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Hardback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515246
- ISBN
- 9780742515246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.89
€ 166.89
Paperback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New and Revised
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515253
- ISBN
- 9780742515253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.03
€ 75.03
Hardback. Marco Girolamo Vida, humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. Vida's famous epic, the "Christiad", a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, was published in 1535. It was translated into dozens of languages, including Persian and Croatian. This is a translation of his work. Translator(s): Gardner, James. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034082
- ISBN
- 9780674034082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.71
€ 40.99
€ 33.71
Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857289766
- ISBN
- 9780857289766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.37
€ 141.37
Hardback. Exploring as to how a sense of being 'a Christian', or of 'Christian identity', was shaped within the setting of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman world, this work shows that, there were similarities and differences in the ways Jews and others were thinking about themselves, and asks what made early Christianity distinctive. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; HBG; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- SKU
- V9780199262892
- ISBN
- 9780199262892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 335.74
€ 335.74
Paperback. This study offers an overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, and discusses the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation during the 12th and 13th centuries. Dahan analyzes the common literary genres through which Christians attempted to convert Jews. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRAF; HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008307
- ISBN
- 9780268008307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.67
€ 20.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Between 300 and 450 CE, Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and heresy, and spread beyond the Mediterranean world. This reader collects primary sources from the early Christian world. Editor(s): Ehrman, Bart D.; Jacobs, Andrew S. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7pp halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195154610
- ISBN
- 9780195154610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.84
€ 141.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811209540
- ISBN
- 9780811209540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.10
€ 18.99
€ 17.10
Hardcover. First Edition. 410pp. Bound in red cloth with gilt titled spine, blind pressed border on front and blind pressed publishers motif on back. Cover is slightly stained and scratched, spine ends slightly worn. Good overall
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Londo
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1925
- SKU
- KHS0078074
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 24.00
€ 24.00
Hardcover. Christina Rossetti: The Patience of Style analyses the strengths and failures of her poetry, its attention to rhythm and the shifts of diction, its momentum and reserve, and the rationale for its revision. It also explores Rossetti's poetry for children, her reconfiguration of religion and poetry and the influences of female precursors she admired. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923390
- ISBN
- 9780813923390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271050713
- ISBN
- 9780271050713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.29€ 67.33
€ 80.29
€ 67.33
Paperback. The first beguiling Quirke Dublin mystery Series: Quirke Mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main Market
- SKU
- 9780330445320
- ISBN
- 9780330445320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Presents a dramatisation of Dickens' classic. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854599872
- ISBN
- 9781854599872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557835505
- ISBN
- 9781557835505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.85
€ 9.85
paperback. A book of poems by an Irish poet forms a vision of Christmas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0004747
- ISBN
- 9781860462887
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 3pp. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. In a Gift envelope. Ariel Poems Series
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KHS1003831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001773
- ISBN
- 9780853429081
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Well-read book, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KIN0007249
- ISBN
- 9780007437344
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Fine copy in dustwrapper showing minor shelf wear but internally is a very good copy
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- SKU
- KSS0014104
- ISBN
- 9780007437344
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Zapel, Theodore O. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; DQ; YQE. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Meriwether Pub
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916260682
- ISBN
- 9780916260682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.63
€ 40.99
€ 26.63