Martin Hengel / Anna Maria Schwemer

Geschichte des frühen Christentums

The second volume of the History of Early Christianity deals with the history up to the council in Jerusalem 48/49 AD and describes the history ...

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Between Canonical and Apocryphal Texts

How do apocryphal texts rewrite and reinterpret traditions from earlier, authoritative texts? The volume compares processes of reception and interpretation in early Jewish and early Christian ...

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Epistemische Tugenden

This volume deals with epistemic virtues from history of the humanities, philosophical, media-, and literary studies perspectives. A focal point is the relationship between scientific and socio-cultural or moral norms.

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Thomas Kaufmann

Die Mitte der Reformation

In this work, Thomas Kaufmann provides micrological analyses of the collaboration between the various actors (authors, printers, publishers, book dealers, xylographers etc.) in the ...

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Sebastian Gößling

Europäisches Kollisionsrecht und internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit

International commercial arbitration is regularly the subject of controversial debates. In this context Sebastian ...

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Andrea Issad

Islamisch inspirierte Testamente

How should German civil law deal with a will written by a Muslim testator which follows the traditional sharia law of inheritance? Andrea Issad's study examines the scope of testation ...

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Patrick Bahl

Die Macht der Sünde im Römerbrief

Against the backdrop of Graeco-Roman argumentation theory and Jewish-Hellenistic argumentation practice, Patrick Bahl's exegetical and history of theology study investigates the ...

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Säkulare Prozessionen

The contributions in this volume focus on processions and parades that do not derive directly from or have functions in religious cult or ecclesial liturgy, e.g., triumphal processions, political demonstrations, ...

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Constantin Plaul

Verstehen und Religion im Werk Wilhelm Diltheys

Constantin Plaul devotes himself to the development of Wilhelm Dilthey's concept of understanding, focusing initially on his philological context of ...

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Übertragungen heiliger Texte in Judentum, Christentum und Islam

What is the range of options for transferring the Tanach, the Christian Bible or the Quran into other languages or media? The case studies presented in ...

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Sabrina Hoppe

Der Protestantismus als Forum und Faktor

Sabrina Hoppe's analysis of socially-orientated Protestantism's networks sheds light on its aspirations and self-image, and describes its role in debates about the ...

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The Pentateuch

»The essays in this volume provide important insights about the way toward a better understanding of the Pentateuch's literary development.«Angela Roskop Erisman in Journal of the American Oriental Society 133.3 (2013), p. ...

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Hermann-Josef Stipp

Jeremia 25–52

This commentary builds on recent insights into the textual history of the Book of Jeremiah spurred by the manuscript discoveries at Qumran and the ensuing re-evaluation of the ancient translation of ...

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Johannes Hess

Selen

The material history of selenium between 1870 and 1930 leads from chemical factories to electro-physical laboratories and inventors' workshops, and into the studios of experimental artists. Through the migration of the ...

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Jean-François Kervégan

Was tun mit Carl Schmitt?

Despite his association with National Socialism, Carl Schmitt has deeply influenced today's philosophy of law and politics. Jean-François Kervégan's new volume spans three ...

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Julia Angster / Dieter Gosewinkel / Christoph Gusy

Staatsbürgerschaft im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert

Citizenship is a legal institute deeply enshrined in European history. It defines essential forms of ...

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Europäische Verfassungen 1789–1990

This textbook is geared towards students but also offers legal scholars and anyone interested in the law a clear and comprehensive overview of European constitutional history. The main German ...

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Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart. Neue Folge

The core theme of the latest volume of the yearbook is the election and its role at the centre of all democratic processes. Contradictions and options for the ...

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Eberhard Eichenhofer

Sozialrecht

In the latest edition of this classic work, Eberhard Eichenhofer updates the legal and economic developments affecting the law of social security. New legislation, rulings and literature are all ...

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Günter Figal

Philosophy as Metaphysics

Günter Figal presents a lively discussion of classical Greek philosophy (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle). Affirming the classical conception of philosophy, he critically reformulates it, and ...

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