New Books in Ancient History

634 Episodes

1. Colorblindness and the Classics: A Conversation with Andre Archie

   Published: 1/30/2024
2. Adrian Goldsworthy, "Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry" (Basic Books, 2023)

   Published: 1/25/2024
3. David J. Brick, "Widows Under Hindu Law" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 1/25/2024
4. Jan Westerhoff, "Candrakirti's Introduction to the Middle Way: A Guide" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 1/20/2024
5. Kyle Gervais et al., "Lucan and Flavian Epic" (Brill, 2023)

   Published: 1/19/2024
6. What Can We Learn From A Pottery Shard? Uncovering the Ancient Past Through Biblical Archeology with Professor Aren Maeir

   Published: 1/17/2024
7. Jacob L. Wright, "Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

   Published: 1/13/2024
8. Yair Furstenberg, "Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism: From the Temple to the Mishnah" (Indiana UP, 2023)

   Published: 1/10/2024
9. Jessica Romney, "Lyric Poetry and Social Identity in Archaic Greece" (U Michigan Press, 2020)

   Published: 1/8/2024
10. Seth Bernard, "Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy" (Oxford UP, 2018)

    Published: 1/7/2024
11. Roman Politics, Familiar Yet Foreign: A Conversation with Jed Atkins

    Published: 1/2/2024
12. Craig Keener, "Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels" (Eerdmans, 2019)

    Published: 12/31/2023
13. Matthieu Felt, "Meanings of Antiquity: Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan" (Harvard UP, 2023)

    Published: 12/29/2023
14. Joshua W. Jipp, "The Messianic Theology of the New Testament" (Eerdmans, 2020)

    Published: 12/27/2023
15. Alice Collett, "Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History" (Oxford UP, 2016)

    Published: 12/26/2023
16. Edward J. Watts, "The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea" (Oxford UP, 2021)

    Published: 12/25/2023
17. Katherine D. Von Schaik, "How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness" (Galen) (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 12/17/2023
18. Yaron Eliav, "A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse: Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean" (Princeton UP, 2023)

    Published: 12/17/2023
19. Mario Baghos, "From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium: Kings, Symbols, and Cities" (Cambridge Scholars, 2021)

    Published: 12/16/2023
20. Isaac Soon, "A Disabled Apostle: Impairment and Disability in the Letters of Paul" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 12/16/2023