Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology

Author: Theresa Bane

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2013-08-28

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1476612420

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Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.

Classics from Papyrus to the Internet
Classics from Papyrus to the Internet

Author: Jeffrey M. Hunt

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2017-07-25

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1477313028

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This major overview of how classical texts were preserved across millennia addresses both the process of transmission and the issue of reception, as well as the key reference works and online professional tools for studying literary transmission.

Reading Romans with Roman Eyes
Reading Romans with Roman Eyes

Author: James R. Harrison

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-06-22

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 197870514X

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Paul’s letter to the Romans has a long history in Christian dogmatic battles. But how might the letter have been heard by an audience in Neronian Rome? James R. Harrison answers that question through a reader-response approach grounded in deep investigations of the material and ideological culture of the city, from Augustus to Nero. Inscriptional, archaeological, monumental, and numismatic evidence, in addition to a breadth of literary material, allows him to describe the ideological “value system” of the Julio-Claudian world, which would have shaped the perceptions and expectations of Paul’s readers. Throughout, Harrison sets prominent Pauline themes‒‒his obligation to Greeks and barbarians, newness of life and of creation against the power of death, the body of Christ, “boasting” in “glory” and God’s purpose in and for Israel‒‒in startling juxtaposition with Roman ideological themes. The result is a richer and more complex understanding of the letter’s argument and its possible significance for contemporary readers.