• Rok vydání 2019

The Market has deified itself, according to Harvey Cox\'s brilliant exegesis. And all of the world\'s problems-widening…

This second volume of a projected six-volume set of the complete Vulgate Bible presents the Historical Books of the Bible,…

The Bible is full of ancient texts long predating the assembly of Judaism's and Christianity's sacred books. Why these…

\nBullhe Shah\'s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded…

Do Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including…

A foremost Kant expert takes us on a lively tour through the revolutionary ideas of the founder of modern philosophy.…

• Rok vydání 2015

In a work as much about the present as the past, Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Reformation for the…

This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of 'Gnosticism' and the nature of…

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Trent, the Catholic Church's attempt to put its house in order after the Reformation, has long been praised and blamed for…

Paul P. Mariani charts China's fraught Catholic revival after the Cultural Revolution, as Catholics loyal to Rome clashed…

Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as the modern. Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity…

Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), but probably composed in the first or second century BCE, the Library…

In the melancholy elegies of the Tristia and the Ex Ponto, Ovid (43 BCE 17 CE) writes as from exile in Tomis on the Black…

The epic Dionysiaca by Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt (fifth century CE) concerns Dionysus' earthly career from birth at…

• Rok vydání 2004

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period…

Sophocles (497/6 406 BCE), considered one of the world s greatest poets, forged tragedy from the heroic excess of myth and…

Tertullian (c. 150 222 CE) founded a Christian Latin language and literature, strove to unite the demands of the Bible with…

This collection of edited and fully annotated Homeric texts offer fresh solutions to a number of textual puzzles.…

Sophocles (497/6 406 BCE), considered one of the world s greatest poets, forged tragedy from the heroic excess of myth and…

Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a…

The epic Dionysiaca by Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt (fifth century CE) concerns Dionysus earthly career from birth at Thebes…

Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), but probably composed in the first or second century BCE, the Library…

• Rok vydání 1989

The Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) of Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the…

The Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) of Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the…

Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking…

In this text the editors present both a scholarly understanding of the complexities of the Daoist tradition and a critical…

For centuries, philosophers have been divided on the nature of language. Those in the rational empiricist Tradition -…

The goal of Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods is to plunder ancient and medieval literary sources to create a massive…

\nSongs about Women by Romanos the Melodist contains eighteen works related to the liturgical calendar that feature…

• Rok vydání 2015

The poetry of Bullhe Shah, who drew upon Sufi mysticism, is considered one of the glories of premodern Panjabi literature.…

Maximos the Confessor is one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. The Ambigua is his…

Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints includes narratives from the eleventh and twelfth centuries about locally venerated…

Brought to Florence by Lorenzo de' Medici as a celebrity preacher, Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498), a Dominican friar, would…

Maximos the Confessor is one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. The Ambigua is his…

• Rok vydání 2010

Presents the text of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, beginning with the creation of the world and the…

• Čeština

Volume V of a projected six-volume Vulgate Bible presents the twelve minor prophetical books of the Old Testament, as well…

The Menologion of Basil II, one of the most famous manuscripts surviving from Byzantium, contains short narratives to be…

Beowulf is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to…

One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual…

This work consists of two parts: 'The Idea of Public Reason Revisited', published in 1997, and 'The Law of Peoples', a…

\nCompiled and translated in large part by St. Jerome, the Vulgate Bible influenced Western literature, art, music,…

The roots of modern Western legal institutions and concepts go back nine centuries to the papal revolution, when the Western…

Explores two successive transformations of the Western legal tradition under the impact of the 16th Century German…

The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property…

Reconstructing religious motivation, conviction and behaviour in early modern Europe, this text shows the shifting…

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Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great…

Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians often dismiss economics,…

• Rok vydání 2007

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