Brill nov 2001 (12 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.In Muqarnas articles are published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Septuagint, the first translation -- or as Fernández Marcos points out, a 'collection of translations'-- of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek figures prominently in both the history of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. In this second, revised edition of the successful Spanish translation, Natalio Fernández Marcos introduces readers to the origin of the Septuagint in its earliest versions (Aquila, Theodotian, and Symmachus) and traces the fundamental issues associated with Septuagint studies. This volume will certainly stand alongside classics in the field such as H. B. Swete's Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek (1914), and to S. Jellicoe's The Septuagint in Modern Study (1968). A well-rounded study, The Septuagint in Context affords readers insight into a variety of questions associated with the Septuagint, such as: What's the relationship among the variety of versions What was the Septuagint's role in the religion of Hellenistic Judaism What is the connection between the Septuagint and the New Testament What is Lucian's recension What can the Septuagint tell us about the authority of sacred texts for those who used it What import does the Septuagint have for text critical studies For anyone trying to stay in touch with the inner worlds of Hellenistic Judaism and the New Testament, Septuagint in Context affords an indispensable connection.This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - John J. Collins offers readers a model for the scholarly study of all aspects of Judaism, from the Persian period through Late Antiqity, including its influence on early Christianity. The essays are thematically grouped to cover the problem of the Canon in Second Temple Judaism and deal with apocalypticism, the Book of Daniel, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also analyzed is the relationship between Wisdom and the Apocalypticism. This volume brings together over two decades of research by a leading authority in the field of Judaism.This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author Philip Reynolds examines how marriage acquired a specifically Christian identity in the Latin West during the first millennium after Christ. Beginning with Jesus, everything the Christians did, including getting married, began a process of differentiation. Christians did not invent marriage, but they did redefine it, thereby hoping to solve the inherent problem of reconciling secular, carnal sexual relations with a holy and sanctified state of being, one that would ultimately become a sacrament. This twofold aspect of the Christian marriage was a formative principle throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Reynolds offers three themes for theological reflection and interpretation: Jesus' teaching, Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, and Paul's justification of marriage as a solution to the problem of sexual desire. This book begins with the examination of Roman and Germanic law, followed by the turning from civil to ecclesiastical law. Then Reynolds presents Augustine's theology of marriage, and finally, the nuptial process. Reynolds' insights into the Christainization of marriage makes this a valuable book at both the scholarly and the practical level.This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mason has answered the call of scholars for a new, critical history of the Pharisees. Required is a careful analysis of each source's evidence as a prior condition of historical judgements. By analyzing Flavius Josephus' portrayal of the group, this study clarifies some of the crucial evidence that any hypothesis must explain.Josephus writes about the Pharisees in three of his four extant works, describing their actions under the Hashmoneans, Herod the Great, and during his own tenure as Galilean commander of the revolt against Rome. This study tries to show how his discussions of the Pharisees contribute to his literary aims. With the help of K.H. Rengstorf's new concordance, the author explores the ten pertinent passages in their contexts, supplying also introductory chapters on the Jedean War, the Jewish Antiquities, and the Life. This analysis yields the conclusion that, although the Pharisees were the most popular party in first-century Judaism, Josephus was consistently hostile toward them for reasons peculiar to his own situation.Please note that Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees was previously published by Brill in hardback (ISBN 90 04 09181 5, no longer available).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptology.Throughout the book the essays examine the terms employed in descriptions of ancient magic. From this examination comes a clarification of magic as a polemical term of exclusion but also an understanding of the classical Egyptian and early Greek conceptions of magic as a more neutral category of inclusion.This book should prove to be foundational for future scholarly studies of ancient magic and ritual power.This publication has also been published in hardback (no longer available). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - U.S. assets and citizens remain the number one target of international terrorism. The events of September 11th clearly show the dimensions such attacks can reach. This volume catalyzes the thinking of the medical community and informs those who will rely on it capabilities in these uncertain times. Terrorism and Medical Responses: U.S. Lessons and Policy Implications is an initiative undertaken by the International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) and the National Security Health Policy Center (NSHPC), both at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and aims at improving medical response in this important area of public concern. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Capital punishment has been carried out in Japan since ancient times. Although ancient Japan uniquely suspended executions for several centuries towards the end of the first millennium, today the death penalty is firmly established in Japan.This volume explores the current state of capital punishment, the domestic discussion on the subject, and the influence of the political orientations of the governments of recent years.The treatise is of current interest especially because of the Aum cult, whose leader Shoko Asahara is at present tried in Tokyo. If found guilty, he may be sentenced to death. After a three years' interval (between 1989 and 1993), Japan is nowadays undergoing a capital punishment 'renaissance' with 39 executions between 1993 and 2000.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This study is the first volume in the new Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series. It contains a new English translation of Philo's famous treatise On the creation of the cosmos (the first for seventy years), and the first ever commentary in English. In this work the Jewish exegete and philosopher gives a selective exegesis of the Mosaic creation account and the events in Paradise as recorded in Genesis 1-3. It is the first preserved example of Hexaemeral literature, and had a profound influence on early Christian thought. The commentary aims to make Philo's thought accessible to readers such as graduate students who are just beginning to read him, but also contains much material that will be of interest to specialists in Hellenistic Judaism, ancient philosophy and patristic literature.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The giant treatise Contra Celsum is Origen's main and longest work. It is of significance for both Greek Patristics and Ancient Philosophy. However, the extant text of the treatise is lacunose and corrupt. Two outstanding editions - by Paul Koetschau (1899) and Marcel Borret (1967-1969) - are not critical enough. The editor tried to restore Origen's original text and presents the reader with a reasonably reliable text.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Das Buch behandelt Strukturbedingungen, Akteure und Verlauf der zwischenstaatlichen Beziehungen zwischen dem Ausbruch des Nordischen Krieges (1700) und dem Einschnitt 1785, also eine Epoche, die noch wesentlich 'europäisch' bestimmt war und mit dem Eintritt der jungen amerikanischen Republik in die Weltgeschichte erst allmählich eine neue Dimension gewann.Die internationale Politik dieser Zeit war maßgeblich von dem theoretischen Modell des Gleichgewichts der Kräfte bestimmt und in der Praxis vom Agieren des exklusiven Kreises der Großmächte Großbritannien, Österreich und Frankreich, eines Kreises, in den nach und nach auch Rußland und Preußen aufrückten und der dann in die Begrifflichkeit 'Pentarchie' gefaßt wurde. Fragt man nach den Konstanten der Mächtebeziehungen in dem fraglichen Zeitraum, so ist vorrangig an den französisch-britischen Antagonismus und an den österreichisch-preußischen Dualismus zu denken, der seit 1740 zu einem gestaltenden Faktor der internationalen Politik wu rde.Das Signum des Saeculums war auch für das 18. Jahrhundert - wie für das 17. Jahrhundert - das des Krieges. Die militärischen Auseinandersetzungen entsprangen zu einem guten Teil dynastischen Wechselfällen, aber auch fürstlichem Ehrgeiz, außereuropäischen Interessen oder Arrondierbemühungen. Insofern war das 18. Jahrhundert ein 'bewegtes', ständig neue Koalitionen und Konstellationen hervorbringendes Saeculum, was andererseits Überlegungen, den Frieden sicherer zu machen, neuen Antrieb gab. So war das 18. Jahrhundert geprägt von der Dialektik der Bellona und einer ausgeprägten Friedenssehnsucht.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the first comprehensive survey of Christian architecture in Egypt from the fourth century up to early modern times, covering not only church architecture, but also and extensively the building art of pilgrimage centers, monasteries, cemeteries, defence structures and private houses. Special attention is given to building technique, arrangement of the interior, and liturgical (local) conditions. With a descriptive catalogue of urban and monastic churches.…