Jubilee in the Bible: Using the theology of Jürgen Moltmann to find a new hermeneutic combines biblical studies with modern theology and has an orientation towards the Church. This is the first book o
How are individuals socialized today? To answer these questions, a unique investigation has been carried out using two scales of analysis: the scale of the cosmopolitan world as well as the scale of e
Using Islamic tradition as a resource, the poets, novelists, playwright, filmmaker, and illustrator in this study discover signs of God’s creative actions amid the tensions of contemporary Muslim Amer
This volume offers a novel, trans-regional vision of Viking Age (9th-11th century) cultural and political contacts between Scandinavia and the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea, using predominantly arc
Palaeography, orthography and morphology of the large and important 14th century saga manuscript Möðruvallabók are described in detail using absolute numbers. Where the language isn’t uniform, each of
In Spanish Books in the Europe of the Enlightenment (Paris and London) Nicolás Bas recreates, using a bibliographical approach, the manner in which Spain was regarded in Europe in the Eighteenth centu
Stuke offers an extremely detailed and scholarly compendium of all known insects in the family Conopidae (thick-headed flies), categorized since 1919. Each entry (using the Latin nomenclature only
In this book, Lucia Ceci reconstructs the relationship between the Catholic Church and Fascism, using new and previously unstudied sources in the Vatican Archives.
Using "lived religion" as its conceptual tool, this book explores how the Reformation showed itself in and was influenced by lay people's everyday lives. It reinvestigates the character of the Reform
This volume offers a novel approach to the study of religion and secularity by using a singular micro-level event – a bus campaign – to explore issues pertaining to the status of religion and the regu
Francis Willughby transformed the study of natural history in the mid-1600s. Using previously unexplored archives and new discoveries we show that Willughby was a polymath, a true virtuoso, who made o
This study of Medieval public justice examines the practice of criminal justice at the end of the 14th century, using the northern Italian city of Reggio Emilia as a case study. The book investigates
The Old Greek Translation of Zechariah analyses the character of this translation and, using new methodological perspectives, suggests that the translator had pro-Hasmonean sympathies.
Using contemporary illustrations, Legal Maxims in Islamic Criminal Law delves into the theoretical and practical studies ofal-Qawaid al-Fiqhiyyah in Islamic legal theory. It elucidates the importance
Using comparative law and a strong basis in both Islamic law and common law,Towards the Reform of Private Waqfs offers innovative solutions for privateWaqfs.
Norquest reconstructs the phoneme inventory of Proto-Hlai based on data from 12 Hlai languages spoken on Hainan, China, and classifies the Hlai languages using innovative criteria and explaining his m
With In Good Company, Bede Benjamin Bidlack derives a theory of the body from the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin using his own, first-time translation of the thought of Daoist Xiao Yingsou.
Using a transdisciplinary approach for a thorough assessment of the much-debated religious ending of the Metamorphoses, this new and detailed commentary on Apuleius' Isis book will elucidate the narra
Using the commentaries of a group of scholars from c. 1150-1350, along with confessors’ manuals, mystery plays and sermon material, this book investigates the place of the Decalogue in medieval religi
Revolutionary Marxism in Spain, 1930-1937 examines the impact of Trotsky’s political thought upon those Spanish communists who dissented from the ‘general line’ laid down by Moscow. Using Spanish sour
The French pursued victory and colonisation amid a Roman landscape little affected down the centuries by local inhabitants. In the space of two generations they destroyed much of it, re-using its mate
Using the methodology of cultural translation, Flynn studies change in YHWH’s kingship and situates that change in the Neo-Assyrian period. Judahite scribes changed the theology of YHWH’s kingship, fr
The Ottoman Middle East discusses various political, social, cultural and economic aspects of the Ottoman Middle East. By using various textual and visual documents, produced in the Ottoman Empire, th
Transaction Planning Using Rules on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments by R. A. Brand, Professor at theUniversity of Pittsburgh.The Emancipation of the Individual from the S
The book discusses how conflicts were handled in medieval Scandinavia. Using practice as analytical concept, the authors explore law and litigation in conjunction with non-formal legal proceedings suc
Traces the fate of antiquities and technologies in Asia Minor, their degradation, and re-use, including the eventual export of treasures to competing Western museums, using technologies re-imported fr
The book presents new figurative models of interchange between Judaism and Christianity. It demonstrates the nexus connecting the account of Creation and the Tabernacle using Jewish and Christian te
"The Minority Concept in the Turkish Context" discusses the concept of minority in the specific Turkish context by using three different case studies: religious minorities in Turkey, Muslims of Greece
Intertwining literary criticism, cultural research, and psychological experience, this subtle study has two aims: to examine the nightmare as a mental state using literary texts, and to identify the c
In "Gilded Voices," Qiliang He focuses on "pingtan," a storytelling art using the Suzhou dialect, to explore the role of the cultural market in mediating between the state and artists in the PRC era.
Using Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia as a microcosm, this book offers a critical examination of state-civil society relations and governance under the neoliberal model. Focusing specifically on the
Using insights from modern sociology, this book argues that the organization, law, and literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls sect expressed an "alternative civic ideology" by which members claimed citize
Using graphic satire as a weather vane, Spaans (history of Christianity, Utrecht U.) investigates how the contending religious groups and ideas that kept the 17th century churning in the Netherlands w
Kvanvig (Old Testament studies, U. of Oslo, Norway) starts his introduction by explaining that using the word "history" in the title puts him on shaky ground, because "[t]he ancient sages of the Ancie
The essays in this volume examine the political economies of China, the former USSR, India, and the Philippines from the perspective of state capitalism. Using comparative and interdisciplinary method
A new interpretation of the Jesuit mission to New France is here proposed by using, for comparison and contrast, the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan. In order to present revisionist perspectives of
The aim of this study is to give a more precise interpretation, using the commemorative form of activity of confraternity, of the function and purpose behind such depictions, in the case of a few sele
Using hitherto unconsidered source materials from late antiquity to the early modern period, this volume charts new views about the role of penance in shaping western attitudes and practices for resol
This book offers an inside into the modes of using ritual as an affective tool of political action in the Middle Ages - both in the practice of political entreprising, and on the level of narrative in
