Gruenwald (religious studies, Tel Aviv U.) begins by defining what he means as ritual and how he distinguishes it from daily human activity, ideology, symbolic structures, religion, and other entities
Kelly (history, Rutgers U.) investigates what it meant to be king during Robert's age; how rulership did or did not adapt to an altered social, economic, and political context; whether it betrayed cer
This book, prepared under the auspices of the IPSA Research Committee on Political Elites, focuses on the interpenetration between various types of elites. The contributions to this book reveal contra
Euripidea Tertia is a companion volume to the Loeb Euripides discussing places in the late plays where text or translation required explanation. The plays covered are IT, Ion, Helen, Phoenissae, Orest
Originally published over the past 20 years, the 38 papers collected in this two-volume set represent an overview of the core concerns of Eisenstadt (emeritus, sociology, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israe
The various ways that the writing of history was understood, from the fourth century through the fourteenth, is the subject of a dozen essays by an international group of historians. Deliyannis (hist
How can Jesus be said to be “missing”? What is “missing” is not by any means reference to Jesus: what is missing is rather an entire dimension of his identity. The “missing” Jesus is Jesus within Juda
Examining how Latin American liberation theology developed from its earliest formulations in the late 1960s to its decade of crisis in the 1990s, political theologian Tombs (reconciliation studies, Tr
David Tombs offers an accessible introduction to the theological challenges raised by Latin American Liberation from its emergence in the 1960s to its ‘decade of crisis’ in the 1990s. This work traces
This book tells the story from its invention in 14th-century Lombardy, which depended on the production of the necessary steel plates, until its eventual decline in the 17th century, principally becau
Luther's lectures on Genesis over the final ten years of his life were being published in volumes even before he died. Mattox (Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France) analyzes how in th
This book contains twelve penetrating case-studies written by scholars from various disciplines. They focus on the use of deceit by several groups of people in different spheres of life, as well as on
Three treatises on human physiology by Artistotle's pupil Theophrastus are newly edited and translated. A commentary accompanies each treatise, as do indices of words and subjects. Thre treatises rela
For more than a millennium Kalidasa’s long poem Raghuvamsa has been acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit literature. This volume presents a critical edition of the first six chapters o
The first volume to collect essays from the emergent field of cultural studies that specifically address the work of James Joyce,Cultural Studies of James Joyce includes work from both well-establishe
The essays assembled in this volume grew out of a conference held at Cornell University in November 2001. The goal of the conference was to examine the claim that the city-state of Hamburg had a uniqu
This highly specialized study assesses the procedure of surrender of individuals to international criminal courts, based on the practices of the International Criminal Court (ICC), that of the Former
This volume reproduces hitherto neglected writings by seven late sixteenth-century Dutch Mennonite martyrs, which were originally published between 1577 and 1609, making readily available important ne
One thousand years ago, the Byzantine Empire was reaching the height of its revival as a medieval state. The ten contributions to this volume by scholars from six European countries re-assess key aspe
Dutch teacher and writer Versluys is currently leading an international research team at Nemrud Dag, Turkey. Here he slightly reworks and updates his 2001 doctoral dissertation for Leiden University i
This book is about the sociologists' analyses of the newness of our time. It discusses five conceptual perspectives: (1) Multiple modernities; (2) Globalization; (3) Multiculturalism; (4) The declinin
Proceedings from a May 2001 conference held in Berlin, bringing together leading international social scientists to discuss the complexities of the global economy. An introduction to the multiple mode
This massive volume of specialized studies, which is dedicated to the immensely productive scholar Emanuel Tov (Bible studies, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel: a bibliography of his work is included),
These essays, by some of today’s greatest scholars of Judaism and Hellenism in antiquity, explore a variety of ways in which these two great civilizations interacted. Taken together, a large, variegat
Pura Besakih is the paramount Hindu temple on Bali. Located high on the slopes of the volcano Mt Agung, it has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples, th
Brill is pleased to present this Study Edition of the Complete Concordance to Flavius Josephus including the Namenworterbuch by Schalit in two handy volumes. We expect it will prove to be a valuable r
This volume includes twenty-seven interdisciplinary essays on aspects of Judaism in the Greco-Roman world derived from the author's long-standing interests in the analysis of texts as documents of cul
The analysis of the references of Passover in the works of Flavius Josephus, paying special attention to the fact that sometimes he adds or hides the mentioning of this feast, reveals the importance o
International experts offer fresh insights into: (1) Review of Scholarship and Context; (2) Near Eastern Milieu; (3) Interpretation of Specific Passages; (4) Social Setting; (5) Literary Context, Incl
Segal reconstructs the development of the “two powers in heaven” heresy through prudent dating of the stages of the rabbinic traditions. Segal stresses the importance of perceiving the relevance of ra
This volume of BACAP Proceedings contains recent research by international scholars on Empedocles, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and some Hellenistic philosophers. It covers such topics as Epicurean meth
This volume of BACAP Proceedings contains recent research by international scholars on Empedocles, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and some Hellenistic philosophers. It covers such topics as Epicurean meth
In this study, Renz argues that the book of Ezekiel functions as a single rhetorical unit designed to address a specific rhetorical situation: shaping the self-understanding of the second-generation o
Aaron systematically examines God-related idioms in the Hebrew Bible to determine whether a particular idiom is meant to be understood metaphorically. Aaron challenges current methodologies that domin
Berg (Chinese, U. of Durham, UK) attempts to reconstruct the perceived reality of 17th century Chinese through a reading of the Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan , an anonymous satirical novel likely written dur
This study uses university commentaries on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as a window onto changing ideals and practices of education and of humanist Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy, particularly
The book exposes the theological foundations of religious-Zionism. Relying on a rigorous analysis of new primary sources, Schwartz argues that this movement strove to build a new religious consciousne
Klieger (anthropology, California Academy of Sciences) presents ten papers that represent a portion of the papers that were given at the June 2000 seminar (other papers appear in nine other volumes).
