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G.W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His latest book is The Crucible of Islam. (November 2019)
The Invention of Time
Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire
by Paul J. Kosmin
November 7, 2019 issue
The Many Lives of Palestine
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
by Nur Masalha
April 18, 2019 issue
Lost on the Road to Damascus
The Kingdom
by Emmanuel Carrère, translated from the French by John Lambert
April 20, 2017 issue
The Bible and the Perils of ‘Evolution’
The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible
by Carel van Schaik and Kai Michel
The Mediterranean World: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Napoleon
by Monique O’Connell and Eric R. Dursteler
Gottes Körper: Jüdische, christliche und pagane Gottesvorstellungen in der Antike [God’s Body: Jewish, Christian, and Pagan Conceptions of God in Antiquity]
by Christoph Markschies
October 27, 2016 issue
The Glory of Pergamon in New York
A new exhibition provides a wide-ranging exploration of the art and culture of the so-called Hellenistic world
Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World
an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, April 18–July 17, 2016
June 23, 2016 issue
The Classics: A Subtle New View
Classical Literature: An Epic Journey from Homer to Virgil and Beyond
by Richard Jenkyns
April 21, 2016 issue
Inside the Emperors’ Clothes
Rome transformed and refashioned the cultures it absorbed, and we live today with the aftermath of its conquests
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
by Mary Beard
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
by Tom Holland
Néron en Occident: Une figure de l’histoire
by Donatien Grau
December 17, 2015 issue
Who Was Saint Paul?
The most enigmatic and controversial figure in the early history of Christianity
St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
by Karen Armstrong
Who Made Early Christianity?: The Jewish Lives of the Apostle Paul
by John G. Gager
Paul’s Summons to Messianic Life: Political Theology and the Coming Awakening
by L.L. Welborn
Nietzsche Versus Paul
by Abed Azzam
November 5, 2015 issue
Money and Your Soul
The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity
by Peter Brown
May 21, 2015 issue
Please Pass the Blood
Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History
by Rachel Laudan
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey
by Gary Paul Nabhan
August 14, 2014 issue
What a Saga!
‘The Story of the Jews’ by Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BC–1492 AD
by Simon Schama
April 24, 2014 issue
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