New Books in Ancient History

632 Episodes

1. Stuart McHardy, "The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World" (Luath Press, 2023)

   Published: 10/26/2023
2. Sparta, Athens, Ukraine, Israel: A Conversation with Paul Rahe on Proxy Wars

   Published: 10/23/2023
3. Matthew Thiessen, "A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles" (Baker Academic, 2023)

   Published: 10/22/2023
4. Chris Fraser, "Late Classical Chinese Thought" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 10/20/2023
5. Jonathan Downs, "Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt" (American University in Cairo Press, 2020)

   Published: 10/15/2023
6. Victoria Houseman, "American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton" (Princeton UP, 2023)

   Published: 10/15/2023
7. Ben Witherington III, "Paul's Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary" (Eerdmans, 2004)

   Published: 10/14/2023
8. Seth L. Sanders, "From Adapa to Enoch: Scribal Culture and Religious Vision in Judea and Babylonia" (Mohr Siebeck, 2017)

   Published: 10/6/2023
9. Thomas E. Boomershine, "First-Century Gospel Storytellers and Audiences: The Gospels as Performance Literature" (Cascade Books, 2022)

   Published: 10/4/2023
10. The Civic Bargain: A Conversation with Josiah Ober on Ancients and Moderns

    Published: 9/26/2023
11. Michael Kochenash, "Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God" (Fortress Academic, 2020)

    Published: 9/26/2023
12. Matthew R. Dasti, "Vatsyayana's Commentary on the Nyaya-Sutra: A Guide" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 9/20/2023
13. Rebecca Kingston, "Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in France and England, 1500–1800" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

    Published: 9/14/2023
14. Christopher T. Fleming et al., "Science and Society in the Sanskrit World" (Brill, 2023)

    Published: 9/14/2023
15. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, "Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible" (I. B. Tauris, 2023)

    Published: 9/14/2023
16. A Better Way to Buy Books

    Published: 9/12/2023
17. Sarah Ruden, "Vergil: The Poet's Life" (Yale UP, 2023)

    Published: 9/10/2023
18. Jared Secord, "Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire: From Justin Martyr to Origen" (Penn State UP, 2020)

    Published: 9/9/2023
19. Ravi Gupta and Kenneth Valpey, "The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition" (Columbia UP, 2013)

    Published: 9/6/2023
20. The Philosophy of Music and the Attunement of the Soul

    Published: 9/5/2023