Philosophy, Theological Studies

Re-enacting the Past

A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka

17 x 24 cm, 584 p., cloth
98.00 €
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This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507). Looking at a broad range of historical sources and reconstructing the religious …

Bücher und Identitäten

Literarische Reproduktionskulturen der Vormoderne. Überstorfer Colloquium 2016

17 x 24 cm, 460 p., cloth
129.00 €
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Das Format der Literatur, ihre materielle und mediale Erscheinung im handgeschriebenen Codex oder im gedruckten Buch, sind in den letzten Jahrzehnten zunehmend in den Fokus der mediävistischen Forschung gerückt. Der material turn in den Literaturwissenschaften bedeutete die Überwindung der Dichotomie …

Belles Lettres. Les figures de l’écrit au Moyen Âge / Figurationen des Schreibens im Mittelalter

Colloque fribourgeois 2017

17 x 24 cm, 370 p., cloth
110.00 €
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The publication is the result of the Freiburg Colloquium 2017 on the topic "Belles Lettres. Figurationen des Schreibens im Mittelalter". The publication deals with the various phenomena of the design of medieval manuscript pages and takes an interdisciplinary approach.

Biblisches Hebräisch

Textorientiertes Lehrbuch

21 x 29.7 cm, 388 p., 445 s/w Tabellen, 30 farbige Tabellen, paperback / softback
49.00 €
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Part I presents at an very early stage a wide choice of proverbs and texts. The first emphases stimulates the fluency of reading, because if you readi a text again and again you will understand it better and better. The …

Biblisches Hebräisch

Grundwortschatz

17 x 24 cm, 132 p., paperback / softback
15.90 €
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Students often mourn complain about the unfamilianrity of semitic languages. This key vocabulary of about 900 words contains– names and places are not included – will overcome these difficulties by etymological tipsreferences, typical syntactic connections and also by mnemonics for …

Saints cavaliers

Culte et images en Géorgie aux IVe–XIe siècles

17 x 24 cm, 204 p., 15 Tafeln, hardback
98.00 €
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This is the first archeological, iconographical and hagiological study, based on the unpublished archaeological research findings, that attempts to measure the importance of the Georgian environment for the genesis of this theme and for a broad understanding of the cult …

Mit einem Einführungsessay von Christoph Markschies

Orientalische Bibelhandschriften aus der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK / Oriental Bible Manuscripts from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK

Eine illustrierte Geschichte / An Illustrated History

21 x 29.7 cm, 192 p., hardback
39.90 €
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The collection of Oriental manuscripts at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz forms with its 42,000 volumes one of the most significant collections of its kind in the world. A special place therein take the many Bible manuscripts. This …

Sutrengeschichten

Von Karma und Wiedergeburt

17 x 24 cm, 264 p., paperback / softback
24.90 €
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Sutra stories tell the reader something about the results of good and bad deeds in a detailed and illustrative manner. A pleasant current state of existence is explained as the fruit of positive karma created in this or a former …

Buddhistische Fabeln

Still hören ist besser als laut zu beten

17 x 24 cm, 256 p., paperback / softback
24.90 €
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„Listening still is better than praying loudly“ contains 171 parables and allegories stemming from the Buddhist traditions of China and India. Chinese Buddhist prose conveys essential Buddhist wisdom beyond the doctrines. Its wide range stretches from events of everyday life …