Notre Dame Cathedral

Nine Centuries of History

Dany Sandron and Andrew Tallon, translated by Andrew Tallon and Lindsay Cook

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Since its construction, Notre Dame Cathedral has played a central role in French cultural identity. In the wake of the tragic fire of 2019, questions of how to restore the fabric of this quintessential French monument are once more at the forefront. This all-too-prescient book, first published in French in 2013, takes a central place in the conversation.

Crocodile Undone

The Domestication of Australia’s Fauna

Marcus Baynes-Rock

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“Baynes-Rock raises fundamental questions about private property, the fallacies of economics, and the wisdom of ecology. The challenges may be great, but at least this book presents ideas and possibilities that may help us face them.”—Piers Locke, coeditor of Conflict, Negotiation, and Coexistence: Rethinking Human-Elephant Relations in South Asia

The Enthymeme

Syllogism, Reasoning, and Narrative in Ancient Greek Rhetoric

James Fredal

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“A provocative and insightful study that compels readers to reconsider long-accepted notions of Hellenic rhetorical theory.”—Richard Leo Enos, author of Greek Rhetoric Before Aristotle

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress

From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry

Tracy Adams and Christine Adams

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“With this excellent and seamlessly coauthored study, Christine and Tracy Adams delve into the creation of the post of the royal significant other—an often overlooked category of premodern female power and influence. They move beyond the salacious to an intellectual understanding of the complementarity of gendered premodern political power.”—Zita Rohr, author of Yolande of Aragon (1381–1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry

Numayra

Excavations at the Early Bronze Age Townsite in Jordan, 1977–1983

Meredith S. Chesson, R. Thomas Schaub, and Walter E. Rast

The emergence of ancient urbanism has long held the interest of archaeologists attempting to understand the origins of inequality and its links to early urban life. This volume presents the results of archeological research at the Early Bronze Age sites of Numayra and Ras an-Numayra, conducted to investigate the rise of Early Bronze Age urban society, with a distinctive focus on links between environmental and social. . . (more)

Divine Doppelgängers

YHWH’s Ancient Look-Alikes

Edited by Collin Cornell

The Bible says that YHWH alone is God and that there is none like him—but texts and artwork from antiquity show that many gods looked very similar. In this volume, scholars of the Hebrew Bible and its historical contexts address the problem of YHWH’s ancient look-alikes, providing recommendations for how Jews and Christians can think theologically about this challenge.

Sooner or later, whether in a religion class or a seminary course, students bump up against. . . (more)