In 1801, the nominations to the French Institut des sciences et des arts, the former French Academy, included Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottfried Herder, Thomas Jefferson, Friedrich Klopstock, Arthur Youn
Presents analysis of all the recovered seeds, fruits and cereal remains from the extensive excavations (1995-2006) by the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (AAPP), providing a unique research opportun
Borg in-Nadur, Malta, is a major multi-period site, with archaeological remains that span several thousand years. Excavations were carried out here in 1881 and again in 1959. This volume provides an e
This work is a significant contribution to the narrative of Christianity in southern Africa within the framework of the struggle for liberation from colonial rule.
Archaeological works at High Post near Salisbury have confirmed the presence of an Iron Age hilltop enclosure on the southern margins of Salisbury Plain. The enclosure was bounded by a deep V-shaped d
"This is the first of five planned volumes to present the primary archaeological report about the excavation of the cave of Hagios Charalambos in eastern Crete. The Minoans used this small cavern as a
Is culture a theologically neutral concept? The contemporary experts on culture—anthropologists and sociologists—argue that it is. Theologians and missiologists would seem to agree, given the extent o
The thirtysecond Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery discussed food and material culture from every possible angle, and from every possible geographical perspective. Scholars assembled from countri
The Solent-Thames region, comprising Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, is a recent combination of counties which provide a north-south transect across Central S
Since unification, German culture has experienced a boom in discourses on generation, family and place. Linda Shortt reads this as symptomatic of a wider quest for belonging that mobilises attachment
In this informative and charming volume, Shirley Evans explores the lives of two of the most prominent designers of the nineteenth century; designers who have left their distinctive mark on buildings
In December 2010, the "Politics Within 19th-Century Missionary Periodicals" workshop was held in Munster, Germany, and 12 of the presentations appear here. Historians and scholars of religion cover mo
The Catalog of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project (EMIP), volume 2, provides a full catalog for EMIP codex numbers 106 through 200, and magic scrolls 135 through 284.
There has been little written about Tenison Woods who as a significant figure in Australian Catholic Church life at the time of St Mary Mackillop, Australia's first Catholic Saint. This is a story abo
Since the discovery of Britains first Ice Age cave art in 2003, the site of Creswell Crags has gained international recognition as one of Britains leading Palaeolithic sites. This accessible volume ex
A new complete record of the architecture, scenes and inscriptions in the important tomb of Djau with description and translations. The volume includes studies by M. Schultz and R. Walker of the recen
The book sheds light on the cultural sequence of the Neolithic pottery in the Anatolian plateau with the help of original evidence from the settlements of Catalhoyuk in the Konya plain and Suberde and
Since the patristic era this Lukan passage has attracted the attention of scholars and the interpretation of the question within the context of the passage has influenced the way in which commentators
Williamson (Hebrew, Oxford U.) presents written versions of lectures he delivered in 2011 in a biennial series sponsored by Trinity Theological College, Singapore. He has added footnotes, but generall
In 28 essays and articles reprinted from original publication between 1964 and 2003, Van Seters (emeritus, biblical literature, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) discusses aspects of Israel at differe
"The rise of Christianity up to the victory of Constantine has often been studied and remains a puzzling phenomenon. In this valedictory lecture Jan N. Bremmer concentrates on the explanations adduced
Having clipped a little off the back and sides of her May 2005 dissertation at Uppsala University, Carlsson explores the existence and working of democracy in some Greek poleis of Hellenistic western
The site was ancient Avaris, capital of the Hyksos, and it was also a major harbor town and international trading center. It has been excavated regularly since 1966. Maguire first researched the mater
This book looks at the 942 artifacts of foreign origin - from Anatolia, Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Mesopotamia, and Syro-Palestine - which have been found in the late Bronze Age Aegean area. These objects
This volume is the result of March 2008 seminar held at the Oriental Institute at the U. of Chicago that brought together archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians to discuss and demonstrate way
In 1979, the world was taken by surprise when the Iranian people revolted against their westernized ruling elite, and traded in the Shah for a radical Islamic republic ruled by the most senior Shiite
Gender studies in Egyptology have lagged behind other fields of history. In her introduction to this essay collection Graves-Brown, curator of the Egypt Center, Swansea University, Wales, reviews the
Employing sources from the Greek and Latin cannon as well as unique references in Icelandic sagas and the laws of Anglo Saxon kings, Phillips (history, U. of California, Los Angeles) tracks the develo
The sixth-century baptistery of Butrint on the Albanian coast is one of the best preserved of Late Antique Christian buildings. Erected over a Roman bathhouse, the baptistery demonstrates the wealth a
In a substantial revision of his 2000 Ph.D dissertation at the University of Sheffield, Renfrew (Russian, U. of Exeter) examines the Bakhtin school and on that foundation develops a free hypothesis ab
In early 2001, a metal-detectorist found an Early Bronze Age gold cup at Ringlemere Farm in east Kent. Soon archaeologists were scratching around the area to see if they could find some evidence of ho
'Is the Lord among us or not?' is no idle question. It comes from the painful messiness of living and strikes at the heart of human insecurity and fear as well as the need not to feel alone. But how s
Southern Jordan and the Negev were clearly part of a single socio-economic system from the Iron Age through Roman and Byzantine times, but they are divided by the Wadi, which is generally considered a
Aspasia Papanastasiou's thesis presents an illustrated catalogue, arranged by type, of 4th-century Athenian red-figured and black-glazed vessels in museum collections across Europe. The author focuses
In the rich landscape of the early modern European comic novel the inn often features as a monument to digression - the perfect setting for chance encounters with strangers who always have a story to
Short description: An important study of the origins of post- and pre-millennialism in English theology. It reveals that many Puritans expected the imminent collapse of the Papacy, the restoration of
