This book investigates the long-term continuity of large-scale states and empires, and its
effect on the Near East's social fabric, including the fundamental changes that occurred to …

Were there groups in Ancient Judaism that cultivated esoteric knowledge and transmitted it
secretly? With the discovery and burgeoning study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and particularly …

This study is based on a corpus of divination rituals as described in a number of Late-
Antique magical papyri. The texts can be understood as manuals by the actual practitioners …

Stairway to Heaven is an incredibly broad ranging new study that stretches from ancient
Egypt and Babylon to Jewish and Christian Kabbalists, Chinese Daoists, Hindu Tantra and …

Unter der angeblichen Autorschaft eines ägyptischen Propheten namens Abamon existiert
ein Werk, das sich als Antwort auf die von Porphyrius aufgeworfenen Probleme bezeichnet …

This dissertation examines the relationship between fear and stereotype—how images and
portrayals of the dangerous Other emerge and what purpose they serve in a given context …

UNDERSTANDING AND DEALING WITH EVIL AND SUFFERING: A FOURTH CENTURY
AD PAGAN PERSPECTIVE Susanne H. Wallis Thesis submitted fo Page 1 …