History of Religion

This volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching it through its rites, the emotions and affects surr...

In interdisciplinary projects and research collaborations, participants face multiple demands. However, these expectations encounter a reality that...

The story of Bar Qamtza is one of the most famous stories in all rabbinic literature. In this tragic tale, a private feud at a Jerusalem banquet tr...

The aim of this study is to present, as far as possible, a general description of the theory of the sign and signification in Augustine of Hippo (3...

Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a conti...

This volume closely examines patterns of rhetoric in surviving correspondence by the Roman emperor Constantine on conflicts among Christians that o...

This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools an...

This broad-based critical edition is the first-ever modern translation of all of three adaptations of the hagiography of St. Abercius, the 2nd-cent...

Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating ...

This collection of essays constitute an extended argument for an anthropocentric, human-focused, study of religious practices. The basic premise of...

Schleiermacher is now regarded as an influential figure in the history of Christian thought, theories and methods in religious studies, and hermene...

How did Islam's sacred scripture, the Arabic Qur'an, emerge from western Arabia at a time when the region was religiously fragmented and lacked a c...