Zeev Gries

Explores how books disseminated religious and secular ideas, created a new class of Jewish intellectuals, and made knowledge of the world available to

This is the third, newly revised and extended edition of this successful book (that has already been translated into three languages). Like the previo

In this provocative book, Peter Gries directly challenges the widely held view that partisan elites on Capitol Hill are out of touch with a moderate A

The Ishtar Gate was one of ancient Babylon's city gates, built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II; during the annual New Year festival, the proc

Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) and Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934). Both poets, each within his culture, is of canonic stature, and

The author argues that the fascism possessed a coherent ideology with deep roots in European civilization. Long before fascism became a political for

Why do reasonable people lead their nations into the tremendously destructive traps of international conflict? Why do nations then deepen their involv

Middle Eastern politics of the 1990s have been characterized by a drive towards peace, the success of which will depend on the negotiating process. Th

Presents an analysis of the history of Israel's defense and foreign policies and a fundamental reassessment of its security doctrine.

Why do reasonable people lead their nations into the tremendously destructive traps of international conflict? Why do nations then deepen their involv

Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine introduces readers to the panoply of public entertainment that flourished in Palestine from the