A cultural history of Aramaic : from the beginnings to the advent of Islam /
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Aramaic is a constant thread running through the various civilizations of the Near East, ancient and modern, from 1000 BCE to the present, and has been the language of small principalities, world empires, and a fair share of the Jewish-Christian tradition. Holger Gzella describes its cultural and linguistic history as a continuous evolution from its beginnings to the advent of Islam. For the first time the individual phases of the language, their socio-historical underpinnings, and the textual sources are discussed comprehensively in light of the latest linguistic and historical research and with ample attention to scribal traditions, multilingualism, and language as a marker of cultural self-awareness. Many new observations on Aramaic are thereby integrated into a coherent historical framework.
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1 online resource (466 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004285101 :
0169-9423 ;
0169-9423 :
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A cultural history of Aramaic : from the beginnings to the advent of Islam /
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Aramaic is a constant thread running through the various civilizations of the Near East, ancient and modern, from 1000 BCE to the present, and has been the language of small principalities, world empires, and a fair share of the Jewish-Christian tradition. Holger Gzella describes its cultural and linguistic history as a continuous evolution from its beginnings to the advent of Islam. For the first time the individual phases of the language, their socio-historical underpinnings, and the textual sources are discussed comprehensively in light of the latest linguistic and historical research and with ample attention to scribal traditions, multilingualism, and language as a marker of cultural self-awareness. Many new observations on Aramaic are thereby integrated into a coherent historical framework.
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1 online resource (466 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004285101 :
0169-9423 ;
0169-9423 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Classical Greek tactics : a cultural history /
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What determined the choices of the Greeks on the battlefield? Were their tactics defined by unwritten moral rules, or was all considered fair in war? In Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History , Roel Konijnendijk re-examines the literary evidence for the battle tactics and tactical thought of the Greeks during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Rejecting the traditional image of limited, ritualised battle, Konijnendijk sketches a world of brutally destructive engagements, restricted only by the stubborn amateurism of the men who fought. The resulting model of hoplite battle does away with most received wisdom about the nature of Greek battle tactics, and redefines the way they reflected the values of Greek culture as a whole.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004355576 :
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The Jesuit missions of Paraguay and a cultural history of Utopia (1568-1789) /
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The Jesuit Missions of Paraguay and a Cultural History of Utopia (1568-1789) explores the religious foundations of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, and the discussion of the missionary experience in the public opinion of early modern Europe, from Montaigne to Diderot. This book presents a wealth of documentation to highlight three key aspects of this debate: the relationship between civilisation and religion, between religion and political imagination, and between utopia and history. Girolamo Imbruglia's analysis of the Jesuits' own narrative reveals that the idea and the practice of mission have been one of the essential features of the European identity, and of the shaping modern political thought.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004350601 :
0924-9389 ; :
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Suvarnadvipa : Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East. Volume 2: Cultural History /
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South East Asian history is one of the most unique histories, as it was marked by the influences of Indic, Chinese, and local cultures. Suvarnadvipa is a two-volume series, which covers the political and cultural history of South East Asian history. This volume deals with the cultural history of South East Asia during ancient times. The author discusses literature, religion, art, and society in greater detail, which was prevalent during ancient times. Works of literature composed in Java, Bali, and the Malay Peninsula are covered in this volume, as it was written in Sanskrit, Old Javanese, and others. It also covers the history of Buddhism (mainly the Mahayana sect) and Hinduism, along with their religious texts, before the coming of Islam. The chapters on the history of art and architecture are covered comprehensively. It talks about the religious and non-religious structures, the influence of Hindu and Buddhist arts, sculpture art, and different art forms practiced in Bali, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, and Tapanauli region. This book is essential for scholars and researchers interested in the pre-Islamic history of South East Asia.
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1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004753532
Caught in a whirlwind : a cultural history of Ottoman Baghdad as reflected in its illustrated manuscripts /
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Caught in a Whirlwind: A Cultural History of Ottoman Baghdad as Reflected in its Illustrated Manuscripts focuses on a period of great artistic vitality in the region of Baghdad, a frontier area that was caught between the rival Ottoman and the Safavid empires. In the period following the peace treaty of 1590, a corpus of more than thirty illustrated manuscripts and several single page paintings were produced. In this book Melis Taner presents a contextual study of the vibrant late sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century Baghdad art market, opening up further avenues of research on art production in provinces and border regions.
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2016, under the title: Caught in a whirlwind : painting in Baghdad in the late sixteenth-early seventeenth centuries. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004412804
Understanding the Greek Revolution (1821-1832) : New Approaches in Social, Political and Cultural History /
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A part of the insurrectionary wave of the 1820s, the Greek Revolution remains a neglected episode in the revolutionary history of the period. The contributions included in this volume present the most recent research concerning the social, polit
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1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004703636
Images as media : sources for the cultural history of the Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean : 1st millenium BCE /
: Proceedings of an international symposium, held at the University of Fribourg, November 25-29, 1997. : xxxii, 408 pages, LX pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 372781294X
Religion and class in America : culture, history, and politics /
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Class has always played a role in American religion. Class differences in religious life are inevitably felt by both those in the pews and those on the outside looking inches This volume starts a long overdue discussion about how class continues to matter - and perhaps even ways in which it does not - in American religion. Class is indeed important, whether one examines it through analysis of events and documents, surveys and interviews, or participant observation of religious groups. The chapters herein examine class as a reality that is both material and symbolic, individual and corporate. Religion and Class in America examines the myriad ways in which class continues to interact with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and group affiliations of American religion.
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1 online resource. :
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9789047424734 :
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