The 16 papers of this proceedings were first presented in October 2004 at an eponymous conference held in Istanbul, Turkey. Arranged by theme, the papers describe the earliest history of the area, asp
This is a Festschrift for Roger Stephenson (recently retired as a professor of modern languages at the U. of Glasgow, Scotland). The nine included papers engage with a variety of Stephenson's scholarl
There have been edited books on the archaeology of nomadism in various regions, and there have been individual archaeological and anthropological monographs, but nothing with the kind of coverage prov
At October 28th, 2008, the University of Vienna awarded Emanuel Tov an honorary doctorate in recognition of a life dedicated to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the textual histories of the Hebre
The extraordinary cloister of Santo Domingo de Silos is central to our understanding of medieval sculpture, and of Spains place in its development. Elizabeth Valdez del Alamo offers an innovative read
Utilizing the analytical method formulated by the social theorist Paul James, Cregan (English, U. of Melbourne, Australia) examines concepts of embodiment in three manifestations in 17th-century Londo
This rich study presents a thoughtful and extended discussion of the popular theme of the Fool, and specifically, the Fool traveling, that were represented in Northern Renaissance woodcuts and other t
Six essays explore eastern regions of the Roman Empire, three of them considering aspects of the Roman colony Dura-Europe on the Euphrates River. Other topics include models of change n the margins, R
Over the last few years, debates concerning the wearing of Islamic dress the relationship between religious liberty and free speech and the enforcement of religious law have barely been far from the h
