Scrinium Classical Antiquity

POWER, T. G., Suetonius the Biographer. Studies in Roman Lives. Oxford University Press, 2014. 352p. Hardback. Tristan Power and Roy Gibson, the editors of this new collection of thirteen lively essays, Suetonius the Biographer, seek to put the author in the spotlight by directing the critical focus squarely back to his craft as a biographer. By meeting Suetonius on his own terms, the contributors aim to clarify how and why he is an innovative writer still worth reading today ... as this stimulating collection of essays demonstrates, looking below the surface of Suetonius's text into the inner workings of the author's mind is richly rewarding. Rhiannon Ash, Times Literary Supplement |a 23/02/2015 (Publisher's information). € 130.44 (New) (MD)

POWER, T.G., and R.K. GIBSON, (eds.), Suetonius the Biographer. Studies in Roman Lives. Oxford University Press, 2018. 1st paperback ed. XII,338p. Paperback. Tristan Power and Roy Gibson, the editors of this new collection of thirteen lively essays, Suetonius the Biographer, seek to put the author in the spotlight by directing the critical focus squarely back to his craft as a biographer. By meeting Suetonius on his own terms, the contributors aim to clarify how and why he is an innovative writer still worth reading today . . . as this stimulating collection of essays demonstrates, looking below the surface of Suetonius's text into the inner workings of the author's mind is richly rewarding. (RHIANNON ASH, Times Literary Supplement |a 23.02.2015). € 34.00 (New)

POWERS, M., Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage. Oxford University Press, 2018. 248p. Hardback. Series: Classical Presences. [T]his thought-provoking book analyzes the strategies that contemporary theater companies have used to reclaim Greek tragedy in order to challenge stereotypes of underrepresented and marginalized communities in the US. . . . This book will be essential reading for scholars of Greek drama and performance studies, as well as for students and theater practitioners more broadly, and it invites future work on the power and pitfalls of the performance of identity through Greek tragedy today. Erika L. Weiberg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 11/08/2019 |a 09/08/2019 (Publisher's information). € 116.85 (New) (MD)

PRADEU, T. V., The Limits of the Self. Immunology and Biological Identity. Oxford University Press, 2012. 320p. Hardback. ... anyone interested in the fantastic and bewildering world of biomolecular recognition will be richly rewarded by this book. Uziel Awret, Metapsychology |a 10/01/2020 (Publisher's information). € 125.01 (New) (MD)

PRAECHTER, K., (ed.), Die Philosophie des Altertums. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1960. Photomechanical reprint 12th ed. XX,671,253p. Original blue cloth. Spine with gilt titled vignette. Cover a bit stained and a bit scratched. Spine discoloured. Titling to vignette fading. Ex libris sticker glued to paste down endpaper. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

PRAG, K., Re-Excavating Jerusalem. Archival Archaeology. Oxford University Press, 2018. 150p. Hardback. Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology. Built upon these archives, the book is one of the most comprehensive summaries of the archaeology and history of Kenyon's excavations, in which the views of the author intertwine with Kenyon's conclusions, and later findings by other researchers... To summarise, this is a most comprehensive and invaluable synthesis of the stratigraphic puzzles that Jerusalem presents to researchers, written by someone who has been immersed in this subject for many years. Sveta Matskevich, Strata: Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society 12/07/1905 |a 18/03/2021 (Publisher's information). € 47.56 (New)

PRAKAS, T., Poetic Priesthood in the Seventeenth Century. Reformed Ministry and Radical Verse. Oxford University Press, 2022. 254p. Hardback. € 103.27 (New)

PRAKKE, L. and C.A.J.M. KORTMANN, (eds.), Het staatsrecht van 15 landen van de Europese Unie. Kluwer, Deventer, 2009. 7th ed. XXIV,1063p. Hardbound. € 73.75 (New)

PRANGER, B., GOD (1000 - 1300) en andere essays over literaire aspecten van het Christendom. Verloren, Hilversum, 2013. 191p. Paperback. In het vroege en middeleeuwse christendom bestaat een permanente spanning tussen de vaste genres van de antieke retorica en lossere literaire taal van de Bijbel. In deze essaybundel wordt dit spanningsveld onderzocht. Artikelen over onder meer Augustinus, Gregorius de Grote, Beda en Bernard van Clairvaux tonen aan hoe dood, geweld en liefde niet het literaire privilege zijn van het moderne (Romantische) subject. Wel heeft in de loop der tijd dat Romantische subject zich vermengd met het religieuze. Burcht Pranger demonstreert hoe de moderne lezer methodisch te werk kan gaan om het literaire gehalte van oudere religieuze teksten op waarde te schatten. Inhoud: Inleiding Deel I Parameters: God (1000-1300) De kunstmatigheid van het christendom De ongenaakbaarheid van de Bijbel Het lam en de olifant: Gregorius de Grote en Beda Venerabilis Deel II Wonder en verhaal: Gerard Reve, God en Bernard van Clairvaux Narratieve superioriteit: Petrus Venerabilis en het bijenwonder De authenticiteit van de duivel: Gregorius de Grote en Heinrich von Kleist Nachttaal: het realisme van Gregorius van Tours Deel III Gebroken tijd: Geen tijd: Augustinus' bekering tussen uitstel en ogenblik Augustinus, Bernard en de Dood Monastieke toekomstverwachting Apocalyptiek als stijlkwestie Deel IV Nulpunt: Religieuze onverschilligheid Augustinus en het zwijgen der Sirenen. (Publisher's information). € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

PRANTL, C., Über die Entwicklung der Aristotelischen Logik aus der Platonischen Philosophie. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1968. (Photomechanical reprint ed.1855). 81p. Original grey cloth. Spine gilt titled. Cloth vaguely stained and partly discoloured. Else fine. Series: Libelli, CXCV. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)