Bibliographic tools for History of religions and Ancient History

Tanak, Bibbie e Corano - tre testi sacri, come oggetti scritti, ma anche come testi religiosamente rilevanti solo nella forma, estremamente differenziata all'interno di una stessa religione, in cui vengono effettivamente recepiti, sono l'oggetto di questo volume, che intende far riemergere la diversa ricchezza espressiva dei molti autori e testi in cui prevalentemente si articolano, rispetto all'usuale lettura riduttiva favorita dal modello del Libro sacro e da un esame prevalentemente dottrinale in un'impostazione filosofico-deista, che sopravvaluta un problema (l'interfaccia tra teologia...

Iconography of printed Bibles 1475-1900 will systematically document the translation of the Biblical texts into images for printed Bibles, by grouping images referring to the same text and using only one form, but all references of any single image, often copied and repeated almost without variations. This translation is very irregular, with some texts that in the Protestant perspective deserve to be graphically represented and others that are almost completely ignored. This peculiar form of Christian interest for the Old Testament is precisely the main reason of our collecting this Biblical...

An offprint in full colour from Polifemo XXI secolo, a new academic journal devoted to History of religions in the XXI century, this book documents religious events of 2014, including Hindu and Buddhist festivals, Ashura, Purim, Jihad's recruitment, FEMEN activities, Women of the wall, Mormon women's failed protest, Catholic priestesses, Anglican bishopess, Weddings, Pope's Pilgrimage to Holy Land, Canonization of two popes, Defrocked and retiring pedophiles.

Simulation as a very useful tool to understand history

A journal for history of religions in the XXI century