Three picks: | Moore, John Allen Anabaptist Portraits (Herald Press, 1984) Concise bios of 6 leaders - Grebel, Mantz, Blaurock, Sattler, Denck and Hubmaier. Includes excerpts from each man's most important writings. Only $12.99. |
van Braght, Thieleman J. Martyrs Mirror (Herald Press, 1938; rev. ed. 1998) The centuries-old martyrology is now available in a paperback version - all 1158 pages of it. A deal at $31.88. |
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Three Hutterian classics: | Hostetler, John A. Hutterite Society (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997; originally published 1974) This volume is back in print in a sturdy paperback edition. Only $24.95. |
Packull, Werner O. Hutterite Beginnings: Communitarian experiments during the Reformation (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) Pricey at $59.95, but includes the latest scholarship. |
Harrison, Wes Andreas Ehrenpreis and Hutterite Faith and Practice (Pandora Press/Herald Press, 1997) |
More good ones: | Oyer, John S. and Robert S. Kreider Mirror of the Martyrs: Stories of courage, inspiringly retold, of 16th-century Anabaptists who gave up their lives for their faith (Intercourse: Good Books, 1990) An abbreviated version of Martyrs Mirror. Only $8.46. |
Hamilton, Alastair, Sjouke Voolstra & Piet Visser (editors)
From Martyr to Muppy: A historical introduction to cultural assimilation processes of a religious minority in the Netherlands: the Mennonites (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1994) $34.50. |
Dyck, Cornelius J. (editor) An Introduction to Mennonite History (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1993; originally published 1967) Now in its third revised edition, this volume has long been a popular textbook for Anabaptist/Mennonite history courses. Only $13.59. |
. | Stayer, James The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994) Only $22.95. |
Estep, William The Anabaptist Story (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996) Only $16. |
Voolstra, Sjouke Menno Simons: His image and message (Newton: Mennonite Press, 1997) Only $18. |
. | Snyder, C. Arnold and Linda Huebert Hecht (eds.) Profiles of Anabaptist Women (Wilfrid University Press, 1996) |
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