Publications
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Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period
(2017)
In Pesher and Hypomnema Pieter B. Hartog compares ancient Jewish commentaries on the Hebrew Bible with papyrus commentaries on the Iliad. Hartog shows that members of the Qumran movement adopted classical commentary writing ...
A History of Population Health
(2020)
In A history of Population Health Johan P. Mackenbach offers a comparative study of trends in 40 specific diseases in Europe and their explanation, focusing on the causes of the spectacular improvements in people’s health ...
Daily Life for the Common People of China
(2018-10-28)
In this book Ronald Suleski introduces a new category of source material, ''chaoben'' 抄本, for understanding the lives of China’s semi-literate masses before 1950. It links the documents now flooding the antiques markets ...
Chapter 3 Visible Prowess?: Reading Men’s Head and Face Wounds in Early Medieval Europe to 1000 CE
(2015)
The spectacle of the wounded body figured prominently in the Middle Ages, from images of Christ’s wounds on the cross, to the ripped and torn bodies of tortured saints who miraculously heal through divine intervention, to ...
The power of prophecy; Prince Dipanagara and the end of an old order in Java, 1785-1855
(2008)
National hero, Javanese mystic, pious Muslim and leader of the ‘holy war’ against the Dutch between 1825 and 1830, the Yogyakarta prince, Dipanagara (1785-1855, otherwise known as Diponegoro), is pre-eminent in the pantheon ...
Administration, Prosopography and Appointment Policies in the Roman Empire
(2001)
Readership: All those interested in Roman history (also at the local level in communities in the Roman Empire), the history of ancient Greek and Roman religions, the representation of power of Roman emperors, and the ...
Preterit Expansion and Perfect Demise in Porteño Spanish and Beyond
(2016)
In this book, Guro Nore Fløgstad shows how the Preterit category has expanded in Porteño Spanish, and sheds new light on the outcome of the competition between Perfects and Preterits in Romance, and beyond. Readership: All ...
Religion and Conflict Attribution
(2015)
Religion in a pluralistic society can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution examines the causes of interreligious conflict as perceived by ...
Religion and Conflict Attribution
(2014)
Religion in a pluralistic society can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution examines the causes of interreligious conflict as perceived by ...
De kraton van Majapahit
(1948)
Indonesia