BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD
This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical lit-
erature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between twenty-five and
forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a
clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general
readers.
A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) Edited by Wendy Olmsted and Walter Jost A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical
Criticism offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of
rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and
criticism across a range of disciplines. The contributions are written
by leading scholars from a variety of different fields and have all
been specially commissioned for this volume. They focus on specific
works, problems, or figures, pursuing theory and criticism from an
engaged and practical perspective. The volume also includes an overview
of rhetorical traditions, providing examples of rhetoric from ancient
times to the present day. Designed to be accessible to a range of
students and scholars, A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism
elaborates in fascinating ways just what it means to "think like a
rhetorician." (Amazon.com).
Encyclopedia of Religion - Volumes 1- 14 Edition 2 By Jones L.
Among Library Journal's picks of the most important reference works of the millennium -- with the Encyclopedia Judaica and the New Catholic Encyclopedia -- Mircea Eliade's Encyclopedia of Religion won the American Library Associations' Dartmouth Medal in 1988 and is widely regarded as the standard reference work in the field. This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles. Preserving the best of Eliade's cross-cultural approach, while emphasizing religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture, this new edition is the definitive work in the field for the 21st century. An international team of scholars and contributors have reviewed, revised and added to every word of the classic work, making it relevant to the questions and interests of all researchers. The result is an essential purchase for libraries of all kinds. The second edition features approimately 600 new topics and entries, and all the 2,750 original entires have been updated. "Indispensable for students and scholars in many disciplines...The editors serve the interests of both the educated general reader and religious specialists and scholars."
The Encyclopedia of Asia extends the global coverage offered in Berkshire Publishing Group's many publications on world cultures, ethnic relations, and the environment and was edited by Berkshire's David Levinson and Karen Christensen with a board of leading scholars from around the world. This massive project - 3,000 articles, 2.2 million words of text, hundreds of photographs, 700 authors in 65 countries - is the definitive resource on the entire sweep of Asia, from the Muslim countries of Southeast Asia, across China, India, and the Central Asian republics to the Turkic nations of western Asia.
The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia provides students, scholars, professionals, and general readers access to information and knowledge about key people, places, events, issues, and process across Asia. Comprehensive, authoritative, and fully cross-disciplinary, the Encyclopedia's focus is Asia since 1850, but ample historical information makes clear how the past influences the present as well as the future...
Reading Judas - The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
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Reading Judas The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
read by Justine Eyre and Robertson Dean
When the Gospel of Judas was published by the National Geographic Society in April 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was immediately heralded as a major biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels and Karen King are the first to reflect on this newfound text and its ramifications for telling the story of early Christianity. In Reading Judas, the two celebrated scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text provides a window onto understanding how Jesus’ followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it.
