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This second edition of A Charter School Principal's Story shares the impact of a leadership experience in a DC school within a greater context of education as told through the critical and creative...

A lexicon of words and idioms used by the Andalusi people in their middle and low register speech, together with etymological discussion of items and other panchronical information.Author: Frederico...

The first part of the long-awaited fourth volume of André Wink's monumental Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World introduces a new perspective on the rise of the dynasty of the Great Mughals...

Fortunately, alienation has returned to the agenda of critical thought. Discussing the idea that alienation is implied by capitalism rather than human existence, it is argued Marx's original idea of...

This book introduces the diversity of Anglican biblical interpretation in the nineteenth-century. It draws out theological trends in biblical interpretation by examining the sermons, commentaries,...

This study investigates the significant role of art in Jesuit mission efforts in China (1552-1773). Archaeological materials and written texts reveal that Jesuits and Chinese Christians sustained...

This book aims to discuss the art and culture produced by or associated with the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri, focusing on issues still scarcely understood regarding the Oratorians' important...

The thirteenth-century cookbook Fi?alat al-khiwan fi ?ayyibat al-?a?am wa-l-alwan by the Andalusi scholar Ibn Razin al-Tujibi showcases 475 exquisite recipes. This edition was meticulously translated...

After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Swiss government oscillated between neutrality and solidarity in one of the Cold War's major hot wars. They delivered humanitarian aid, hosted Soviet...

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...

Weaving together archival sources, material culture and the visual arts, this book sheds new light on how the cittadini or middling sorts constructed and shaped their identity through social networks...

This book explores a specific discursivity at work in international human rights law. It examines the ways in which the discourse on international human rights law constantly expands its domain while...

This study conducts an analysis of the Eucharist within the Synoptic Gospels including their co-texts via a Mode Register Analysis based on Systemic Functional Linguistics to trace the construction...

This volume marks the state-of-the-art concerning research on Flavius Josephus, Sefer Yosippon, and reception history of both. The essays contained herein draw together and build upon past research...

This handbook offers a comprehensive anthology of gender studies on the Caribbean islands of the Netherlands. It illuminates the diversity and complexity of Dutch Caribbean gender history, culture...

This book introduces readers to the life, thought, social activism and political conflicts of the Quaker intellectual and peace activist Henry Cadbury (1883-1974). Cadbury was a prominent Quaker...

Written by an international team of leading scholars, both new and established, this multi-disciplinary book features cutting edge research on both familiar and little-known authors of medieval...

One of the most influential works of the Islamic-Arabic library, Nahj al-Balaghah is al-Sharif al-Ra?i's (d. 406/1016) compendium of the orations, letters, and wisdom sayings of ?Ali (d. 40/661)...

The cosmological-meteorological writings of Paracelsus (1493-1541), presented here for the first time in the most reliable German versions with facing-page translations and thorough text-based and...

This book traces the pictorial and ideological traditions behind printers' devices, placing the usage of these unassuming compositions in the broader cultural context early modern Poland-Lithuania: a...

In Prophet, Intermediary, King: The Dynamics of Mediation in the Biblical World and Old Babylonian Mari, Julie B. Deluty investigates the mediation of prophecy for kings in biblical narratives and...

A multi-disciplinary inquiry into the origins and influences of Matteo Ricci's World Map in Chinese from the foundation of the Jesuit Order in 1540 up to the present.Author: Laura HostetlerPublisher:...

A 17th-century French haberdasher invented the Black Mass. An 18th-century English Cabinet Minister administered the Eucharist to a baboon. High-ranking Catholic authorities in the 19th century...

This book presents an overview of the historical context and the content of the largest cache of documents ever excavated in China, which provide a wealth of new materials on the history of South...

This book is tailored for those navigating the diverse landscapes of doctoral work in physical and health education. Delve into the doctoral journey as our expert authors unveil the challenges unique...

This study reframes and reorients the discussion of 2 Enoch, away from standard accounts of Jewish or Christian authorship, arguing that its features reflect the eclectic and philosophically erudite...

A theological examination of God's hearing of human creatures, and a constuctive proposal of the ways in which God's nature conditions that hearing in relation to the doctrines of creation,...

The story of the mitre began during the 11th-century church reform movements and was, surprisingly, inspired by a popular pastime. After a thousand years of bare heads, the Church finally had an...

Both in our time and in the past, death was one of the most important aspects of anyone's life. The early modern period saw drastic changes in rites of death, burials and commemoration. One...

A study of the Old Testament interpretation in the theology of John Calvin and in the larger Reformed tradition.Author: NAPublisher: BrillPublication Date: May 23, 2024Number of Pages: NA...