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18 produkter
Greek Sophists in the Roman Empire
Inbunden, 2003
2123 kr
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Greek Sophists in the Roman Empire
A. D. Momigliano
Studies on Modern Scholarship
Av G. W. Bowersock, T. J. Cornell
Häftad, 1994
500 kr
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Using pagan prose fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, Bowersock investigates the complex relationship among perceived and presented 'historical' and 'fictional' truths. Bowersock's superb lecturing style is successfully transferred into writing with force and …
Fiction as History
Nero to Julian
Häftad, 2018
562 kr
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Using pagan fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, G. W. Bowersock investigates the complex relationship between "historical" and "fictional" truths. This relationship preoccupied writers of the second century, a time when apparent fictions about both past and present …
Fiction as History
Nero to Julian
E-bok, 2024
399 kr
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Using pagan fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, G. W. Bowersock investigates the complex relationship between "historical" and "fictional" truths. This relationship preoccupied writers of the second century, a time when apparent fictions about both past and present …
Fiction as History
Nero to Julian
Inbunden, 2024
1767 kr
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Using pagan fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, G. W. Bowersock investigates the complex relationship between "historical" and "fictional" truths. This relationship preoccupied writers of the second century, a time when apparent fictions about both past and present …
A. D. Momigliano
Studies on Modern Scholarship
Av T. J. Cornell, G. W. Bowersock
E-bok, 1994
663 kr
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Using pagan prose fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, Bowersock investigates the complex relationship among perceived and presented "historical" and "fictional" truths. Bowersock''s superb lecturing style is successfully transferred into writing with force and …
Martyrdom and Rome
Inbunden, 1995
1610 kr
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This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often wilful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and outlook of the cities of the Roman empire. Professor Bowersock begins by investigating both the time and the region in which martyrdom, as …
Martyrdom and Rome
Häftad, 2002
754 kr
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This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often wilful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and outlook of the cities of the Roman empire. Professor Bowersock begins by investigating both the time and the region in which martyrdom, as …
Interpreting Late Antiquity
Essays on the Postclassical World
Av G. W. Bowersock, Peter Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
324 kr
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The era of late antiquity—from the middle of the third century to the end of the eighth—was marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, and the creation of art of enduring glory. In these eleven in-depth essays, drawn from the …
Mosaics as History
The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam
Inbunden, 2006
317 kr
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Over the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East--maps, historical images, mythical figures, and religious scenes that constitute an immense treasure of new testimony from antiquity. The stories these mosaics tell unfold in this brief, richly …
Crucible of Islam
Häftad, 2019
212 kr
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Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century, yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. A renowned classicist, G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate …
Julian the Apostate
Häftad, 1997
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
299 kr
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This portrayal of one of antiquity’s most enigmatic figures offers a vivid and compact assessment of the Apostate’s life and reign. Proceeding directly from an evaluation of the ancient sources—the testimony of friends and enemies of Julian as well as the writings of the emperor himself—the author …
Late Antiquity
A Guide to the Postclassical World
Av G. W. Bowersock, Peter Brown m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
555 kr
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The first book of its kind, this richly informative and comprehensive guide to the world of late antiquity offers the latest scholarship to the researcher along with great reading pleasure to the browser. In eleven comprehensive essays and in over 500 encyclopedic entries, an international cast of …
Roman Arabia
Häftad, 1998
394 kr
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The Roman province of Arabia occupied a crucial corner of the Mediterranean world, encompassing most of what is now Jordan, southern Syria, northwest Saudi Arabia, and the Negev. Mr. Bowersock's book is the first authoritative history of the region from the fourth century B.C. to the age of …
Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2012
351 kr
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In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historian G. W. Bowersock presents a searching examination of political developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the rise of Islam. Recounting the growth of Christian Ethiopia and the conflict with …
Det romerska Arabien
Inbunden, 2009
509 kr
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"En oundgänglig bok... Det romerska Arabien är mer än en utmärkt redogörelse om en romersk provins. I boken diskuteras också ingående viktiga frågeställningar inom romersk, arabisk, och i bredare mening, Mellanösterns historia... Den innehåller viktigt material för alla forskare som intresserar sig …
