The Holy Bible: The Old Testament Vol. II Job - Machabees Knox HC 1st Edit 1949
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The Holy Bible - The Old Testament Newly Translated from the Latin Vulgate by Mgr. Ronald A. Knox at the Request of The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. For Private Use Only Volume II: Job - Machabees (Hardback, 1st Edit, 1949) Published by Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd The book is in good condition, all of the internal pages are unmarked, uncreased and tightly bound, the dust jacket is unclipped, no stamps or inscriptions, a number of rips to theouter edges and spine of the dust jacket (see pictures), otherwise fine. 02.05.1949 , 1604 p. Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (17 February 1888 – 24 August 1957) was an English priest and theologian. He was also a writer and a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio. Knox had attended Eton College and won several scholarships at Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1912 and was appointed chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, but he left in 1917 upon his conversion to Catholicism. In 1918 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Knox wrote many books of essays and novels. Directed by his religious superiors, he re-translated the Latin Vulgate Bible into English, using Hebrew and Greek sources, beginning in 1936. An uncommon book. FAST UK POST!
- Publisher: Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd
- Year: 1949
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Good
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