Oxford University Press

A pioneering study of ancient and medieval Christology. Employing a range of interdisciplinary methods, Stephen J. Davis shows how Christian identity in Egypt was shaped by a set of replicable 'christological practices'. He thus enables readers to trace the Coptic church's theological and cultural transition from late antiquity to Dar al-Islam....

In this book based on lectures originally delivered at the New York Public Library, Robert Heilbroner puts forth a theory of history stunning in its simplicity and breadth....

Oral complications are hugely important for those treating cancer patients, either        as an indication of disease or as a symptom of the disease. This is the first book        to focus on this unique area of cancer care, providing international,        evidence-based, clinical guidance for the whole team involved in treating the...

This book traces the development of the Jewish calendar from its origin until it reached, in the tenth century CE, its present form. Drawing on a wide range of sources - literary, documentary and epigraphic; Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian - this is the first comprehensive book to have been written on this subject. The unification of the...

The Colfax Massacre tells the story of the Easter Sunday 1873 murder of more than one hundred and fifty African Americans by rampaging whites in a remote Louisiana hamlet. The Colfax Massacre marked the most deadly incident of racial violence during the era of Reconstruction, and set in motion the triumph of Ku Klux Klan-style violence and...

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