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Confronting Kabbalah offers a captivating look into the little-known library of Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter. This study paints a vivid picture of a man with a unique perspective on Kabbalah and it explores how Christian Hebraists in the sixteenth century collected Jewish books.

This volume is the first systematic survey of the environmental and climatic history of the Byzantine empire.

The first book that focuses on the founding of territories as a main motif of Japanese mythology and argues for paying more attention to the territorial cults and their basically horizontal world view in general.

One of the most influential works of the Islamic-Arabic library, Nahj al-Balāghah is al-Sharīf al-Raḍī's (d. 406/1015) compendium of the orations, letters, and wisdom sayings of ʿAlī (d. 40/661). This meticulously researched critical edition and lucid, annotated translation showcase the eloquence and power of this celebrated collection.

This book offers a counternarrative for the formation of Islamic architecture presented as five microhistories c. 632-705. Structured around phenomena of embodied audience, it offers a reinterpretation of the history of the mosque, palace, and shrine.

Advancing Critical Pedagogy and Praxis Across Educational Settings brings together a collective of educators, scholars, and community members to share their stories of critical collaborations and ways in which critical mutualism was enacted to honor schools and communities.

"India has one of the largest populations in the world with around 1.4 billion people. It also has a rich culture dating back over 10,000 years. Recently, scholars around the globe are showing increased interest in India and Indian students are actively involved in premier institutions in every region. Adult Education in India is a ready reckoner for students, scholars, practitioners, and all others interested in the history of the development of adult education since India's ancient period to the present day. This volume addresses the activities of different adult educators like Raja Rammohan Roy, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and many more, contextualizing how they acted and influenced the cause of global adult education. In more recent decades, as India's economy has grown, and as the forces of industrialization, urbanization and globalization have become stronger in reshaping institutions; new ways of thinking about adult education have emerged. The idea of lifelong learning is now aligned to the requirements of the global knowledge economy. The focus on bare literacy is no longer considered sufficient, but only the first step towards preparing citizens to participate in the global market, to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable them to become enterprising and entrepreneurs. The logic of the market has become dominant"--

"The volume puts into the spotlight overlaps and points of intersection between Plutarch and other writers of the imperial period. It contains twenty-eight contributions which adopt a comparative approach and put into sharper relief ongoing debates and shared concerns, revealing a complex topography of rearrangements and transfigurations of inherited topics, motifs, and ideas. Reading Plutarch alongside his contemporaries brings out distinctive features of his thought and uncovers peculiarities in his use of literary and rhetorical strategies, imagery, and philosophical concepts, thereby contributing to a better understanding of the empire's culture in general, and Plutarch in particular. Contributors are: Colin Bailey Krystyna Bartol, Jeff Beneker, Laura Bottenberg, Andrea Catanzaro, Serena Citro, Maria Elena De Luna, Chiara Di Serio, Eva Falaschi, Martina Gatto, Anna Ginesti Rosell, Tomohiko Kondo, Dawn La Valle, Delfim Leao, Michiel Meeusen, Wim Nijs, Thierry Oppeneer, Pace Giovanna, Francesco Padovani, Katarzyna Pietruczuk, Geert Roskam, Richard Stoneman, Iris Sulimani, Theofanis Tsiampokalos, Laurens van der Wiel, Daniele Morrone, Fabio Tanga, Paola Volpe Cacciatore"--

Core themes and texts from ten subject areas in Leibniz's correspondence in science, technology and medicine (from 1676 to 1701) provide an overview of Leibniz's multifarious interests and a panoramic view of the world of science after the Scientific Revolution and in the age of Newton.

Around 392 Theodore of Mopsuestia delivered his homilies to candidates for baptism. Using Theodore's homilies, this work studies the reception and influence of the Nicene Creed in the imperial church since Theodosius.Passed at Nicæa in 325 the Creed became an official dogma of the empire in 380/81. What was its role in the life of the church and in the theological controversies of the subsequent years? At which point did the people start to pay attention to its exact original wording? To which extent were Theodore's theological teachings influenced by the trinitarian dogma of Nicæa?The text of Theodore's Baptismal Creed is reconstructed in both its Syriac and Greek versions. It proves to be one of the most important sources of the Nicæno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381.

Existing scholarship on World Christianities tends to privilege the local and the regional. In addition to offering an explanation for this tendency, the editors and contributors of this volume also offer a new perspective. An Introduction, Afterword and case-studies argue for the importance of transregional connections in the study of Christianity worldwide. Returning to an older post-war conception of 'World Christianity' as an international, ecumenical fellowship, the present volume aims to highlight the universalist, globalising aspirations of many Christians worldwide. While we do not neglect the importance of the local, our aim is to give due weight to the significant transregional networks and exchanges that have constituted Christian communities, both historically and in the present day. Contributors are: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Naures Atto, Joel Cabrita, Pedro Feitoza, David C. Kirkpatrick, Chandra Mallampalli, David Maxwell, Dorottya Nagy, Peter C. Phan, Andrew Preston, Joel Robbins, Chloe Starr, Charlotte Walker-Said, Emma Wild-Wood.

This study investigates the meaning and background of the apostle Paul's much used and highly debated 'in Christ' phrases by use of insights from Greek philology and metaphor theory.

The current scientific literature contains reviews and articles on specific aspects of pig production and farm animal welfare. This book is intended to be a reference text that covers all aspects of pig production, on the basis of scientific results. This work contains current, easy-to-understand scientific reviews on animal welfare with over 700 specific references to animal welfare. All aspects of animal welfare with respect to pigs are discussed, from genetic selection and breeding to transportation and slaughter. This work was written by scientific experts renowned for their knowledge and work in the area of pig welfare. Their common goal was to provide an in-depth review and empirical assessment of pig production concepts, knowledge and techniques in use today. Through scientific examples, the authors explain how improving animal welfare increases profitability. This work is intended for academics, researchers, students, animal welfare associations, industry and anyone who is involved in the production chain or concerned about the welfare of pigs being raised on farms.

Was begegnet sich eigentlich unter den Stichworten >MystikRomantik Romantik ist eine Epoche der Kunst und auch der Philosophie, die sich dagegen wehrt, dass die ihr vorangehende Epoche der Aufklärung für ungültig erklärt, was vielen Menschen etwas bedeutet hat. Umgekehrtes gilt vom Begriff der Mystik. Mehr noch als eine Epoche begleitet Mystik die Religionsgeschichte wie eine anthropologische Konstante, eine Stimmung oder Wahrnehmung des Rätselhaften, des Geheimnisses, des Unheimlichen, des Schweigens, mithin derjenigen Phänomene, die in der Romantik zur Kunst werden und die Moderne kritisch begleiten. What do the terms 'mysticism' and 'romanticism' actually mean? Two epochs? Two moods or feelings? Is mysticism a super-historical phenomenon that is historically objectified as romanticism? Romanticism is an epoch of art and also of philosophy that resists the fact that the preceeding epoch of Enlightenment declares invalid what meant something to many people. The reverse is true of the concept of mysticism. Even more than an epoch, mysticism accompanies the history of religion like an anthropological constant, a mood or perception of the enigmatic, the secret, the uncanny, the silent - all phenomena which Romanticism turns into art and which remain critical components of modernity.

Universities are not only economic engines but societal ones. This book interrogates the embeddedness of Higher Education (HE) systems in national social contracts, and discusses how their renegotiation is at play in the organisation of students' access to universities.Structured around the central concept of the social contract, the growing recognition of the role of HE in its implementation, and regulations governing both individual and collective access, Higher Education in Societies: A Multiscale Perspective, explores the shifting mission of HE over the years from one thought to produce an elite to one of distributive justice by presenting research at the macro, meso and micro levels. In bringing together researchers from different countries, continents, and disciplines to study the same issue through a multiscale analysis, this book forms the starting line for further theoretical and methodological debate on the value of weaving together different approaches to the study of HE, including historical, comparative, sociological, organisational, institutional, quantitative, and qualitative.

"Queering the Vampire Narrative offers classroom-ready original essays that continue our explorations of vampires as representations of the cultural Other, which builds on the work of our previous texts. The editors argue, ultimately, the vampire is a queer icon, infinitely blurring the boundaries of identity and cultural norms and queering even the most seemingly stable notions, such as life, death, humanity, and monstrosity. The Vampire is the undead monarch of subtextual articulations of Otherness, especially queer behaviors and desires, offering explorations of the AIDS epidemic, the destabilization of ideas of fixed and stable sexuality, the search for community and chosen family, and the issues of individual and generational trauma. In current fictions, vampires are coming out of the coffin and the closet, identifying as openly queer and often created by queer writers, artists, and directors and bringing the subtext to the surface of the narrative. This volume seeks to create a dialogue about the impact and importance of the vampire on queer identity and queer theory and to answer the questions of why the vampire is such a compelling queer icon and what visions of vampires articulate about our ideas surrounding issues of sexuality, sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, and desires"--

"Queering the Vampire Narrative offers classroom-ready original essays that continue our explorations of vampires as representations of the cultural Other, which builds on the work of our previous texts. The editors argue, ultimately, the vampire is a queer icon, infinitely blurring the boundaries of identity and cultural norms and queering even the most seemingly stable notions, such as life, death, humanity, and monstrosity. The Vampire is the undead monarch of subtextual articulations of Otherness, especially queer behaviors and desires, offering explorations of the AIDS epidemic, the destabilization of ideas of fixed and stable sexuality, the search for community and chosen family, and the issues of individual and generational trauma. In current fictions, vampires are coming out of the coffin and the closet, identifying as openly queer and often created by queer writers, artists, and directors and bringing the subtext to the surface of the narrative. This volume seeks to create a dialogue about the impact and importance of the vampire on queer identity and queer theory and to answer the questions of why the vampire is such a compelling queer icon and what visions of vampires articulate about our ideas surrounding issues of sexuality, sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, and desires"--

The Third Edition of Brill's Encyclopaedia of Islam is an entirely new work, with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. It appears in substantial segments each year, both online and in print. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.

In the 1970s, several members of the DDR opposition began to investigate the limits to unrestrained economic growth. The result of their work was three distinctive eco-utopias with an astonishing relevance to contemporary debates. This volume presents the first detailed account of them for an English-language readership.

By reinterpreting German law and politics between the Peace of Westphalia and the French Revolution, this book demonstrates that the growth of civil liberties and legal equality was shaped by institutional pressures resulting from state competition, commercialization, and population growth.

Study of royal letters of uncertain authenticity in circulation in ancient Mesopotamia ca. 700-100 BCE. Contains catalogue, text editions and a systematic assessment of their reliability as historical sources for the reigns and events they depict.

A unique study of Liszt's approach to literary art; an exploration and reconstruction of his method of work with poetry and music in his songs for voice and piano.

This Handbook includes numerous contributions from some of the most well-regarded researchers in Cognitive Semantics and it aims to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the field to date.

In this volume Joshua Paul Smith challenges the long-held belief that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles were written by a gentile Christian. Instead, Smith argues that the author of these texts was educated and socialized within a Hellenistic Jewish context.

"This book is an account of the variation between two possessive constructions in Danish and Swedish: the s-genitive (husets tak 'the house's roof'), and the prepositional construction (taket pa huset 'the roof of the house'). Present-day corpus data, as well as historical data (texts from 1250-1550) are explored. Through statistical and qualitative analysis, various factors that influence the choice between the two constructions are identified. The book offers new data on the genitive variation in Danish and Swedish. The approach is also novel as two closely related Scandinavian languages are compared from both a historical and a contemporary perspective"--

"The historian of the Christians" this is how Ibn Ḫaldūn referred to his Coptic predecessor al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd. His universal chronography is finally available in a critical edition and annotated translation.

Part III of the Buddhism in Central Asia explores the impact of non-Buddhist influences on, and doctrinal issues in, Buddhist traditions within and between inter alia the Silk Road, China, Tibet, and the Uyghur and Tangut Empires.