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Published 2012
Shoshannat Yaakov : Jewish and Iranian studies in honor of Yaakov Elman /

: Shoshannat Yaakov honors Yaakov Elman, Professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, and celebrates Elman's contributions to a broad range of disciplines within Jewish and Iranian studies. The fruits of Elman's seminal project of bringing together of scholars of Iranian studies and Talmud in ways that have transformed both disciplines, are well represented in this volume, together with scholarship that ranges from Second Temple Judaism to Late Antique Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Samaritanism and Christianity.
: 1 online resource (xxv, 485, 54 pages) : portrait, illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789004235458 : 1571-5000 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Al-Jāḥiẓ : in praise of books /

: Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in.
: vi, 586 pages ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index. : 9780748683321

Published 1993
Christian faith and Greek philosophy in late antiquity : essays in tribute to George Christopher Stead, Ely Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge (1971-1980), in celebrati...

: This volume is a collection of thirteen essays offered in dedication to Professor C.G. Stead on his 80th birthday. Their theme is the philosophy underlying the presentation of Christian teaching in Late Antiquity. The essays deal with individual theologians (Augustine, Ambrose, Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa), with ideological background (Christian and Roman universalism), and with the discussion of particular texts. A bibliography and brief appreciation of Professor Stead's contribution to Patristic studies are included.
: English and German. : 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and indexes. : 9789004312852 : 0920-623X ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.