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Calendar and Chronology, Jewish and Christian
Biblical, Intertestamental and Patristic Studies (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, Bd. 33.)
by Roger T. Beckwith
Paperback, 333 Pages, Published 2001 by Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-391-04123-3, ISBN: 0-391-04123-1

"This book deals with various challenging problems in Jewish and early Christian thought and practice, within the general areas of the calendar and chronology. New problems are tackled, and old problems are reconsidered. The new problems are intertestamental, and include the Qumran calendar, the stages in the development of Judaism between the Testaments, and the various chronologies used in early Judaism to measure past and future time. ..."

An English Prayer Book(1st Edition)
by The Church Society, Roger Beckwith, Oxford University Press
Hardcover, 234 Pages, Published 1997 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-110010-9, ISBN: 0-19-110010-2

"An English Prayer Book has been designed and developed by The Church Society (the Church of England's leading evangelical society), as a major contribution to the ongoing liturgical debate within the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. It draws on the existing riches of the 1662 Bookof Common Prayer and adapts these into contemporary language. Additional material is also included, based on a variety of sources, with some origi ..."

Elders in Every City(1st Edition)
The Origin an Role of the Ordained Ministry
by Roger T. Beckwith
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2002 by Paternoster
ISBN-13: 978-1-84227-230-5, ISBN: 1-84227-230-6

"Explains the emergence and early evolution of the ordained ministry as a Christian development of Jewish practice. Addressing the changing role of the ordained ministry, Roger Beckwith looks both within and without the church walls in this journey of exploration. Whilst the clergy's traditional roles in education, counselling, social welfare and marriage guidance has been taken over by teachers, doctors, psychiatrists and social workers ..."