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ROGERSON, A., Virgil's Ascanius: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2020. 245p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Ascanius is the most prominent child hero in Virgil's Aeneid. He accompanies his father from Troy to Italy and is present from the first book of the epic to the last; he is destined to found the city of Alba Longa and the Julian family to which Caesar and Augustus both belonged; and he hunts, fights, makes speeches, and even makes a joke. In this first book-length study of Virgil's Ascanius, Anne Rogerson demonstrates the importance of this character not just to the Augustan family tree but to the texture and the meaning of the Aeneid. As a figure of prophecy and a symbol both of hopes for the future and of present uncertainties, Ascanius is a fusion of epic and dynastic desires. Compelling close readings of the representation and reception of this understudied character throughout the Aeneid expose the unexpectedly childish qualities of Virgil's heroic epic. (Publisher's information). € 29.12 (New) (MD)

ROGERSON, J. W. and MCKAY, J. W., Psalms 1-50. Cambridge University Press, 1977. 256p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament. This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship, and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the NEB text with commentary. Dr Rogerson and Dr McKay stress the richness and variety of the material in the Psalms, and provide an analytical table of the predominant themes. They discuss the literary characteristics of Hebrew poetry with special reference to devices such as the acrostic, and examine the problems faced by the NEB translators. Over the years many different approaches have been made to the interoperation of the Psalms. The authors characterize these as the spiritual, the historical, the form-critical and the cultic approach, and their own commentary strikes an effective balance between them. One of their primary purposes is to bring out the religious teaching of permanent value within the Psalms. (Publisher's information). € 37.62 (New) (MD)

ROGERSON, J. W. and MCKAY, J. W., Psalms 51-100. Cambridge University Press, 1977. 252p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament. This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the N.E.B. text with commentary. (Publisher's information). € 43.68 (New) (MD)

ROGERSON, J. W. and MCKAY, J. W., Psalms 101-150: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 1977. 208p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament. This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship, and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the New English Bible text with commentary. Dr Rogerson and Dr McKay stress the richness and variety of the material in the Psalms, and provide an analytical table of the predominant themes. They discuss the literary characteristics of Hebrew poetry with special reference to devices such as the acrostic, and examine the problems faced by the New English Bible translators. Over the years many different approaches have been made to the interpretation of the Psalms. The authors characterize these as the spiritual, the historical, the form-critical and the cultic approaches, and their own commentary strikes an effective balance between them. One of their primary purposes is to bring out the religious teaching that is of permanent value within the Psalms. (Publisher's information). € 35.18 (New) (MD)

ROGERSON, J. W. L., The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. Oxford University Press, 2006. 920p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Handbooks. This substantial collection of essays provides a good survey to current Biblical Studies... The arrangement of the articles as well as the focus of the volume raises a number of interesting issues for evangelical readers. Christoph Stenschke, European Journal of Theology 04/08/2009 (Publisher's information). € 183.43 (New) (MD)

ROGERSON, J. W. L., The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. Oxford University Press, 2008. 920p. Paperback. Series: Oxford Handbooks. The present exhaustive volume offers an up-to-date comprehensive survey of Biblical studies at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Christoph Stenschke, Dharma Deepika 27/01/2009 (Publisher's information). € 51.62 (New) (MD)

ROGET, F., Van Nicea tot Bonifatius. De Kerk verbasterd in Romeinse politiek en samenleving. Kok, Kampen, 1981. 233p. Bound wrps. (Translation from the french 'De Constantin à Grégoire-le-Grand ou l'Esprit chrétien et l'Esprit politique dans l'histoire de l'Église chrétienne, Lausanne, 1863). € 17.00 (Antiquarian)

ROGET, P. M., Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2014. 464p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics. Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), of Huguenot stock, trained as a physician in Edinburgh and London, yet he was increasingly drawn to the sciences, corresponding with Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Beddoes and Humphry Davy. He practised medicine (free of charge) in London at the Northern Dispensary, which he co-founded, and lectured on physiology and medical topics. His Bridgewater Treatise, on animal and vegetable physiology, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Roget is remembered today for the present work, first published in 1852 following his retirement from professional duties. As the preface makes clear, he had contemplated such a work for nearly fifty years. It supplies a vocabulary of English words and idiomatic phrases 'arranged … according to the ideas which they express'. The thesaurus, continually expanded and updated, has always remained in print, but this reissued first edition shows the impressive breadth of Roget's own knowledge and interests. (Publisher's information). € 41.26 (New) (MD)

ROGET, P. M., Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Volume 1. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 636p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion. Under the terms of the will of the Oxford scholar Francis Henry, Earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829), a series of works was commissioned, designed to contribute to an understanding of the world as created by God. In 1834 Peter Roget, who was at the time compiling his celebrated Thesaurus, contributed two volumes to that controversial series, of which this is the first. He described in a manner designed to appeal to a wide audience the variety and complexity of the mechanical processes of the plant and animal kingdoms. Particular attention is given to those areas where animal life reveals something about human life and the man-made world, emphasising the magnificence of the all-encompassing creative process behind it. The plant kingdom is examined with the goal of establishing the mechanics behind the beauty of plant life as created by God. (Publisher's information). € 48.54 (New) (MD)

ROGGE, M., K. BRAECKMAN, and G. de MULDER, Het Provinciaal Archeologisch Museum van Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Site Velzeke. Marc Rogge, Zottegem, 1996. 48p. ills. Sewn. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)