Antiquities & Archaeology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589839281Author Andrew R. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical LiteratureWeight(grams)...

Margaret Barker believes that Christianity developed so quickly because it was a return to far older faith - far older than the Greek culture that is long-held to have influenced Christianity. Temple Theology explains that the preaching of the gospel and...

During the archaic and classical periods, Greek ideas about the dead evolved in response to changing social and cultural conditions - most notably changes associated with the development of the polis, such as funerary legislation, and changes due to...

Examine the Evidence Surrounding Jesus No other figure has impacted history like Jesus. Yet today, he's often seen as a mythical character whose legend increased over time. So what does the historical and archaeological evidence say about Jesus?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389157130Author A W TozerPage Count 138Imprint General Press IndiaPublisher General Press India

When we try to make sense of pictures, what do we gain when we use a particular method - and what might we be missing or even losing? Empirical experimentation on three types of mythological imagery - a Classical Greek pot, a frieze from Hellenistic...

A fresh translation of the Pistis Sophia from the Coptic and a discussion of its historical setting.Sophia is one of the great symbols of the divine feminine in world civilization and the personification of divine Wisdom. In Gnosticism, the secret...

Leading historian of the early church, Bart Ehrman offers the first comprehensive account of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, revealing what this legendary lost gospel contains and why it is so important for our understanding of Christianity. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578459882Author Joshua FreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Joshua FreePublisher Joshua FreeWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735786407Author Mary Nell WyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Royal Hill PressPublisher Royal Hill PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Essential to a proper understanding of the Old Testament is a knowledge of the political, historical, and theological environment of the ancient Near East. While there is an abundance of material explaining this environment, primary source texts are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585095681Author Constantine TischendorfFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Book TreePublisher Book TreeWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A Prospect Book of the YearAn epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of...

Of immense significance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Holy Land has been attracting visitors since the fifth century BC. Covering all the main sites both in the city of Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land and including over 150 high...

Sheela-na-gigs are carvings of female images depicted as naked and posing in a manner which accentuates the most powerfully evocative symbol of the vulva. They were erected on many churches of the medieval period and are generally referred to as...

By employing the same basic methodologies used to establish the currently accepted chronology, it has been possible for a group of young archaeologists, including David Rohl, to create a New Chronology which resolves many of the problems permeating...

Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802829597Author Tammi J. SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908092076Author Algis UzdavinysFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint The Matheson TrustPublisher The Matheson TrustWeight(grams) 185gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884143369Author James R. HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 424Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical LiteratureWeight(grams)...

Of profound importance in late antiquity, the Sasanian Empire is virtually unknown today, except as a counterpoint to the Roman Empire. In this highly readable history, Touraj Daryaee fills a significant gap in our knowledge of world history. He examines...

This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional...

The first modern study of prehistoric religion in Ireland to draw on the combined evidence of archaeology, literature and folklore to illuminate practice and belief from the earliest human habitation in the island down to the advent of Christianity in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579104641Author William L. CraigFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913590116Author Sarah CoxonFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint The Unbound PressPublisher The Unbound PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The Derveni papyrus is the oldest literary papyrus ever found, and one of the very few from Greece itself, which makes it one of the most interesting new texts from the ancient Greek world to have been discovered this century. The eschatological...

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the origins of the...

Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that transcends their status as ancient Jewish manuscripts. Everyone has heard of the Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational...

Chapters, beginning with the dawn of human civilization and ending with present day and the future of archaeology, chronicle hundreds of sites and artefacts found in Sumer, Babylon, the Second Temple, along the route of the Exodus, and in many other...

This book examines the archaeological implications of Islam as a force which can act upon all areas of life.About the AuthorTimothy Insoll is currently a Research Fellow in Archaeology at St John's College, Cambridge. From January 1999 he has been...

The nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This book introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical understanding. Each contributor identifies their position on the genre or genres...

The exciting field of biblical archaeology has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible - and no one has done more to popularise this vast store of knowledge than Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, who revealed what we now know about when and...

Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs...

James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated...

The philosopher-statesman on theology and epistemology.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship,...

By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's...

During the fourth century a.d., theological controversy divided Christian communities throughout the Eastern half of the Roman Empire. At stake was not only the truth about God but also the authority of church leaders, whose legitimacy depended on their...

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion provides a comprehensive overview by period and region of the relevant archaeological material in relation to theory, methodology, definition, and practice. Although, as the title indicates,...

"A much-needed resource for those serious about biblical studies." -Mark M. Yarbrough, president, Dallas Theological SeminaryThe Bible is often dismissed as a book of myths, legends, fairy tales, and propaganda. Yet when we examine the archaeological...