Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This volume brings together for the first time all of the ancient Jewish novels and fragments of novels. Written at about the same time as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, but before the period of Rabbinic Judaism, these texts reveal the ambiguit... Details...

Ancient Literary Criticism: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. Whilst there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources, wh... Details...

Ancient Literary Criticism: (Oxford University Press) "Publisher's Comments: The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. Whilst there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources, w... Details...

Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Ancient literary criticism has always been a particularly inaccessible subject for the non-specialist student. This edition provides for the first time the principal texts in translation, giving the reader a full view of ancient literary criticism and its d... Details...

Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is the first book to analyze systematically crucial aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in their original context of mystery, religion, and magic. The author brings to light recently uncovered evidence about ancient Pythagoreanism and its influence on ... Details...

Ancient Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Sir Anthony Kenny here tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the initial volume of a four-book set in which Kenny will unfold a magisterial new history of Western ph... Details...

Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which the notes of discussion and argument constantly resound. This book aims to introduce readers to some ancient debates and to get them to engage with the ancient developments of some... Details...

Ancient Rhetoric and Paul's Apology: The Compositional Unity of 2 Corinthians — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 131): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Pauline scholarship has typically interpreted 2 Corinthians as a later editorial composite of several letters. Fredrick Long situates the text within Classical literary and rhetorical conventions and argues for its unity based upon numerous parallels with a... Details...

Ancient Romans: Expanding the Classical Tradition (Oxford Profiles): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: "As for life, it is a battle and a journey in a strange land."--Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Seeking to control an empire that spread throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond, the ancient Romans developed a distinctive culture in which they adapted many... Details...

Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Rome continues to be the monumental expression of a legend. It is the eternal city where all roads of the ancient world converged, and through the millennia has been the model for the very concept of a universal empire. Through art, architecture, and urban ... Details...