"Euripides IV" contains the plays "Helen", translated by Richmond Lattimore; "The Phoenician Women", translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; and "Orestes", translated by William Arrowsmith. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a moment...

"Euripides V" includes the plays "The Bacchae", translated by William Arrowsmith; "Iphigenia in Aulis", translated by Charles R. Walker; "The Cyclops", translated by William Arrowsmith; and "Rhesus", translated by Richmond Lattimore. Sixty years ago,...

Elves make magic for a poor shoemaker and his wife in this much-loved tale originally told by the Brothers Grimm.

In her book "In a Different Voice", psychologist Carol Gilligan proffered the controversial idea that a psychology of male development could not suffice as a psychology of all human development, both male and female. Since the publication of that rev...

Writing in 2007, French social philosopher Andre Gorz (1923-2007) was remarkably prophetic, foretelling the international economic meltdown of 2008: "The real economy is becoming an appendage of the speculative bubbles sustained by the finance indust...

Over the centuries, observances of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, have traveled far from their origins at Karbala – a windswept desert plain that is now a town in present-day Iraq – where, according to tradition, Hussein, the belo...

Good advice that stands the test of time – those things we all know are true, tips that help us live the good life – we call wisdom. But, one life time is not enough to master the fine art of living. Distilled over centuries, the biblical book of "Ec...

In this groundbreaking new book, distinguished biblical scholar James L. Crenshaw investigates both the pragmatic how's and the philosophical why's of education in ancient Israel and its surroundings. Asking questions as basic as "Who were the teache...

In a groundbreaking work of literary archaeology, a bold young scholar adds a new page to the quintessential book of adventure stories, that of the heroic traditions of the "Old Testament". Gregory Mobley brings a highly original eye to the familiar...

Encompassing the body of Pauline theology, "Ephesians" (volumes 34 and 34A of the acclaimed "Anchor Bible" series) has been called "the crown of St. Paul's writings", yet both its authorship and addresses are the subject of continuing dispute. Throug...