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A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman With this volume, Professor Na'aman's students and colleagues honor "one of the greatest historians of our time in the study of the biblical period" (from the Preface). Nadav Na'aman is Professor of J

First published in 1653, The Compleat Angler is one of the most influential environmental texts ever written. Addressing a politically and religiously polarized nation devastated by warfare, disease,

The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance is the first collection of scholarly essays devoted to the work of Patricia Hill Collins, one of the most influential Black feminist thinkers of her generatio

Venice and the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade Explores the emergence of a body of texts about relics transported from Constantinople to the West as a after the Fourth Crusade, and the role of these texts in the development of Venice's civic ident

Magic, Poison, and Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France The Affair of the Poisons was the greatest court scandal of the seventeenth century. From 1679 to 1682 the French crown investigated more than 400 people—including Louis XIV’s official mis

Theurgic Ideas and Practices, Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries A collection of essays examining medieval and early modern texts aimed at performing magic or receiving illumination via the mediation of angels. Includes discussion of Jewish, Christian and Muslim te

Elephantine in Its Persian Imperial and Administrative Context Aspects of Judean Life focuses on Elephantine during the fifth century BCE , developing a comprehensive model of Achaemenid Persian imperial governance in Egypt and situating the Judean colony within

Elephantine in Its Persian Imperial and Administrative Context Aspects of Judean Life focuses on Elephantine during the fifth century BCE , developing a comprehensive model of Achaemenid Persian imperial governance in Egypt and situating the Judean colony within