An independent scholar traces the life and travels in 724-6 AD of Bavarian Bishop Willibald of Eichstatt, written down 50 years later, the most documented pilgrimage to the Holy Land during the early
This title is the first volume of a sub-series of the Subartu series focused on the excavations at Tell Beydar and its neighborhood, northeast Syria. Contributions include a progress report on the cat
This two-volume corpus presents most of Icelandic skaldic poetry of Christian devotional content that was composed in the 12th-15th centuries--28 poems in all. (The Elder Edda and related poems will a
One of the problems scholars face is how they may use sources to understand the function of mythology in pagan Scandinavia and in medieval Iceland, so many of the nine essays discuss methodological as
The third volume about the Euro-Syrian archaeological project at the ancient city of Nabada reports on the 2000-02 excavations and the 2003-04 architectural restoration. About a third of the text, inc
By bringing the key people in the history of biblical studies to life in a series of short stories, this book provides an alternate introduction to and engagement with Hebrew Bible studies. The model
This book focuses on certain local powers in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (ca. 2000-1595 B.C.), namely the chief of the city (rabianum), the elders, the 'city', and the assembly. This is a novel approac
Most Roman imperial statues were made of bronze and so were melted down at the first opportunity to sell for the valuable scrap metal. Therefore, the extensive studies of the statuary rely almost enti
A new single volume edition of Mayr-Harting's seminal study, that looks at the origins, motivations and impact of a unique phase of German art within its historical context. The first part examines th
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
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
Most readers of Sartre focus only on the works written at the peak of his influence as a public intellectual in the 1940s, notably "Being and Nothingness". "Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts" aims to rea
Most readers of Sartre focus only on the works written at the peak of his influence as a public intellectual in the 1940s, notably "Being and Nothingness". "Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts" aims to rea
Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, br
The hope for intimacy lies deep within us all. That moment of feeling uniquely understood, the antidote to isolation, is what gives us value, validation and self-belief. But as Ziyad Marar shows in th
This book aims to understand the process of the Bronze Age societies of Northern Europe which are often regarded as the periphery and a bleak contrast to the Central European Bronze Age. The Bronze Ag
"'Walking in Christ's footsteps' was a devotional ideal in the late Middle Ages. However, few nuns and religious women had the freedom or the funding to take the journey in the flesh. Instead they inv
The Harry Potter series forms a single epic story that has been published in nearly 70 languages, and has been examined in a large number of disciplines. This collection of essays contributes to the s
The rebirth of Palestinian literature is only partially a function of politics. It is also the result of a new approach to fiction, the emergence of a realist school, the acts of literary rebels, and
In ancient cities, 'daily bread' was a subject of prayer. Grain-harvests could be fickle, but a regular supply was a matter of survival. Food-shortage could lead to social unrest, and long-term soluti
De Munck (history, U. of Antwerp, Belgium) aims to show that the apprenticeship system used before the advent of modern schooling was a flexible and dynamic system in tune with the demands of an early
The collection of eight papers turned out to be too large for its intended publication in the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research , and found a home in a bound volume instead. Dever
Found in Denmark in 1952, the man had lain in a bog with his throat slit for almost 2,000 years. The body's remarkable state of preservation prompted prolonged and intense research, as reflected in th
Linder, who is not identified, surveys the sources and publication of the texts of Christian rites devoted to the Crusades. In this first volume, he covers the five types of Holy Land liturgy that eme
The starting point is Denmark, because the seven studies were first presented at a May 1999 conference in Aarhus, but scholars from elsewhere in Europe and the US broaden the scope. They focus on theo
"Ecclesiastes, Qoheleth in Hebrew, is a fascinating book. It was written in the Hellenistic Period (3rd-2nd Cent. B.C.) and is one of the latest books in the Old Testament. The author is in search of
Elementary Logic explains what logic is, how it is done, and why it can be exciting. The book covers the central part of logic that all students have to learn: propositional logic. It aims to provide
Elementary Logic explains what logic is, how it is done, and why it can be exciting. The book covers the central part of logic that all students have to learn: propositional logic. It aims to provide
Stefanie Preuss is a product of the evaluation and canon program at the U. of Gottengen (DE). In this book, she looks at the ongoing evolution, beginning in the 1960s, of the idea of Scottish literatu
The theory of prosodic hierarchy, proposed and developed by a series of work by Elisabeth O. Selkirk, has been one of the most important areas of research in the past few decades. The current volume p
One of the most consistent features of Christian life has been the extensive use of the biblical texts in sermons; to evangelise, to educate, to edify, to exhort, and even to terrify those who heard t
Kierkegaard has often been regarded as a gloomy thinker yet, as an evangelist, his aim was to discover the joy of the truth of Christianity. Both Kierkegaard's belief and his doubt in his own work wer
"Pyper enlists his Danish Socrates to come to grips with some of life's most perplexing problems. For example, the world is a buffet of pain and, suffering. How then can God command us to rejoice? Or
It may take a village to raise a child, but increasingly that means a virtual village. While the media may focus on the so-called "mommy wars," and babyrazzi follow every move of celebrity moms, milli
Macrina (330-380) was the eldest sister of Gregory of Nyssa and Basil the Great, all three of whom were saints, as was their grandmother Macrina the Elder. Silvas (U. of New England, Australia) has co
Liverani (history, U. of Rome) makes use of the work of V. Gordon Childe and Marxist theory to show how Uruk in southern Mesopotamia created a revolution in the fourth millennium BCE that has served a
Thinking is overrated: firefighters make the right calls without a clue as to why; and you are ill advised to look at your steps as you go down the stairs. Just do it, mindlessly. Both psychologists a
This book is a Christian devotional that uses A Christmas Carol as a tool to teach the ancient Advent lessons of Hope, Faith, Peace, Love and Joy. Each week's devotion begins with a section from A Chr
Members of the archaeological team present some of the aims and results of the long-term project in the necropolis at Asyut, on the Nile in central Egypt. Among the topics are the Nomarchs of Asyut du
This volume sheds new light on the origins of early serial music at the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s. Current music historical accounts of the development of serial music need to be
