Religion & beliefs

Buddhist Iconography and Ritual in Paintings and Line Drawings from Nepal

This book is divided into three sections. The first section introduces one specific tradition of Siddhas transmitted by artists from Nepal. This artistic legacy, which is related...

Die Inschriften der Lüneburger Klöster

Ebstorf, Isenhagen, Lüne, Medingen, Walsrode, Wienhausen

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Der Band „Die Inschriften der Lüneburger Klöster“ umfasst die Edition von 345 Inschriften der Frauenklöster...

Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century

The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet

Red mda’ ba gZhon nu blo gros (1348-1412) played a pivotal role in the history of Tibetan Buddhists' engagement with Indian Madhyamaka, especially with regard to Candrakirti's...

Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan

Between Historical Legacy and Post-Soviet Reality - with special reference to Baku and its environs

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the appearance of new independent states in its place resulted in dramatic changes in geopolitics. Azerbaijan emerged as one of the new...

Syrien und seine Nachbarn von der Spätantike bis in die islamische Zeit

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Der vorliegende Band enthält dreizehn Beiträge zu verschiedenen Aspekten der syrischen Architektur und...

Die Geburt des Propheten Muhammad

Drei Dichtungen aus Mittelasien

This volume focuses on the veneration of the prophet Muhammad in Central Asia towards the end of the 19th century. It presents three text that praise the birth of the prophet: the...

Traditionen, Zäsuren, Umbrüche

Inschriften des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit im historischen Kontext. Beiträge zur 11. Internationalen Fachtagung für Epigraphik vom 9. bis 12. Mai 2007 in Greifswald

The main themes of the volume are: Visual Representations of Religious Concepts; Early Modern Epigraphic Collections; Genealogy and Princely Self-Presentation; Language and...

Mensch und Tier in der Antike

Grenzziehung und Grenzüberschreitung

These conference proceedings explore the encounter of human and animal nature from a philological, historical and archaeological perspective in areas such as the body, myth,...

Hevajra and Lam’bras Literature of India and Tibet as Seen Through the Eyes of A-mes-zhabs

The Hevajra Tantras and teachings of the 'Path with Its Fruit' (lam ‘bras) that originated in India have been central practices of Tibetan tantric Buddhism for a millenium. The...

Bukharan Jews in the 20th Century

History, Experience and Narration

Although the Jews of Central Asia have a long, eventful and fascinating history, the community of the Bukharan Jews attracted very little attention from researchers until...

Wege zum Lebenssinn

Religiöse und philosophische Orientierung in Zeiten lebensbedrohlicher Krankheit. Für Betroffene und Angehörige

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Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes stehen verschiedene religiöse und philosophische Sichtweisen. Sie geben Anregungen...

Die »nakba« erinnern

Palästinensische Narrative des ersten arabisch-israelischen Kriegs 1948

For Palestinians, the term nakba (catastrophe) subsumes the events within the context of the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, immediately after the foundation of the state of...

Pali Literature Transmitted in Central Siam

A catalogue based on the Sap Songkhro

„Pali Literature Transmitted in Central Siam“ is a manual of Pali literature. It gives the titles of 529 texts, the majority inscribed on palm-leaf, dealing with Buddhism and...

Pali and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam

„Pali and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam“ is a preliminary survey of the pre-modern literature of Central and Northern Siam. Based on old records,...

Rare Texts from Tibet

Seven Sources for the Ecclesiastic History of Medieval Tibet

A preliminary perusal of a puplished set of rare and old bKa’-brgyud-pa manuscript texts that recently surfaces in Lhasa - collected and published under the cover-title „dPal ’Bri...

Bankettgebäude in griechischen Heiligtümern

The consumption of sacrificial meat was a central part of Greek cult festivals. People used to dine outdoors or in temporary structures specifically built for the festivals....

Iran und iranisch geprägte Kulturen

Studien zum 65. Geburtstag von Bert G. Fragner

From ancient times, 'Iranianate' cultures and the Persian language had a significant role beyond the borders of Iran: in the lands of the Near & Middle East, Central Asia as far...

Catalogue des manuscrits de la fondation Georges et Mathilde Salem (Alep, Syrie)

The library of the George & Mathilde Salem Foundation (Aleppo, Syria) is one of the most important private collections of manuscripts in the Syrian Arab Republic. It contains 547...

Neapolitanische Bilderbibeln des Trecento

Anjou-Buchmalerei von Robert dem Weisen bis zu Johanna I.

Presented in this book are Latin Bibles that were illuminated during the reign of King Robert of Anjou (1309-1343) and his successor Joanna I of Naples. (1343-1382). The focus is...

Kult und Kommunikation

Medien in Heiligtümern der Antike

Media research has become a common subject and method for various academic fields. But there is, so far, no such study dealing with media research in the field of archaeology....