Besides two hitherto unpublished papers, this collection contains 15 of Rainer Albertz' papers from the period 1978 - 2000. They reflect the author's concern to understand biblical developments…

The book presents diplomatic transcriptions (in Greek) and translations (in German and English) of all the known textual fragments which can be attributed to what is known as the Gospel of…

Die Mittel und Verfahren für die Gliederung von Texten in Einheiten werden seit den Anfängen von Text- und Gesprächslinguistik kontrovers diskutiert. Die vorliegende Arbeit führt die Ergebnisse…

Die Untersuchung versteht sich als ein Beitrag zur Wissenssoziologie der Massenmedien und der Wirklichkeitskonstruktion des modernen Menschen. Im Rahmen eines Entwurfs einer Theorie der…

That the alleged Sturm und Drang writer J.M.R. Lenz was once a long-time student of Immanuel Kant is a fact that literary studies has largely ignored up to now. The present study is the first…

This edition of the medieval commentary on the biblical Song of Songs composed around 1060 in Latin verse and Old High German prose presents the text in a normalized form in the three-column…

Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty have been viewed as the figure heads of the opposing schools of analytical philosophy and phenomenology, respectively. Beginning her topological inquiry from the…

This edition of the renowned romantic novel (ca. 1200/1220) offers a modern translation of the Middle High German fragment of Gottfried's Tristan , as well as, an extensive introduction to the…

Wirnt von Grafenberg's Wigalois is one of the most important Arthurian novels of the High Middle Ages. The novel, written in 1210/20, draws upon motifs from the 'classical' Middle High German…

This doctoral thesis from Tubingen presents a new reflection on the topic of sin, in the form of a discussion of Julius Müller's Die christliche Lehre von der Sünde ('The Christian Doctrine of…

Beatrix Himmelmann demonstrates how much Kant did actually have to say on the theme of happiness, which he had allegedly banned from his considerations. She presents a comprehensive historical…

Kunst und Antiquitäten GmbH, a company in the shade of the GDR export trade generated foreign exchange with the export of works of art. The book works off the occurrences ten years after the…

Renowned scholars from Germany, Italy and Norway pay tribute to the various aspects of Mommsen’s personality and work and provide a vivid and multi-facetted picture of this great scholar…

Das Buch bietet die erste Gesamtdarstellung zu einer Gattung, die von der Romantik-Forschung kaum beachtet wurde. Sämtliche Dramen von Tieck, Brentano, Arnim und Eichendorff werden textnah und…

Christian August Vulpius (1762-1827) war der Bruder von Christiane von Goethe und ab 1797 Theater- und Bibliothekssekretär in Weimar. Heute als Schriftsteller fast vergessen, schrieb er zu…

Die internationalen Beiträge untersuchen das durch neuere Subjektkonzeptionen und Geschichtsmodelle eröffnete theoretische Feld aus der Perspektive von Philosophie, Geschichts-, Kunst-,…

The volume presents papers on the subject of 'Myths in the Middle Ages', and harnesses the theoretical discussions on the concept of myth for German medieval studies. It is divided into three…

The volume presents a collection of the studies produced by the exegetist Friedrich V. Reiterer (Salzburg) from his many years of intensive work on The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus). The…

Starting from 2 Kings 17-18, the study investigates the original size of the Deuteronomic History and the redaction of the Enneateuch. It examines the various assumptions that the Books of…

Sollten muslimische Lehrerinnen im Unterricht ein Kopftuch tragen dürfen? Ist es gerecht, wenn Frauen bei der Vergabe von Arbeitsplätzen bevorzugt werden? Sollten die Kinder der Amish von der…

Old geographic names often shed light on the linguistic and cultural conditions of the “Dark Ages” and are of high value to the field of archaeology. This study from the year 1950,…

The biblical epic by the Spanish priest Juvencus is the first great piece of Christian literature in Latin. Heinsdorff provides a commentary on Christ's conversations with Nicodemus and with the…

'Nicht nur der Historische Materialismus ist uns insgeheim in Fleisch und Blut übergegangen, wie ich bereits behauptet habe. Wir sind durchaus auch latente Anhänger der guten alten Theorie vom…

In dieser Arbeit wird erstmals versucht, das gesamte semantische Spektrum des Wortes 'Geschmack' in seiner 'großen Zeit' zu erfassen und in Form eines Wortartikels darzustellen. Der…

Die sprachlich-kulturellen Beziehungen zwischen Nordgermanen und Alemannen sind ein traditionsreiches und kontrovers diskutiertes Forschungsfeld. Dieser interdisziplinär orientierte Sammelband…

This study aims to present the conditions allowing for a theory of society which is both objective and, at the same time, critical. The author bases his argument on Kant's theoretical and…

Recent research has led to a weakening of the two classical hypotheses on the story of David's rise and a succession narrative. Instead, attention has focussed on the texts in II Samuel 1-5,…

The author deals with the questions of the international jurisdiction of US courts and reasons for the jurisdiction regulations unknown to German law. Der Autor, Professor Dr. Rolf A. Schütze,…

This volume presents papers by renowned art historians on the famous Marian Portal of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Lausanne (1st half of the 13th century).The author analyzes the portal from…

There has been much discussion in recent research of the alleged contradictions in Aristotle's doctrine of substance (Gk. Ousia) in the Categories and in Book Z of the Metaphysics. In contrast to…

Falk Wunderlich advances a fundamentally new approach to an understanding of Kant's theory of consciousness. In the first part of his study, he presents a detailed reconstruction of 18th…

The process of political unification of large areas of Central and Western Europe by the Franks and the multiplicity of further imperial formations brought together different languages,…

[The Festschrift for Thomas Raiser on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 20th February 2005]The Festschrift is dedicated to an excellent and widely known attorney who has made an equally…

Nach anderthalbjähriger Beratung stellte der Präsident des 'EU-Verfassungskonvents', der frühere französische Staatspräsident Giscard d'Estaing, im Juli 2003 den Staats-…

This volume analyses previous attempts to delineate ethnic groupings with the help of archaeological finds. After a short review of the history of these interpretations, central concepts are…

In the scholarly debate, controversy surrounds the function and significance of Kant's Opus postumum for his philosophy. Dina Emundts demonstrates that the main function of the unpublished…

Der vierte Band dokumentiert in zwei Teilbänden die Strafverfolgung von DDR-Bürgern wegen Spionage gegen die Bundesrepublik, einen der umstrittensten Bereiche der strafrechtlichen…

Der berühmte Liebesroman wurde um 1200/1220 verfasst. Der Tristan-Stoff ist gemeineuropäisch; Gottfrieds direkte Quelle ist vermutlich die Fassung des Thomas von Britanje. Der Roman erzählt, wie…

The miniatures in the Stuttgart Psalter reflect the text in its totally direct sense, and thus give the Carolingian manuscript a special status, along with the Utrecht Psalter. Felix Heinzer…

The confidence of many investors in the objectivity and integrity of the recommendations from analysts, banks and journalists has yielded to profound mistrust after the decline of the stock…

The textbook introduces all the principles and systematic connections of General Criminal Law Teaching. By presenting and debating current solutions to problems in jurisprudence and legal…

The Montreal Convention came into effect on 3rd November 2003 following the deposit of the 30th ratification document. Meanwhile it applies to 64 states. Through the quick ratification by further…

This first German translation of Pirke de-Rabbi Elieser (approx. 9th cent.) is based on the Venice printed edition of 1544, which is the textual basis for the textus receptus (Warsaw 1852) with…

Sebastian Knell examines the widely-discussed theory of language and concepts developed by the American philosopher Robert B. Brandom. In his study, Knell takes critical issue with Brandom's…