New Books in Ancient History

634 Episodes

1. Robert D. Miller II, “Covenant and Grace in the Old Testament: Assyrian Propaganda and Israelite Faith” (Gorgias Press, 2012)

   Published: 9/26/2018
2. Luis Cortest, “Philo’s Heirs: Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas” (Academic Studies Press, 2017)

   Published: 9/18/2018
3. Peter Heather, “Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian” (Oxford UP, 2018)

   Published: 9/10/2018
4. Richard A. Billows, “Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great” (The Overlook Press, 2018)

   Published: 8/23/2018
5. Duane W. Roller, “Cleopatra’s Daughter: And Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era” (Oxford UP, 2018)

   Published: 8/10/2018
6. Frank L. Holt, “The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man’s Wealth Shaped the World” (Oxford UP, 2016)

   Published: 7/11/2018
7. Robert D. Miller II, “The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives” (Eisenbrauns, 2018)

   Published: 6/21/2018
8. Donni Wang, “Before the Market: The Political Economy of Olympianism” (Common Ground, 2018)

   Published: 5/23/2018
9. Erik Jensen, “Barbarians in the Greek and Roman World” (Hackett Publishing, 2018)

   Published: 5/15/2018
10. Barry W. Holtz, “Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud” (Yale UP, 2017)

    Published: 9/26/2017
11. Hanna Tervanotko, “Denying Her Voice: The Figure of Miriam in Ancient Jewish Literature” (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016)

    Published: 8/29/2017
12. Sarah Bond, “Trade and Taboo: Disreputable Professions in the Roman Mediterranean” (U of Michigan Press, 2016)

    Published: 8/12/2017
13. Joyce Salisbury, “Rome’s Christian Empress: Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2015)

    Published: 8/6/2017
14. Pekka Pitkanen, “A Commentary on Numbers: Narrative, Ritual and Colonialism” (Routledge, 2017)

    Published: 7/26/2017
15. Jennifer T. Roberts, “The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece” (Oxford UP, 2017)

    Published: 7/16/2017
16. Patrick N. Hunt, “Hannibal” (Simon and Schuster, 2017)

    Published: 7/13/2017
17. Rajan Gurukkal, “Rethinking Classical Indo-Roman Trade: Political Economy of Eastern Mediterranean Exchange Relations” (Oxford UP, 2016)

    Published: 6/8/2017
18. Augustine’s “Confessions,” a new translation by Sarah Ruden (Modern Library, 2017)

    Published: 6/1/2017
19. Michael Bryant,” A World History of War Crimes: From Antiquity to the Present,” (Bloomsbury, 2016)

    Published: 5/18/2017
20. David Bryan and David Pao, eds, “Ascent into Heaven in Luke – Acts” (Fortress Press, 2016)

    Published: 5/2/2017