The Five Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World V1
by George Rawlinson
Flavius Claudius Julianus was the last pagan to sit on the Roman imperial throne (361-363). Born in Constantinople in 331 or 332, Julian was raised as a Christian, but apostatized, and during his short reign tried to revive paganism, which, after the conversion to Christianity of his uncle Constantine the Great early in the fourth century, began losing ground at an accelerating pace. Having become an orphan when he was still very young, Julian was taken care of by his cousin Constantius II, one...
Popular Stories Of Ancient Egypt (ABC-Clio Classic Folk and Fairy Tales)
by Gaston C Maspero
The Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, #11)
by Conleth Kearns
In spite of its importance for the textual history and the theological significance of the Book of Ben Sira, especially in its two different Greek versions, the 1951 doctoral thesis of Conleth Kearns has never been published and is only in circulation in photocopies. Kearns brought together a great quantity of textual and theological observations on the additions to the first Greek version concerning eschatology which are not to be found anywhere else until now. He has actually shown that these...
Великий Переход, или Варианты Апокалипсис
by Л.А. Секлитова
Schriftgelehrtes Murren (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, #152)
by Walter Buhrer
Anhand der insgesamt zehn Erzahlungen von Israels Murren in der Wuste zeigt Walter Buhrer, dass und wie Auslegung und deutende Aneignung der biblisch gewordenen Texte kein erst nachbiblisches Phanomen, sondern bereits pragend fur Entstehungs- und Kanonisierungsprozesse der Texte selbst sind. An den Murrerzahlungen koennen Fortschreibungs- und Auslegungsprozesse in den biblisch gewordenen Texten syn- und diachron in den einzelnen Erzahlungen, Kapitel und Buch ubergreifend, im Rahmen der Textgesch...
The Orphic Hymns
At the very beginnings of the Archaic Age, the great singer Orpheus taught a new religion that centered around the immortality of the human soul and its journey after death. He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life. Elements of the worship of Dionysus, such as shape-shifting and ritualistic ecstasy, were fused with Orphic beliefs to produce a powerful and illuminating new religion that found expression in t...
The History of Religions School Today (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, #340)
The present volume offers a glimpse at one currently thriving expression of the distinguished history of religions school approach to the New Testament and early Christian literature. Begun circa 1884 at the University of Goettingen and pioneered by scholars such as Albert Eichhorn, Wilhelm Bousset, Johannes Weiss, and William Wrede, today applications of this approach are diverse. Scholars adapt the method, incorporating the latest technologies and insights, to optimize the school's original go...
LE CORAN Le Miracle des Miracles
by Moakada/Retrave and Ahmed Deedat
Religion (Heidentum: Die Religioesen Verhaltnisse in Den Provinzen)
The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world. For millennia, the search for its source defeated emperors and explorers. Yet the search for its source also contained a religious quest - a search for the origin of its divine and life-giving waters. Terje Oestigaard reveals how the beliefs associated with the river have played a key role in the cultural development and make-up of the societies and civilizations associated with it. Drawing upon his personal experience and fieldwork in A...