a list of these manuscripts, which provide valuable evidence of the concerns of the early Puritan movement in England.

Published in 1851, this edition of Pistis Sophia, an important second-century Gnostic work, was edited by the orientalist Julius Heinrich Petermann (1801-76) and presents the Coptic text derived from codices stored in the British Museum, followed by a Latin translation by the German scholar Moeritz Gotthilf Schwartze (1802-48).

George Robert Stow Mead (1863-1933). a member of the Theosophical Society, published widely on both eastern religions and western esotericism. This translation of Pistis Sophia, published in 1896, was the first major gnostic text available to English-speaking readers. It presents the risen Jesus addressing mysterious teachings to his disciples.

In 1834 Congregational Ministers Reed (1787-1862) and Matheson (1766-1840) were sent to sister churches in the United States, to promote peace and friendship between the two communities. In Volume 2 of this two-volume work of 1835, the focus is on theological issues, though education is also discussed.

This 1938 work is the final book by the pre-eminent religious scholar, C. G. Montefiore (1858-1938). Founder of Liberal Judaism, Montefiore collected, with his co-editor, Herbert Loewe (1882-1940), more than 1,600 passages from Rabbinic literature dating from 100 to 500 CE, providing extensive theological, historical, and lexical context.

Reginald Heber (1783-1826), Bishop of Calcutta from 1823 to 1826, spent his episcopate travelling widely throughout India. His widow published this two-volume biography in 1830, as well as editions of his sermons and journals. Volume 1 deals with his early life and career, and includes letters and unpublished writings.

Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of ancient manuscripts. This text from the monastic library of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, first published in 1900, is a collection of stories in Syriac describing the lives of saintly women including Pelagia and Eugenia.

Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of significant ancient manuscripts. This text from the monastic library of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, first published in 1900, is a translation of Syriac stories describing the lives of saintly women including Pelagia and Eugenia.

Eberhard Nestle (1851-1913) was a German biblical scholar known chiefly for his textual criticism of the New Testament. This text, first published in 1894 as part of the Studia Sinaitica, is a Syriac version of a Plutarch treatise on human virtue, accompanied by Nestle's typical careful translation and notes.

An indispensable text in the history of medieval Jewish-Christian relations, this work documents one of the first allegations of Jewish ritual murder. This 1896 edition includes an English translation and extensive introductory material by Augustus Jessop and M. R. James.