Traugott Koch

Jesus von Nazareth, der Mensch Gottes

Jesus of Nazareth represents a challenge to us if we see him as he was and what he stood for: the coming of the kingdom of God and the beginning of a new life of ...

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Max Weber

Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe

In the world of economics, it has largely been forgotten that Max Weber was a tenured professor of economics and finance. This volume contains a critical edition of his lectures on national economic ...

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GmbHG – Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung

The success of the limited liability company (GmbH) as a legal form continues, due in part to the considerable flexibility of the limited ...

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Max Weber

Reisebriefe

This volume contains over seventy selected letters and cards from Western European countries and North America which describe the national, social and religious characteristics of each country, providing the reader with ...

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Cicero im Rahmen der römischen Bildungskultur

Cicero's philosophy provided diverse innovative impulses in 1st century BC Rome – especially regarding issues pertaining to education and religion. This volume sheds light on ...

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Cotton Mather

Biblia Americana

Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana (1693–1728) is colonial America's first commentary on the whole Bible. Perhaps best remembered for his writings on Salem witchcraft, the hugely prolific Mather was ...

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Stones, Tablets, and Scrolls

A constant re-evaluation of the new archaeological and textual material unearthed and edited in recent decades is a recurrent duty of ancient and modern scholars. The accumulated knowledge of archaeologists, ...

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The Medieval Luther

This revisionist study demonstrates Luther's deep familiarity with medieval philosophy and theology. It connects his doctrines of Christ, salvation, and the priesthood to broader late medieval historical, religious, and ...

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Christologie zwischen Judentum und Christentum

How can Christian traditions credibly speak of Jesus Christ without denigrating Judaism or appropriating it for their own ends? Arising from findings of contemporary exegesis, the ...

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Claus Luttermann / Karin Luttermann

Sprachenrecht für die Europäische Union

How do we shape European unity in diversity? The rule of law is lacking in our legal community because it is divided into 24 official ...

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Vulnerabilität / La vulnérabilité

Historical research has long occupied itself with the medieval understanding of human weakness and its religious-anthropologic causes. Yet a broader interdisciplinary investigation of notions ...

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Tomáš Cvrček

Schooling under control

New statistical evidence reveals that Empress Maria Theresa's famed school reform of 1774 – regarded as one of her signature achievements – was far less successful in bringing education to ...

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Max Weber

Gelehrtenbriefe

Max Weber's Letters of a Scholar lead directly to the knowledge making of one of modernity's greatest thinkers. But not only do they give insight into the life of this outstanding scholar, they also reveal a rich ...

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Thomas Olechowski

Hans Kelsen

The present biography traces the life of the legal philosopher Hans Kelsen (1881–1973), the »architect« of the Federal Constitutional Law of 1920, which is still in force in Austria until today. Kelsen is ...

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Max Weber

Wissenschaft als Beruf/ Politik als Beruf

Weber's famous speeches which he delivered to students in Munich at the end of his life, are presented together in a historical critical edition for the first time. Included ...

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Food Taboos and Biblical Prohibitions

This volume investigates the biblical food prohibitions with regard to their materiality, their nature as comparative cultural objects, and their anthropological nature, bringing together ...

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Sarah Stroumsa / Guy G. Stroumsa

Eine dreifältige Schnur: Über Judentum, Christentum und Islam in Geschichte und Wissenschaft

Sarah Stroumsa examines the intercommunal balance between ...

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Great Christian Jurists in German History

Part of a series of »Great Christian Jurists,« this volume presents 26 major German legal figures from medieval times until today. Freshly written chapters present leading Catholics and ...

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Georg Fischer

Jeremiah Studies

Recent research on the Book of Jeremiah reveals it as a meta-text. Georg Fischer shows that in dealing with earlier writings and using the example of the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC at the end of the ...

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Hans-Josef Klauck

Studien zum Korpus der johanneischen Schriften

In this volume, Hans-Josef Klauck presents the manifold topics of the Johannine writings. He begins with John 2–4, as the first missionary journey of ...

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Gerald Wagner / François Vouga

Der erste Brief des Petrus

Gerald Wagner and François Vouga portray the strategy of non-violence and the revelation theology of history of 1 Peter, which lay the foundation for the Christian ...

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