New Books in Ancient History

629 Episodes

1. On "The Mahābhārata"

   Published: 23/11/2022
2. Eric Vanden Eykel, "The Magi: Who They Were, How They've Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate" (Fortress Press, 2022)

   Published: 21/11/2022
3. Samuel J. Levine, "Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources" (Urim Publications, 2018)

   Published: 18/11/2022
4. Ahmad Al-Jallad, "The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions" (Brill, 2022)

   Published: 17/11/2022
5. Ruth Vanita, "The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics" (Oxford UP, 2021)

   Published: 17/11/2022
6. James Mallinson and Péter-Dániel Szántó, "The Amṛtasiddhi and Amṛtasiddhimūla: The Earliest Texts of the Haṭhayoga Tradition" (Institut français de Pondichéry, 2021)

   Published: 16/11/2022
7. On Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy"

   Published: 16/11/2022
8. Francesca Stavrakopoulou, "God: An Anatomy" (Knopf, 2022)

   Published: 14/11/2022
9. John Darnell and Colleen Darnell, "Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth" (St. Martin's Press, 2022)

   Published: 11/11/2022
10. On Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War"

    Published: 10/11/2022
11. On Augustine's "Confessions"

    Published: 31/10/2022
12. John Stillwell, "The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics" (Princeton UP, 2022)

    Published: 31/10/2022
13. Benjamin Parris, "Vital Strife: Sleep, Insomnia, and the Early Modern Ethics of Care" (Cornell UP, 2022)

    Published: 28/10/2022
14. On Cicero's "On Friendship"

    Published: 28/10/2022
15. Anthony J. Barbieri-Low, "The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China" (U Washington Press, 2022)

    Published: 27/10/2022
16. Robin Waterfield, trans. and ed., "The Complete Works of Epictetus: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

    Published: 18/10/2022
17. Gerald Lalonde, "Athena Itonia: Geography and Meaning of an Ancient Greek War Goddess" (Brill, 2019)

    Published: 17/10/2022
18. P. De Vries, "The Kābôd of Yhwh in the Old Testament: With Particular Reference to the Book of Ezekiel" (Brill, 2015)

    Published: 17/10/2022
19. Mark D. Usher, ed. "How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism" (Princeton UP, 2022)

    Published: 14/10/2022
20. John Behr, "John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology" (Oxford UP, 2021)

    Published: 13/10/2022