New Books in Ancient History

634 Episodes

1. Ravi Gupta and Kenneth Valpey, "The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition" (Columbia UP, 2013)

   Published: 9/6/2023
2. The Philosophy of Music and the Attunement of the Soul

   Published: 9/5/2023
3. Joshua Daniel Schachterle, "John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity" (Equinox Publishing, 2022)

   Published: 8/30/2023
4. Barbara Sattler, "The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought: Foundations in Logic, Method, and Mathematics" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

   Published: 8/28/2023
5. Peter Heather and John Rapley, "Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West" (Yale UP, 2023)

   Published: 8/27/2023
6. Ari Finkelstein, "The Specter of the Jews: Emperor Julian and the Rhetoric of Ethnicity in Syrian Antioch" (U California Press, 2018)

   Published: 8/26/2023
7. Debbie Felton, "Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History" (U Texas Press, 2021)

   Published: 8/14/2023
8. Michael Baltutis, "The Festival of Indra: Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance" (SUNY Press, 2023)

   Published: 8/3/2023
9. Ruth Yun-Ju Chen, "Good Formulas: Empirical Evidence in Mid-Imperial Chinese Medical Texts" (U Washington Press, 2023)

   Published: 8/2/2023
10. James Crossley and Robert J. Myles, "Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict" (Zero Books, 2023)

    Published: 8/2/2023
11. Timothy J. Christian, "Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15 as Insinuatio" (Brill, 2022)

    Published: 7/31/2023
12. Yonatan Adler, "The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal" (Yale UP, 2022)

    Published: 7/29/2023
13. Emily Katz Anhalt, "Embattled: How Ancient Greek Myths Empower Us to Resist Tyranny" (Redwood Press, 2021)

    Published: 7/11/2023
14. Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg, "The Closed Book: How the Rabbis Taught the Jews (Not) to Read the Bible" (Princeton UP, 2023)

    Published: 7/8/2023
15. Chris Desan on Making Money (Recall This Buck)

    Published: 7/5/2023
16. Eric Vanden Eykel, "The Magi: Who They Were, How They've Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate" (Fortress Press, 2022)

    Published: 7/3/2023
17. Nayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)

    Published: 6/29/2023
18. David Wenham, "Jesus in Context: Making Sense of the Historical Figure" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/27/2023
19. Yaakov Beasley, "Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah: Lights in the Valley" (Maggid, 2020)

    Published: 6/26/2023
20. Christoph Heilig, "The Apostle and the Empire: Paul's Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome" (Eerdmans, 2022)

    Published: 6/25/2023