New Books in Ancient History

634 Episodes

1. David S. Richeson, "Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2019)

   Published: 5/28/2024
2. Jerome’s Tears (with David Bonagura Jr.): Death and Mourning in Christian Late Antiquity

   Published: 5/24/2024
3. Arjen F. Bakker, "The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Brill, 2023)

   Published: 5/23/2024
4. Wally V. Cirafesi, "John Within Judaism: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Shaping of Jesus-Oriented Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel" (Brill, 2021)

   Published: 5/21/2024
5. Christine Abigail L. Tan, "Freedom's Frailty: Self-Realization in the Neo-Daoist Philosophy of Guo Xiang's Zhuangzhi" (SUNY Press, 2024)

   Published: 5/21/2024
6. Andrea Cucchiarelli, "A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 5/21/2024
7. Daniel R. Schwartz, "Ancient Jewish Historians and the German Reich: Seven Studies" (de Gruyter, 2024)

   Published: 5/19/2024
8. Bryan K. Miller, "Xiongnu: The World's First Nomadic Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 5/1/2024
9. Markus Vinzent, "Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

   Published: 4/30/2024
10. Plutarch as Philosopher and Political Thinker: A Conversation with Hugh Liebert

    Published: 4/18/2024
11. Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, "The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation" (Princeton UP, 2022)

    Published: 4/18/2024
12. D. Clint Burnett, "Christ's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context" (de Gruyter, 2020)

    Published: 4/13/2024
13. Jae Hee Han, "Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

    Published: 4/13/2024
14. Peter Scharf, "Ramopakhyana - the Story of Rama in the Mahabharata" (Routledge, 2023)

    Published: 4/11/2024
15. Hume, the Epicureans, and the Origins of Liberalism

    Published: 4/10/2024
16. Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/9/2024
17. Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/7/2024
18. Michael LeFebvre, "Collections, Codes, and Torah: The Re-characterization of Israel's Written Law" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

    Published: 4/6/2024
19. Patrick Olivelle, "Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King" (Yale UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/4/2024
20. Georgia Frank, "Unfinished Christians: Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late Antiquity" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

    Published: 4/3/2024