Outputs (817)

Religion and language in Dura-Europos (2009)
Book Chapter
Kaizer, T. (2009). Religion and language in Dura-Europos. In H. Cotton, R. Hoyland, J. Price, & D. Wasserstein (Eds.), From Hellenism to Islam : cultural and linguistic change in the Roman Near East (235-254). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511641992.011

Dura-Europos was rich in gods and rich in languages. The unique religious and linguistic situation of this fortress town on the Middle Euphrates reflected its vicissitudes. Founded as the Macedonian colony Europos on a plateau overlooking the river,... Read More about Religion and language in Dura-Europos.

Prehistoric figurines in Italy (2017)
Book Chapter
Skeates, R. (2017). Prehistoric figurines in Italy. In T. Insoll (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of prehistoric figurines (777-798). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199675616.013.038

An overview is provided of anthropomorphic figurines in peninsular Italy and Sicily between the Palaeolithic and Copper Age. Some updated patterns in the data and contextual interpretations of the production, use, and deposition of figurines are pres... Read More about Prehistoric figurines in Italy.

Syriac. (2021)
Book Chapter
Rigolio, A. (2021). Syriac. In D. Feeney, & J. Lande (Eds.), How Literatures Begin: A Global History (168-190). Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ

Translation of Greek Texts in Late Antiquity (2014)
Book Chapter
Rigolio, A. (2014). Translation of Greek Texts in Late Antiquity. In G. Giannakis (Ed.), Brill Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (436-441). Brill: Leiden

Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category? (2016)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2016). Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category?. In H. Najman, J. S. Rey, & E. J. Tigchelaar (Eds.), Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism (3-23). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004324688_003

Koinonia and the Social Dynamics of Paul's Letter to Philemon (2016)
Book Chapter
Barclay, J. M. (2016). Koinonia and the Social Dynamics of Paul's Letter to Philemon. In D. Marguerat (Ed.), La Lettre à Philémon et l'Ecclésiologie Paulinienne = Philemon and Pauline Ecclesiology (151-69). Peeters Publishers

The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualizing the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier (2017)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, D., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2017). The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualizing the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier. In E. Sauer (Ed.), Sasanian Persia : between Rome and the steppes of Eurasia (99-125). Edinburgh University Press

Building Biographies: Graffiti, Architecture and People at the Hospitaller Preceptory at Ambel (Zaragoza), Spain (2008)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C., & Dauber, R. (2008). Building Biographies: Graffiti, Architecture and People at the Hospitaller Preceptory at Ambel (Zaragoza), Spain. In J. Upton-Ward (Ed.), The Military Orders. Volume 4. On Land and by Sea (235-250). Ashgate Publishing

The Middle Tiber Valley in the Imperial Period (2008)
Book Chapter
Witcher, R. (2008). The Middle Tiber Valley in the Imperial Period. In F. Coarelli, & H. Patterson (Eds.), Mercator placidissimus : the Tiber Valley in antiquity : new research in the upper and middle river valley (467-486). QUASAR

This paper explores the settlement and economy of the middle Tiber valley during the early and mid imperial periods. Drawing on the results of the Tiber valley project, in particular the restudy of the South Etruria survey and more recent surveys and... Read More about The Middle Tiber Valley in the Imperial Period.

‘Cosmic Spiritualism among the Pythagoreans, Stoics, Jews, and Early Christians.’ (2019)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2019). ‘Cosmic Spiritualism among the Pythagoreans, Stoics, Jews, and Early Christians.’. In P. Horky (Ed.), Cosmos in the Ancient World (270-294). Cambridge University Press

Sin and Expiation (2020)
Book Chapter
Janzen, D. (2020). Sin and Expiation. In S. Balentine (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship. Oxford University Press

Expiation refers to a ritual attempt to deal with sin, and while in the Hebrew Bible it can include such things as prayer and acts of mourning, we most frequently find it manifested in sacrifice. Biblical texts rarely explain how sacrifice functions... Read More about Sin and Expiation.

What is your lot? Hades and the Afterlife in Greek Lyric (2021)
Book Chapter
Gazis, G. (2021). What is your lot? Hades and the Afterlife in Greek Lyric. In G. Gazis, & A. Hooper (Eds.), Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature. Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789621495.001.0001

A Cult of Amasis and 'The Procession of Two Gods' at Sais. (2007)
Book Chapter
Wilson, P. (2007). A Cult of Amasis and 'The Procession of Two Gods' at Sais. In T. Schneider, & K. Szpakowska (Eds.), Egyptian Stories. A British Egyptological Tribute to Alan B. Lloyd on the Occasion of His Retirement. (New ed.)

Artefacts, sites, and landscapes: archaeology and medieval studies (2007)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C., & Rippon, S. (2007). Artefacts, sites, and landscapes: archaeology and medieval studies. In A. Deyermond (Ed.), A century of British medieval studies (525-556). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197263952.003.0022

Anonymus Iamblichi, On Excellence (Peri Aretes): A Lost Defense of Democracy (2020)
Book Chapter
Horky, P. S. (2020). Anonymus Iamblichi, On Excellence (Peri Aretes): A Lost Defense of Democracy. In D. Wolfsdorf (Ed.), Early Greek ethics (262-292). Oxford University Press

Abstract and figurative representation and the politics of display in Neolithic Southeast Italy (2007)
Book Chapter
Skeates, R. (2007). Abstract and figurative representation and the politics of display in Neolithic Southeast Italy. In C. Renfrew, & I. Morley (Eds.), Image and imagination : a global prehistory of figurative representation (199-210). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

This paper explores the social use and significance of ‘figurative’ and ‘abstract’ modes of visual representation within the Neolithic communities of South-East Italy. It does so by highlighting some patterns in the spatial distribution of these elem... Read More about Abstract and figurative representation and the politics of display in Neolithic Southeast Italy.

Chapter 18: The Meroitic Temple Graffiti (2007)
Book Chapter
Wilson, P. (2007). Chapter 18: The Meroitic Temple Graffiti. In P. J. Rose (Ed.), The Meroitic Temple Complex at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt (105-163). Egypt Exploration Society

The transition from Early Historic to Early Medieval in the Vakataka realm. (2004)
Book Chapter
Kennet, D. (2004). The transition from Early Historic to Early Medieval in the Vakataka realm. In H. Bakker (Ed.), The Vakataka Heritage: Indian Culture at the Crossroads (11-17)

Not all archaeology is rubbish: the elusive life histories of three artefacts from Shapwick, Somerset (2007)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C. (2007). Not all archaeology is rubbish: the elusive life histories of three artefacts from Shapwick, Somerset. In M. Costen (Ed.), People and Places. Essays in Honour of Mick Aston (166-180). Oxbow

The Upper Simeto Valley Poject. An interim report of the first season (2007)
Book Chapter
Leone, A., Witcher, R., Privitera, F., & Spigo, U. (2007). The Upper Simeto Valley Poject. An interim report of the first season. In M. Fitzjohn (Ed.), Understanding Upland Landscapes: Interdisciplinary Investigations of Sicily. (Accordia Specialist Study on Italy). Accordia Research Institute