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Children in the Bible and the ancient world : comparative and historical methods in reading ancient children /

Table of Contents: “…: Educators and the accusation of sexual abuse in Roman Antiquity; Roman schools and Roman views of sexuality; Sex in the classroom; Accusations against educators; Evidence ranked according to the type of educator; Lucian and the Greek dossier; The Pergamene youth: literary evidence and social history…”
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The limits of ethics in international relations natural law, natural rights, and human rights in transition / by Boucher, David, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Classical natural law and the law of nations: the Greeks and the Romans -- Christian natural law: a universal morality -- Natural law, the law of nations, and the transition to natural rights -- Natural rights and social exclusion: cultural encounters -- Natural rights: descriptive and prescriptive -- Natural rights and their critics -- Slavery and racism in natural law and natural rights -- Nonsense upon stilts? …”
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The art of censorship in postwar Japan / by Cather, Kirsten

Table of Contents: “…Lady Chatterley's censor (1951-1957) -- The legacy of Chatterley : Sade (1961-1969) and beyond -- Dirt for politics' sake : the Black Snow trial (1965-1969) -- Dirt for money's sake : the Nikkatsu Roman porn trial (1972-1980) -- Pornographic adaptations of the classics : The safflower (1948-1950) and The record of the night battles at Dannoura (1970-1976) -- Kafū : censored, dead or alive (1948-1950, 1973-1980) -- A picture's worth a thousand words : in the realm of the senses (1976-1982) -- Japan's first manga trial : Honey room (2002-2007).…”
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Beyond bumper sticker ethics : an introduction to theories of right and wrong / by Wilkens, Steve, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Bumper stickers and ethical systems -- When in Rome, do as the Romans do: cultural relativism -- Look out for number one: ethical egoism -- I couldn't help myself: behaviorism -- Survival of the (ethical) fittest: evolutionary ethics -- The greatest happiness: utilitarianism -- It's your duty: Kantian ethics -- Be good: virtue ethics -- The moral of the story is ... : narrative ethics -- All you need is love: situation ethics -- Doing what comes naturally: natural law ethics -- God said it, I believe it, that settles it: divine command theory -- Unraveling the options.…”
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An archaeological survey of the Gournia landscape a regional history of the Mirabello Bay, Crete, in antiquity /

Table of Contents: “…Vance Watrous -- Hellenistic-Roman periods : expansion of the isthmus in an international era / Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan -- Conclusions / L. …”
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Maternal Megalomania Julia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood / by Langford, Julie, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- Conclusion -- chapter 2. Romancing Romans : Julia Domna and the Populus Romanus -- The Nature of the Sources -- The Princeps and the Plebs -- The Roman Populace, Public Demonstrations and Divine Inspiration -- Severan Propaganda and the Urban Plebs -- Julia Domna in Severan Propaganda -- Severus, the populus Romanus and the Collegia -- And Julia Domna? …”
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Translating emotion studies in transformation and renewal between languages /

Table of Contents: “…Emotions contained and converted: Goethe's Roman elegies and translation / Florian Krobb -- Translation and transformation: a case study from medieval Irish and English / Michael Clarke -- East meets West: some Portuguese translations of Eastern poetry / John Kinsella -- Channelling emotions, eliciting responses: translation as performance / Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin -- Auditory images as sites of emotion: translating Gerard Manley Hopkins into French / Kathleen Shields -- A dash of the foreign: the mixed emotions of difference / Michael Cronin -- Love and other subtitles: comedic and abusive subtitling in Annie Hall and Wayne's world / Michelle Woods.…”
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Classical sculpture and the culture of collecting in Britain since 1760 by Coltman, Viccy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Lord Lansdowne's Wounded Amazon -- 'The loving labours of a learned German' : Adolf Michaelis and the historiography of classical sculpture in Britain -- 'The spoils of Roman grandeur' : correspondence collecting and the market in Rome -- The operations of sculpture : (Re) writing restoration -- Collecting and global politics : the export of marbles from Rome and their transport to Britain -- 'The lecture on Venus's arse' : Richard Cosway's Charles Townley with a group of connoisseurs, c.1771-5 -- 'Placed with propriety' : the display and viewing of ancient sculpture -- 'Casting a lustful eye' : Charles Townley as collector and cataloguer -- Conclusion : Joseph Nollekens' The judgement of Paris.…”
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Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD essays in macro-economic history / by Maddison, Angus

Table of Contents: “…The contours of world development 2 -- The history of macro-measurement 5 -- The shape of things to come 6 -- Contours of world development, 1--2003AD -- 1the Roman Empire and its economy 11 -- Introduction 11 -- Key characteristics accounting for Roman success in empire building 13 -- Conquest of the Italian Peninsula, 396--191BC 17 -- The empire building process 18 -- The disintegration of the empire 30 -- Roman demography 32 -- Roman income 44 -- Endnotes 61 -- Bibliography 62 -- 2The resurrection of Western Europe and the transformation of the americas 69 -- Why and when did the west get rich? …”
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Cultural history of early modern European streets

Table of Contents: “…Cohen -- Urban landscapes : houses, streets and squares of 18th century Lisbon / Maria Helena Barreiros -- Mechanisms of the hue and cry in Kolozsvár in the second half of the sixteenth century / Emese Bálint -- Urban order and street regulation in seventeenth-century Sweden / Riitta Laitinen and Dag Lindström -- To pray, to work, to hear, to speak : women in Roman streets, c. 1600 / Elizabeth S. Cohen -- Gossip and street culture in early modern Venice / Alexander Cowan -- To see and to be seen : beauty in the early modern London street / Anu Korhonen.…”
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World religions and norms of war

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Vesselin Popovski -- Religion and war / Vesselin Popovski -- Norms of war in Hinduism / Kaushik Roy -- Norms of war in Theravada Buddhism / Mahinda Deegalle -- Norms of war in Japanese religion / Robert Kisala -- Norms of war in Judaism / Jack Bemporad -- Norms of war in Roman Catholic Christianity / Gregory M. Reichberg -- Norms of war in Eastern Orthodox Christianity / Yuri Stoyanov -- Norms of war in Protestant Christianity / Valerie Ona Morkevicius -- Norms of war in Shia Islam / Davood Feirahi -- Norms of war in Sunni Islam / Amira Sonbol -- Norms of war in cross-religious perspective / Gregory M. …”
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Architecture history, theory and preservation : prehistory to the middle ages / by Pabón-Charneco, Arleen

Table of Contents: “…As Many Stars As In The Sky: Roman Architecture 8. One True Faith: Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Shinto Architecture 9. …”
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Testamentary formalities /

Table of Contents: “…Testamentary formalities in Roman law -- Testamentary formalities in Early Modern Europe -- Testamentary formalities in France and Belgium -- Testamentary formalities in Spain -- Testamentary formalities in Latin America with particular reference to Brazil -- Testamentary formalities in Italy -- Testamentary formalities in the Netherlands -- Testamentary formalities in Germany -- Testamentary formalities in Austria -- Testamentary formalities in Hungary -- Testamentary formalities in Poland -- Testamentary formalities in Islamic Law and their reception in the modern laws of Islamic countries -- Testamentary formalities in England and Wales -- Testamentary formalities in Australia and New Zealand -- Testamentary formalities in the United States of America -- Testamentary formalities in South Africa -- Testamentary formalities in Scotland -- Testamentary formalities in historical and comparative perspective.…”
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Things that Travelled : Mediterranean Glass in the First Millennium CE by ROSENOW, Phelps

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of Contributors; 1 A special group of early Christian glass 'gems' from Greece; Introduction; Glass workshop in Vasileos Irakleiou 44, Thessaloniki; Distribution range; Solinos; Ierissos; Fourka; Louloudies; Dion; Velika; Constantinople; Other sites; Uses; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Gold-glasses: From their origin to Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean; Introduction; Object of the study; Late Classical period; Hellenistic period; Late Hellenistic and early Roman period…”
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Redescribing Paul and the Corinthians

Table of Contents: “…Stowers -- Paul's "apocalypticism" and the Jesus-associations at Thessalonica and Corinth / Richard S. Ascough -- Graeco-Roman thiasoi, the ekklesia at Corinth, and conflict management / John S. …”
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Rome re-imagined twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the eternal city /

Table of Contents: “…Boustan -- Viewing Rome from the Roman Empires / Emily Albu -- An Assessment of the Political Symbolism of the City of Rome in the Writings of John of Salisbury / Irene A. …”
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Church laws and ecumenism : a new path for Christian unity /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Norman Doe -- The evolution of the principles of Christian Law / Norman Doe -- Roman Catholic Canon Law / Aidan McGrath OFM and Robert Ombres OP -- The Law of the Eastern Catholic Churches / Astrid Kaptijn -- The Orthodox Canonical Tradition / Nikos Maghioros -- The Anglican Canonical Tradition / Mark Hill -- Lutheran Church Law / Andreas Aarflot -- Methodist Law and Discipline / John Harrod -- Reformed Church Order / Leon van den Broeke -- Presbyterian Polityand Practice / John Chalmers -- Baptist Church Polity / Paul Goodliff -- Pentecostal Church Polity / Paul Rochester -- The Polityofthe United and Uniting Churches / Leo J.Koffeman -- Conclusion / Aetios, Grand Ecclesiarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.…”
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Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition

Table of Contents: “…Not all politicians are Sisyphus: what Roman Epicureans were taught about politics Jeffrey Fish; 6. …”
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Clio and the poets Augustan poetry and the traditions of ancient historiography /

Table of Contents: “…The Historian in Ovid. The Roman History of -- Metamorphoses 14-15191 -- Philip Hardie -- 11. …”
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É/change transitions et transactions dans la littérature française /

Table of Contents: “…Hartigan -- Transactions -- Strangers in the sepulchre, exchanging glances : depictions of Hector's death in the illuminated manuscripts of the Roman de Troie / Siân Prosser -- Le texte et l'image dans les livres d'emblèmes du xviie siècle : rapports d'hospitalité ou de sujétion? …”
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