This volume explores the theme of Latin and Greek mutual learning, intellectual and cultural interchange in the final age of Byzantium (1261-1453), challenging received conceptions of East and West as
This volume discusses the multidimensional aspects of the unique, and so far unprecedented for Macedonia, 191 sherds from Methone in Pieria, dated to ca 700 BCE, which bear inscriptions, graffiti, and
In recent years, the emerging field of museum studies has seen rapid expansion in the critical study of museums and scholars started to question the institution and its functions. To contribute differ
This comprehensive handbook is intended for scholars as well as a general audience. Divided into two volumes, it examines the cinematic afterlives of biblical characters; offers essays on biblical the
The Grignard reaction is one of the fundamental organometallic reactions, often used in alcohol syntheses. With transition metals like iron, cobalt and nickel or with noble metals like copper, silver
The Karaites, a non-Talmudic Turkic-speaking Jewish minority that had been living in Eastern Europe since the late Middle Ages, developed a unique ethnographic culture and religious tradition. The boo
The enhancement of autonomy in language education relies heavily on teachers’ empowerment and agency as critical intellectuals and reflective practitioners. However, most teacher education programmes
In the Hebrew Bible, war is a prominent topic which is dealt with in both legal and narrative texts. So far, the interplay between the two areas has received only little attention. This volume explore
There has been scant scholarship on the epistemology of the Psalter. This work presents a comparative epistemological analysis of the wisdom motifs in Psalms 1, 73, 90, and 107, selected on the basis
This volume contains 25 papyri, which were excavated in the village of Karanis in the north-eastern Fayum by American archaeologists (1924-1926). Half of the new texts are literary, mostly from the li
Suzuki presents his research into verse types and their realizations, anacrusus and catalexis, resolutions, the cadence, alliteration, and the stanza. This is a formal and functional study of the thre
"This book is published 100 years after the death of the American polymath Charles Sanders Peirce to celebrate the first century of scholarship on his work."--
Attempts to read Kant's pure philosophy on the basis of a psychological or anthropological interpretation are not convincing, says Falduto, but he finds some interrelations and connections between Kan
Dobroruka explains why he feels a cross-cultural approach is needed to try a new understanding of pseudepigraphy, especially in the Second Temple period. He inquires how useful is automatic writing as
Long before Theodor Herzl, Zionist thinkers such as Moses Hess, Leon Pinsker, and Isaac Rulf called for the self-liberation of the Jewish people. Their experiences brought them to believe that as a re
This book explains how Ezekiel uses formulaic language from the exodus origin tradition to craft an identity for the Judahite exiles that refutes an autochthonous origin tradition preferred by the non
Basu (Walden U., Minnesota) shows how the cultural memory of 19th-century Australian outlaw Kelly has always functioned in both radical and highly conservative ways, sometimes both at once. He has com
A collection of papers edited by Sabrina Ebbersmeyer, this book is the result of a colloquium of sixteen scholars from nine countries revisiting the ideas of early Modern philosophers about the emotio
In a revision of his 2005 PhD dissertation at University College London, Montarese presents original scholarship on how Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (ca. 95-55 BC) dealt with his sources in hi
How can lexical data be represented such that they can serve to satisfy the needs of different types of dictionary users in different usage situations? Starting from a function-theoretic notion of lex
Revising his 2006 doctoral dissertation for the University of St. Andrews, Giere explores the living nature of texts by examining the intertextuality of an individual text, Genesis 1:1-5 in Hebrew and
Thisbook offers a regional paradigm for understanding the development of the traditions about Egypt and the exodus in the Hebrew Bible. It offers fresh readings of the golden calf stories in 1 Kings 1
