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Leben Magazine is a Christian history and biography magazine that focuses on stirring stories of those who have loved the faith more than life itself. With a special emphasis on the churches that trace their lineage to the Reformation, Leben (German for "life") tells the stories of pilgrims, patriots, and martyrs in an engaging biographical format. Published by City Seminary of Sacramento, click here to learn more and to subscribe.
The City Seminary Review is a publication of City Seminary intended to educate the church community of the Sacramento area about our mission and services. If you would like to receive the quarterly newsletter via mail, please drop us an email with your name and address.
City Seminary is in the process of developing its theological library. Many books which have been contributed and purchased are being catalogued for use by the Library committee.
Sound theological books continue to be sought for the City Seminary library (hardcover only, please). Books may be sent to CSS Library, 2020 16th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95822. Please contact us by email with your list of books before shipping. If you have a large library of books to donate and you are located in the Northern California area, we will make arrangements to pick them up.
Additionally, we have established a City Seminary Wish List of desired books at Amazon.com. You can browse our list and purchase online. Amazon will ship the books directly to City Seminary.
Dr. John Strugnell, Professor Emeritus of Harvard Divinity School, headed the translation project for the Dead Sea Scrolls and his library is considered one of the finest in existence.
City Seminary acquired the majority of this collection, which includes a large number of volumes centered on the first century of Christianity, a significant emphasis on the Reformation period, and numerous works on Greek and Hebrew language, including concordances, references, and texts. Altogether, there are more than four thousand volumes and journals. For more information about the collection, please check under Resources.
City Seminary of Sacramento is pleased to announce the acquisition of the greater portion of the John Strugnell Library. Dr. Strugnell of Harvard Divinity School is the noted former chief editor of the Dead Seas Scrolls.
"The Strugnell Library is unique, in that it is so deep in so many areas," said City Seminary's Frank Walker, Professor of Historical Theology. "He had large sub-libraries in Semitics—including Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Ethiopic—as well as Greek and Latin, and large sections on classical studies, patristics [early church writings], apocryphal and pseudepigraphal [falsely attributed] literature, Judaism, Christianity, Hebrew Bible and New Testament studies."
Strugnell's association with the Dead Sea Scrolls began in 1955, following his training in Semitic languages and classics at Oxford University in Great Britain.
"The original Scrolls team was appointed in the early 1950s by Jordan, which nationalized the collection in 1961, and denied Jewish scholars access," according to a 1991 Jerusalem Report. Israel's Department of Antiquities left the team's jurisdiction over the Scrolls intact after Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967.
