Martin Derek Kessler

English summary: Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt (1486-1541) was Martin Luther's first colleague from Wittenberg who stood up for him both as a fellow academic and as a publicist. He was also the first to fall out with him. As a consequence, Karlstadt's role in the context of the Reformation has be...

Why another book on Genesis? It is a text that is inexhaustible, yielding something new at each reading. Authors Martin Kessler and Karel Deurloo contribute to its understanding with this concise, text-oriented, literary commentary on this fundamental book of the Bible. The authors maintain a clear ...

Die siebenjährige Hailey spielt im Garten. Als das Telefon klingelt geht ihre Mutter kurz ins Haus. Eine Minute später kommt sie zurück. Und ihre Tochter ist verschwunden. Detective Frank Decker weiß: Jetzt läuft die Zeit. Doch egal welchem Verdacht die Ermittler nachgehen, auch nach zwei Wochen gib...

Until glasnost, the fates of Soviet Russia's most prominent writers lat hidden in the KGB files bearing their names. Shentalinsky opened the files to find detailed reports describing how these writers--including Isaac Babel and Maxim Gorky--were arrested, tortured, falsely accused of crimes, impriso...

Having completed three collections of work, Dutch theologian Frans H Breukelman left the bulk of his work to be published by a later generation of students. Rinse H Reeling Brouwer takes up the task, giving us "The Structure of Sacred Doctrine in Calvin's Theology". Brouwer brings to life Breukelman...

Benedictine spirituality is simple and down to earth. Not only does the Benedictine lifestyle fit well within the walls of the monastery, its interpretation of life is also suitable to other forms of society. In The Rule of Benedict for Beginners, Wil Derkse reveals how elements from Benedictine spi...