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Sôfer mahîr : essays in honour of Adrian Schenker /
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The essays that comprise this volume in honor of Adrian Schenker address a variety of issues and topics in the field of textual criticism and the textual history of the Hebrew Bible. Except for the Book of Kings, the contributors are editors of individual Biblical books for the new Biblia Hebraica Quinta . The topics of the essays range from assessments of the overall textual situation for a particular book to investigations of translation technique to studies of particularities in the Leningrad Codex and its Masorah. Most books of the Hebrew Scriptures are treated in one of the essays.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789047409106 :
0083-5889 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Queer philosophy : presentations of the Society for Lesbian and Gay Philosophy, 1998-2008 /
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The book is a collection of the presentations of the Society for Lesbian and Gay Philosophy from 1998 to 2008. The essays are organized historically, starting in 1998. Their topics cover virtually every philosophical field, and such that each is connected to gay and lesbian studies. Topics include how we are to understand sexual orientation, whether same-sex leads to polygamy, teaching gay studies to undergraduates, promiscuity and virtue, the "war on terror" and gay oppression, the rationality of coming out, the ethics of outing, connections between being gay and being happy, and last, but not least, dignity and being gay.
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1 online resource (xix, 412 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789401208352 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The text of the Hebrew Bible and its editions : studies in celebration of the fifth centennial of the complutensian polyglot /
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In The Text of the Hebrew Bible and its Editions some of the top world scholars and editors of the Hebrew Bible and its versions present essays on the aims, method, and problems of editing the biblical text(s), taking as a reference the Complutensian Polyglot, first modern edition of the Hebrew text and its versions and whose Fifth Centennial was celebrated in 2014. The main parts of the volume discuss models of editions from the Renaissance and its forerunners to the Digital Age, the challenges offered by the different textual traditions, particular editorial problems of the individual books of the Bible, and the role played by quotations. It thus sets a landmark in the future of biblical editions.
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"This conference was convened in Madrid the first week of November 2014 to honor and creatively remember the fifth centennial of the Complutensian Polyglot, Cisneros' Bible"--ECIP introduction. :
1 online resource (xx, 526 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004335028 :
2214-5958 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Isaiah in context : studies in honour of Arie van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday /
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The present volume contains a collection of essays on the Book of Isaiah offered as a tribute to Arie van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, which coincides with his retirement as Professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. The twenty-four contributions, written by leading scholars in the field of Old Testament studies, focus on the Book of Isaiah within the context of Hebrew and ancient near-eastern writings, particularly those from the Neo-Assyrian period, as well as on the book's reception history , particularly in its Greek and Syriac translations. Together these studies offer a rich and original contribution to the study of the Book of Isaiah in its Hebrew, Aramaic, Assyrian, Greek, Syriac, and Dutch contexts.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004191181 :
0083-5889 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Islamic civilisation, 950-1150 : a colloquium published under the auspices of the Near Eastern History Group, Oxford, the Near East Center, University of Pennsylvania /
: Contains papers read at the third of a continuing series of colloquia held June 30-July 4, 1969 at All Souls College, Oxford. : x, 284, [8] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 0851810063
Mamluk Jerusalem : an architectural study /
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"A survey of the Mameluke architecture in Jerusalem carried out by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem beginning in 1968".
Accompanied by 4 folded leaves of ill. in portfolio (31 cm.)
ACCOMPANYING FOLDED MATERIAL STORED IN MAP COLLECTION UNDER SAME CALL NO. :
xii, 623 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, maps ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-615) and index. :
090503533X