“…Readership: All interested in the history of philology and Oriental studies, study of religions and languages, and those interested in the dialogue between different religions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. …”

“…It contains articles on philology, literature, exegesis, history, and theology. …”

“…The texts are approached from four main perspectives: New Philology, Linguistics, Iconography and Reception studies. …”

“…Explores the only known private book collection from medieval Jerusalem Translates, edits and discusses the most important Arabic medieval book list for Jerusalem – the largest known dataset on book pricesRethinks the notion of archival and documentary practices in the Mamluk period Provides a new angle on the economic history of the book in the late-medieval period Combines social history and material philology in the field of Middle Eastern historyIn the late medieval period manuscripts galore circulated in private collections and in educational libraries in the cities of the Middle East. …”

“…The book also introduces Tibetan history and the Dba’ bzhed with several introductory chapters on various aspects of the text by experienced scholars in the field of Tibetan philology. These detailed studies provide analysis of the text’s narrative context, its position within traditional and current historiography, and the organisation and structure of the text itself and its antecedents. …”

“…In this book, Nordic scholars of philology, onomastics, history, geography, literary studies, and digital humanities examine multiple aspects of ten large- and small-scale digital spatial infrastructures from the early stages of development to the practical applications of digital tools for studying spatial thinking and knowledge in pre-modern sources and societies…”

“…This volume contains studies of the historical background of the Septuagint, its textual history, philology, individual problems of Septuagint scriptures and the reception of the Septuagint. …”

“…This conference volume unites a wide range of scholars working in the fields of history, archaeology, religion, art, and philology in an effort to explore new perspectives and methods in the study of primary sources from premodern South and Southeast Asia. …”

“…This descriptive overview has usually centred on the diachronic evolution of philology and food offerings, focussing less frequently on offering table images as discrete elements of highly codified information. …”

“…The authors, scholars in the fields of Jewish Studies, Catholic and Protestant Theology, Islamic Studies, German philology etc., invited to reflect on texts of their respective disciplines in context-sensitive interpretations, taking into account the link connecting Midrash, hermeneutics, and narrative, provide illuminating narratological and/or herm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…On Rating a Disintegrating Academic Field (by Barbara Korte) -- References -- Research Assessment in a Philological Discipline: Criteria and Rater Reliability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessing Research Quality in English Departments: Methods and Procedures -- 3 Reliability of the Ratings -- 3.1 Rater Reliability -- 3.2 Rating Variation Across Different Criteria -- 4 Rating Categories: What Do They Really Tell Us? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hekhalot and magical studies. Three-dimensional philology: some implications of the Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur / Michael D. …”

“…Malcolm Turnbull MP "'I find it difficult to bring to mind more than a handful of comparable enterprises in the fields of biography, history, philology or the social sciences more broadly--anywhere in the world. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Note on Transcription and Translation -- Note on Weights, Measures, and Their Symbols -- Map -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Practicality and Applicability: A Dual Approach to Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice -- 1 Introduction: The Case of Terenti(an)us -- 2 Definitions -- 3 Foundations -- 3.1 A Philological Underpinning -- 3.2 Histories of Early Medieval Medicine: From Negative Stereotypes to Revisionist Approaches -- 3.3 New Directions in Early Medieval Medical Research -- 3.4 Summary -- 4 The Carolingian Context -- 5 Structuring the Dual Approach -- Part 1 Practicality -- Chapter 2 Setting the Scene: The Texts, Their Contexts, and the Need for a Re-examination of Practicality -- 1 Introduction: a Mixed Picture of (Im)practicality -- 2 Contextualising Medicine's Place in Early Medieval Europe and the Question of Practicality -- 2.1 Summary -- 3 Outlining the Recipe Literature -- 3.1 Recipes and Recipe Collections -- 3.2 The Manuscript Sample -- Chapter 3 Impossible Imports or Available Exotics?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The linguistic context of biblical hebrew and aramic in the framwork of semitic philology, including semitic epigraphy / by Steven E. …”