Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony Gerry Helleiner

Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony Gerry HelleinerReeves demonstrates that the motifs of Jewish Enochic literature, in particular those of the story of the Watchers and Giants, form the skeletal structure of Mani's cosmological teachings, and that Chapters 1 to 11 of Genesis fertilized Near Eastern thought, even to the borders of India and China.

Sheds new light on the cultural origins and practical ambitions of the French Revolution through an analysis of debates over education in eighteenth-century France

it ultimately rests upon engagement with the wider citizenship regime in China

‘Fighting Scholars’ presents insightful ethnographic research on a range of different martial arts and combat sports

Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee without New York

The list of contributors is impressive and quite consciously eclectic

Méliès was also the first cinematic auteur

results in a failure to understand the basic political terminology

the first feature made by a New Zealander

maintenance and dissolution of empires

complemented by film stills and expanded references

This volume explores the meaning of republicanism in contemporary Ireland

a floor worn by water and millenniums of footsteps presents a play of shadows that dance to the whims of the sun