Stone The Greek Treasure

Stone, Irving. The Greek Treasure : A Biographical Novel Of Henry And Sophia Schliemann. Garden City: Doubleday,, 1975.

First Edition First edition. Signed by Stone. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Condition:Fine in Fine DJ Presentation signed by the author

[SW: HEINRICH 1822 1890 SOPHIE KASTROMENOS SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY Science & Medicine anthropology & archaeology]

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Bowersock, G. W. Mosaics as History The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, November 2006 ISBN: 0674022920
Over the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East--maps, historical images, mythical figures, and religious scenes that constitute an immense treasure of new testimony from antiquity. The stories these mosaics tell unfold in this brief, richly informed book by a preeminent scholar of the classical world. <P> G. W. Bowersock considers these mosaics a critical part of the documentation of the region's ancient culture, as expressive as texts, inscriptions on stone, and architectural remains. In their complex language, often marred by time, neglect, and deliberate defacement, he finds historical evidence, illustrations of literary and mythological tradition, religious icons, and monuments to civic pride. Eloquently evoking a shared vision of a world beyond the boundaries of individual cities, the mosaics attest to a persistent tradition of Greek taste that could embrace Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in a fundamentally Semitic land, and they suggest the extent to which these three monotheistic religions could themselves embrace Hellenism. <P> With copious color illustrations, Bowersock's efforts return us to Syrian Antioch, Arabia, Jewish and Samaritan settlements in Palestine, the Palmyrene empire in Syria, and the Nabataean kingdom in Jordan, and show us the overlay of Hellenism introduced by Alexander the Great as well as Roman customs imported by the imperial legions and governors. Attending to one of the most evocative languages of the ages, his work reveals a complex fusion of cultures and religions that speaks to us across time.

NEUBUCH! 2006. 146 p. 215 mm x 161 mm x 17 mm

[SW: Nahost, Geschichte]

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Stone, Irving. The Greek Treasure: A Biographical Novel Of Henry And Sophia Schliemann. New York, New York, U.S.A: Doubleday & Company, 1975.

First Edition Presentation signed by Stone on front end paper. First edition. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Hard Cover Condition:Very Good in Very Good DJ Signed by Author

[SW: HEINRICH 1822 1890 SOPHIE]

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Stone, Irving: Der griechische Schatz. Das Leben von Sophia und Heinrich Schliemann, Stuttgart, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, 1976 ?.
SU hat an rechter Kante einen Riß von ca. 3 cm

The Greek treasure, Lizenz d. Droemerschen Verl.-Anst. Knaur, München, Zürich. - Bibliogr. H. Schliemann u. Literaturverz. S. 447 - [448]. 22 cm, OU, gebundene Ausgabe

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