Death has never been a simple matter, neither for the victim/s nor for the survivors. All societies have deeply struggled with the issue of death and have found material and spiritual answers in respo
This monograph investigates A’-dependencies in Standard German, Alemannic and Dutch where the dislocated constituent is indirectly, i.e. not transformationally, related to the position where it is int
Here it is argued that understanding another culture can only be approached through models derived from representations conveyed by members of that culture. The anthropologist may then elaborate these
Kreyer begins with the network model of language as postulated by R. Hudson and other linguists, but takes it a step further by arguing that the network of language mirrors the neurophysiology of the
This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priest
Irit Amit-Cohen explores the riddle behind disappearing citrus orchards and plantations from Israel s coastal scenery. The book reveals the biographies of entrepreneurs who came to Palestine in the 19
The first volume in a new series titled "New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History" does indeed offer new perspectives on the complexities of the Jewish experience in Shanghai. Eber (b.1930; emeritus,
Stolz (Bremen U.), Bakker (Universities of Amsterdam and Lancaster), and Palomo (U. of Guam) present a collection ten papers focusing on aspects of Hispanization in the indigenous languages of the Ame
As the portrait of a fringe group, this book invites the reader to engage with the phenomenon of outcasts; it orders the rich material – which has grown out of numerous projects of artistic research w
This book presents the most recent scholarship on the sixteenth-century convert Johannes Pfefferkorn and his context. Pfefferkorn is the most (in)famous of the converts from Judaism who wrote descript
This work treats in one volume the most important fields in Islamic studies: Persian literature and philology; Islamic history and historiography; Arabic literature and philology; and Islamic philosop
Most ancient Near Eastern deities are known by a single name, but Allen argues that many also had a number of different second names that scholars today characterize mostly as geographical indicators.
