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Meister Eckhart Philosopher of Christianity

Flasch Kurt, Schindel Anne, Vanides Aaron

ISBN: HB: 9780300204865, Yale University Press, October 2015
344 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

Renowned philosopher Kurt Flasch offers a full-scale reappraisal of the life and legacy of Meister Eckhart, the medieval German theologian, philosopher, and alleged mystic who was active during the Avignon Papacy of the fourteenth century and posthum...

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Islam

Age of Transition Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World

Evans Helen C., Humphrey Lyle, Brody Lisa, Snow Carol, Bleiberg Edward, Fine Stephen, Labatt Annie, Sinai Hieromonk Justin, Nees Lawrence, Schick Robert

ISBN: PB: 9780300211115, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
160 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 150 colour illus.

In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition", a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. During this time of his...

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Philosophy

Before Religion A History of a Modern Concept

Nongbri Brent

ISBN: PB: 9780300216783, Yale University Press, September 2015
288 pp., 21x14 cm

Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as "ancient religion". Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures; at...

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Judaism

Jewish Studies

Kabbalah A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences

Arzy Shahar, Idel Moshe

ISBN: HB: 9780300152364, Yale University Press, August 2015
208 pp., 21x14 cm, 10 black&white illus.

In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new pe...

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Judaism

Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries

Joshua 1-12 A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Dozeman Thomas B.

ISBN: HB: 9780300149753, Yale University Press, July 2015
600 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 4 black&white maps

An acknowledged expert on the Hebrew Bible, Thomas Dozeman offers a fresh translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the book of Joshua and explores the nature, function, and causes of the religious violence depicted therein. By blending the distin...

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Jewish Studies

Age of Secrecy Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400-1800

Jutte Daniel, Riemer Jeremiah

ISBN: HB: 9780300190984, Yale University Press, July 2015
440 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

The fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were truly an Age of Secrecy in Europe, when arcane knowledge was widely believed to be positive knowledge which extended into all areas of daily life. So asserts Daniel Jutte in this engrossing, vivid,...

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Christianity

Women Studies

Women's Divination in Biblical Literature Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge

Hamori Esther J.

ISBN: HB: 9780300178913, Yale University Press, July 2015
272 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of women associated with divina...

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Christianity

Ten Commandments A Short History of an Ancient Text

Coogan Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780300212501, Yale University Press, June 2015
176 pp., 21x14 cm, 9 black&white illus.

<p>In this lively and provocative book, Michael Coogan guides readers into the ancient past to examine the iconic status of the Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue. How, among all the laws reportedly given on Mount Sinai, did the Ten Comman...

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Philosophy

Culture and the Death of God

Eagleton Terry

ISBN: PB: 9780300212334, Yale University Press, June 2015
264 pp., 21x14 cm

How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this thought-provoking book the contradictions, difficulties and significance of the...

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Christianity

How the Bible Became Holy

Satlow Michael L.

ISBN: PB: 9780300171921, Yale University Press, June 2015
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 15 black&white illus.

Drawing on cutting-edge historical and archaeological research, author Michael Satlow provides a grand, sweeping exploration of the true origins of the Holy Bible. Originally cobbled together from a diverse assortment of ancient Middle Eastern texts...

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