Proceedings of the International Conference on Greek Architectural Terracottas of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods, December 12-15, 1991

A presentation of the papers from the overseas convention on Classical and Hellenistic Architectural Terracottas, held on the American college of Classical reports at Athens, December, 1991. whereas the vast majority of the papers be aware of architectural terracottas from the Greek mainland, examples from websites at the Aegean islands, Asia Minor, present-day Albania, Sicily, and Italy are lined besides.

The Virgin and Her Lover: Fragments of an Ancient Greek Novel and a Persian Epic Poem (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures) (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures)

Ranging from the author's discovery that the Persian epic poem Vamiq and Adhra by way of Unsuri (11th century advert) derives from the traditional Greek novel of "Metiokhos and Parthenope", this paintings includes serious variations of the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia, with reviews.

Crucial Images in the Presentation of a Kurdish National Identity: Heroes and Patriots, Traitors and Foes (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the ... Studies of the Middle East and Asia)

This paintings covers the discourse on Kurdishness and the advance of the Kurdish nationwide circulate from its inception on the finish of the nineteenth century to the past due Nineteen Thirties. It examines the efforts of aspiring Kurdish leaders to "awaken" their fellow Kurds to the need of the Kurdish reason.

Handbook of Christianity in Japan

This quantity presents researchers and scholars of faith with a necessary reference paintings at the background, cultural effect and reshaping of Christianity in Japan. Divided into 3 elements, half 1 makes a speciality of Christianity in jap heritage and contains experiences of the Roman Catholic project in pre-modern Japan, the "hidden Christian" culture, Protestant missions within the sleek interval, Bible translations, and theology in Japan.