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An introduction to sacred writings that did not become part of the canon of the Old and New Testaments. The book contains a wide selection of these "lost" works - from words considered to be those of prophets, kings and patriarchs to legends and…

"This new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 BC shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges of the extremely formidable and ambitious world in which the Greek city-state was created and developed. Ranging widely…

Combining the convenience of a dictionary with the depth of a history of philosophy, this new reference book fills a great need and should prove exceedingly useful to all students and scholars in classics, philosophy, theology and linguistics. The…

"The purpose of the present work is to evoke as authentically as possible the spiritual climate in which the Gothic cathedral was born, and to do so by allowing contemporary witnesses to speak for themselves...to show how the Gothic cathedral was the…

"One of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature--designs revealed by slicing through a head of cabbage or an orange, the forms of shells and butterfly wings. These images are awesome not just…

Analyzes the literature and history of the Essenes, who, the author argues, developed in secrecy the tenets which would later be proclaimed by John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

Few artistic terms have had such a confused history as the word "Gothic." Andrew Martindale approaches this complex period by first setting up terms with which to deal with it. He considers Gothic art basically as the style that developed in the…