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
In this collection of ten essays, contributors in American studies, cultural studies, literature, and environmental studies examine representations of environmental risk in American literature and fil
Prehistoric and historic archaeologists and philologists offer diachronic and multifaceted perspectives on the state of research into pastoral nomads and tribe-state interaction in the Syrian steppes,
Based in Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the Yezidi people claim their religion - a unique combination of Christian, Islamic, and historical faiths - to be the oldest in the world. Yezidi identity centres on
Sanzo presents students, academics, and researchers with an examination of the use of opening lines, or incipits, in the Gospels, Psalms, and other biblical passages inscribed on amulets in Egypt in t
Dimant collects and updates scholarly essays she has written over the past thirty years discussing the Dead Sea Scrolls and their implications concerning the text of the Bible. The collection is divid
"Excavations at Yanik Tepe were conducted by Charles A. Burney over three seasons from 1960 to 1962. The site is located to the northeast of Lake Urmia, some 20 km from Tabriz. This volume comprises t
