Tuppence Press is the Home of the Writings of Calvin Seerveld
New!
God picks up the pieces: Ecclesiastes as a chorus of voices
by Calvin Seerveld- $14.00 US from Dordt Press
- $20.00 Cdn postpaid from Tuppence Press to Canadian personal address
- 125 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-0-932914-16-3 / 2023
A fresh literary translation from the Hebrew of the biblical Older Testament book of Ecclesiastes, introduced and arranged as script for oral choral presentation, with comment on its meaning.
Dordt Press Books (Canada Special)
By special arrangement with
Dordt College Press, the new book above and the six recent books
below can be posted to a personal Canadian address at the list price
in Canadian dollars, if ordered directly from Toronto
Tuppence Press.
Send check to Tuppence Press at the address, 332 Senlac Road, Toronto,
Ontario M2R 1R3.
Normative Aesthetics
by Calvin Seerveldedited by John H. Kok
- $21.00 US
- 330 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-940567-00-6 / 2014
Discussion of human imaginativity, of ordinary aesthetic life including humour, style, clothes, games and leisure, with ideas about the need for imaginative grit and giving away artistry in love to one’s neighbours.
Redemptive Art in Society
by Calvin Seerveldedited by John H. Kok
- $21.00 US
- 328 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-940567-01-3 / 2014
On the necessity of whimsical redemptive public artistry, especially in cities, with an extended celebration of practising theatre as a christian vocation
Cultural Problems in Western Society
by Calvin Seerveldedited by John H. Kok
- $17.00 US
- 212 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-940567-02-0 / 2014
An assessment of how “tolerance,” xenophilia, and imaginative reenchantment of the European tradition can challenge artists today who want to make a living from their art in our post-christian Western society
Art History Revisited
by Calvin Seerveldedited by John H. Kok
- $20.00 US
- 314 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-940567-03-7 / 2014
Schema for a cartographic methodology for doing art history, demonstrated with critique of the art of Watteau, Hogarth, Mengs, Peter S. Smith and Gerald Folkerts. Also, the genius of Vollenhoven’s philosophical historiography, with notes on art critic Kurt Badt’s use of Heidegger’s aesthetics.
Cultural Education & History Writing
by Calvin Seerveldedited by John H. Kok
- $23.00 US
- 388 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-940567-04-4 / 2014
A rationale for Christian college education, for learning foreign languages, with reflections on keeping history and writing history down truthfully
Biblical Studies & Wisdom for Living
by Calvin Seerveldedited by John H. Kok
- $25.00 US
- 446 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-940567-06-8 / 2014
Biblical studies on psalms, on how to read Proverbs, on human corporeality, pleasure, becoming elderly, with songs on the weather, friendship, and married love
Aesthetics, Art, and Philosophical Orientation
Rainbows for the Fallen World
by Calvin Seerveld- 256 pp with 68 black/white illus. and 7 colour plates
- hardcover and paperback
- 223 x 150 mm
- 0-919071-09-0 / 2005 US$30 / Cdn $30
- 0-919071-07-4 /2005 US$45 / Cdn $45
Germinal essays showing how imaginativity can invigorate daily life, including schooling, and why "allusivity" is key to artistry. The biblical charter for Christians making art is spelled out, and suggestions are given for working communally at a redemptive culture amid our brilliant, needy artworld.
Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves
by Calvin Seerveld- xiv - 205 pp with 71 black and white plates and a 16 page full color insert
- large format paper back
- 229 x 145 mm
- 0-919071-05-8 / 2000
- US $35.00 / Cdn $35.00
Alternative steps in understanding art: "A key thinker and teacher of philosophical aesthetics encourages mature, bold Christian engagement with the arts."
In the Fields of the Lord
A Calvin Seerveld Readeredited by Craig Bartholomew
- xi - 411 pp with 27 black and white illustrations and seven songs
- large, hefty paper back
- 229 x 145 mm
- 0-919071-06-6 / 2000
- US $35.00 / Cdn $35.00
Diverse lectures and articles not available elsewhere on the topics of art, education, daily working life, philosophical matters, reading the Bible.
A Christian Critique of Art & Literature
by Calvin Seerveld- xvii-150 pp with 20 black and white illustrations
- paper back
- 215 x 140 mm
- 0-919071-04-X / 1995
- US $15.00 / Cdn $15.00
Basic lectures explaining how a person can treat art and literature so as to be redeeming one's time.
(revised edition.)
Reading the Bible, and How
Voicing God's Psalms
by Calvin SeerveldA William B. Eerdmans publication available by special permission to personal Canadian addresses.
- xxiv-164 pp
- paperback
- 229 x 1173 mm
- with CD / 36 tracks (72:05 minutes)
- 0-8028-2806-X / 2005
- Cdn $29.00
Original, fresh translations of Older and New Testament biblical psalms, highlighting the rough and tender tenor of God's voice to us today.
Thematic and historical settings and singable versifications are given.
An accompanying CD features Seerveld reading the psalms, with select versifications skillfully rendered by solo recorder (Cal Stapert).
Take Hold of God and Pull
by Calvin Seerveld- xxi - 237 pp with 8 black and white photographs of art works
- paperback
- 195 x 130 mm
- 0-85364-910-3 / 1999
- US $20 / Cdn $20.00
Fresh words from Scripture for our lives today.
As Jacob once wrestled with an angel at Jabbok and refused to let go until he had been blessed, Calvin Seerveld urges readers in this collection of probing meditations to wrestle in faith with the God revealed in Jesus Christ.
Ideal to dip into and return to again and again, these devotions will challenge your assumptions about God and the Christian life and encourage you to stretch towards God in faith.
How to Read the Bible to Hear God Speak
by Calvin Seerveld- xiv-108 pp. with 8 black and white and 1 colour illustration and 1 song
- paperback
- 223 x 150 mm
- 0-919071-08-2 / 2003
- US $15 / Cdn $15.00
This study shows how Fundamentalist, Dogmatist, and Higher-critical Deconstructivists treat Numbers 22-24, and how readers in the line of the Reformation listen to what God is saying in these chapters for us today.
The Greatest Song:
in critique of Solomon
by Calvin Seerveld
Music by Ina Lohr
Woodcuts by Flip van der Burgt
Design by Sypko Bosch
- 107 pp with 8 black and white woodcuts, and musical score for voice and instruments
- lovely large paper back or cloth edition
- 225 x 225 mm
- 0-919071-02-3 / 1988 US$15.00 / Cdn $15.00
- 0-919071-03-1 / 1988 US$25.00 / Cdn $25.00
Poignant translation from the Hebrew of the Song of Songs as a chorus of voices
A convincing look at this enigmatic book of the Bible treated as God's Word about erotic human love in the wisdom tradition
On Being Human
by Calvin Seerveld- 104 pp with 15 black and white illustrations, and 11 songs
- 210 x 137mm
- paper back
- 1-55011-068-3 /1988
- US $7.00 / Cdn $7.00
Imaging God in the Modern World.
This is a book which promises to engage all of your senses while vividly illustrating what it really means to be human.
Through the use of scripture, stunning artworks, original songs and prayers, the author explores the miracle of being human, in the image of God.
CDs and Videos
The Gift of Genevan Psalmody
by Calvin Seerveld- 79 minutes
- CD
- US $21 / Cdn $18
- Europe 18 Euro
(CD prices include postage paid to the country of the currency.)
Stephanie Martin directs Pax Christi Chorale singers to illustrate a lecture given by Calvin Seerveld which traces how Gregorian chant mutates via Savonarola's laude and Luther's geistliche Lieder into Genevan Psalm singing by God's people.
for an excerpt, please visit this link.
The Breath of God:
Calvin Seerveld and the art of Bible translation
by Agitprop Films
- 50 minute video
- US $20 / Cdn $20.00
- currently out of print
Translating the Song of Songs
by Agitprop Films- 40 minute video
- US $20 / Cdn $20.00
- currently out of print
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