Main description: In this book Christoph Stumpf investigates theological influences upon the legal theory of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), who is regarded by many as the "father of modern international law". The author analyses how Grotius has contributed to the transformation and f…
Biographical note: Massimo Leone, University of Torino, Italy.
Biographical note: Friedrich Vollhardt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. Biographical note: Friedrich Vollhardt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. In diesem Band werden die intellektuellen Voraussetzungen der soziokulturellen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen unt…
Procopius of Gaza wrote a major commentary on most of the historical books of the Old Testament (CPG 7430). This volume presents the first section, devoted to Genesis, for the first time in the complete Greek text. Amidst Procopius's continuous text we find a collection of excer…
Main description: James M. Scott examines a denarius minted in Rome in 55 bce which is visually fascinating but conceptually enigmatic. On its obverse, around the head of a female figure with turreted crown, appears the name A. Plautius, who held the office of aedilis curulis in…
Biographical note: Dr. theol. Jean Zumstein ist emeritierter Professor für neutestamentliche Wissenschaft an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich.; Biographical note: Dr. theol. Jean Zumstein is Prof. em. of New Testament Studies at the University of Zurich.
The essays in this volume engage a variety of inter- and intra-religious conflicts, ranging from the first to eighth centuries CE. The religious conflicts associated with the birth and development of Christianity, from the death of Jesus, to the Apostle Paul, through to the Patr…
There has been scant scholarship on the epistemology of the Psalter. This work presents a comparative epistemological analysis of the wisdom motifs in Psalms 1, 73, 90, and 107, selected on the basis of their epistemic content and canonical placement within the Psalter. An epist…
This publication provides the first comparison and commentary on two critical editions of the same sermon. Few texts have been preservedboth in the original language and in the language of the target audience. The third sermon of Basil is completely accessible in both versions a…
Main description: The "Onomasticon of Biblical Place Names" of the (later) Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea still represents the basis for biblical archeology and regional studies. This study investigates for the first time which Greek Bible text was used by Eusebius for his work.
Review text: "Hans Förster füllt mit seinem Wörterbuch ... eine Lücke, die im Grunde besteht, seit es wissenschaftlich betriebene Koptologie gibt ... Für die wissenschaftliche (und wahrscheinlich auch physische) Anstrengung, diese Lücke gefällt zu haben, sind ihm alle Interessie…
A textbook for students of theology, exam preparations, and all those seeking a systematic grasp of applied dogmatics in church and school. The discipline of dogmatic theology describes the central creeds of Christianity and examines the truth of the Christian understanding of G…
Biographical note: MariusTimmann Mjaaland, University of Oslo, Norway.
Main description: If the Enlightenment turned to reason to reoccupy the place left vacant by the death of God, the last two centuries have undermined such faith in reason. We cannot escape this history. The specter of nihilism haunts Either/Or. To exorcize it is Kierkegaard's mo…
Biographical note: Günter Frank, Freie Universität Berlin; Felix Mundt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
