Amberson (Italian, U. of Florida) offers a critical exploration of the concept of the body and modernity as these are expressed in the work of three Italian authors. Deliberate "bad writing" in the no
The 4th century CE was a pivotal period in biblical exegesis and diverging Jewish and Christian identity. Following a list of critical editions of Ephrem's writings, rabbinical and other sources, Nari
This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the
Proceedings of an international conference held in Prague from May 31 to June 4, 2004. Thirty-three contributions--31 in English, 2 in German--cover various aspects connected to Old Kingdom culture, n
As examples of the widespread medieval literary criticism of abuses associated with excommunication and indulgences in a variety of forms, Burrows offers English translations of two 13th-century Frenc
The study of astronomy in ancient societies is becoming ever more popular among archaeologists as is reflected in this collection of twelve papers been taken from a session held at the European Associ
Featured are thirty-seven illustrations that highlight the magnificence that was the great Islamic port of Ayla on the Gulf of Aqaba. The site is located in modern Aqaba, Jordan and has been excavated
The volume presents proceedings of the second international conference dedited to the study of relations between Egypt, the Aegean, the Levant and the Sudan in the 2nd and 1st millenia BCE.
This monograph examines one specific hoard horizon, which is connected to the Mongol invasion of Hungary (1241-42). With this catastrophic event, the historical context is both well-known and much dis
Symbolism was endemic in the ancient world as a visual language, with its interpretation one of the most important challenges, especially in the realm of the divine and sacred, to today's cognitive ar
Excavations in Sheffield revealed post-medieval remains including unique evidence for early steelmaking. Documentary, map and archaeological evidence have been used to reveal a picture of the developm
The modern-day Caribbean is a stunningly diverse but also intricately interconnected geo-cultural region, resulting partly from the islands' shared colonial histories and an increasingly globalizing e
The case of Deir Alla is a social and economic case study of developing Third World agriculture. The study is based upon historical sources, contemporary public information with statistics, and field
This book is about the archaeology querns and mills, simple stone instruments which are vital to survival in a society which adopts bread as its staple. They become the ‘stones of life', an essential
The site of Knossos on the Kephala hill in central Crete is of great archaeological and historical importance for both Greece and Europe. Dating to 7000 B.C.
Excavations at Plantation Place provided evidence for medieval and early post-medieval occupation of an entire block in the eastern part of the City of London near the Thames waterfront.
In the mid 1990s, the site of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum at Wroxeter, Shropshire, was subjected to one of the most intensive campaigns of geophysical survey ever carried out on a Roman t
Excavation by Oxford Archaeology in 2009 during construction of the Stanford Wharf Nature Reserve, funded and supported by the developer, DP World London Gateway, uncovered remarkable evidence for Iro
The core of this study encompasses the presentation of the pottery analysis from Levels IV-V at Ulucak Mound in Izmir, Turkey, in order to reveal the site’s cultural-historical and chronological posit
The present volume provides an annotated English translation of the last section of Dharmakirti’s Prama?avarttikasvav?tti (PVSV 164,24–176,16, ad stanzas 1.312–340), which includes his final assault o
The proceedings volume of the Fourth International Dharmakirti Conference, held in Vienna in 2005, includes a collection of thirty-six essays devoted to the work of one of the most influential philoso
An authoritative collection of passages from the ecclesiastical writers of the 17th-century, which illustrates the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England at that age. First published in 1935
Revising his 2003 Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Birmingham, Gozzoli looks beyond modern definitions of the genre History to explore what can be learned directly from royal inscriptions about
This study focuses on the Lower Palaeolithic archaeology of China. It examines early hominid adaptive behaviour based on the new evidence from the Luonan Basin, northern China. Unlike past Chinese Pal
A report on fieldwork which aimed to determine the nature and extent of prehistoric stone working around the headland at Beer, and to establish whether exploitation reflected factors such as the effic
Excavation in 1997-2003 produced important new evidence for the development of Roman London. The site lay north-east of the bridge, towards the edge of the early town. Sparse commercial an
In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the "new-covenant" model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely
Some 2800 years ago, a man died in what is now the municipality of Oss, the Netherlands. His death must have been a significant event in the life of local communities, for he received an extraordinary
A programme of improvements to the A421 south-west of Bedford carried out by Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd on behalf of the Highways Agency afforded Oxford Archaeology an opportunity to investi
Modernists held that truth is object, certain, and precise, says Danaher (philosophy, Nyack College, New York), so people who believed in religion based on medieval ideas were forced either to stop be
This volume presents the Bactrian and Gandharan seals, sealings, and tokens in the Aman ur Rahman collection, which span the period from the second half of the 4th well into the 8th century CE. As the
This work is a contribution to the body of 'new' landscape history drawing on a range of sources from archives, such as documents and maps, from archaeological excavation and from field survey in r
Here is the long-awaited work by Peter Upton, one of Britain's leading equine painters and authors. This book on the profound influence of the Arabian horse on the native horses and ponies of Britain
The third and final volume to report on the joint Greek- American excavation of these two Minoan coastal sites at Mochlos contains a catalog of the small finds, including man-made works in metal, cera
This is the first of three volumes (Part A) reporting on archaeological investigations conducted on two sites along the Mochlos coastal plain in eastern Crete, part of a larger series of excavations c
Recent theological discussions between Catholics and Evangelicals have generated a renewed appreciation for God's ongoing use of Scripture for self-mediation to the Church.
