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Porphyry Of Tyre,

On Theology and Theurgy

On Theology and Theurgy presents two fragmentary texts by Porphyry of Tyre, "Letter to Anebo" and "Philosophy from Oracles," in which he tries to bring philosophy to bear on religion, …

Whit Dickey (geb. 1954)

Peace Planet & Box Of Light

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 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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

John Surman & Jack DeJohnette

The Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon (Touchstones)

John Surman und Jack DeJohnette waren schon seit 1968 musikalische Weggefährten, nahmen jedoch erst 1981 mit The Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon ihr erstes Duo-Album auf. Die Leser von Jazz Forum wählte…

Harry Sidebottom

Those Who Are about to Die

See ancient Rome, and peer into the Roman mind, through the eyes of a gladiator--from the evening before the games at the Colosseum to the evening afterWhat did a gladiator feel when he stepped out onto t…

Nicolás M. Anders

Christianisierung des Habitus

Der südgallische Erzbischof Caesarius von Arles (¿ 542) zählt zu den einflussreichsten Predigern seiner Zeit. Mit innovativen Strategien bringt er sein Publikum in Kontakt mit christlichen Inhalten und ge…

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…

Roger S O Tomlin

The Uley Tablets

The Uley Tablets is a new collection of manuscripts from Roman Britain, letters written to a god in the Cotswolds on homemade tablets of lead. They are transcribed, translated, and illustrated by photogra…

Arthur Shiwa Zárate

Mediating God

This study is an intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Ghazali (1917-1996), one of most influential, yet understudied, Sunni Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century. Through an analysis of a range of nev…

Laozi,

DAO de Jing

This bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing the Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty …

The Reception of Philo of Alexandria

An authoritative and systematic collection of essays by an international team of experts on the reception of one of the most intriguing figures in the history of Jewish and Christian thought, Philo of Ale…