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The Ancient Israelite World

The Ancient Israelite World

This volume presents a collection of studies by international experts on various aspects of ancient Israel’s society economy religion language culture and history synthesizing archaeological remains and integrating them with discussions of ancient Near Eastern and biblical texts. Driven by theoretically and methodologically informed discussions of the archaeology of the Iron Age Levant the 47 chapters in The Ancient Israelite World provide foundational accessible and detailed studies in their respective topics. The volume considers the history of interpretation of ancient Israel studies on various aspects of ancient Israel’s society and history and avenues for present and future approaches to the ancient Israelite world. Accompanied by over 150 maps and figures it allows the reader to gain an understanding of key issues that archaeologists historians and biblical scholars have faced and are currently facing as they attempt to better understand ancient Israelite society. The Ancient Israelite World is an essential reference work for students and scholars of ancient Israel and its history culture and society whether they are historians archaeologists or biblical scholars.

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East

The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East

This Handbook is a state-of-the-field volume containing diverse approaches to sensory experience bringing to life in an innovative remarkably vivid and visceral way the lives of past humans through contributions that cover the chronological and geographical expanse of the ancient Near East. It comprises thirty-two chapters written by leading international contributors that look at the ways in which humans through their senses experienced their lives and the world around them in the ancient Near East with coverage of Anatolia Egypt the Levant Mesopotamia Syria and Persia from the Neolithic through the Roman period. It is organised into six parts related to sensory contexts: Practice production and taskscape; Dress and the body; Ritualised practice and ceremonial spaces; Death and burial; Science medicine and aesthetics; and Languages and semantic fields. In addition to exploring what makes each sensory context unique this organisation facilitates cross-cultural and cross-chronological as well as cross-sensory and multisensory comparisons and discussions of sensory experiences in the ancient world. In so doing the volume also enables considerations of senses beyond the five-sense model of Western philosophy (sight hearing touch taste and smell) including proprioception and interoception and the phenomena of synaesthesia and kinaesthesia. The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East provides scholars and students within the field of ancient Near Eastern studies new perspectives on and conceptions of familiar spaces places and practices as well as material culture and texts. It also allows scholars and students from adjacent fields such as Classics and Biblical Studies to engage with this material and is a must-read for any scholar or student interested in or already engaged with the field of sensory studies in any period.

GBP 205.00
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The World of the Ancient Silk Road

The World of the Ancient Silk Road

This volume explores human migration communication and cross-cultural exchange on the Silk Road a complex network of trade routes spanning the Eurasian continent and beyond. It covers thousands of years of human history from the 3rd millennium BCE to the early 2nd millennium CE. Consolidating archaeological discoveries historical analyses and linguistic studies in one comprehensive volume The World of the Ancient Silk Road brings to light diverse perspectives from scholars who have lived and worked across this vast region many of which are published here in English for the first time. It contains extensive references of primary and secondary sources in their original languages and scripts. From Early Bronze Age cultures to the rise of regional Islamic empires from the Mediterranean to the Yellow River basin this multidisciplinary volume seeks to offer new insights and expand Silk Road studies to the Anglophone world. The World of the Ancient Silk Road provides an essential reference work for students and scholars of world history particularly those studying the regions cultures and peoples explored in this volume.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East

The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East

This in-depth exploration of emotions in the ancient Near East illuminates the rich and complex worlds of feelings encompassed within the literary and material remains of this remarkable region home to many of the world’s earliest cities and empires and lays critical foundations for future study. Thirty-four chapters by leading international scholars including philologists art historians and archaeologists examine the ways in which emotions were conceived experienced and expressed by the peoples of the ancient Near East with particular attention to Mesopotamia Anatolia and the kingdom of Ugarit from the Late Uruk through to the Neo-Babylonian Period (ca. 3300–539 BCE). The volume is divided into two parts: the first addressing theoretical and methodological issues through thematic analyses and the second encompassing corpus-based approaches to specific emotions. Part I addresses emotions and history defining the terms materialization and material remains kings and the state and engaging the gods. Part II explores happiness and joy; fear terror and awe; sadness grief and depression; contempt disgust and shame; anger and hate; envy and jealousy; love affection and admiration; and pity empathy and compassion. Numerous sub-themes threading through the volume explore such topics as emotional expression and suppression in relation to social status gender the body and particular social and spatial conditions or material contexts. The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East is an invaluable and accessible resource for Near Eastern studies and adjacent fields including Classical Biblical and medieval studies and a must-read for scholars students and others interested in the history and cross-cultural study of emotions.

GBP 205.00
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Routledge Handbook of Ancient Classical and Late Classical Persian Literature

Routledge Handbook of Ancient Classical and Late Classical Persian Literature

The Routledge Handbook of Ancient Classical and Late Classical Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample texts related to Persian literature from 650 BCE through the 16th century CE. It includes analyses of some seminal ancient texts and the works of numerous authors of the classical period. The chapters apply a disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to the many movements genres and works of the long and evolving body of Persian literature produced in the Persianate World. These collections of scholarly essays and samples of Persian literary texts provide facts (general information) instructions (ways to understand analyze and appreciate this body of works) and the field’s state-of-the-art research (the problematics of the topics) regarding one of the most important and oldest literary traditions in the world. Thus the Handbook’s chapters and related texts provide scholars students and admirers of Persian poetry and prose with practical and direct access to the intricacies of the Persian literary world through a chronological account of key moments in the formation of this enduring literary tradition. The related Handbook (also edited by Kamran Talattof ) Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature covers Persian literary works from the 17th century to the present.

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism

The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism

Though it might seem as modern as Samuel Beckett Joseph Conrad and Vladimir Nabokov translingual writing - texts by authors using more than one language or a language other than their primary one - has an ancient pedigree. The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism aims to provide a comprehensive overview of translingual literature in a wide variety of languages throughout the world from ancient to modern times. The volume includes sections on: translingual genres - with chapters on memoir poetry fiction drama and cinema ancient medieval and modern translingualism global perspectives - chapters overseeing European African and Asian languages Combining chapters from lead specialists in the field this volume will be of interest to scholars graduate students and advanced undergraduates interested in investigating the vibrant area of translingual literature. Attracting scholars from a variety of disciplines this interdisciplinary and pioneering Handbook will advance current scholarship of the permutations of languages among authors throughout time.

GBP 205.00
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A Study of Chinese Characters and Excavated Documents in China

A Study of Chinese Characters and Excavated Documents in China

This two-volume set is a collection of the author’s scholarly articles on Chinese ancient characters and unearthed literature. The first volume focuses on the evolution of Chinese characters analyzing the composition system and its transformation the motivation and mechanisms behind the evolution as well as the methodology of ancient characters studies. It also offers a novel understanding of the core issues related to Shuowen Jiezi a significant work in the tradition of Chinese paleography. The second volume scrutinizes manuscripts unearthed from archaeological findings including silk books and bamboo slips discovered in ancient tombs that date back to the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties as well as Turfan manuscripts. Through textual analysis of these newly excavated documents the author reinterprets the texts and resolves some knotty problems in Chinese paleography. The set will appeal to students and scholars of sinology Chinese philology and paleography and also Chinese characters and unearthed manuscripts. | A Study of Chinese Characters and Excavated Documents in China

GBP 260.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer Theory

The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer Theory

New directions in queer theory continue to trouble the boundaries of both queerness and the classical leading to an explosion of new work in the vast—and increasingly uncharted—intersection between these disciplines which this interdisciplinary volume seeks to explore. This handbook convenes an international group of experts who work on the classical world and queer theory. The discipline of Classics has been involved with and implicated in queer theory from the start. By placing front and center the rejection of heteronormativity queer theory has provided Classics with a powerful tool for analyzing non-normative sexual and gender relations in the ancient West while Classics offers queer theory ancient material (such as literature visual arts and social practices) that challenges a wide range of modern normative categories. The collection demonstrates the vitality of this particular moment in queer classical studies featuring an expansive array of methodologies applied to the interdisciplinary field of Classics. Embracing the indeterminacy that lies at the core of queer studies the essays in this volume are organized not by chronology or genre but rather by overlapping categories under the following rubrics: queer subjectivities queer times and places queer kinships queer receptions and ancient pasts/queer futures. The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer Theory offers an invaluable collection for anyone working on queer theory especially as it applies to premodern periods; it will also be of interest to scholars engaging with the history of sexuality both in the ancient world and more broadly.

GBP 205.00
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Transformation and the History of Philosophy

Transformation and the History of Philosophy

From ancient conceptions of becoming a philosopher to modern discussions of psychedelic drugs the concept of transformation plays a fascinating part in the history of philosophy. However until now there has been no sustained exploration of the full extent of its role. Transformation and the History of Philosophy is an outstanding survey of the history nature and development of the idea of transformation from the ancient period to the twentieth century. Comprising twenty-two specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors the volume is divided into four clear parts: Philosophy as Transformative: Ancient China Greece India and Rome Transformation Between the Human and the Divine: Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy Transformation After the Copernican Revolution: Post-Kantian Philosophy Treatises Pregnancies Psychedelics and Epiphanies: Twentieth-Century Philosophy Each of these sections begins with an introduction by the editors. Transformation and the History of Philosophy is essential reading for students and researchers in the history of western and non-western philosophy ethics metaphysics and aesthetics. It will also be extremely useful for those in related disciplines such as religion sociology and the history of ideas.

GBP 205.00
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Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture Social Production of Buildings and Spaces in History

Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture Social Production of Buildings and Spaces in History

This handbook representing the collaboration of 40 scholars provides a multi-faceted exploration of roughly 6 000 years of Chinese architecture from ancient times to the present. This volume combines a broad-spectrum approach with a thematic framework for investigating Chinese architecture integrating previously fragmented topics and combining the scholarship of all major periods of Chinese history. By organizing its approach into five parts this handbook: Traces the practices and traditions of ancient China from imperial authority to folk culture Unveils a rich picture of early modern and republican China revealing that modernization was already beginning to emerge Describes the social intellectual ideological and formal enterprises of socialist architecture Frames a window on a complex and changing contemporary China by focusing on autonomy state practices and geopolitics of design ultimately identifying its still evolving position on the world stage Examines the existing cultural and political theories to highlight potential avenues for future transformations in Chinese architecture that also retain Chinese identity Providing a pioneering combination of ancient and modern Chinese architecture in one coherent study this book is a must-read for scholars students and educators of Chinese architecture architectural history and theory and the architecture of Asia. | Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture Social Production of Buildings and Spaces in History

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy

The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy

This volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. It examines how the same philosophical questions were approached by Christian and pagan thinkers; the philosophical element in Christian doctrines; the interaction of particular philosophies with Christian thought; and the constructive use of existing philosophies by all Christian thinkers of late antiquity. While most studies of ancient Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine make some reference to the philosophic background this is often of an anecdotal character and does not enable the reader to determine whether the likenesses are deep or superficial or how pervasively one particular philosopher may have influenced Christian thought. This volume is designed to provide not only a body of facts more compendious than can be found elsewhere but the contextual information which will enable readers to judge or clarify the statements that they encounter in works of more limited scope. With contributions by an international group of experts in both philosophy and Christian thought this is an invaluable resource for scholars of early Christianity Late Antiquity and ancient philosophy alike. | The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy

GBP 205.00
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Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature

Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature

Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample texts related to Persian literature from the 17th century to the present day. It includes analyses of free verse poetry short stories novels prison writings memoirs and plays. The chapters apply a disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to the many movements genres and works of the long and evolving body of Persian literature produced in the Persianate World. These collections of scholarly essays and samples of Persian literary texts provide facts (general information) instructions (ways to understand analyze and appreciate this body of works) and the field’s state-of-the-art research (the problematics of the topics) regarding one of the most important and oldest literary traditions in the world. Thus the Handbook’s chapters and related texts provide scholars students and admirers of Persian poetry and prose with practical and direct access to the intricacies of the Persian literary world through a chronological account of key moments in the formation of this enduring literary tradition. The related Handbook (also edited by Kamran Talattof ) Routledge Handbook of Ancient Classical and Late Classical Persian Literature covers Persian literary works from the ancient or pre-Islamic era to roughly the end of the 16th century.

GBP 190.00
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The Chinese Rhyme Tables A New Probe Into the Nature of Middle Chinese Phonology

The Chinese Rhyme Tables A New Probe Into the Nature of Middle Chinese Phonology

By studying the emergence development structure and pattern the two-volume set seeks to reconstruct the ancient rhyme Chinese tables based on extant materials and findings. A rhyme table is a tabulated tool constituted by phonological properties which helps indicate the pronunciation of sinograms or Chinese characters marking an accurate and systematic account of the Chinese phonological system. The first volume discusses its formation and evolution and analyzes the structure and arrangement patterns of rhyme tables in detail. The author gives insights into principles for some irregular cases (menfa rules) and the nature of “division” (deng) a method of classifying and differentiating speech sounds vital to the reconstruction of Middle Chinese. The second volume first explores the relationship and identifies the prototype of the extant rhyme tables and then presents the reconstructed rhyme tables with detailed annotations and add-on indexes. The book will appeal to scholars and students studying Sinology Chinese linguistics and especially Chinese phonology. | The Chinese Rhyme Tables A New Probe Into the Nature of Middle Chinese Phonology

GBP 250.00
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The Routledge Companion to Eve

The Routledge Companion to Eve

The Routledge Companion to Eve is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary collection which explores the history of interpretation that surrounds Eve’s character in both religious writings and cultural texts. The primary themes discussed in the volume include the religious historical and cultural ideologies that have influenced interpretations of Eve as well as the cultural impact of these interpretations on gender identities and injustices. Chapters trace the evolution of Eve’s interpretive history from ancient biblical texts up to the present day. The contributors engage with both traditional modes of inquiry in text-based religious research as well as the newer fields of reception history and cultural criticism to explore the rich history of interpretation and reception surrounding Eve as well as the cultural and historical impact these interpretations have had on women’s religious and social lives across space and time. The Routledge Companion to Eve is an original and important collection which will equip readers to begin their own explorations of Eve’s extraordinary legacy. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars of Gender Studies Biblical Studies Theology Religion and Gender Literary Studies History of Art and Cultural Studies.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror

The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror

The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror offers a comprehensive guide to this popular genre. It explores its origins canonical texts and thinkers the crucial underlying themes of nostalgia and hauntology and identifies new trends in the field. Divided into five parts the first focuses on the history of Folk Horror from medieval texts to the present day. It considers the first wave of contemporary Folk Horror through the films of the ‘unholy trinity’ as well as discussing the influence of ancient gods and early Folk Horror. Part 2 looks at the spaces landscapes and cultural relics which form a central focus for Folk Horror. In Part 3 the contributors examine the rich history of the use of folklore in children’s fiction. The next part discusses recent examples of Folk Horror-infused music and image. Chapters consider the relationship between different genres of music to Folk Horror (such as folk music black metal and new wave) sound and performance comic books and the Dark Web. Often regarded as British in origin the final part analyses texts which break this link as the contributors reveal the larger realms of regional national international and transnational Folk Horror. Featuring 40 contributions this authoritative collection brings together leading voices in the field. It is an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in this vibrant genre and its enduring influence on literature film music and culture.

GBP 205.00
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Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy

Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy

Voltaire called fanaticism the monster that pretends to be the child of religion. Philosophers politicians and cultural critics have decried fanaticism and attempted to define the distinctive qualities of the fanatic whom Winston Churchill described as someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Yet despite fanaticism’s role in the long history of social discord human conflict and political violence it remains a relatively neglected topic in the history of philosophy. In this outstanding inquiry into the philosophical history of fanaticism a team of international contributors examine the topic from antiquity to the present day. Organized into four sections topics covered include: Fanaticism in ancient Greek Indian and Chinese philosophy; Fanaticism and superstition from Hobbes to Hume including chapters on Locke and Montesquieu Shaftesbury and Hutcheson; Kant Germaine de Stael Hegel Nietzsche William James and Jorge Portilla on fanaticism; Fanaticism and terrorism; and extremism and gender including the philosophy and morality of the manosphere; Closed-mindedness and political and epistemological fanaticism. Spanning themes from superstition enthusiasm and misanthropy to the emotions purity and the need for certainty Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy is a landmark volume for anyone researching and teaching the history of philosophy particularly ethics and moral philosophy. It is also a valuable resource for those studying fanaticism in related fields such as religion the history of political thought sociology and the history of ideas.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology

The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology

The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology provides readers with an overview of the study of ancient disease. The volume begins by exploring current methods and techniques employed by paleopathologists as means to highlight the range of data that can be generated the types of questions that can be methodologically addressed our current limitations and goals for the future. Building on these foundations the volume introduces a range of diseases and conditions that have been noted in the fossil archaeological and historical record offering readers a foundational understanding of pathological conditions along with their potential etiologies. Importantly an evolutionary and highly contextualized assessment of diseases and conditions will be presented in order to demonstrate the need for adopting anthropological biological and clinical approaches when exploring the past and interpreting the modern world. The volume concludes with the contextualization of paleopathological research. Chapters highlight ways in which analyses of health and disease in skeletal and mummified remains reflect political and social constructs of the past and present. Health and disease are tackled within evolutionary perspectives across deep time and generationally and the nuanced interplay between disease and behavior is explored. The volume will be indispensable for archaeologists bioarchaeologists and historians and those in medical fields as it reflects current scholarship within paleopathology and the field’s impact on our understanding of health and disease in the past the present and implications for our future.

GBP 190.00
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The Angkorian World

The Angkorian World

The Angkorian World explores the history of Southeast Asia’s largest ancient state from the first to mid-second millennium CE. Chapters by leading scholars combine evidence from archaeology texts and the natural sciences to introduce the Angkorian state describe its structure and explain its persistence over more than six centuries. Comprehensive and accessible this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying premodern Asia. The volume’s first of six sections provides historical and environmental contexts and discusses data sources and the nature of knowledge production. The next three sections examine the anthropogenic landscapes of Angkor (agrarian urban and hydraulic) the state institutions that shaped the Angkorian state and the economic foundations on which Angkor operated. Part V explores Angkorian ideologies and realities from religion and nation to identity. The volume’s last part reviews political and aesthetic Angkorian legacies in an effort to explain why the idea of Angkor remains central to its Cambodian descendants. Maps graphics and photographs guide readers through the content of each chapter. Chapters in this volume synthesise more than a century of work at Angkor and in the regions it influenced. The Angkorian World will satisfy students researchers academics and the knowledgeable layperson who seeks to understand how this great Angkorian Empire arose and functioned in the premodern world. The Prologue and Chapters 2 10 15 23 30 and 32 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license.

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