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This is a collection of essays in two volumes in honor of Sarah Stroumsa, an eminent scholar who through the years has embodied and advanced the possibility of collaboration across borders. The volume is presented to her by scholars working on the study of the intellectual history of the Middle Ages, the intercultural contact and migration of knowledge in the Islamic world, and many other topics.

A lexicon of words and idioms used by the Andalusi people in their middle and low register speech, together with etymological discussion of items and other panchronical information.

First-Gen Docs compiles narratives of first-generation doctoral graduates from diverse backgrounds as they journey through academia, driven by a commitment to breaking barriers. Their sacrifice and courage will inspire readers, as will their transformative impact on families and communities.

Decolonial theory has eclipsed postcolonial theory as a resource for resistant analysis of empire, imperialism, colonialism, and neocolonialism. This is the first book-length, biblical-scholarly introduction to decolonial theory, a demonstration of its potential for both academic and "ordinary" biblical interpretation.

This book reassesses the so-called Roman School, a nineteenth-century theological network centered in Jesuit Roman College. It shows how this long-neglected movement not only shaped the theology of its day but also anticipated twentieth-century theological renewal.

This exciting new collection of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary scholarship brings together analyses of two dynamic and longstanding Jewish communities. From historical, sociological, literary, and other perspectives, contributing authors offer rich new understandings of Argentine and Canadian Jewish life.

Literature is an art that can be taught. One of its most famous teachers was the Roman writer Sallust, who showed Europe how to create captivating and meaningful stories about the past and present. This book shows how.

This book offers diverse readings on how Adult Education can make or already makes its contribution, with other factors, to living as relational beings. It puts forward urgent challenges to adult educators, social movements and other relevant sources of learning.

Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular, is still of utmost importance for the field.

This book discusses recent work on Horace by genre, moving from the early Satires through to the late Epistles. It also suggests new scholarly approaches to the author, and considers what Horace has to offer the twenty-first century.

This book reflects critically on the value of research in, on and for teacher education. It explores the nature and role of teacher education research, identifying ways to enhance its value for policy and practice. Bringing together international studies, it offers a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches.

This book explores how Judaism shaped the spaces of ancient Galilee, and how in turn, these spaces generated further expressions of Judaism. Evidence is drawn from the beginnings of Hasmonean influence in Galilee, until the outbreak of the Great Revolt.

An exploration of Quaker origins and historiographical traditions concerning James Nayler, this study advances significant new theses regarding this radical religious group and its import to wider historical practice.

In American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology, Derek Brown proposes a normative, deductive, ontological ecclesiology, based on the biblical concept of koinonia, for pastoral Friends churches in America.

"As the Oracles of God" illuminates mechanisms of oversight which American Quakers employed to police the spoken and written word within their religious communities, with particular attention paid to issues of censorship within the colonial world.

This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the authority of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the determination of international humanitarian law, addressing, among other things, the institution's most distinctive interpretations and law-ascertainments through case studies.

A team of experts view the relationship between rulers and their leading subjects across Europe and beyond. If both parties benefited, rival political theories of the divine right of monarchs and consensual rule tended to undermine the working relationship, at times violently.

Interdisciplinary perspective on the origin and significance of the numeral zero. Over 40 international scholars explore zero under four broad themes: history; religion, philosophy & linguistics; arts; and mathematics & science. With the existing research being very specialized, this is the first serious interdisciplinary study.

In Prophet, Intermediary, King: The Dynamics of Mediation in the Biblical World and Old Babylonian Mari, Julie B. Deluty investigates the central role of parties mediating prophetic communication with kings. Her book offers an innovative dimension to the social landscape of prophecy.

Science education and prison education. This volume opens a conversation on STEM education in US prisons. It foregrounds the voices of incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated science students. The book covers biology education, sustainability programs, and science pedagogy design for carceral environments.

Science education and prison education. This volume opens a conversation on STEM education in US prisons. It foregrounds the voices of incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated science students. The book covers biology education, sustainability programs, and science pedagogy design for carceral environments.

The leadership challenges discussed in this book will resonate with any denomination or church that has grown or wrestled with polity and culture, but will hold special appeal for those interested in the history of the Assemblies of God.

Weyerman was the author and editor of a satirical weekly periodical of which two volumes are analysed here. They are a primary source on the customs and manners of urbanised Western Europe, especially Holland, in the early eighteenth century.

How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyzed, shedding light on the role that authorship had in the construction of the rulers' authority and legitimacy.