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AEgypt,oryofAncientBOJANA ,ascolNi , imal GrThe ncientNear East,AEast, theAncientNearAEast, aniontotheAncientNearcipheringtheDeadSeaScrol lsJONATHANG. CAMPBEL ,MARC EROP , VANDEMIANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HISTORY / EGYPTIAN HISTORY8NEWsiriOsirisOsDeath and Afterlife of a GodBOJANAMOJSOVMOJSOVIndependent EgyptologistOsiris, ruler of the netherworld, played a central part inthe religious life of the ancient Egyptians, and his cultgrew in popularity down the ages. This beautifullyillustrated book is the first to tell the story of the cult ofOsiris from beginning to end.Author Bojana Mojsov proves that the cult of Osiriswas the most popular and enduring in any ancientreligion and shows how it provided direct antecedentsfor many ideas, traits, and customs in Christianity.176 PAGES / 1-4051-1073-2 HB / 1-4051-3179-9 PB / OCTOBER 2005EgyptentnAnci iWarWar in Ancient EgyptThe New KingdomAnthony, ngeriSpalANTHONY J. SPALINGERUniversity of Auckland“For anyone interested in Egyptian militaryhistory, and wanting to learn more than thesimple dry facts and the well-know major battles,this book is an absolute must. The author is to becongratulated on this major contribution to ourknowledge of warfare in ancient Egypt, presentedin a very readable book, suitable for the beginneras well as the real enthusiast.”SERIES: ANCIENT WORLD AT WAR312 PAGES / 1-4051-1371-5 HB / 1-4051-1372-3 PB / 2004ALSO OF INTERESTA History of Ancient EgyptNICOLAS GRIMAL528 PAGES / 0-631-19396-0 PB / 1994ANCIENT EGYPTA History ofByzantium, AistoryofByzantiumTimothy ,TIMOTHYGregoryE. GREGORYOhio State UniversityThis book is a concise narrative ofByzantine history from the time ofConstantine the Great in AD 306 to thefall of Constantinople in 1453. The authorpresents Byzantium as a vital society,important in its own right, but also onethat served as a bridge between East andWest, and ancient and modern society.A HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM uses thechronological political history of theempire as a narrative frame, butbalances politics with a considerationof social and economic life and the richculture of Byzantium. Visual documents,such as photographs of art, architecture,and implements from daily life, are usedalongside the text to raise questionsabout life in the Byzantine Empire.SERIES: BLACKWELL HISTORY OF THE ANCIENTWORLD400 PAGES0-631-23512-4 HB0-631-23513-2 PB / JANUARY 2005NEW IN 2006The AncientNear EastHistorical Sources in TranslationMARKEditedCHAVALAS,by MARK W. CHAVALASUniversity of Wisconsin-la CrosseThis book provides the reader with theprimary sources for the history of theancient Near East. Covering the periodfrom the earliest historical and literarytexts (c.2700 BC) to the Hellenistichistorians who wrote on ancient NearEastern history (c.250 BC), it presentsnew translations of Mesopotamian andancient Near Eastern historiographictexts, and other related materials.SERIES: BLACKWELL SOURCEBOOKS IN ANCIENTHISTORY544 PAGES0-631-23580-9 HB0-631-23581-7 PB / MARCH 2006A Companionto the AncientNear EastelDani ,lSnelEdited by DANIEL C. SNELLUniversity of Oklahoma“Students will find stimulatingintroductions to a wide range ofsubjects, not treated inencyclopaedias or dryer standardworks... on which to hone theircritical faculties.”BRYN MAWR CLASSICAL REVIEWSERIES: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THEANCIENT WORLD528 PAGES / 0-631-23293-1 HB / 2004NOW AVAILABLE IN THE USDeciphering theDead Sea ScrollsSecond EditionJONATHAN G. CAMPBELLUniversity of BristolThis book explains the nature andsignificance of the Dead Sea Scrollsand the dramatic impact they havehad on our understanding of ancientPalestine. The second edition hasbeen thoroughly updated, with anew chapter and a survey of themanuscripts.240 PAGES0-631-22992-2 HB / 0-631-22993-0 PB / 2002ALSO OF INTERESTA History of the Ancient Near East:c. 3000 - 323 BCMARC VAN DE MIEROOPSERIES: BLACKWELL HISTORY OF THE ANCIENTWORLD336 PAGES / 0-631-22552-8 PB / 2003
Europe, The heBi rthofisigothicSpain409-71The 625-865, Bede, imesofThe Birth of EuropeJACQUES,JACQUESLEGOFLE GOFFÉcole Pratique des Hautes-Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris“A book that never fails to be informative, readable and provocative. Le Goff... has beenthe bravest and best of champions for medieval history. This book, written by its authorat the age of 80, is in every sense an inspiration.”BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE“A superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a lifetime ofscholarship might help us to place ourselves, not just territorially, but in that otherprecious element of history: time.”THE GUARDIAN“Jacques Le Goff has capped off a lifetime of contemplating the Middle Ages withthis work of great insight and learning. A fascinating rumination on the structure of medieval culture and society.”NORMAN F. CANTOR, LATE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY“This book distils the life’s work of one of the great historians of our time… Anyone who asks why Europe needs itshistory, or why History needs Europe, should read it.”R. I. MOORE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLESERIES: MAKING OF EUROPE / SERIES EDITOR: JACQUES LE GOFF288 PAGES / 0-631-22888-8 HB / JANUARY 2005NEW IN PAPERBACK IN 2006Visigothic Spain 409-711ROGER,COLINSROGER COLLINSUniversity of EdinburghBetween the end of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the Arab conquest in the eighth,Spain’s destiny lay with the Visigoths, a confederacy of different ethnic groups formed in theBalkans in the later fourth century. Taking account of important new documentary evidence and ofthe latest archaeological findings, the author presents a wealth of original theories, challengingmany traditional assumptions about Visigothic Spain – about how the Visigothic kingdom wasgoverned, law in the kingdom, the nature and methods of the Arab conquest, and the rise of Spainas an intellectual force in the West.The book falls into two parts: the first providing a chronological overview of political andmilitary events; the second reviewing the evidence for social life and organization in VisigothicSpain. A historiographical introduction summarizes the current state of research on the historyand archaeology of the period.NEW IN 2006The Times ofBede, 625-865Studies in Early English ChristianSociety and its HistorianPATRICKWORMALD PATRICK ,WORMALDLate of University of OxfordWritten over a 30-year period bythe late Patrick Wormald, one ofthe leading authorities on the EarlyMiddle Ages, this book is acollection of studies on Bede andearly English Christian society.Its central concern is theestablishment of a Christiancommunity within a warriorsociety, and the way this wascharted, not always sympathetically,by Bede and other writers of histime. A subsidiary theme is theemergence of a self-consciouslyEnglish Church, which was in turnthe foundation of an English state.An appendix considers Bede’streatment of St. Hilda, the firstgreat English female saint.MEDIEVAL HISTORYSERIES: A HISTORY OF SPAIN / SERIES EDITOR: JOHN LYNCH272 PAGES / 0-631-18185-7 HB 2004 / 1-4051-4966-3 PB MARCH 2006JOURNALSEurope eval yMedilEar: IndexerEarly Medieval EuropeEdited by CATHERINE CUBITT, JULIA CRICK, PAUL FOURACRE, HELENA HAMEROW,SARAH HAMILTON, MATTHEW INNES, ANTONIO SENNIS & DANUTA SHANZERwww.blackwellpublishing.com/EMEDThe book will be welcomed for itssystematic integration of thereligious, intellectual, political andsocial history of the English in theirfirst Christian centuries.288 PAGES0-631-16655-6 HB / FEBRUARY 20069
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