Lives of Great Religious Books

Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s Letters and Papers fr om Prison Lives of Great Religious Books

Th e Tibetan Book of the Dead, Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s Letters and Papers fr om Prison, Martin E. Marty Augustine’s Confessions, Garry Wills forthcoming:

Revelation, Bruce Chilton Th e Analects of , Annping Chin and Jonathan D. Spence Th e Dead Sea Scrolls, John J. Collins Th e Bhagavad Gita, Richard H. Davis Josephus’s Th e Jewish War, Martin Goodman Th e Book of Mormon, Paul Gutjahr Th e Book of Genesis, Ronald S. Hendel Th e Book of Job, Mark Larrimore Th e Greatest Translations of All Time: Th e Septuagint and Th e Vulgate, Jack Miles Th e Passover Haggadah, Vanessa Ochs Th e Song of Songs, Ilana Pardes Rumi’s Masnavi, Omid Safi Th e I Ching, Richard J. Smith Th e Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, David Gordon White Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s Letters and Papers fr om Prison A Biography

Martin E. Marty

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Marty, Martin E., 1928– Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s letters and papers from prison : a biography / Martin E. Marty. p. cm. — (Lives of great religious books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-13921-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Bonhoeff er, Dietrich, 1906–1945. 2. Bonhoeff er, Dietrich, 1906–1945. Widerstand und Ergebung. 3. Prisoners of war— —Correspondence. 4. Th eologians—Germany— Correspondence. I. Title. BX4827.B57M359 2011 230Ј.044092—dc22 [B] 2010029618

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