New Books in Ancient History
A podcast by New Books Network
646 Episodes
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Guy MacLean Rogers, "For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE" (Yale UP, 2022)
Published: 08/06/2022 -
Jason Sion Mokhtarian, "Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science" (U California Press, 2022)
Published: 02/06/2022 -
Peter Scharf, "Sabdanugamah: Indian Linguistic Studies in Honor of George Cardona; Volume 1: Vyakarana and Sabdabodha" (Sanskrit Library, 2021)
Published: 26/05/2022 -
Nomi Claire Lazar, "Out of Joint: Power, Crisis, and the Rhetoric of Time" (Yale UP, 2019)
Published: 24/05/2022 -
Emma Natalya Stein, "Constructing Kanchi: City of Infinite Temples" (Amsterdam UP, 2021)
Published: 19/05/2022 -
81* David Ferry, Roger Reeves, and the Underworld
Published: 19/05/2022 -
David Lunt, "The Crown Games of Ancient Greece: Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes" (U Arkansas Press, 2022)
Published: 19/05/2022 -
Ferenc Hörcher, "The Political Philosophy of the European City: From Polis, Through City-State, to Megalopolis?" (Lexington Book, 2021)
Published: 16/05/2022 -
Bruce Clark, "Athens: City of Wisdom" (Pegasus Books, 2022)
Published: 09/05/2022 -
The Importance of Pali, the Language of Ancient Buddhism
Published: 04/05/2022 -
Roderick Beaton, "The Greeks: A Global History" (Basic Books, 2021)
Published: 02/05/2022 -
Rachel Hall Sternberg, "The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights" (U Texas Press, 2021)
Published: 26/04/2022 -
79* Madeline Miller on Circe (GT, JP)
Published: 21/04/2022 -
Patrick Olivelle, "Grhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Published: 14/04/2022 -
On Why Socrates Died
Published: 14/04/2022 -
On Middle Eastern Archaeology and the Historical Jesus
Published: 11/04/2022 -
Adrian J. Pearce et al., "Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration" (UCL Press, 2020)
Published: 11/04/2022 -
Paul Stephenson, "New Rome: The Empire in the East" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Published: 06/04/2022 -
Tao Jiang, "Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China: Contestation of Humaneness, Justice, and Personal Freedom" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Published: 24/03/2022 -
The Samaritans: A Biblical People
Published: 23/03/2022
Interview with scholars of the Ancient World about their new books