Antiquity

Reformen im Alten Orient und der Antike

Programme, Darstellungen und Deutungen

Herausgeben von Ernst-Joachim Waschke unter Mitwirkung von Johannes Thon

[Reforms in the Ancient Near East and in Antiquity. Programs, Depictions and Interpretations.]

The contributors to this volume provide a critical analysis of historical events and processes for which scholars use the term "reform." This is done by problematizing the term itself and by describing the backgrounds of selected reforms in antiquity, their stylization and the history of their reception.   (read more...)

Antiquity

Albert Baumgarten Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews

A Twentieth Century Tale

Albert Baumgarten presents the biography of one of the most distinguished historians of the Jews in antiquity that demonstrates the important connections between his scholarship, life, and times. The events of the twentieth century provide the context for the analysis of Bickerman's scholarly production.   (read more...)

Modern Age

Johannes Sabel Die Geburt der Literatur aus der Aggada

Formationen eines deutsch-jüdischen Literaturparadigmas

[The Birth of Literature from the Aggadah. Formations of a German-Jewish Literary Paradigm.]

During the process of the modernization of German Jewry, an extensive transformation of the Jewish tradition took place. At the heart of this process were two core elements of the rabbinic tradition: law and story, Halakhah and Aggadah.   (read more...)

2nd, expanded edition

Frowald Gil Hüttenmeister Abkürzungsverzeichnis hebräischer Grabinschriften (AHebG)

[Index of Abbreviations Used in Hebrew Tombstone-Inscriptions. 2nd expanded edition.]

Frowald Gil Hüttenmeister analyzes virtually all the documentations of Jewish cemeteries or individual tombstones which have been published, as are numerous unpublished documents including on-site findings.   (read more...)