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David A Desilva

Judea Under Greek and Roman Rule

Judea under Greek and Roman Rule provides a reconstruction of the history of Judea and its neighboring regions from 334 BCE, when Alexander's eastward conquests brought Judea into the Greek empire, throug…

Zerynity Willows

Of Crows And CrossRoads

Of Crows and CrossRoads is a raw and unflinching memoir of spiritual transformation, survival, and reclamation. Told through the voice of a Pagan witch forged in the fires of religious abuse, generational…

Gregory Nagy

Ancient Greek Heroes, Athletes, Poetry

Ancient Greek Heroes, Athletes, Poetry centers on masterpieces of ancient Greek literature, from the Iliad and Odyssey to tragedies from the Classical Age of Athens and beyond. With a focus on the Olympic…

Laozi,

DAO de Jing

A landmark translation of the timeless classic of Daoist wisdom, rendered in gorgeous poetry that illuminates its enduring teachings.

Stephen Crimi

Hermes Runs the Game

Hermes Runs the Game views the covid operation in terms of the Archaic Greek animal sacrifice, inverted, moving from the depths of ritual child sacrifice to the light of the ancient mystery traditions.

The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth

The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative co…

George C Manning

Anger in the Sagas of Icelanders^

Manning examines the presentation of anger in the Íslendingasögur ('Sagas of Icelanders ') and Íslendingaþættir ('Tales of Icelanders '), a remarkable Old Norse-Icelandic corpus of texts written in the th…

Steven Snape

Sacred Landscapes in Ancient Egypt

Explores the holy landscapes of Egypt, both in the natural world and the built landscape.

Huw Twiston Davies

The Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara

"This open access book discusses texts and images from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, as well as other prayers and spells, found in tombs at the necropolis of Saqqara dating back to the New Kingdom (…

Yiannis Gabriel

Greek Myths for a Post-Truth World

"This book examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our 'post-truth' times: environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authorita…

Thomas Kazen

Dirt, Shame, Status

"An examination of same-sex sexuality in the Bible in the context of ancient beliefs about power, honor, and purity"--

Studying Religion, Past and Present

"In this book, renowned scholars discuss the past, present, and future of the study of religion in both antiquity and modernity, celebrating the contributions of Panayotis Pachis to the field. The co…

Jonathan S Burgess

The Travels of Odysseus

The various travels of the hero Odysseus are explored to contextualize Homer's Odyssey and analyze the nature of the hero's character.

Thomas Radice

Ritual Performance in Early Chinese Thought

Examines performance as a fundamental feature of ritual in early Chinese thought and the ways in which performer/spectator relationships influenced early Chinese religious, ethical, and political discours…

Bernardo Ballesteros

Divine Assemblies in Early Greek and Babylonian Epic

This book is the first to chart divine assembly scenes in ancient Babylonian and early Greek epic. It asks why similarities between the two corpora exist, and exploits those similarities to enhance unders…

Whit Dickey (geb. 1954)

Peace Planet & Box Of Light

Wolfram Grajetzki

The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

"For the ancient Egyptians, the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000-1700 BC) was a classical period of art, history and literature. The Twelfth Dynasty was one of the strongest ever to rule on the banks of the N…

Hermeneutik(en) der Weisheit von der hebräischen Bibel bis in die islamische Zeit

Der Islam entsteht in einem religiösen Umfeld, das geprägt ist von verschiedenen offenbarungstheologischen und hermeneutischen Debatten. Die verschiedenen jüdischen und christlichen Praktiken und Konzepte…

Lina Hantel

Bildung im Gespräch

Petrus Chrysologus gestaltete seine sermones so, dass sie zu einem Bildungserlebnis werden konnten. Lina Hantel rekonstruiert die Predigttätigkeit des Bischofs von Ravenna (ca. 430-450) und zeichnet dabei…