Conflict and change are fundamental elements of social reality and of the Jewish historical experience. This collection presents the work of a distinguished group of scholars exploring the themes of s
This book looks into the creative minds of some recent, mostly “defunct” economists. Many of the authors, such as Samuelson, Friedman, Galbraith, and Heilbroner, have penned popular works, while their
This book brings together a lifetime of experiences told by a beloved member of the field of Slavic languages and literature - Irwin Weil. During the Soviet era, Irwin frequently visited and correspo
The Bible depicts the Philistines and Hebrews in constant conflict, and Niesiolowski-Spanó investigates the extent to which the biblical narrative reflects historical reality. He considers the Old Tes
In a revision of his 2012 doctoral dissertation at the University of Durham, Johnson examines the two extant versions of the David and Goliath story in 1 Samuel 16-18: a short version in the Codex Vat
In order to explain the various elements and stages of regional settlement demography, archaeologists Drennan (U. of Pittsburgh), Berrey (U. of Pittsburgh), and Peterson (U. of Hawai'i at Manoa) draw
Twenty experts in law, linguistics, literature, history, and religion analyze one of the most important books produced in medieval England. 0'Textus Roffensis', a Rochester Cathedral book of the early
McLelland contributes to debates about fundamental aspects of language teaching and learning by providing a historical perspective in the shape of an interdisciplinary history of German language learn
In this analysis of Euripides’ tragedy Bacchae, the author explores examples of transformative historical moments related to Bacchae and others texts by Greeks, Jews, Romans, and Christians. The autho
Concluding a three-volume series on the inscriptions that already includes an epigraphic glossary and a catalogue in inscriptions, Buchmann offers a preliminary overview of epigraphic Lanna Thai in Fa
Only one copy is known of the mid-15th-century Middle English translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Latin prose work on famous women, and the last edition of it was published in 1924, says Cowen, withou
"Secrecy and the act of concealing and revealing knowledge effectually segregate the initiated and the uninitiated. The act of sharing or hiding knowledge plays a central role in all human relations p
Historians specializing in early modern Europe present 19 papers from a March 2013 conference in Sophia on the concept of cultural, religious, and national borders on the eve of the modern world. The
The 34th annual conference in the series celebrated the centenary of French philosopher Paul Ric?ur (1913-2005), whose contributions to hermeneutics and the philosophy of religion left a mark in the f
Citing The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript as one of the most important literary books to survive from the British medieval era, Fein, Raybin, and Ziolkowski present it in a unique manner: each item i
The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy.
"This volume gathers together 277 letters of Pope Honorius III (1216-1227) concerning Frankish Greece and Constantinople. These letters constitute an indispensable source for the early history of the
Scholars of antiquity, the Bible, and religion explore the role that religion played in shaping and reshaping narrative forms in antiquity and late antiquity. They focus on Christianity and Judaism, b
Exploring questions about rabbinic prayer during late antiquity from a specific angle, Septimus investigates a boundary phenomenon of rabbinic prayer--rabbinic ritual speech with addressees other than
Explaining techniques of multivariate statistical analysis that are widely used in archaeology and archaeological science, Baxter emphasizes the popular methods of principal component analysis, corres
Scholars of Semitic languages explore a wide range of aspects, including particular dialectology and comparative Semitic grammar. The topics include a comparative view of presentatives in Biblical Heb
Scholars and advanced students of Semitic linguistics and related disciplines present eight papers on such topics as re-analysis and new roots: an Akkadian perspective, the morphosyntax of nominal ant
In the two golden centuries that followed the death of Socrates, ancient philosophy underwent a tremendous transformation that culminated in the philosophical systematizations of Plato, Aristotle and
Of the several types of Uighur Abhidharma texts in existence, Shogaito analyzes the Abhidharmasabhasya, the second longest. It was written by Vasubanbhu, and the Uighur text was translated during the
Since the 1980s there has been much scholarship on Israelite and Jewish monotheism, but mostly on its origins. Here 10 essays from a June 2012 colloquium in Gottingen explore the portrayal of it at a
"Citadel and Cemetery in Early Bronze Age Anatolia is the first synthetic and interpretive monograph on the region and time period (ca. 3000-2200 BCE). The book organizes this vast, dense and often ob
Gabbay revises his 2007 doctoral dissertation at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Sumero-Akkadian Prayer "Ersema:" a Philological and Religious Analysis. The Ersema is one of the four main g
In bringing for the first time to a Latin audience the ideas of Stoics, Epicureans and other schools and figures of the post-Aristotelian period, Cicero's philosophical works have had an incalculable
In bringing for the first time to a Latin audience the ideas of Stoics, Epicureans and other schools and figures of the post-Aristotelian period, Cicero's philosophical works have had an incalculable
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation. This volume investigates the text of Paul's Epistle to the Galatians and its history, how it changed over time. This work performs a stemmatic analysis of
This dissertation explores the Middle Passage (the route of slave ships carrying human cargo across the Atlantic Ocean) as an involuntary migratory movement and considers how artistic and literary
Words for agricultural and domestic tools must be among the oldest and most conservative in a language, posits Halayqa, therefore a systematic study of such words and their origin can cast light on pr
Classicists and biblical scholars consider other sources besides Herodotus and the Bible for insight into Achaemenid Persia. They cover Herodotus on the character of Persian imperialism; the use and a
Though writers and readers have long agreed that travel does not only broaden the mind, but that it is also useful to report on such an experience, the question of what to report on and how has remain
Orser seeks to answer the question: "What is modern-world archaeology and why do we need it?" He begins by defining the frame of his inquiry by comparing historical archaeology to the concept of moder
Originating in papers presented at a conference in November 2011 in Wroclaw, this volume takes up the subject of Alexander the Great and Egypt. Alexander’s expedition to Egypt gave birth to a complex
"The Pursuit of Existentialism" explores how Existentialism has survived and how its key themes and concerns remain integral to continental philosophy today. "The Pursuit of Existentialism" places the
Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence examines sexual violence against women, how religion and society contribute to a rape culture, and the extreme suffering endured by rape victims as a result. Using
"The Pursuit of Existentialism" explores how Existentialism has survived and how its key themes and concerns remain integral to continental philosophy today. "The Pursuit of Existentialism" places the
Author Peter Dendle is a scholar in literary representations of the demonic. In this scholarly work, he looks at descriptions of demon possession and exorcism in Anglo-Saxon English primary sources su
