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  • Shifting Sands

    The Rise and Fall of Biblical Archaeology

    by Thomas W. Davis ...
    Before the 1970s, "biblical archaeology" was the dominant research paradigm for those excavating the history of Palestine. Today this model has been "weighed in the balance and found wanting." Most now prefer to speak of "Syro/Palestinian archaeology." This is not just a nominal shift but reflects a major theoretical and methodological change. It has even been labeled a revolution. In the popular ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

    Edited by David K. Pettegrew, William R. Caraher, Thomas W. Davis ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology brings together expert work by leading scholars of the archaeology of Early Christianity and the Roman world in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The thirty-four contributions to this volume survey Christian material culture and ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in archaeological method, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?

    A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture

    by Craig L. Blomberg, Darrell L. Bock, Richard S. Hess, Alan Millard, Eckhard J. Schnabel, Richard L. Schultz, Willem A. VanGemeren, Robert W. Yarbrough, Richard E. Averbeck, Robert D. Bergen, Robert B. Chisholm Jr., Graham A. Cole, Thomas W. Davis, Michael Hasel, John W. Hilber, Michael A. G. Haykin, Jens Bruun Kofoed, Thomas H. McCall, John Monson, Steven M. Ortiz, Jason Stanghalle, Mark D. Thompson ...
    Is historical accuracy an indispensable part of the Bible's storyline, or is Scripture only concerned with theological truths? As progressive evangelicals threaten to reduce the Bible's jurisdiction by undermining its historical claims, every Christian who cares about the integrity of Scripture must be prepared to answer this question.Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? offers a firm defense of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • Byzantine Art

    by Robin Cormack ...
    Series series Oxford History of Art
    The opulence of Byzantine art, with its extravagant use of gold and silver, is well known. Highly skilled artists created powerful representations reflecting and promoting this society and its values in icons, illuminated manuscripts, and mosaics and wallpaintings placed in domed churches and public buildings. This complete introduction to the whole period and range of Byzantine art combines ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt

    Edited by Christina Riggs ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean

    Edited by Cecilie Brøns, Marie-Louise Nosch ...
    Series Book 31 - Ancient Textiles
    Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Classical Philology come together in this volume to explore the role of textiles in ancient religion in Greece, Italy, The Levant and the Near East. Recent scholarship has illustrated how textiles played a large and very important role in the ancient Mediterranean sanctuaries. In ... Read more

    $34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women in Antiquity

    Real Women across the Ancient World

    Edited by Stephanie Lynn Budin, Jean Macintosh Turfa ...
    Series series Rewriting Antiquity
    This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • The Byzantine World

    Edited by Paul Stephenson ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and distillations, while those who know much already will be afforded countless new vistas.Each chapter offers ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Mosaics in the Medieval World

    From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century

    by Liz James ...
    In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical ... Read more

    $196.79 USD

  • Ostia in Late Antiquity

    by Douglas Boin ...
    Ostia Antica was Rome's ancient harbor. Its houses and apartments, taverns and baths, warehouses, shops and temples have long contributed to a picture of daily life in ancient Rome. Recent investigations have revealed, however, that life in Ostia did not end with a bang but with a whimper. Only on the cusp of the Middle Ages did the town's residents entrench themselves in a smaller settlement ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Studies in Coptic Culture

    Transmission and Interaction

    Edited by Mariam Ayad ...
    Coptic contributions to the formative theological debates of Christianity have long been recognized. Less well known are other, equally valuable, Coptic contributions to the transmission and preservation of technical and scientific knowledge, and a full understanding of how Egypt's Copts survived and interacted with the country's majority population over the centuries. Studies in Coptic Culture ... Read more

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  • Religion in the Roman Empire

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous extent, the absence of a precisely definable state religion and constant exchanges with the religions and cults of conquered peoples and of neighbouring cultures resulted in a multifaceted diversity of religious convictions and practices. This volume provides a compelling view of central aspects of ... Read more

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