Ancient divination and experience
Ancient divination & experience
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Contemporary encounters with ancient metaphysics
18 essays breathe new life into the classic problems of ancient metaphysics using contemporary continental materialisms and realisms. In this volume, leading philosophers address the varied, volatile and novel encounters between contemporary and antique thought. They reconceive and redeploy the problems of ancient metaphysics: one and the many, the potential and the actual, the material and immaterial, the divine and the world itself. Alongside…
Contributor:
Greenstine, Abraham Jacob - Johnson, Ryan J.
Women in the Ancient Near East
Women in the Ancient Near East offers a lucid account of the daily life of women in Mesopotamia from the third millennium BCE until the beginning of the Hellenistic period. The book systematically presents the lives of women emerging from the available cuneiform material and discusses modern scholarly opinion. Stol's book is the first full-scale treatment of the history of women in the Ancient…
Contributor:
Richardson, M. E. J. (Mervyn Edwin John) - Richardson, Helen - Stol, Marten
Horos : Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone
In Horos, Thea Potter explores the complex relationship between classical philosophy and the 'horos', a stone that Athenians erected to mark the boundaries of their marketplace, their gravestones, their roads and their private property. Potter weaves this history into a meditation on the ancient philosophical concept of horos, the foundational project of determination and definition, arguing that it is central to the development of…
Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives
Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives' is the first monograph-length comparative study on prophetic divination in ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek sources. Prophecy is one of the ways humans have believed to become conversant with what is believed to be superhuman knowledge. The prophetic process of communication involves the prophet, her/his audience, and the deity from whom the message allegedly comes…
Pragmatic approaches to drama : studies in communication on the ancient stage
"This volume collects papers on pragmatic perspectives on ancient theatre. Scholars working on literature, linguistics, and theatre will find interesting insights on verbal and non-verbal uses of language in ancient Greek and Roman Drama. Comedies and Tragedies spanning from 5th B.C.E. to 1st C.E. are investigated in terms of im/politeness, theory of mind, interpersonal pragmatics, and body language, to name some of the approaches…
Contributor:
Sorrentino, Giada - Doing Things With Words on Stage: Pragmatics and Its Use in Ancient Drama (Conference) - Hof, Severin - Iurescia, Federica - Martin, Gunther
Date:2020-01-01
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On civic republicanism : ancient lessons for global politics
"Continuing the analysis of contemporary issues through the lens of ancient theories beyond the themes of Enduring Empire and the award-winning On Oligarchy, On Civic Republicanism explores the enduring relevance of the ancient concepts of republicanism and civic virtue to modern questions about political engagement and identity. Examining both ancient and early modern conceptions of civic republicanism, the contributors respond to the work of…
Contributor:
Kellow, Geoffrey C. - Leddy, Neven
Date:2016-01-01
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Early Christianity and ancient astrology
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-387) and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Interregional interaction in ancient Mesoamerica
"Explores the role of interregional interaction in dynamic sociocultural processes that shaped the Pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica. Interdisciplinary scholars examine linguistic exchange and borrowing, scribal practices, settlement patterns, ceramics, iconography, and trade systems, presenting a variety of case studies drawn from multiple spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts"--Provided by publisher.
Contributor:
Englehardt, Joshua - Carrasco, Michael
Medicine in ancient Assur : a microhistorical study of the Neo-Assyrian healer KisĚŁir-AsĚŚsĚŚur
"In Medicine in Ancient Assur Troels Pank Arbøll offers a microhistorical study of a single exorcist named Kiṣir-Aššur who practiced medical and magical healing in the ancient city of Assur (modern northern Iraq) in the 7th century BCE. The book provides the first detailed analysis of a healer's education and practice in ancient Mesopotamia based on at least 73 texts assigned to specific stages…
Oaths and swearing in ancient Greece
"This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-412) and indexes. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Contributor:
Fletcher, Judith - Bayliss, Andrew J. - Torrance, Isabelle C. - Kozak, Lynn - Konstantinidou, Kyriaki - Sommerstein, Alan H.
Ancient Maya commerce : multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil
"Using a variety of evidence--archaeological, botanical, geomorphological, and soil-based--contributors show how Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico was a major center for both short and long distance trade, integrating the Guatemalan highlands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the interior of the northern Maya lowlands"--Provided by publisher.
Ancient households on the north coast of Peru
"Not limited to one time period or civilization, provides insight into the development of complex, urban, and state-level society in the region, showing how observed domestic patterns inform a new archaeological perspective on general processes in domestic life in and beyond Andean prehistory."-- Provided by publisher.
Contributor:
Cutright, Robyn E. - Pacifico, David - Johnson, Ilana
Contributor:
Lapatin, Kenneth D. S. - The J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Conservation Institute - Daehner, Jens - Spinelli, Ambra - Colloque International Sur Les Bronzes Antiques
Pure mind in a clean body : bodily care in the Buddhist monasteries of ancient India and China
Bodily care in the Buddhist monasteries of ancient India and China
"Buddhist monasteries, in both Ancient India and China, have played a crucial social role, for religious as well as for lay people. They rightfully attract the attention of many scholars, discussing historical backgrounds, institutional networks, or influential maters. Still, some aspects of monastic life have not yet received the attention they deserve. This book therefore aims to study some of the most essential, but…
Ancient households of the Americas : conceptualizing what households do
Based on papers presented at a session of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in New Orleans in 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Contributor:
Society for American Archaeology. Meeting - Gonlin, Nancy - Douglass, John G.
Book/Printed MaterialAncient divination and experience
Book/Printed MaterialContemporary encounters with ancient metaphysics 18 essays breathe new life into the classic problems of ancient metaphysics using contemporary continental materialisms and realisms. In this volume, leading philosophers address the varied, volatile and novel encounters between contemporary and antique thought. They reconceive and redeploy the problems of ancient metaphysics: one and the many, the potential and the actual, the material and immaterial, the divine and the world itself. Alongside…
Book/Printed MaterialWomen in the Ancient Near East Women in the Ancient Near East offers a lucid account of the daily life of women in Mesopotamia from the third millennium BCE until the beginning of the Hellenistic period. The book systematically presents the lives of women emerging from the available cuneiform material and discusses modern scholarly opinion. Stol's book is the first full-scale treatment of the history of women in the Ancient…
Book/Printed MaterialHoros : Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone In Horos, Thea Potter explores the complex relationship between classical philosophy and the 'horos', a stone that Athenians erected to mark the boundaries of their marketplace, their gravestones, their roads and their private property. Potter weaves this history into a meditation on the ancient philosophical concept of horos, the foundational project of determination and definition, arguing that it is central to the development of…
Book/Printed MaterialAncient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives' is the first monograph-length comparative study on prophetic divination in ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek sources. Prophecy is one of the ways humans have believed to become conversant with what is believed to be superhuman knowledge. The prophetic process of communication involves the prophet, her/his audience, and the deity from whom the message allegedly comes…
Book/Printed MaterialAncient Lithuanian calendar festivals Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182). Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialPragmatic approaches to drama : studies in communication on the ancient stage "This volume collects papers on pragmatic perspectives on ancient theatre. Scholars working on literature, linguistics, and theatre will find interesting insights on verbal and non-verbal uses of language in ancient Greek and Roman Drama. Comedies and Tragedies spanning from 5th B.C.E. to 1st C.E. are investigated in terms of im/politeness, theory of mind, interpersonal pragmatics, and body language, to name some of the approaches…
Book/Printed MaterialOn civic republicanism : ancient lessons for global politics "Continuing the analysis of contemporary issues through the lens of ancient theories beyond the themes of Enduring Empire and the award-winning On Oligarchy, On Civic Republicanism explores the enduring relevance of the ancient concepts of republicanism and civic virtue to modern questions about political engagement and identity. Examining both ancient and early modern conceptions of civic republicanism, the contributors respond to the work of…
Book/Printed MaterialEarly Christianity and ancient astrology Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-387) and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialInterregional interaction in ancient Mesoamerica "Explores the role of interregional interaction in dynamic sociocultural processes that shaped the Pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica. Interdisciplinary scholars examine linguistic exchange and borrowing, scribal practices, settlement patterns, ceramics, iconography, and trade systems, presenting a variety of case studies drawn from multiple spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts"--Provided by publisher.
Book/Printed MaterialWounded heroes : vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy
Book/Printed MaterialMedicine in ancient Assur : a microhistorical study of the Neo-Assyrian healer Kiṣir-Aššur "In Medicine in Ancient Assur Troels Pank Arbøll offers a microhistorical study of a single exorcist named Kiṣir-Aššur who practiced medical and magical healing in the ancient city of Assur (modern northern Iraq) in the 7th century BCE. The book provides the first detailed analysis of a healer's education and practice in ancient Mesopotamia based on at least 73 texts assigned to specific stages…
Book/Printed MaterialAncient terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum "This J. Paul Getty Museum collection catalogue presents sixty ancient terracottas in detail and provides a guide to the one thousand other ancient terracotta objects in the collection"--Provided by publisher.
Book/Printed MaterialQueer ancient ways : a decolonial exploration Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialOn ancient grammars of space : linguistic research on the expression of spatial relations and motion in ancient languages Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialOaths and swearing in ancient Greece "This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-412) and indexes. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialDaily life and demographics in ancient Japan Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-128) and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialAncient Maya commerce : multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil "Using a variety of evidence--archaeological, botanical, geomorphological, and soil-based--contributors show how Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico was a major center for both short and long distance trade, integrating the Guatemalan highlands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the interior of the northern Maya lowlands"--Provided by publisher.
Book/Printed MaterialAncient Greek myth in world fiction since 1989 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialTextualization of experience : studies on Ancient Greek literature Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-235). Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Book/Printed MaterialThe Ancient World in an Age of Globalization Includes bibliographic references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page, viewed [Month, Day, year]
Book/Printed MaterialAncient households on the north coast of Peru "Not limited to one time period or civilization, provides insight into the development of complex, urban, and state-level society in the region, showing how observed domestic patterns inform a new archaeological perspective on general processes in domestic life in and beyond Andean prehistory."-- Provided by publisher.
Book/Printed MaterialArtistry in bronze : the Greeks and their legacy : XIX International congress on ancient bronzes "The forty-seven papers in this volume derive from the proceedings of the nineteenth International Bronze Congress, held at the Getty Center and Villa in October 2015 in connection with the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World"--Provided by publisher.
Book/Printed MaterialPure mind in a clean body : bodily care in the Buddhist monasteries of ancient India and China
Book/Printed MaterialAncient households of the Americas : conceptualizing what households do Based on papers presented at a session of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in New Orleans in 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.