Drudgery Divine: On the Comparison of Early Christianities and the Religions of Late Antiquity, Paperback - Jonathan Z. Smith

Reducere. In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dict...

An innovative approach to the study of an under-appreciated topic of the place of art in ancient religion and will be essential reading for researc...

An exploration of Boethius' social, political background, his notion of philosophy and its sources, and his understanding of the relationship betwe...

Reducere. DescriptionFifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and west...

In his 1978 Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures, unpublished until now, Gilbert Lewis takes on essential problems for medical anthropology. Has there been ...

Rabbinic stories portraying heretics (minim) typically involve a conflict over biblical interpretation. Using previously untapped Christian materia...

With trademark versatility and brilliance, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill explores how Christianity transformed humanity's relationship w...

Explores how ancient and late antique Christianity traveled through Asia by examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antiq...

The rise of the first dinosaurs is the story of opportunity and evolutionary innovation. This title explores the roots of the dinosaur family tree ...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Peter BrownIllustration(s): 113 Illustrations, black and white; 17 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 21...

Reducere. The Book of Jasher and the Holy Bible - A Parallel Reading. While reading through The Book of Jasher I found myself often flipping through the Pent...

Reducere. In The Other Judaisms of Late Antiquity the late Alan F. Segal is at his very best. This reissued and expanded edition--now containing his celebrat...

Publisher: Hirmer VerlagAuthor(s): Jessica RichardsonIllustration(s): 240 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 380Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

Explores power relations in the households, schools, and monasteries of late antiquity in light of social theory, in a way that will be of interest...

Explores how literary form changes when Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape. By reading little-known but hugely influential texts, this bo...

This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates th...

This book is essential reading for understanding what happened to Rome at the end of antiquity. By focusing on the actions of senatorial aristocrat...

This is the first general book on Greek and Latin letter-writing in Late Antiquity (400300-600 CE). Allen and Neil examine early Christian Greek an...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jean-Luc FournetIllustration(s): 37 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map.Number of pages: 224Collection: The ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. ...

Reducere. Thomas Doane's thorough examination of Old and New Testament Biblical myths and legends, drawing parallels to stories belonging to older traditions...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Zeini challenges the view that considers the Zand's study an auxiliary science to Avestan studies, framing the text instead within the exegetical c...

Understanding the Religions of the World offers a new approach to the study of religion which moves away from the purely descriptive and instead he...

DescriptionSacrifice--ranging from the sacrifice of virgins to circumcision to giving up what is most valued--is essential to all religions. Could ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preserva...

The Arabs and Islam in Late Antiquity - Aziz Al-Azmeh

Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret ...

24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century c...

Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE. Each of the six topi...

Reducere. The ancient philosophy, in its original Orphico-Pythagorean and Platonic form, is not simply a way of life in accordance with the divine or human i...

This work explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battegrounds between forces of good and evil. ...

The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, philosophical texts, poems and landscape paintings. This book exam...

DescriptionThis volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origi...

Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age - Jonathan Bardill

Reducere. What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axio...