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“A beautifully illustrated book based on the fascinating theory that pagan and heretical beliefs are far more spread in Western culture than is usually realized, and that behind the imagery of numerous paintings and architectural motifs there are…

"This book provides an exhaustive examination of the historical development of a key story in the life of Muhammad, the tale told of his journey to the divine realm and back. It shows how in the early centuries of the Islamic community, both Sunni…

"The Pre-Platonic Philosophers reproduces the text of a lecture series delivered by the young Friedrich Nietzsche (then a philologist) at the University of Basel between 1872 and 1876. In these lectures, Nietzsche surveys the Greek philosophers from…

Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were depositedin graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeksand Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These…

2d ed. entirely rev. and largely augm.

This invaluable reference guide to more than five thousand words and phrases of the sacred language will enhance any home library.