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Elias Veiel was head of the Ulm Gymnasium; in the letter Spener complains that he has been slandered.

Triple cover board binding structure, gold leather headbands with top edge in gold, brown Harmatan goatskin for the top cover, gold leather middle, and dark blue goatskin for the doublures, flyleaves are blue suede leather. A cut through technique is…

First issue of the School of Theology newsletter SERVICE.

Manuscript of a sermon delivered by John Wesley on Hebrews 4:9.

Manuscript of a sermon delivered by John Wesley on Hebrews 4:9.

Photograph of Professor Frank Seay (1881-1920), one of the founding faculty of SMU.

The saddlebags were used by Reverend Charles Alexander Long (1881–1986) during his forty-one years of ministry as a Methodist evangelist in Brazil.

Letter from Martin Ruter to Littleton Fowler, two members tasked with leading the Texas Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church missionaries. In the letter, Ruter talks about what his plans are for spreading Methodism in Texas.

After the five Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South met in 1910, they voted in 1911 to establish a new university: Southern Methodist University.

Pierced vellum binding with yapps and bone clasps. Textblock disbound and edges left untrimmed, original paper covers and spine lined with kozo tissue and bound in. Volume sewn all along on three alum-tawed goatskin thongs with new endsheets of laid…

SMU Bursar Francis Reedy sent copies of this form letter and progress report to the university's benefactors six weeks after its opening

Single leaf from Heinrich Quentell's first Bible in Low German. The illustration is from a woodblock and is hand colored. The woodblocks were used in future German Bibles.

A memoir of Fanny J. Crosby's life and history of her songs and hymns.

William Tyndale's essay on Christ's parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16) was 1 of 18 works prohibited in England by mandate of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1526. Influenced by Martin Luther's tract in 1522, Tyndale's version likely was in print…

William Tyndale's treatise on the parable of the "wycked mammon". His discussion shows support for Protestant beliefs.

"Coverdale Bible", first edition of the complete Bible in English compiled from Latin and German versions and Tyndale's English translation.

Print of the Wycliffite New Testament. Mezzotint with an imagined "portrait" of John Wycliffe.

Baskerville's second edition of the King James Bible with engravings and illustrations. This illustrated edition was sold in installments by subscription.

The King James Version of the Bible was protected and only allowed to be printed by the king's printer or the official printers of Cambridge and Oxford. Baskerville became the printer at Cambridge in 1758. Includes tables of measurements and guides…

The 2nd edition of Eliot's Bible, revised by him, with the assistance of John Cotton. This Bible is comprised of Eliot's 1680 New Testament and his revised Old Testament of 1685.

The 2nd edition of Eliot's Bible, revised by him, with the assistance of John Cotton. This Bible is comprised of Eliot's 1680 New Testament and his revised Old Testament of 1685.

First quarto edition of the King James Bible printed in Roman type, intended for personal use. Includes Apocrypha; without genealogies and map.

The large format of this Bible earned it the name "Great Bible". The translation was Miles Coverdale's revision of the "Matthew's Bible" with a prologue written by Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556).

English Catholics translated this Old Testament from Vulgate into English durng the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This translation gives traditional readings priority over philological questions. Together with the 1582 Rheims Old Testament, they are…

Julia Evelina Smith (1792–1886) published her own translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew, making her the first woman to completely translate the Bible.
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