New Books in Ancient History

646 Episodes

1. Robert E. Jones, "Priesthood, Cult, and Temple in the Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran: Analyzing a Pre-Hasmonean Jewish Literary Tradition" (Brill, 2023)

   Published: 08/07/2024
2. Aaron Sherraden, "Śambūka's Death Toll: A History of Motives and Motifs in an Evolving Rāmāyaṇa Narrative" (Anthem Press, 2023)

   Published: 04/07/2024
3. Travis B. Williams et al., "The Dead Sea Scrolls in Ancient Media Culture" (Brill, 2023)

   Published: 01/07/2024
4. Jihye Lee, "A Jewish Apocalyptic Framework of Eschatology in the Epistle to the Hebrews" (T&T Clark, 2021)

   Published: 29/06/2024
5. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book: A Lecture by Anthony Grafton

   Published: 22/06/2024
6. Malcolm Schofield, "How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

   Published: 21/06/2024
7. Robert D. Heaton, "The Shepherd of Hermas As Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

   Published: 16/06/2024
8. Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 13/06/2024
9. Catherine Michael Chin, "Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 09/06/2024
10. Scott Crawford, "The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 BC-89 AD: The Struggle of China and a Steppe Empire Told Through Its Key Figures (Pen & Sword, 2023)

    Published: 06/06/2024
11. Marcus Schmücker, "Visnu-Narayana: Changing Forms and the Becoming of a Deity in Indian Religious Traditions" (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2023)

    Published: 06/06/2024
12. Joshua Paul Smith, "Luke Was Not a Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts Within Judaism" (Brill, 2024)

    Published: 03/06/2024
13. Sarah Nooter, "How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality" (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 02/06/2024
14. David S. Richeson, "Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2019)

    Published: 28/05/2024
15. Jerome’s Tears (with David Bonagura Jr.): Death and Mourning in Christian Late Antiquity

    Published: 24/05/2024
16. Arjen F. Bakker, "The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Brill, 2023)

    Published: 23/05/2024
17. Wally V. Cirafesi, "John Within Judaism: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Shaping of Jesus-Oriented Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel" (Brill, 2021)

    Published: 21/05/2024
18. Christine Abigail L. Tan, "Freedom's Frailty: Self-Realization in the Neo-Daoist Philosophy of Guo Xiang's Zhuangzhi" (SUNY Press, 2024)

    Published: 21/05/2024
19. Andrea Cucchiarelli, "A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 21/05/2024
20. Daniel R. Schwartz, "Ancient Jewish Historians and the German Reich: Seven Studies" (de Gruyter, 2024)

    Published: 19/05/2024