This book investigates the complexity, diversity, uniqueness and enduring significance of Jewish life in the Christian Roman Empire, from 312 to 634 C.E. During this period there occurred an unprecede
In this book, James H. Marrow discusses prominent features of many of the most exuberant illuminated manuscripts created by leading Flemish illuminators of the 15th and the 16th centuries, considering
An aside here and there in books on love, marriage, and sexuality is discussion of the philosophical scrutiny lovemaking has received, says Sevenant (whose academic affiliation is not stated, but she
Anatolia is an area of the ancient world with a remarkable borderland character between the Greek and the Near Eastern worlds. The present book studies several ancient Anatolian cults and sanctuaries,
Dutch scholars of philosophy and religion analyze the thinking about God by such modern French figures as Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas, Derrida, and Jean-Yves Lacoste. The anthology has been transla
The archaeological sounding on the site of the Colegio del Pilar in the Old City of Jerusalem in 1996 was a salvage excavation, suspended for administrative reasons. The present publication offers the
