At his passing in 1885, Scottish advocate and judge, Lord Adam Gifford—a political Radical and philosophical enthusiast—bequeathed £80,000 to four Scottish universities in order to establish a series of lectures. This series—aimed at “promoting, advancing, teaching, and diffusing the study of natural theology . . . [or] in other words, ‘the knowledge of God’”—is now known as the prestigious Gifford Lecture Series. Once described as “the highest honor in a philosopher’s career” by historian Jacques Barzun, the series has featured scholars Karl Barth, Alister McGrath, Noam Chomsky, Jürgen Moltmann, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, William James, and many other distinguished lecturers over the years. This group of philosophers, theologians, scientists, writers, ethicists, and historians use their specific fields of expertise to explore a robust array of topics surrounding natural theology—knowledge of God through “natural” means, or through ordinary experience and reason. Lord Gifford’s de...

William Mitchell Ramsay is perhaps one of the most fascinating biblical scholars from the turn of the twentieth century, and his writings are full of knowledge and insight that can only come from one who has extensively experienced firsthand the archaeology and people of Asia Minor. For decades, Ramsay immersed himself in the culture of what is now Greece and Turkey, as he set out first to disprove the Bible as factual and then, to his amazement, to show how the New Testament has proved itself to be historically infallible based on his findings.

The Logos 6 Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic libraries of Logos 6. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library, including academic reference works and original language resources.

Complete with pictures, this compilation of essays features Margaret Ramsay—William Mitchell Ramsay's wife—as well as scholars W. M. Calder, A. Petrie, John Fraser, T. Callander, J. G. C. Anderson, and Ramsay himself.