Scrinium Classical Antiquity

GOSSE, E., A Short History of Modern English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 430p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Edmund Gosse (1849–1928), author and literary critic, held posts as a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and librarian to the House of Lords; he was honoured with a knighthood in 1925. His 1897 history of English literature (of which the version reissued here was published a year later by William Heinemann as Volume 3 in the series Short Histories of the Literatures of the World) traces the nation's greatest literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson, across eleven chapters. Rather than concentrating on biographical or sociological detail of English literary history, Gosse's book instead focuses on literary technique and style, intending to instil 'a feeling of the evolution of English Literature in the primary sense of the term'. Gosse had his detractors, who accused him of a cavalier approach to factual detail, but his novel approach to literary criticism means that the work can still be read with interest and enjoyment. (Publisher's information). € 41.26 (New) (MD)

GOTTESMAN, A., Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (....), 2017. 1st paperback ed. XIII,247p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. 'The main challenge of this volume - that we acknowledge the politicking that occurred outside of Athenian institutions, even if the dynamics and details of those exchanges are even more obscure than the institutional debates they shaped - is a worthy one.Throughout this volume Gottesman remains very sensitive to the limitations of his evidence and its interpretation, whether he is reading Aeschylean tragedy or fragmentary third-century inscriptions; although they are merely ‘glimpses’ of the Street, together his individual sources provide an outlook on the Athenian experience that demands additional study. (...) Although Gottesman suggests that the preponderance of elite literary texts means that ‘[w]e cannot access the Street directly’, the line of inquiry he sets out leads not into a cul-de-sac but rather down a broad boulevard that will reward our further exploration.' (BENJAMIN KEIM in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.04.40). € 29.50 (New)

GOTTHELF, A., Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology. Oxford University Press, 2012. 464p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies Series. For scholars approaching Aristotle's biological treatises for the first time, the value of this book is found in the comprehensive way of understanding Aristotle's work that emerges from the collection of Gotthelf's best contributions. For scholars already familiar with Gotthelf's work, the value comes in the chapters published for the first time and from the fact that this work collects together the various parts of Gotthelf's interpretation in the way Gotthelf himself thinks these parts fit together. That the book includes an impressive list of references and indexes (locorum, names, and subjects) further increases its value as a reference for those engaging with Aristotleas biological treatises. Byron J. Styles, Mind |a 29/09/2015 (Publisher's information). € 163.05 (New) (MD)

GOTTLIEB, M., Faith and Freedom. Moses Mendelssohn's Theological-Political Thought. Oxford University Press, 2011. 224p. Hardback. a lucid piece of writing which makes a significant contribution to current Mendelssohn scholarship. K. Hannah Holtschneider, Expository Times 21/11/2012 (Publisher's information). € 108.70 (New) (MD)

GOTTLIEB, M., The Jewish Reformation. Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism as Spiritual Enterprise. Oxford University Press, 2021. 472p. Hardback. In a riveting work, Michah Gottlieb tells the story of the Jewish Reformation-namely, the endeavor to reconstruct a new form of Judaism grounded in German middle-class modernity. Gottlieb both unsettles and reconstitutes the boundaries between Protestantism and Judaism, and redefines, in original ways, such terms as Orthodoxy and Reform. This excellent work raises fascinating questions about how we read religious texts; what is specific about such readings and what is universal about them; and how translation, education, and novel understandings of culture and cultural production generate new exegetical practices. Perspectives in History Nov 2022 |a 09/12/2022 (Publisher's information). € 100.55 (New)

GOTTLIEB, M., The Jewish Reformation. Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism as Spiritual Enterprise. Oxford University Press, 2023. 480p. Paperback. In a riveting work, Michah Gottlieb tells the story of the Jewish Reformation-namely, the endeavor to reconstruct a new form of Judaism grounded in German middle-class modernity. Gottlieb both unsettles and reconstitutes the boundaries between Protestantism and Judaism, and redefines, in original ways, such terms as Orthodoxy and Reform. This excellent work raises fascinating questions about how we read religious texts; what is specific about such readings and what is universal about them; and how translation, education, and novel understandings of culture and cultural production generate new exegetical practices. Perspectives in History (Publisher's information). € 35.31 (New)

GOTTLIEB, R. S., Spirituality. What It Is and Why It Matters. Oxford University Press, 2012. 256p. Paperback. The single best book giving an objective look at the burgeoning interest in spirituality that exists in the English language. Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor-in-chief of Tikkun (Publisher's information). € 50.26 (New) (MD)

GOTTLIEB, R. S., Spirituality. What It Is and Why It Matters. Oxford University Press, 2012. 256p. Hardback. The single best book giving an objective look at the burgeoning interest in spirituality that exists in the English language. Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor-in-chief of Tikkun (Publisher's information). € 146.07 (New) (MD)

GOTTSCHALD, M., (ed.), Augustus und seine Zeit. Suetons Biographie und andere Quellen. Text mit Einleitung Kommentar. Teubner, Leipzig / Berlin, 1927/26. 2 vols. 104,55p. ills. Folding maps in first vol. Sewn. Bit yellowed. Series: Teubners Schülerausgaben. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

GOTTSCHALK, H.B., Heraclides of Pontus. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980. X,178p. Cloth wrps. With errata leaflet. 'Dr Gottschalk has written a study which provides the basis for a properly balanced assessment of Heraclides' historical significance. The result, except perhaps for astronomy, will disappoint anyone by whom Heraclides was cherished as an unsung genius. (...) Heraclides' philosophy was 'a popular form of Platonism' (p.140). (...) But it is difficult to know what we are talking about when reference is made to 'Heraclides' philosophy'. One of his most distinctive contributions was 'to make propaganda for the contempaltive life' (p.32). (...) Heraclides was also interested in collecting 'factual' material on oracles, and laws, in tracing the origins of the musical modes, in doing many of the things we associate with Peripatetic research. (...) Gottschalk is inclined to see Heraclides as an isolated figure of limited influence on his successors. (...) Dr Gottschalk has cleared the ground admirably. I hope it is not grudging to wish he had done more to create an imaginative and social context for identifying the aims and methods of Heraclides and his like.' (A.A. LONG in The Classical Review (New Series), 1982, pp.200-01). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)