New Books in Ancient History

501 Episodes

1. Jonathan Rivett Robinson, "Markan Typology: Miracle, Scripture and Christology in Mark 4:35–6:45" (T&T Clark, 2022)

   Published: 2/20/2023
2. David Arnovitz, "The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Exodus" (Koren, 2020)

   Published: 2/19/2023
3. Brian Lander, "The King's Harvest: A Political Ecology of China from the First Farmers to the First Empire" (Yale UP, 2022)

   Published: 2/15/2023
4. Mary E. Sommar, "The Slaves of the Churches: A History" (Oxford UP, 2020)

   Published: 2/9/2023
5. Yonatan Adler, "The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal" (Yale UP, 2022)

   Published: 2/1/2023
6. Walking the Via Dolorosa: An Archaeologist Follows Jesus from His Trial to His Crucifixion

   Published: 1/31/2023
7. Arthur Keefer, "Ecclesiastes and the Meaning of Life in the Ancient World" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

   Published: 1/31/2023
8. The Mesopotamian Connection: Comparing the Bible to Other Literature of the Ancient Near East

   Published: 1/30/2023
9. Padma Kaimal, "Opening Kailasanatha: The Temple in Kanchipuram Revealed in Time and Space" (U Washington Press, 2020)

   Published: 1/26/2023
10. Eric Adler, "The Battle of the Classics: How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today" (Oxford UP, 2020)

    Published: 1/25/2023
11. Better Call Paul: How Did the Early Jewish Christians Understand “Works of the Law”?

    Published: 1/19/2023
12. Malini Ambach et al., "Temples, Texts, and Networks: South Indian Perspectives" (HASP, 2022)

    Published: 1/19/2023
13. Simon Brodbeck, "Divine Descent and the Four World-Ages in the Mahābhārata" (Cardiff UP, 2022)

    Published: 1/12/2023
14. Patrick Olivelle, "Reading Texts and Narrating History: Collected Essays III" (Primus Books, 2022)

    Published: 1/9/2023
15. Hung-Yok Ip, "Grassroots Activism of Ancient China: Mohism and Nonviolence" ( Lexington Books, 2022)

    Published: 1/9/2023
16. Joshua Kulp and Jason Rogoff, "Reconstructing the Talmud: An Introduction to the Academic Study of Rabbinic Literature" (Hadar Press, 2014)

    Published: 1/8/2023
17. Rock Art in the Nomadic Landscape of the Black Desert

    Published: 1/4/2023
18. The 'Queens of the Arabs' during the Neo-Assyrian Period

    Published: 1/3/2023
19. Josiah Ober, "The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason" (U California Press, 2022)

    Published: 1/1/2023
20. The Gospels in the Early Church: Evidence for the Chronology and Transmission of the Christian Scriptures

    Published: 12/31/2022