This collection of essaysoffers ananalysis of central texts in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic relating to emotions within literary prayers. Their discussions touch upon such diverse topics as relations wit
Junker-Kenny takes the three philosophers as exemplars of different philosophical-ethics approaches to delineating the relationship between religion and public reason. She examines the liberal platfor
Of the 18 contributions, one-third are in English, and the others are in German; abstracts in the alternate language are provided for each. The papers are from the 2011 conference held in Spain titled
In variational linguistics, concepts of space have always been a central issue. However, different research traditions considering these concepts (such as traditional dialectology and the new socio-di
By placing the two phenomena next to each other and drawing on a variety of disciplines, Oergel (German, U. of Nottingham) demonstrates a parallel rise of interest in and interpretation of national id
The conventional view is that a few exceptional female figures struggled hard to carve a small niche for themselves with the patriarchal world of Medieval Europe. Classen, who is not further identifie
Alexander Kluge’s revolutionary storytelling for the 21st-century pivots on the production of anti-realist hope under conditions of real catastrophe. Rather than relying on possibility alone, his expe
In the Wake of the Compendia examines the composition of technical literature in the ancient Semitic-speaking world. Compendia on astrology, magic, medicine, lexicography, and alchemy were composed in
The 8th International Conference of Topological Algebras and Their Applications (ICTAA-2014) was held on May 26-30, 2014 in Playa de Villas de Mar Beach, dedicated to the memory of Anastasios Mallios.
Part of the series Religion and Society, this volume explores the relationship between religion and ecology on the mediterranean island of Cyprus. The authors consider instances of both coexistence an
Jewish anthropological beliefs during the Hellenistic-Roman period are an important but previously neglected area of biblical exegesis and Jewish studies. In an effort to address this deficiency, this
In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu samtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebraische Bibe
