Product Description: Edwin Yamauchi received his Ph.D. in Mediterranean Studies from Brandeis University in 1964, where he studied under Cyrus H. Gordon. Mandaic Incantation Texts is the revision of his dissertation, which was originally published in 1967 in the American Oriental Society monograph series...read more

Tells the history of Christianity, detailing how a movement of faith that originated in an obscure part of the Roman Empire mushroomed in size and spread until its spiritual power was felt throughout the world. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Africa and Africans in Antiquity assesses recent historical research and archaeology under way in Egypt, North Africa, the Sudan, and the Horn of Africa. Whereas many European and American scholars of earlier generations believed that Egyptian contacts with Africa to the south were not culturally significant, research contained in this important collection rejects such notions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: An analysis of the peoples, rulers, and cities of Persia and the role they played in Old Testament history. Packed with illustrations and more than 100 photographs.

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