Eusebius was more than a mere collector of history. He was a vigorous apologist and polemicist in his own right. Kofsky encourages us to take seriously Eusebius's efforts against the pagan assailants of the Christianity of his time.This publication has also... [More...]

Africa has made the Bible its own. This comprehensive volume explores the many ways in which this took place. Essays by a range of African scholars provide access to resources not readily available outside of the African continent.This publication has also... [More...]

The oldest written stage of the Japanese language forms the subject of John Bentley's important new volume. The underlying texts (also presented here) are those of the religious liturgies "(norito) and imperial edicts (A.D. 685). Part one deals with the... [More...]

This book studies the functions of Islamic courts within the framework of the late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Ottoman provincial administration, and explores the processes of adjudication and dispute resolution through a detailed... [More...]

This volume deals with "wa?f or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the "qa??dah (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. The Introduction offers the theoretical background of "wa?f and ekphrasis ("verbal representation of non-verbal... [More...]

This book explores the history of a Jewish community in the colonial kingdom of Valencia in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.It sheds new light on Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations and on the social, economic, and political life of medieval Jews.

This volume provides a new English translation and commentary on Josephus' Judean Antiquities 8-10 in which he retells the history of Israel from the time of the latter divided monarchy down through the exilic period. The commentary devotes particular... [More...]

This volume is a a selection of papers presented to the society of Biblical literature Thomasine Traditions Group from 1996 to 2001. The papers focus on the early Christian writings attributed to the apostle Thomas with particular emphasis on the Gospel of... [More...]

The English edition of the authoritative "Der Neue Pauly, Brills New Pauly" contains the encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard that have made it the unrivaled modern reference work for the ancient world. It presents the current state of... [More...]