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In rich detail, Hubert Wolf presents astonishing findingsfrom the recently opened Vati-can archives—discoveries thatclarify the relations betweenNational Socialism and theVatican. Never have the inner workings of the Vatican beenportrayed so fully and vividly.
“A must-read for anybody in-terested in theVatican’s rela-tionship with Germany in thetumultuous years leading uptoWorldWar II, includingthe hotly debated issue of thesilence of Pius XII. This book brings new complexity andinsight to the debate on Pius XII’s silence.”
—JOHN W. O’MALLEY, S.J., AUTHOR OF
WHAT HAPPENED AT VATICAN II
“[An] excellent examination of the Pius XIarchives…No stranger to the dark side of church history, and intimately familiar withecclesiastical dogma, politics, and procedure, Wolf presents sensitive material with ad-mirable evenhandedness…
Pope and Devil
gives us a behind-the-scenes exploration of what made theVatican tick.”
—MICHAEL R. MARRUS,
COMMONWEAL
Belknap 2010 28 halftones, 1 map 336 pp.Cloth $29.95 / £22.95
ISBN
978-0-674-05081-5
Fred Donner offers a lucid and original vision of how Islam first evolved.
“A learned and brilliantly original, yet conciseand accessible study of Islam’s formative firstcentury…Donner’s explanation of the processby which Muslims came to define themselvesis both fascinating and enlightening.”
—MAX RODENBECK,
NEW YORK TIMES
“Donner presents the intriguing view that theearly Islamic movement, as presided over by Muhammad, actively included Jews and Chris-tians in the flock as part of a general monothe-istic community. It was only later, afterMuhammad’s death, that a new generation of Muslims began ritualizing Islam with its owndistinctive practices, such as the hajj (pilgrim-age) and the five daily prayers…He raisesmany original points, gleaning evidence fromeverything from coinage to original sourcedocuments. Questioning longstanding stereo-types, he argues (and proves) that Muslims arenot, by nature, anti-Jewish and also that, basedon archeological evidence, Muslims did notroutinely tear down churches. The early Mus-lims, though brutal in war, created a sophisti-cated and organized civil system. For thosecurious about Islam’s beginnings, no book is asoriginal and as evenhanded as this succinctread.”
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Donner takes a fresh look at the heart andsoul of Islamic history.”
—JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE,
SAUDI GAZETTE
Belknap 2010 21 halftones, 6 maps 304 pp.Cloth $25.95 / £19.95
ISBN
978-0-674-05097-6
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Acknowledging that the category “Gnosticism” is flawed and must bereformed, David Brakke argues for a more careful approach to gather-ing evidence for the ancient Christian movement known as the Gnos-tic school of thought.
“Not since Elaine Pagels’s ground-breaking and best-selling
The Gnostic Gospels
(1979) has there been a work that communicates soclearly the content and significance of the “Gnostics” for our under-standing of early Christian history. The public and the academy need
The Gnostics
.”
—DENISE BUELL, WILLIAMS COLLEGE
2010 180 pp. Cloth $29.95 / £22.95
ISBN
978-0-674-04684-9
The
Book of the Dead
is not a single text but a compilation of spellsthat the ancient Egyptians believed would assist them in the afterlifeas they made their perilous journey toward the realm of the godsand the ultimate state of eternity. With contributions from leadingscholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells andpainted scenes, this fascinating and important book affords a greaterunderstanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly re-veals the hopes and fears of mortal man about the “world” beyond death.The whole is beautifully il-lustrated with specially commissioned photographs of these exceptional papyri and an array of contextual funerary objects—painted coffins, gilded masks, amulets, jewelry, tomb figurines, andmummy trappings.
2010 240 color illus. 312 pp.Cloth $35.00 / NA
ISBN
978-0-674-05750-0
The Vulgate Bible
, compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the turn of the fifth cen-tury
CE
, was used continuously from early medieval times through the twentiethcentury in the Western Christian (and, later, specifically Catholic) tradition. Itssignificance can hardly be overstated.The text influenced literature, visual art,music, and education in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and its contents lay atthe heart of much of Western theological, intellectual, artistic, and even politicalhistory of those periods. At the end of the sixteenth century, as Protestant vernac-ular Bibles became available, professors at a Catholic college first at Douay, then atRheims, translated
The Vulgate Bible
into English, among other reasons to com-bat the influence of rival theologies.This volume elegantly and affordably presents in Latin and English the text of thePentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, beginning with the creation of the world and the human race, continuing with the Great Flood, God’s covenant with Abraham, Israel’s flight from Egypt and wanderings through the wilderness, thelaws revealed to Moses, his mustering of the twelve tribes of Israel, and ending onthe eve of Israel’s introduction into the Promised Land.This is the first install-ment of five projected volumes in a complete set of
The Vulgate Bible
.
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, 1 2010 1200 pp.Cloth $29.95 / £19.95
ISBN
978-0-674-05534-6
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FEATURE TITLES ....................................................................2EARLY RELIGION....................................................................6 JUDAISM...................................................................................7CHRISTIANITY........................................................................8ISLAM......................................................................................12RELIGION IN ASIA................................................................16RELIGION IN THE AMERICAS...........................................17PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION...........................................21SCIENCE & RELIGION ........................................................23GIFT BOOKS..........................................................................24I TATTI....................................................................................25INDEX.....................................................................................26ORDER FORM.......................................................................27
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Harvard University Press's Religion brochure offers an introduction to our latest scholarship in the philosophy of religion, science and religion, the history of Christianity, religion in the Americas, the study of Islam, religion in Asia, early religion, and travel.
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