Oxford University Press

Not Bread Alone is the first detailed and wide-ranging examination of food and its symbolism in the Old Testament and the world of ancient Israel. Nathan MacDonald demonstrates how references to food play a surprising and interesting role in many stories of the Old Testament....

Macy argues that for the first 1200 years of Christianity, women were in fact ordained into roles in the church. He uncovers references to the ordination of women in papal, episcopal and theological documents of the time. Beliefs that women were not ordained, he shows, is based on a later definition of ordination; unknown in the early Middle Ages....

As is becoming clearer and clearer, pressures on water resources in the United        States are growing, with no foreseeable end in sight. A Twenty-First Century US        Water Policy culls together independent analysis of freshwater availability; water        usage in agriculture, municipalities, tribal settlements, and energy...

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This book is concerned with the most devastating fungal diseases in history. These are the plagues of trees and crop plants, caused by invisible spores that have reshaped entire landscapes and decimated human populations.  The Triumph of the Fungi focuses on the fascinating biology of the well- and lesser-known diseases, and also tells the stories...

The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman        Empire. The emperor's freedmen and slaves, officers and soldiers of the Roman army,        equestrian officials, as well as convicts and free labour were seconded to mines and        quarries throughout Rome's vast realm. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study...