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The Classical Tradition
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Glenn W. Most,Anthony Grafton,Salvatore Settis |
"In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, … |
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Ritual Matters
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Jennifer Knust,Claudia Moser |
154 pages : 29 cm |
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The exposure of infants among Jews and Christians in antiquity
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Erkki Koskenniemi |
In this novel and penetrating study Koskenniemi reviews the evidence for the practice from Graeco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources, and then, in the major part of the book, examines the rejection… |
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The epic cycle
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M. L. West |
"The Iliad and Odyssey do not cover the main story of the Trojan War. The whole saga, which includes Zeus' plan to reduce the world's population, the Judgment of Paris and seduction of Helen, the sta… |
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Of courtiers and kings
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Tawny Holm |
Holm's book is an innovative approach to the biblical Book of Daniel. It places Daniel against the background of story-collections, an ancient genre that began in Egypt in the mid-second millennium B… |
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Smell and the ancient senses
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Mark Bradley |
From flowers and perfumes to urban sanitation and personal hygiene, smell - a sense that is simultaneously sublime and animalistic - has played a pivotal role in western culture and thought. Greek an… |
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Women, work and leadership in Acts
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Teresa J. Calpino |
"How are depictions of the ideal woman in Greco-Roman literature at variance with the descriptions of Tabitha and Lydia in Acts of the Apostles? Teresa Calpino analyzes the relationship of their stor… |
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The trial and crucifixion of Jesus
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Eckhard J. Schnabel,David W. Chapman |
"The authors of this volume set themselves one task, to trace the extra-biblical primary texts that are relevant for understanding Jesus' trial and crucifixion. With that goal in mind, the book is bu… |
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Komt een Griek bij de dokter
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Patrick De Rynck,Mark Pieters |
Bloemlezing van vertaalde antieke teksten over humor in de klassieke oudheid.. |
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Geschichte der Medizin
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Charles Lichtenthaeler |
Enthaelt: Bd. 1: Vorgeschichte, Antike und Mittelalter. Bd. 2: Fruehneuzeit (1500 bis 1800), eigentliche medizinische Moderne (1800 bis 1939), Zeitgeschichte und Futurologie. |
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Age of fable
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Thomas Bulfinch |
Drawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myth… |
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