Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in Late Antiquity, Hardback - ***

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Reducere. The Acts of the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas - the original Greek text now first edited from a MS. in the Library of the Convent of the Holy...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

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 ...

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

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

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This volume examines interdisciplinary boundaries, and includes texts focusing on material culture, philological analysis and historical research. ...

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

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

The transition from roll to codex as the standard format of the book is one of the most culturally significant innovations of Late Antiquity. The C...

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...

This volume presents the first multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis to reconstruct life conditions in ancient Tuscany between Late Antiquit...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Gregg E. GardnerNumber of pages: 302Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 159 x 27Cover type:...

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