History

Responding to the cultural crises occasioned by World War I, the German intellectuals Adolf von Harnack and Werner Jaeger acted as leading representatives of the humanities and sought to assert the enduring significance of ancient wisdom and humanistic scholarship for the budding Weimar Republic.

In late antiquity, exile in various forms was one of the punishments of both Roman law and internal church discipline. Using numerous ancient sources, Florian Schwarz presents the different types of exile and their effects as well as specific individual fates.

Philo of Alexandria was one of the most prolific authors in Antiquity. Long studied as a Bible exegete and Platonist philosopher in Alexandria, the contributors to this volume explore his engagement with the Roman world, Early Christianity, and Greek philosophy.

What is the authentic text of the Augsburg Confession of 1530? This has been debated since the 16th century and the answers vary. Andreas Stegmann traces the debate and argues for going back to the manuscripts from the time of the Diet of Augsburg in 1530.