HANNA - Ancient History 1

Im Jahr 73 nach Christus standen die Überlebenden des Jüdischen Aufstands auf dem Gipfel der Bergfestung Masada. Umgeben von steil abfallenden Klippen und der judäischen Wüste schien die Position un……続きを見る

Qui étaient les femmes vikings ? Il n’y a guère d’imaginaire plus viril que celui des Vikings : barbares pillards à la barbe hirsute, grands explorateurs naviguant sur les mers de Scandinavie tandis……続きを見る

Perhaps in defiance of expectations, Roman peace (pax) was a difficult concept that resisted any straightforward definition: not merely denoting the absence or aftermath of war, it consisted of many……続きを見る

The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it ……続きを見る

Step into a world of gods, heroes and monsters Throughout history, mythologies have been fundamental to societies and cultures across the world. They are the collected stories of a people - the fasc……続きを見る

The first book length study of the motif of impotency in poetry from early antiquity through to the late Restoration, this book explores the impotency poem as a recognisable form of poetry in the lo……続きを見る

Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced through consummately physical actions and attributes yet some ascetics within the C……続きを見る

La imagen popular de los vikingos es la de un pueblo de hombres altos y pelirrojos, feroces y audaces, que recorrían las costas de Europa deteniéndose únicamente para saquear monasterios y prender f……続きを見る

Biblical studies is increasingly interdisciplinary and frequently focuses on how the Bible is read, received, and represented in the contemporary world, including in politics, news media, and popula……続きを見る

The writings of Cicero contain hundreds of quotations of Latin poetry. This book examines his citations of Latin poets writing in diverse poetic genres and demonstrates the importance of poetry as a……続きを見る

Through a series of interdisciplinary studies this book argues that the Athenians themselves invented the notion of 'classical' tragedy just a few generations after the city's defeat in the Peloponn……続きを見る

In this in-depth exploration of holiness in the context of rabbinic Judaism, Hannah K. Harrington places the rabbinic concept of holiness alongside other notions of the sacred in the Graeco-Roman wo……続きを見る

Time in Antiquity offers a detailed survey of the science of time and its measurement in the Greek and Roman worlds, including Babylon and Egypt where many of the first advances were made. Robert Ha……続きを見る

This volume brings into dialogue the ancient wisdom of Augustine of Hippo, a bishop of the early Christian Church of the fourth and fifth centuries, with contemporary theologians and ethicists on th……続きを見る