’Did Matthew ”twist” the Scriptures?’ ’Where did Satan come from?’ ’My Reading? Your Reading? Author (-ity) and Postmodern Hermeneutics.’ ’Paul and Moses: Hermeneutics from the Top Down.’ Learning fro
Barbara von Barghahn is Professor of Art History at George Washington University and a specialist in the art history of Portugal, Spain, and their colonial dominions, as well as Flanders (1400-1800).
Agriculture and nourishment are, from early times and up to now, crucial elements in the development of market systems. Shortage and surplus gave shape to different forms of exchange and sale, to the
Why do queer bachelors and homosexual desire haunt the works of the German writer W. G. Sebald (1944-2001)? In a series of readings of Sebald’s major texts, from ‘After Nature’ to ‘Austerlitz’, Helen
Poet, novelist, theorist, playwright, translator, politician, and teacher, Edoardo Sanguineti (1930-2010) is one of the most original and influential Italian intellectuals of the second post-war perio
In 1995, Jeremy B. Rutter presented the pottery of the Fourth Settlement at Lerna in Lerna III: The Pottery of Lerna IV. The present volume is the companion to the Rutter volume, outlining the archite
Heresies & Heretics: Memories of the Twentieth Century is an enjoyably iconoclastic book in which George Watson discusses some of the great heresies of the twentieth century, and the heretics who
Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, came under Roman domination during the late Republican Civil War. Due to its position outside of the political and strategic centres of the Empir
Poetry born of historical upheaval bears witness both to actual historical events and considerations of poetics. Under the duress of history the poet, who is torn between lamentation and celebration,
Issued in conjunction with an exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, this is the first comprehensive study of birds in ancient Egyptian society, economy, art, and relig
First launched at the time of the Athens Olympics, Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World has become a classic study in its field. The 15 illustrated chapters of this collection not only explor
The uneasy pieces of this book are well-written, challenging and stimulating. They come from the pen of Australian biblical scholars within the Anglican communion, who are skilled in both exegesis and
In the lands where his empire actually lay, Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was remembered by some as a brutal destroyer and by others as a wise ruler and sage. Classicists, archaeologists, and other
Sydnor (world religions, Emmanuel College, Boston) happened to be studying the theologians Sri Ramanuja of the Srivaisnava Hindu tradition and Friedrich Schleiermacher of the Reformed Christian tradit
The 13th and final volume of reports on the major excavation of this ancient village contains extended analysis of the use and changes to the site and its buildings into the 16th century. Individual c
Table of Contents - Part 1: Chorasmia, Sogdia and Uzbekistan: Alison V.G. Betts and V.N. Yagodin, Tash-k'irman-tepe Cult Complex: An Hypothesis for the Establishment of Fire Temples in Ancient Chorasm
Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. Celtic metalwork of the seventh to twelfth centuries is extremely accomplished technically, and she has
Christopher Donnan's Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, explores one of the most intriguing oral histories passed down among ancient Peruvians: the legend of Naymlap, the f
The project which gave rise to this monograph was to see if the legend of Naymlap were related to the two archaeological sites in the Lambayeque Valley of northern Peru. At the end of the third and fi
Contributors identified only by name explore the use of vernacular English during the period, especially in the areas of religion--instead of Latin--and government--instead of Norman French. The topic
Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated, and utilized in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, o
Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated, and utilized in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, o
This volume studies how similarities between paganism and Christianity were obscured in the polemic that was waged by Christianity against paganism and in the pagan responses to it.
Paidea, the yearning for, and display of knowledge, reached its height as a cultural concept in the works of the Second Sophistic, an elite literary and philosophical movement seeking to ape the style
This annual report on recent developments in Anglo-Saxon archaeology features articles on recent excavations in Kent, Shropeshire, Northern England and other regions. There is no connecting theme in t
Suvini-Hand (Italian, Royal Holloway, U. of London, UK) examines the literary influences on five vocal compositions from 1960-71 written by Italian composers of the twentieth century: Luigi Dallapicco
Literary scholars, historians, and archaeologists have been reading each other's work and coming up with some new ideas about what was going on during the early Middle Ages. In 10 papers from three co
Ceramic building material, particularly roofing material, is one of the most common finds on Romano-British sites, yet despite its abundance, it has been relatively little studied. Whole books have be
The 12 papers represent most of the presentations at the November 2003 symposium, held at the British Museum. There being no previous general book or collection of papers on Neolithic animals in Europ
None of the contributors have made the divinity the central focus of their scholarship, but have found that the figure cannot be ignored, as many of his contemporary mythological figures also found to
The central thesis of the book is that there is a distinctive Wesleyan eucharistic spirituality. Looking at Wesleys's eucharistic practices, theology and sources, the writer identifies a spirituality
The De aquis of Sextus Julius Frontinus is usually interpreted as either an administrative guide for the curator aquarum, or as a work of praise. It can be demonstrated, however, that Frontinus had an
Waatetkhethor, the eldest daughter of King Teti and wife of the vizier Mereruka, is the only woman buried in the Teti Cemetery who owned a separate chapel and burial chamber in her husband's mastaba.
Sherman examines through close reading the four Yiddish versions of the myth that an apostate Jew will someday rule the world as pope. He also looks at the biblical narrative of Joseph in Genesis, fro
Using evidence from the site of Gogo Falls in the Lake Victoria basin, Karega-Munene is able to reach more general conclusions about the nature of subsistence activities in East Africa as a whole betw
Short description: The meeting of Christianity and non-Christian religions, the impact of East on West, the clash of cultures and the movement of divine and human forces that are changing the pattern
The subtitle, or perhaps the title, for this volume should read: "Critical review of Strzygowski and other historians of Armenian architecture." Maranci, who undertook this project as a dissertation
