New Books in Ancient History

632 Episodes

1. A Chat with Sanskrit Scholar John Brockington

   Published: 4/10/2023
2. Ross Clare, "Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction: Amazing Antiquity" (Liverpool UP, 2022)

   Published: 4/3/2023
3. Ching Keng, "Toward a New Image of Paramartha: Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism Revisited" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

   Published: 3/25/2023
4. Claudia Brittenham, "Unseen Art: Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica" (U Texas Press, 2023)

   Published: 3/24/2023
5. Sarah Iles Johnston, "Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers" (Princeton UP, 2023)

   Published: 3/15/2023
6. Modern Crises, Ancient Wisdom

   Published: 3/15/2023
7. Greg Bailey, "The Vinayaka Mahatmya" (Dev Publishers, 2023)

   Published: 3/9/2023
8. Sharon Shalom, "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of the Ethiopian Jews" (Gefen Books, 2016)

   Published: 3/8/2023
9. Amanda Podany, "Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East" (Oxford UP, 2022)

   Published: 2/25/2023
10. Digging for Answers: The Archaeology of Jerusalem and the Politics of Archaeology

    Published: 2/23/2023
11. Monima Chadha, "Selfless Minds: A Contemporary Perspective on Vasubandhu's Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2022)

    Published: 2/20/2023
12. Jonathan Rivett Robinson, "Markan Typology: Miracle, Scripture and Christology in Mark 4:35–6:45" (T&T Clark, 2022)

    Published: 2/20/2023
13. David Arnovitz, "The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Exodus" (Koren, 2020)

    Published: 2/19/2023
14. Brian Lander, "The King's Harvest: A Political Ecology of China from the First Farmers to the First Empire" (Yale UP, 2022)

    Published: 2/15/2023
15. Mary E. Sommar, "The Slaves of the Churches: A History" (Oxford UP, 2020)

    Published: 2/9/2023
16. Yonatan Adler, "The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal" (Yale UP, 2022)

    Published: 2/1/2023
17. Walking the Via Dolorosa: An Archaeologist Follows Jesus from His Trial to His Crucifixion

    Published: 1/31/2023
18. Arthur Keefer, "Ecclesiastes and the Meaning of Life in the Ancient World" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

    Published: 1/31/2023
19. The Mesopotamian Connection: Comparing the Bible to Other Literature of the Ancient Near East

    Published: 1/30/2023
20. Padma Kaimal, "Opening Kailasanatha: The Temple in Kanchipuram Revealed in Time and Space" (U Washington Press, 2020)

    Published: 1/26/2023