Adventist Studies

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  Second Advent History

  Isaac Wellcome

  Isaac Wellcome, a member of the Advent Christian branch of Adventists, produced this first general history of the movement that had promoted the belief that the Second Advent of Jesus would take place on October 22, 1844.

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  Memoirs of William Miller

  Sylvester Bliss

  This work, originally published in 1853, remains the most comprehensive biographical study of the founder of Adventism.

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  Earliest Seventh-day Adventist Periodicals

  George R. Knight

  This book reproduces in full the very first doctrinal and apologetic publications of the small group of Sabbatarian Adventists who had emerged out of the Millerite movement.

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  Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists

  George R. Knight

  This first book-length document on Adventist missions represents a valuable historical record of the denomination’s early missions.

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  Autobiography of Joseph Bates: With Additional Material from Two Later Editions of the Same Work

  Joseph Bates

  Gary Land states, “Prisoner of war, sea captain, moral reformer, and itinerant preacher, Joseph Bates led a varied and fascinating life and, as recognized by several scholars, achieved historical significance by co-founding the Seventh-day Adventist Church.”

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  Questions on Doctrine: Annotated Edition

  George R. Knight

  This is a completely new typeset of the monumental 1957 classic, containing an extensive historical and theological introduction and detailed in-text notations by George R. Knight.

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  Life Incidents

  James White

  This autobiographical work, by 47-year-old James White, describes his early experience in becoming part of the Millerite movement and the developing Sabbatarian branch of that movement, beginning in the mid-1840s.

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  Foundations of the Seventh-day Adventist Message and Mission

  P. Gerard Damsteegt

  This description of the origins and basic theology of the Seventh-day Adventist church shows how the church has become one of the most widespread Protestant denominations. Damsteegt’s analysis of the Scriptural basis of the church helps to explain its missionary nature.