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The Biography of Muḥammad : The Issue of the Sources /
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This book deals with the controversial value of the sources on which the biography of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, is based. Discussions on this topic have been going on for more than a century but it has become especially debated during the last two decades. This volume contains ten articles which are the outcome of an international colloquium on the issue. Part one of the book examines the development of the Muslim tradition concerning the life of Muhammad while the other part focuses on the historical reliability of the source material. The volume reflects not only the most recent methodological developments in the study of the life of Muhammad but also the improvement of its material-basis due to sources which have only recently become available or which have been neglected.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004452909
9789004115132
A biography of power : research and excavations at the Iron Age oppidum of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017) /
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This title explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the origins and nature of one of the lesser-known, but perhaps most significant, Late Iron Age 'oppida' in Britain - Bagendon in Gloucestershire.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (626 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789695359 (ebook) :
A biography of power : research and excavations at the Iron Age oppidum of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017) /
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This title explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the origins and nature of one of the lesser-known, but perhaps most significant, Late Iron Age 'oppida' in Britain - Bagendon in Gloucestershire.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (626 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789695359 (ebook) :
Plutarch's pragmatic biographies : lessons for statesmen and generals in The parallel lives /
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In Plutarch's Pragmatic Biographies , Susan Jacobs argues for a major revision in how we interpret the Parallel Lives. She integrates the existing focus on moral issues into the much broader paradigm of effective leadership found in Plutarch's Moralia. There, in addition to moral virtue, the successful leader needed good critical judgment, persuasiveness and facility in managing alliances and rivalries. The analysis of six sets of Lives shows how Plutarch carefully portrayed Greek and Roman leaders of the past assessing situations and solving problems that paralleled those faced by his politically-active audience. By linking victories and defeats to specific strategic insights and practical skills, Plutarch created "pragmatic biographies" that could instruct statesmen and generals of every era.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004276611 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Ancient Egyptian biographies : contexts, forms, functions /
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"(Auto-)biography is a genre of ancient Egyptian written discourse that was central to high culture from its earliest periods. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience, sometimes as narratives of key events, sometimes as characterizations of personal qualities. Egyptian (auto-) biographies offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which individuals fashioned distinctive selves for display and the significance of the physical, religious, and social contexts they selected. 0The present volume brings together specialists from a range of relevant periods, approaches, and interests. The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: (1) anthropological and contrastive perspectives; (2) the original Old Kingdom settings; (3) text format and language; (4) social dimensions; and (5) religious experience"--
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vii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781948488280
Biographies of the Prophet's companions and their successors /
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Translation of extracts from : Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. :
xxvii, 406 pages ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-356) and index. :
0791428192 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791428206 (pbk. : alk. paper)
History and Biography in Ancient Thought /
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In this volume, the authors analyse ancient theories concerning the nature and the aims of historiography as well as biography. Such theories are investigated in their historical development, with special regard to the problem of oral communication in antiquity.
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1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations. :
9789004673120
History, biography, and the genre of Luke-Acts : an exploration of literary divergence in Greek narrative discourse /
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Unlike contemporary literary-linguistic configurations of genre, current methodologies for the study of the Gospel genre are designed only to target genre similarities not genre differences . This basic oversight results in the convoluted discussion we witness in Lukan genre study today. Each recent treatment of the genre of Luke-Acts represents a distinct effort to draw parallels between Luke-Acts and a specific (or multiple) literary tradition(s). These studies all underestimate the role of literary divergence in genre analysis, leveraging much-if not, all-of their case on literary proximity . This monograph will show how attention to literary divergence from a number of angles may bring resolution to the increasingly complex discussions of the genre(s) of Luke-Acts.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004406544
Resurrecting Family Histories and Biographies for Members of the Society of Friends in Ireland : John Boles, a Case Study /
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Irish Quaker biographers have focused on ministers, the influential and wealthy; many biographies are also unstructured and selective, leaving gaps in the narrative. The current work uses the life and family of John Boles (1661-1731), a Quaker stalwart for 50 years, as a case study for the biographer, introducing the major sources and showing how they can be deployed to 'resurrect' the contributions of the anonymous Quaker majority. As the biography is developed, information is explored and analyzed to construct reliable genealogical charts; information is culled from Friends' records to document the contributions and failures of family members in the context of their Quaker meetings; land records are consulted to measure and assess their gradual accumulation of wealth and the historical context is discussed as a backdrop to their evolving socio-economic status - all topics essential for comprehensive Quaker biographies and family histories.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004694019