18,323円 In Truly Beyond Wonders Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis investigates texts and material evidence associated with healing pilgrimage in the Roman empire during the second century AD. Her focus is upon one particular pilgrim, the famous orator Aelius Aristides, whose Sacred Tales, his fascinating account ...

5,496円 Through a twist of fate, the eruption that destroyed Pompeii in 79 CE also preserved a wealth of evidence about the town, buried for centuries in volcanic ash. Since the town's excavations in the eighteenth century, archaeologists have disputed the evidence that might attest the presence of Chris...

1,400円 Ohne darüber nachgedacht zu haben, ist Deutschland zu einem Einwandererland geworden. Mit den Menschen kam auch eine neue Religion: der Islam. Der Schriftsteller und Orientalist Navid Kermani erzählt von seinem Leben als Kind iranischer Eltern in Deutschland und berichtet von seinen Erfahrungen a...

2,122円 Unlock the Mysteries of Faith and Science Have you wondered how the creation story in Genesis fits with the evolutionary theories of popular science? You're not alone. Many Christians wrestle with the seeming disparity between faith and science. They want to believe the inerrancy of Scripture, bu...

1,709円 The book that inspired the major History Channel special God Code shows there is more to the Bible than meets the eyeーmessages from God hidden for ages, now revealed by modern computer technology. In God Code, antiquities expert Timothy P. Smith reveals his decades-long quest to understand the c...

1,657円 This basic dictionary of South and Southeast Asian art offers clear and concise explanations of hundreds of useful terms. With over 1,300 entries and 112 line illustrations, this volume makes a handy reference for anyone interested and engaged in South and Southeast Asia Entries range from terms...

10,943円 This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual instrument that integr...

4,227円 The two great Persian invasions of Greece, in 490 and 480–79 B.C., both repulsed by the Greeks, provide our best opportunity for understanding the interplay of religion and history in ancient Greece. Using the Histories of Herodotus as well as other historical and archaeological sources, Jon Mika...

2,818円 In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,...

2,818円 Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E. Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more ー and more important ー religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considere...

1,408円 Am 23. Oktober 79 n. Chr. feiert die illustre Gesellschaft Pompejis ein opulentes Fest. Der bebende Vesuv wird das bunte Treiben jäh beenden. Auf Basis neuester wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse rekonstruiert der renommierte Wissenschaftsjournalist Alberto Angela in einem hochspannenden Countdown S...

950円 The Anthology of Christian Art: Picture book with Analysis was written to show how the Christian Faith has been represented in art by prominent artists through history. This is a must read, and must see for anyone interested in how art has inspired the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.