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In Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus Erkki Koskenniemi investigates how two Jewish writers, Philo and Josephus, quoted, mentioned and referred to Greek writers and philosophers.

Grounded Identities: Territory and Belonging in the Medieval and Early Modern Middle East and Mediterranean explores attachment to lands in the pre-modern Islamicate world and the theoretical and long

applies a historical approach of the Semitic languages and literature to Mesopotamian and Biblical Law, the history, grammar and teaching of Hebrew and Aramaic, and the translation and interpretation

Timing and Time Perception: Procedures, Measures, and Applications is a one-of-a-kind, collective effort to present -theoretically and practically- the most utilized and known methods on timing and ti

Lotteries, Art Markets, and Visual Culture investigates lotteries as an atypical and popular form of the art trade, and as devices for distributing images and art objects, and constructing their value

The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine explores how analogy and metaphor illuminate and shape conceptions about the human body and disea

Affect, Emotion and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires is a study of art, literature and architecture that considers the intentions and motivations of patrons and artists in the urban and cul

These 18 studies survey the changing concept of voice and voices in oral traditions and subsequent literary genres of antiquity, both fictional (authorial and characterized) and historical, and from G

The volume Religion, Place and Modernity explores the spatial articulation of religion and modernity in and through places in Southeast and East Asia. Based on ethnographic, historical and theoretical

"Across Eastern Europe and Russia in the first half of the twentieth century, conflict and violence arising out of foreign and civil wars, occupation, revolutions, social and ethnic restructuring and

Byzantium/Modernism examines the cross-temporal interchange between Byzantium and modernism and articulates how and why Byzantine art and image theory can contribute to our understanding of modern and

The voices of orphans and other vulnerable children and young people and of their carers and the professional development workers are documented and used to both criticise the inadequacies of current

Historians explore Jewish life and modern questions in Russia and Eastern Europe, Jewish thought and questions of identity, and Jewish religion and politics in America. Their topics include the making

Scholars of Islamic religion and history look at history and society; historiography; Qur'an, law, and narrative; and texts and artifacts--all areas of interest for Donner (Near Eastern history, U. of

Historians, church historians, and scholars of religion explore some of the ways the scholarship and use, physical form and presentation, and languages and interpretations of the Bible were altered to

Boer (biblical studies, McGill U.) presents a study and revaluation of Marx and Engels' engagement with theology. Theology and its contradictions crop up again and again in Marx and Engels' writing as

Scholars of religion from Europe and North America explore mystery and secrets in the Nag Hammadi and related Gnostic writings and in Christian and other practices, texts, and material culture. The 2

Scholars of Byzantine religion, literature, and culture explore women; icons and images; and texts, practices, and spaces. Among the topics examined are learned women of Byzantium and the surviving re

Sociologists mostly from Canada look at interplays between knowledge, globalization, and identity; knowledge innovation, governance, and policy; and universities, intermediate actors, and the knowledg

For housing scholars and practitioners, Silverman and Patterson (urban and regional planning and social work, U. of Buffalo) assemble 13 essays that examine the trends, outcomes, and future directions

Sociologists at Boston College and a few contributors from other disciplines and other US academies explore social intersections between culture, power, and history and their costs and benefits. Takin

Historians and social scientists--Europeans and American who have done field work in Africa--address the political and conflict-generating potential of youth and generational conflict in Africa, and d

Containing 26 selected and thoroughly rewritten essays and articles (all written by Janssen and published previously between 1976 and 2002 in yearbooks and periodicals) all dedicated to the history of

The study of heresy and heterodoxy and of belief in magic, witchcraft and the devil has in the past 25 years made significant advances in our understanding of art and iconography, ideas, mentality and

The present volume of The Deshima Diaries consists of the journals that were kept by the chiefs of the Dutch trading post in Japan during the first two decades of the so called seclusion period (1640-1868). The employees of the Dutch East India Company - since 1640 the only Europeans in Japan - had to give up their relatively free life in the port of Hirado and were forced to move to the tiny island of Deshima in the Bay of Nagasaki. Continually surrounded by Japanese guards, spies, cooks, concubines and interpreters they sought to continue their trading activities with their Japanese hosts. Once a year the chief of the factory and two or three staff members made a court voyage to Edo to pay obeisance to the Shogun. The diaries in this volume describe in detail how the Dutch merchants grappled with the severe restrictions that were imposed on them, but their writings also shed surprising light on social and economic life in Nagasaki and beyond.Contributors are: Willem Remmelink and Wou

For the last 30 years, polyphenols were in the centre of research work worldwide. Silymarin, an extract from a medicinal plant Silybum marianum, also known as milk thistle, has a special place in this group, having been used in human medicine for the management of liver diseases since ancient times. Accumulating scientific evidence indicates that silymarin is characterised by a wide range of protective pharmacological activities and this topic has received tremendous attention in recent years. However, until now there has been no single monograph addressing major questions related to silymarin chemistry, biochemistry and practical applications.The goal of this book is to provide up to date information about silymarin chemistry, biochemistry and molecular mechanisms of protective actions of this phytochemical with a special emphasis to its vitagene- and transcription factor-modulating properties. Silymarin applications in human diseases, including hepatoprotection, neuroprotection, anti

In Securitising Asylum Flows, the editors have collected contributions that examine the human rights and rule of law challenges posed by the EU response to the so-called refugee crisis.

State, Religion and Muslims offers a comprehensive insight into the discrimination against Muslims at the legislative, executive and judicial level across the 12 Western countries situating discrimina

In Finding Allies and Making Revolution, Tony Saich shows how a Dutchman helped launch the Chinese Communist Party and devised the key strategy of the united front to work with the nationalists to promote revolution.

This volume focuses on the recent challenge posed by right-wing populism to democratic consolidation in Europe and particularly explores the legal dimensions of this challenge. Part One attempts to de

Confucianism and Reflexive Modernity criticizes the paradigm of Asian Value Debate and defends a balance between individual empowerment and flourishing community for human rights in the context of glo

From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book explores the four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Ch

"[This book provides] an overview of the development, meaning, and nature of international humanitarian law (IHL). It presents a critical review of the protection of the injured, sick and shipwrecked,

Volume 2 (2A, 2B and 2C) : Deuterocanonical Scriptures, editors Matthias Henze and Frank FederVol. 2C: Vol. 2C: Jubilees to Appendix

Positive measures to prevent and remedy discrimination have been adopted in many parts of the world. By comparing the scope and form of such measures in different legal systems, we can gain a better p

Nira Stone (1938-2013) contributed to the understanding of mediaeval Armenian art and painting. Her interest ranged over a millennium of artistic expression, and over such fields of creativity as manu

Volume 2 (2A, 2B and 2C) : Deuterocanonical Scriptures, editors Matthias Henze and Frank FederVol. 2B: Deuterocanonical Scriptures to Ezra

The articles by Henk Bodewitz collected in this volume, published between 1969 and 2013, deal with Vedic cosmology and ethics on basis of a systematic philological study of early Vedic texts, from the

This book addresses the teaching and cultural activities of the Akademia Zamojska in the Early Modern Age. The main subject is the development of politics as a university discipline in this school and

In Receptive Ecumenism and the Renewal of the Ecumenical Movement, Antonia Pizzey offers a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the approach of Receptive Ecumenism, which is widely regarded as hav