Rajkai (Ritsumeikan U. College of International Relations, Japan) and Beller-Hann (cross-cultural and regional studies, U. of Copenhagen, Denmark) bring together scholars from diverse disciplinary bac
Though not a native Arabic speaker, Gelder (Oxford U.) has been entranced by Arabic poetry since his first encounter with it in the 1960s, in Amsterdam. His concern in this study is less "sense" than
In the growing body of literature about the evolution and the role of Islam in Europe as a whole and the Balkans in particular, this volume holds a special place as it offers multidisciplinary approac
Contributing to the long study of links between Greek and Coptic, the final stages of Egyptian, Hasznos (Egyptology, Eotvos Lorand U, Budapest, Hungary) makes observations on syntax and stylistics in
Since Carol Gilligans In a Different Voice (1982) the ethics of care has developed as a movement of allied thinkers, in different continents, who have a shared concern and who reflect on similar topic
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to play a major commercial, military and diplomatic role in the Persian Gulf basin. They first appeared before Hormuz in 1507, established a toll house on the i
Multi-seater latrines, as we find them in Roman Ostia and in many other sites across the Mediterranean, are well known both to tourists and archaeologists, but very few people understand how they real
Changes in the agricultural production in various parts of Europe during various periods over the past few centuries are explored in 11 essays. Among the topics discussed are some aspects of the quest
Provides new translations of more than 800 Late Bronze Age economic texts written in the alphabetic script of the Syrian city of Ugarit. Each translation is accompanied by transliteration as well as c
Be'er Sheva (Seven Wells), written at the turn of the 17th century by the Rabbi of Prague and his uncommonly well-educated wife for the time, was intended for Jews who could no longer read Hebrew and
Five volumes document the international conference Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual, held in Heidelberg, Germany in September-October 2008. This fourth volume contains sections on reflexivity
This collection of essays is the fifth volume in the Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual series, and represents papers delivered at a conference by the same name in 2008 at the Ritual Dynamics R
This is one of five volumes collecting the proceedings of the international conference "Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual," held in Heidelberg, Germany in September-October of 2008 and bringin
The religious use and meaning of altars, retables, tabernacles, canopies and other church furniture around the altar are the focus of this outstanding collection of 14 articles. Written by art histori
The articles in this collection discuss aspects of the city of Alexandria from its foundation by Alexander the Great following the Greek conquest of Egypt to the early centuries of the Christian era.
