New Books in Ancient History

632 Episodes

1. Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 7/20/2024
2. Stephanie Balkwill, "The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 7/20/2024
3. Stephen Harris, "Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

   Published: 7/20/2024
4. Jeremiah Coogan, "Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 7/18/2024
5. Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea: Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE

   Published: 7/14/2024
6. Robert E. Jones, "Priesthood, Cult, and Temple in the Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran: Analyzing a Pre-Hasmonean Jewish Literary Tradition" (Brill, 2023)

   Published: 7/8/2024
7. Aaron Sherraden, "Śambūka's Death Toll: A History of Motives and Motifs in an Evolving Rāmāyaṇa Narrative" (Anthem Press, 2023)

   Published: 7/4/2024
8. Travis B. Williams et al., "The Dead Sea Scrolls in Ancient Media Culture" (Brill, 2023)

   Published: 7/1/2024
9. Jihye Lee, "A Jewish Apocalyptic Framework of Eschatology in the Epistle to the Hebrews" (T&T Clark, 2021)

   Published: 6/29/2024
10. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book: A Lecture by Anthony Grafton

    Published: 6/22/2024
11. Malcolm Schofield, "How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

    Published: 6/21/2024
12. Robert D. Heaton, "The Shepherd of Hermas As Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

    Published: 6/16/2024
13. Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    Published: 6/13/2024
14. Catherine Michael Chin, "Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 6/9/2024
15. Scott Crawford, "The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 BC-89 AD: The Struggle of China and a Steppe Empire Told Through Its Key Figures (Pen & Sword, 2023)

    Published: 6/6/2024
16. Marcus Schmücker, "Visnu-Narayana: Changing Forms and the Becoming of a Deity in Indian Religious Traditions" (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2023)

    Published: 6/6/2024
17. Joshua Paul Smith, "Luke Was Not a Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts Within Judaism" (Brill, 2024)

    Published: 6/3/2024
18. Sarah Nooter, "How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality" (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 6/2/2024
19. David S. Richeson, "Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2019)

    Published: 5/28/2024
20. Jerome’s Tears (with David Bonagura Jr.): Death and Mourning in Christian Late Antiquity

    Published: 5/24/2024