books by Brill Academic Pub     books:     Brill Academic Pub      Democracy and Democratization in Africa: Towards the 21st Century (International Studies in Sociology and ... Brill Academic Pub, 1997 The cvontributors to this volume debate the most relevant political models for African countries against the backdrop of the competing claims of socialism and capitalism, asking whether democracy can survive in the shadow of intractable economic problems. Also discussed are the questions of ethnicity, leadership, the power of the military, and ...             Colonialism in the Margins: Cultural Encounters in New Sweden and Lapland (The Atlantic World) Gunlog Maria Fur Brill Academic Pub, 2006 This book explores Swedish encounters with American Indians in the New Sweden colony on the Delaware River during the second half of the seventeenth century. To place Swedish-Indian interactions in perspective, a comparison is made with Swedish-Saami colonial relations during the same time period. These were two expressions of Great Power ...             Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism Brill Academic Pub, 2006 up to date, elucidating; an indispensable, stimulating read This insightful new dictionary is absolutely indispensable for academic research as well as for the spiritual seeker who wants to know more about ideas and practices of the traditions of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Every article is a pleasure to read by style and ...             The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century Igor De Rachewiltz Brill Academic Pub, 2006 Definitive Version of the Secret History of the Mongols For decades students of "The Secret History of the Mongols" (the primary source on the life of Genghis Khan) have been using de Rachewiltz's indexed text and his tentative chapter-by-chapter translations. Now we have his 1500 page magnum opus. De Rachewiltz has ...             Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism: Collected Essays, 1962-2004 (Supplements to Novum ... Eldon Jay Epp Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This collection of frequently cited articles and chapters published from 1962 to 2004 provides perspective on the history and development of New Testament textual criticism, with descriptions and critique of the major text-critical theories and methods. Specific manuscripts and text-types, such as the Codex Bezae and the D-text are discussed, as ...             Contribution of the Rwanda Tribunal to the Development of International Law (Developments in International ... L. J. van den Herik Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This book offers a thorough analysis of the establishment and the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Furthermore, it gives insight into how the Rwanda Tribunal has operated in practice during its first ten years and it examines the case law on the three major international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war ...             Evidence in International Litigation Chittharanjan F. Amerasinghe Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This book presents a well-defined analysis of the basic principles of evidence deriving them from the general rule of procedure requiring a ?fair trial?, which is a fundamental human right. The basic principles relating to the burden of proof, cooperation in the production of evidence as well as the standard of proof, among others, are examined by ...             The Book of Tobit: Text, Tradition, Theology: Papers of the First International Conference on the ... Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This volume contains the proceedings of the first of an international series of conferences on the deuterocanonical literature organised by the Shime?on Centre in Pápa, Hungary. Renowned international scholars of the field treat questions of text in the Book of Tobit, the underlying traditions and theological questions. The importance of the ...             Public Islam and the Common Good Brill Academic Pub, 2006 This book explores the public role of Islam in contemporary world politics. "Public Islam" refers to the diverse invocations and struggles over Islamic ideas and practices that increasingly influence the politics and social life of large parts of the globe. The contributors to this volume show how public Islam articulates competing notions and ...             Letters in the Louvre (Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Un D Ubersetzung) Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This book is the fourteenth volume in the series "Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift und Ubersetzung", which aims to make the many - often dispersed - letters from the Old Babylonian period available in transliteration and translation. Volume 14 collects 226 Old Babylonian letters from the Louvre. After the earlier publication of the letters of ...             A Jewish Philosopher of Baghdad: Izz Al-dawla Ibn Kammuna (D. 683/1284) and His Writings (Islamic Philosophy, ... Reza Pourjavady, Sabine Schmidtke Brill Academic Pub, 2006 For a long time, the study of the life and work of the Jewish thinker 'Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammna' (683/1284) remained limited to a very small number of texts. Interest in Ibn Kammna' in the Western Christian world dates back to the 17th century, when Barthelemy Herbelot (1624-1695) included information on two of Ibn Kammna's works - his examination ...             Mesopotamian Chronicles (Writings from the Ancient World) (Writings from the Ancient World) Jean-Jacques Glassner Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This English translation of Glassner?s Chroniques Mésopotamiennes (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1993) collects all chronicle literature of ancient Mesopotamia from the early second millenium to Seleucid times. The volume, which incorporates revisions and additions by the author and a transcription of the cuneiform, includes every example of ...             Japan's Foreign Policy, 1945-2003: The Quest for a Proactive Policy Kazuhiko Togo Brill Academic Pub, 2005 This book describes major aspects of Japanese foreign policy from WWII to the present. Bilateral relations with the US, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Russia, Europe and the Middle East as well as multilateral diplomacy are analysed. Written by a former diplomat who was deeply involved in major issues of postwar Japanese foreign policy, it provides ...             Handbook of Patristic Exegesis: The Bible in Ancient Christianity Charles Kannengiesser Brill Academic Pub, 2006 Through this "Handbook of Patristic Exegesis", the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the first five centuries of Christianity, the so-called patristic era. The handbook offers ...             A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der ... Gregorio Del Olmo Lete, Joaquin Sanmartin Brill Academic Pub, 2002 Since the mid-twentieth century Ugaritic studies has witnessed an enormous increase of edited texts. Naturally, but scattered in numerous publications, at the same time huge advances have been made in epigraphy, grammatical analysis and lexicography. The current dictionary is an updated and considerably augmented English edition - prepared by ...          products you might be interested in search for books altbabylonische, democratization, deuterocanonical, international, orientalistik, perspectives      toavi.com    web we recommend up to date, elucidating; an indispensable, stimulating read randomly chosen DVD: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood ...