Oxford University Press

iVagueness and Degrees of Truth develops and defends a new position on vagueness. To make the book accessible to non-specialists, Nicholas Smith includes both an introduction to the relevant philosophical literature, and a gentle but thorough introduction to the required logical tools and concepts....

Newly issued in a series of part volumes, the OBC is now available in an        affordable and portable format for the Pauline Epistles. Includes a general        introduction to using the Commentary, in addition to an introduction to study of the        New Testament, and to the Pauline Corpus in particular....

A new and highly revealing look at one of the most celebrated political figures of our times. Drawing upon a range of original sources, Tom Lodge explores the making of a modern-day political hero, from Mandela's childhood years through to his role as a statesman in the construction of the new South Africa....

This book provides a clear scholarly introduction to study of the life of Jesus and of the four New Testament gospels. In the second edition, special attention is given to ways of assessing the relevant literary and archaeological evidence. Current scholarly debates are considered, but the main emphasis is on thorough study of key passages in the...

Recovering a lost literary movement that was the most consuming preoccupation of W. B. Yeats's literary life, Ronald Schuchard's book provides an historical, biographical, and critical reconstruction of the poet's attempt to restore an oral tradition by reviving the bardic arts of chanting and musical speech....

An American Romantic Life Volume II: The Public YearsIn this much-anticipated sequel to his Bancroft Prize-winning first volume,        Charles Capper concludes with the "e;public years"e; of Margaret Fuller. Filled with        dramatic, ironic, and sometimes tragic turns, this superb biography captures the        story of one of America's...