Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology

A collection of essays that encompass the two principal approaches to the history of ancient Near Eastern studies: descriptive historiography and i...

Reducere. 'The Queen of Heaven' is a step-by-step guide to the symbolism of the so-called 'fertility religions' of the antique worlds. With over 150 illustra...

Reducere. About the Contributor(s): Daniel I. Block is the Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is the au...

Reducere. Contents by chapter: What was Leviathan? Was Behemoth a Dinosaur? King James' Unicorns Making Sense of Isaiah's Flying Serpents Does Genesis 1: 1 D...

Reducere. DescriptionThis pioneering work that first appeared in 1972 in German was the first to compare the conceptual world of a biblical book with ancient...

Publisher: New York University PressNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

DescriptionLeading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of...

Reducere. This book from Scott B. Noegel offers a comparative, in-depth study of "wordplay" in ancient Near Eastern texts. Noegel establishes comprehensive t...

Reducere. Essays on the use of word play in the literature of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and Israel, and Medieval Hebrew and Arabic literature; incl...

Winner of two 1990 Christianity Today Awards: Readers' Choice (1st place; theology doctrine) and Critics' Choice (1st place; theology doctrine).A 1...

This volume deals with the exegesis of the Hebrew Bible. Articles are arranged according to Book, chapter, and verse in ninety-six sections with in...

Reducere. If you're looking for a captivating collection of Mesopotamian myths, then keep reading...The civilizations that grew up in the Tigris and Euphrate...

A concise history of warfare between Ancient Middle Eastern cultures in the age of the Old Testament using archaeology and evidence from the Bible....

Reducere. "Dying and Rising Gods"--a detailed critique of the scholarly consensus Tammuz, Osiris, Baal, and Adonis are well-known from J.G. Frazer's Golden B...

This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Mult...

This book is about the origins of agriculture and plant domestication that occurred in the Neolithic Near East 10, 500 years ago. It is directed no...

Reducere. This book surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds, with a focus on their physical appearance, on urban f...

Reducere. DescriptionLeading Experts Introduce the People and Contexts of the Old Testament What people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the H...

Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.Publisher: ArchaeopressNumber of ...

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. DescriptionJoin Frederica Mathewes-Green on a guided retreat through an ancient Orthodox text. Regardless of your denominational background, First ...

Reducere. Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's...

Reducere. Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's...

Reducere. 210If you want to discover the captivating history of the ancient Middle East, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the ancient Middle East, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient Ne...

Since the early days of Christianity a tension has existed between the authority of the Bible and the authority of the Church. This has been furthe...

This volume features a group of select peer-reviewed papers by an international group of authors, both younger and senior academics and researchers...

"Originally published in Italian as Antico Oriente 1988, 2011, Gius. Laterza & Figli."

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the ancient Near East, then keep reading...Where did the first signs of civilization appear in t...

The Art of Ancient Music discusses music's role in the long story of human creativity. While emphasizing broad human themes, the text has a special...

From the tragic young Adonis to Zashapuna, first among goddesses, this handbook provides the most complete information available on deities from th...

Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East - Joy McCorriston

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between music and cultic worship in an...

Reducere. James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peop...

Richly illustrated, 4-colour textbook introducing the art and architecture of ancient Greece, with an emphasis on function and context.

The ancient and mystical poetry of Zarathushtra and the first Zoroastrians: Now accessible to the public in a modern translation.Publisher: John Hu...

Reducere. Despite being condensed into neat identities of the Near East and Greece, these two titles cover a wide-ranging period of time, peoples, lands, and...

Contributor(s): Editor: Lars KrutakEditor: Aaron Deter-WolfThe desire to alter and adorn the human body is universal. While specific forms of body ...

Ancient Art Revisited develops new perspectives on ancient art by weaving together diverse strands within archaeology and art history, exploring it...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Discusses Assyrian military tactics, religious practices, and more *Includes ancient Assyrian accounts documenting their milita...

Cataphracts were the most heavily armoured shock cavalry on the ancient battlefield, predating the knights of Western Europe by over 1000 years.

Publisher: University of Arizona PressIllustration(s): illustrations, mapsNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 280 x 217 x 21Cover...