isis in the graeco roman

Cornell Paperbacks: People of Paradox: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World (Paperback)

From the beginning what has given our culture its distinctive texture pattern and thrust according to Michael Kammen is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows how during the years of colonization some ideas and... more

Voluntary Associations in the Graeco-Roman World (Paperback)

Based upon a series of detailed case studies of associations such as early synagogues and churches philosophical schools and pagan mystery cults this collection addresses the question of what can legitimately be termed a voluntary association .... more

Official programme the Olympic Club Fair revival ancient Graeco-Roman games [April 17th to 22nd 1893] (1893) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1893 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index... more

Pre-Owned Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World: Responses to Risk and Crisis (Paperback) 0521375851 9780521375856

The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome the best known states of antiquity but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the... more

Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt (Paperback)

This book collects all known Jewish inscriptions in Egypt between the third century BC and the sixth century AD. The entry on each inscription provides text translation bibliography and commentary. Hitherto it has been necessary to refer to an older... more

Pre-Owned Graeco-Roman Egypt (Paperback) 0747801584 9780747801580

9780747801580. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 56. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 56 p. Contains: Illustrations. Shire Egyptology 17. More is known about everyday life in Graeco-Roman Egypt (332BC to AD395)... more

Pre-owned Food and Drink in Antiquity : Readings from the Graeco-Roman World: A Sourcebook Paperback by Donahue John F. ISBN 1441133453 ISBN-13 9781441133458

Food and Drink in Antiquity : Readings from the Graeco-Roman World: A Sourcebook more

Pre-Owned Graeco-Roman Egypt (Paperback) 0747801584 9780747801580

More is known about everyday life in Graeco-Roman Egypt (332BC to AD395) than in any other Greek or Roman territory largely owing to the thousands of papyri discovered in the rubbish tips of ancient towns at the beginning of this century. This book... more

Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies: The War Cry in the Graeco-Roman World (Hardcover)

This book aims to reconceptualise the Graeco-Roman military phenomenon of the war cry ; the term itself is inadequate for defining an ancient military practice that has been misrepresented in modern media and understudied by contemporary scholars.... more

Demeter Isis Vesta and Cybele : Studies in Greek and Roman Religion in Honour of Giulia Sfameni Gasparro (Paperback)

Foreign cults of female divinities were often accepted among different cultures and female cults were often reshaped after new models. The transcultural nature of many goddesses and the related problems are at the core of this book which is dedicated... more

Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)

In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property work outside the home marry foreigners and... more

Pre-Owned The Oxford History of the Classical World: The Roman World (Paperback 9780192821669) by John Boardman Jasper Griffin Oswyn Murray

9780192821669. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 472. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 472 p. The Oxford history of the classical world aims to present the general reader with a view of the Graeco-Roman world its... more

Library of Second Temple Studies Land or Earth?: A Terminological Study of Hebrew Eres and Aramaic Ara in the Graeco-Roman Period Book 84 (Paperback)

This volume discusses the Hebrew term eres which is prominently used in Creation and Land theologies in the Bible. Uemura examines whether the term signifies the earth or the Land and traces the historical development of its uses in relation to these... more

Light from the Ancient East: The New Testament Illustrated by Recently Discovered Texts of the Graeco Roman World (Hardcover)

Light From The Ancient East is a book written by Adolf Deissmann that explores the New Testament in light of recently discovered texts from the Graeco-Roman world. The book provides a detailed analysis of the cultural and historical context of the New... more

Graeco-Roman Memoirs / Egypt Exploration Society (1903) (1903) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Classical Presences Madly After the Muses: Bengali Poet Michael Madhusudan Datta and His Reception of the Graeco-Roman Classics (Hardcover)

Madly after the Muses examines the use of Graeco-Roman samplings in the Bengali works of Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873) the nineteenth-century poet and playwright. His oeuvre which includes a Bengali play dramatizing a Hindu version of the... more

Pre-Owned Timaios of Locri: On the Nature World and Soul: 26 (Graeco-Roman Religion Series) Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

J. W. H. Atkins on Literary Criticism Literary Criticism in Antiquity: A Sketch of Its Development: Graeco-Roman (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1934 this book contains the second volume of Atkins sketch of the development of ancient literary criticism. Atkins concludes his history with a look at the styles of literary criticism prevalent after the rise of the Roman... more

Pre-Owned Commerce of the Sacred: Mediation of the Divine Among Jews in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora (Paperback) 0231128576 9780231128575

Commerce of the Sacred: Mediation of the Divine Among Jews in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora by Lightstone Jack more

Religion and War in the Graeco-Roman World Volume 19 1915 [Premium Leather Bound]

{Size: 15.34 x 23.59 cms} A Unique Premium Leather-Bound book for elite readers/collectors of old rare books. An Original Leather is being used for binding this book with Golden Leaf Printing and designing on Spine front and Back of the book with edge... more

Pre-Owned Martyrdom and Noble Death: Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman Jewish and Christian Antiquity (Context of Early Christianity) Paperback

9780415138918. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 216. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 216 p. Context of Early Christianity. This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan Jewish and... more

The Religion of Power : a Study of Christianity in Relation to the Quest for Salvation in the Graeco-Roman World and Its Significance for the Present Age / Kirk Harris (1916) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1916 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Graeco-Roman Memoirs 1904 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned History of Ethics Vol. 1 : Graeco-Roman to Early Modern Ethics 9780975366233 Used

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Pre-Owned Serve the Community of the Church: Christians as Leaders and Ministers (First-century Christians in the Graeco-Roman world) Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Greek Paideia and Local Tradition in the Graeco-Roman East (Hardcover)

In the ancient Graeco-Roman East different types of interaction between Greek and local cultures took place. The present book investigates them from different viewpoints in their different manifestations (education language literature etc.) and in... more

Light From the Ancient East: The New Testament Illustrated by Recently Discovered Texts of the Graeco-Roman World (Hardcover)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Graeco-Roman memoirs 1898 [Leather Bound]

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Between Heathenism and Christianity; Being a translation of Seneca s De Providentia and Plutarch s De sera numinis vindicta together with notes additional extracts from these writers and two essays on Graeco-Roman life in the first century after...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has... more

Graeco-Roman Memoirs / Egypt Exploration Society (1899) (1899) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1899 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Chinese-Western Discourse: The Good Life and Conceptions of Life in Early China and Graeco-Roman Antiquity (Hardcover)

Chinese and Greek ethics remain influential in modern philosophy yet it is unclear how they can be compared to one another. This volume following its predecssor How should one live? (DeGruyter 2011) is a contribution to comparative ethics loosely... more

Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of th Jews and Christians: Volume 6: Graeco-Roman Views Book 6 (Paperback)

The aim of this book is to give access to sources which illustrate Graeco-Roman views on Jews and Christians from 200 BC to AD 200. Passages range from longer extracts written by historians to short incidental references by disparate authors which... more

Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world by Adolf Deissmann. Translated by Lionel R. M. Strachan. With sixty-eight

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index... more

Library of Second Temple Studies Land or Earth?: A Terminological Study of Hebrew Eres and Aramaic Ara in the Graeco-Roman Period Book 84 (Hardcover)

This volume discusses the Hebrew term eres which is prominently used in Creation and Land theologies in the Bible. Uemura examines whether the term signifies the earth or the Land and traces the historical development of its uses in relation to these... more

J. W. H. Atkins on Literary Criticism Literary Criticism in Antiquity: A Sketch of Its Development: Graeco-Roman (Paperback)

Originally published in 1934 this book contains the second volume of Atkins sketch of the development of ancient literary criticism. Atkins concludes his history with a look at the styles of literary criticism prevalent after the rise of the Roman... more

Pre-Owned History of Ethics: Graeco-Roman to Early Modern Ethics Volume One Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Commerce of the Sacred: Mediation of the Divine Among Jews in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora (Paperback)

Jack Lightstone s Commerce of the Sacred remains an original and influential contribution to Judaic studies. Lightstone offers critical perspectives on the practices and beliefs of Greco-Roman Jews who lived outside of Palestine and beyond rabbinic... more

The Emperor Hadrian : A Picture of the Graeco-Roman World in His Time

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition. more