In Faces of Charisma: Image, Text, Object in Byzantium and the Medieval West, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars advances the theory that charisma may be a quality of art as well as of person.
The Universal Science (Ilm-i kulli) by Mehdi ?a?iri Yazdi is a concise and authoritative introduction to the fundamental discussions in Islamic metaphysics. This short work offers an accessible, lucid
In Introduction to the Tsinghua Bamboo-Strip Manuscripts, Liu Guozhong explores the complexities of researching the Tsinghua strips, from the challenges that arise in their preservation, to the contri
In this monograph, Capistran analyzes constraints on double and triple object sentences following a PO/SO pattern. Alternating constructions and construction splits are also explained. PO selection ac
Rybatzki (Altaic studies, Helsinki University) and Rachewiltz (history, Australian National University at Canberra, emeritus) have produced an impressive introduction to Altaic philology: Chuvash-Turk
These volumes present the text of Abu Ma’?šar’s Great Introduction to Astrology in Arabic (with an English translation) and Greek and the divergences in the Latin translations. It provides a fully-com
A Companion to Korean American Studies aims to provide readers with a broad introduction to Korean American Studies, through essays exploring major themes, key insights, and scholarly approaches that
Foundations of Jurisprudence is a dual-text critical edition, edited and translated by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi, of Mabadi? al-wu?ul ila ?ilm al-u?ul, an introduction to Islamic legal principles (u
This collection of essays focuses on the medieval Hebrew book as object in order to explore the production, circulation, transmission, and consumption of Hebrew texts in the western Mediterranean (mai
In "Jerome and the Monastic Clergy" Andrew Cain provides the first full-scale commentary on Jerome's famous Letter to Nepotian along with an introduction, newly revised Latin text, and English transla
Zadrapa (African and Asian languages, Charles U., Prague) presents his 2009 doctoral dissertation at Charles University on how object words can be used to denote a process in Classical Chinese; the us
Incubation here refers to "...the practice of sleeping, or at least passing the night, in a holy place with the object of receiving a divine revelation of divine aid in a dream...," states Kim in the
This volume is intended as a companion to two earlier publications by the author: Jurisdiction of International Tribunals (2003) and Jurisdiction of Specific International Tribunals (2009). The object
This book presents for the first time 36 previously uncollected public disputations of Jacobus Arminius. In addition to summaries in English, the texts are preceded by an introduction to disputations
This volume investigates the transmission and ancient reception of ancient Greek texts with musical notation. It provides a reconstruction of the dynamics of reception orienting the re-use and re-shap
This volume of essays is devoted to a careful examination of the importance of methodology in the study of primary religious data. The essays focus on the 'Sacred' as an ultimate object of descriptive
No Moonlight in My Cup provides translations and commentaries for more than two hundred Sinitic poems (kanshi ??) from the Nara and Heian courts (710-1185) together with a detailed introduction to thi
Preaching in the Patristic Era. Sermons, Preachers, Audiences in the Latin West offers an introduction to the field of Latin patristic preaching with attention both to general topics and individual pr
This is an extensive introduction to Joachim of Fiore's life, works, and legacy of this medieval abbot and apocalyptic seer, who predicted the perfection of humankind in a future Third Age of the Holy
Juan Luis Vives’ 1533 treatise on rhetoric, De ratione dicendi, is a highly original but largely neglected Renaissance Latin text. David Walker’s critical edition, with introduction, facing translati
The book offers a basic introduction to the theory of Cognitive Grammar, which claims that meaning resides in conceptualization, and that grammar is inherently meaningful, residing in the structuring
Tangam is a critically endangered Trans-Himalayan language spoken by 150 hilltribespeople in the Far Eastern Himalaya. This work presents a cultural, historical and grammatical introduction to the Tan
There existed no English-language scholarly introduction to Marguerite Porete or The Mirror of Simple Souls until now. Current interest in both and the implications her book has on medieval scholarshi
At the intersection of rhetoric, historiography, and the history of reading, Anthologies of Historiographical Speeches offers an introduction to a little-known rhetorical and bibliographic genre: the
A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages provides a thorough introduction to the wide range of interpretations of Job produced in the medieval Christian West, from those in exegetical and theological wor
Tibetan Printing: Comparisons, Continuities and Change is the first publication that brings together leading experts from different disciplines to discuss the introduction of printing in Tibetan socie
One of the first English-language collections of essays dedicated to the millenarianism in the early modern Iberian world,Visions, Prophecies and Divinations offers an introduction to the complex phen
"This volume contains a critical edition and an introduction to the Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Proverbs by one of the most acclaimed, innovative, and prolific exegetes of the Kar
Robert Leigh offers a critical edition with translation into English, commentary and introduction of the pharmacological treatiseOn Theriac to Piso traditionally attributed to Galen, and reviews the e
China’s Literary Cosmopolitans offers a comprehensive introduction to the intertwined literary careers of Qian Zhongshu (1910-98) and Yang Jiang (b. 1911) and explains why they have come to represent
Brill's Companion to Leo Strauss’ Writings on Classical Political Thought offers clear, accessible essays to assist a new generation of readers in their introduction to Strauss’ writings on the ancien
The Companion to John of Salisbury provides an overall introduction to the place of John of Salisbury in the political debates of twelfth-century England and the history of the Church, as well as to h
This Companion offers an introduction to recent scholarship on early modern German Pietism, a movement that arose in the late 17th century German Empire. Pietism introduced a new paradigm to German Pr
This new and important introduction to Seneca provides a systematic and concise presentation of this author s philosophical works and his tragedies. It provides handbook style surveys of each genuine
In Confucian Rituals and Chinese Villagers, Yonghua Liu examines how Confucian rituals were introduced to the Chinese countryside and how this introduction brought about social and cultural transforma
Collected in two volumes are short tales and vignettes written in the 18th century China, a miscellany of sorts, leaning strongly to supernatural tales and often blackly humorous. The introduction des
The dialogue "Iulius exclusus e coelis" - a violent attack on Pope Julius II (1503-1513) and a lucid analysis of papal power regarded as an anti-apostolic institution - has been the object of a centur
This is an introduction to the sociological "messages" of Georg Simmel (1858-1918), which Helle (Ludwig-Maximilians-U. Munchen, Germany) summarizes as: the need for interpretation of social experience
The author identifies two aims in his introduction: "...to offer a multifaceted conception of Muharram rituality by demonstrating how various performative practices intricately interrelate with both d
