In order to act as a responsible self (responsible to the preservation of human beings), believe the authors, it is necessary to act as the responsible self in history, and as scholars of Germany (fro
The study of finite groups factorized as a product of two or more subgroups has applications not only in group theory, but also in areas such as cryptography and coding theory. This book examines the
The Applied Linguistics Review is a peer reviewed annual publication. It aims to serve as a testing ground for the articulation of original ideas and approaches in the study of real-world issues in wh
This is a corpus that is unique in the academic world. It presents those parts of ancient Greek commentaries preserved on papyrus, that is the hypomnemata and marginalia on Greek authors, as well as g
An introduction to the text volume of the first critical edition of the Greek monastic novelThe Life of Barlaam and Josaphat , available since the end of 2006. It deals with the question of the author
This study brings together literary and philological criticism to offer a reading of Job 28 as poetry. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is an interpretation of the poem
As a beginning reference, the author provides information about more than 1,300 poets who received the laurel from the hands of or in the name of Holy Roman Emperors between 1355 and 1804. Though not
Continuing his work on letter cutters of Athens and Attica, Tracy focuses here on workmen of the fifth century BC. He argues that the lettering on ancient inscriptions can be treated as a type of hand
Amden am Walensee (Switzerland), was a place of social and artistic experiments as early as the beginning of the 20th century. In the last 15 years, many artists have been invited to use the Amden Ate
peter of Auvergne ( 1304) is one of the most productive and most influential commentators of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Paris. At the end of the 13th century Peter actually moved to the
The life of Emperor Basil I (867–886), the founder of the Macedonian Dynasty, is the only extant secular biography in Byzantine literature; in its importance and as an instance of the genre it is comp
This is the first description of Goemai, a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Goemai is spoken in a language contact area, and this contact has shaped Goemai grammar to the extent that it can be conside
The terms ‘logos of reason’ and ‘logos of belief’ refer to two important aspects of western culture at the beginning of the Christian era. On the one hand there is the classical tradition, with its co
In one form or another, the Trisagion, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory”, entered Jewish and Christian liturgy from Isaiah’s account in Isaiah 6. Before tha
The volume is a commentary on 1 Enoch chapters 91–108 that begins with the Ethiopic text tradition but also takes the Greek and Aramaic (Dead Sea Scrolls) evidence into account. This section of 1 Enoc
A grammatical index of the urban Roman inscriptions is published in CIL VI, Parts 1–3. 4, Fasc. 1–3. 8, Fasc. 2–3.In additionto grammatical phenomena, account is also taken of stonemasons’ errors and
The most important source for the situation on the Upper Rhine in Late Classical Antiquity is to be found in the Notitia Dignitatum, a register of all the offices and honours of the Late Roman Empire.
What reasons do we have to be moral, and are these reasons more compelling than the reasons we have to pursue non-moral projects? Ever since the Sophists first raised this question, it has been a foca
The question of meaning in life is as relevant and central as ever - in spite of all attempts at declaring it senseless. It does not disappear. But how should we deal with this question today? The col
As the English language has ridden on the back of guns and money to a dominant position in world affairs, the field of applied linguistics has not paid much attention to the phenomenon. Smit (U. of Vi
In the Gospel according to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, speakers are often interrupted by emotional audiences (Luke 4:28; Acts 4:1; 7:54–57; 13:48; etc.). A comparative study of other Greek auth
The Book of Proverbs plays almost no role at all in the current discussion on the status of the Torah in the post-exile era. This study casts light on traditional background of Prov 2 and, on this bas
Paul Tillich was one of the most influential public theologians of the 20th century. This volume brings together four works that provide an ideal introduction to Tillich’s thought and his distinctive
The projected thirty-volume Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) is intended to serve as a comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on the background, origins, and developmen
