The Testament of Solomon is presented here for the first time in a complete German translation based on McCown’s edition of the text, up to now regarded as the authoritative version, and…

After the Second World War, the question of the religious character of Germanic kingship was no longer prominent - not least because previously excessively hybrid views had been developed on the…

The notion of a living being is one of the basic concepts of our everyday ontology. Biology may be the science of living beings, but it is not the science of what it is to be a living being.…

The author presents a study on the ontological historical development of the central Christian message of God's love. Working from the concept of 'Agape', the reality of the Church is discovered…

Examining Seneca’s works of prose as the writings of a Stoic and placing them within the context of the Stoic system – Jula Wildberger takes on this task in the first detailed and…

Der fünfte Band dokumentiert in zwei Teilbänden die Strafverfahren wegen Rechtsbeugung durch die DDR-Justiz. Die Anklagen gegen ehemalige Richter und Staatsanwälte der DDR betrafen zumeist ihre…

A top legal scholar is honored with this commemorative publication. He distinguishes himself through the enormous range of his academic interests and activities as well as through his mediator…

The study deals with the central Day of YHWH texts Am 5:18-20; Zp 1:2-18, 2:1-3, Jl 1:15-20, 2:1-11, 3:1-5, 4:14-17; Zc 14; Ml 2,17-3,5; 3:13-24. First, they are subjected to a literary analysis…

Das Handbuch gewährt eine aktuelle und vollständige Übersicht über die Rechtslage des Arbeitnehmers bei Insolvenz seines Arbeitgebers. Dabei werden die Rechte der Arbeitnehmer…

This volume contains papers on the genesis of the so-called deuteronomistic history in the context of Old Testament historiography, narratology and theology, read at two conferences in…

Adolf Erman was an outstanding scholar and founding father of German Egyptology. His writings are milestones in the study of the language and religious and literary history of Ancient Egypt. His…

Due to their uniqueness cultural assets require a particular protection which must not only be implemented through financial and actual resources but also through the legal process. This work…

The Waldeyer: textbook and atlas in one, perfect for studying anatomy and preparing for exams! The 18th unmodified edition corresponds to the previous edition, which was completely revised by a…

The over 1700 Greek mss. with a continuous text of St. John's Gospel available today are compared at 153 sampling points, and all the variants at these points are documented.  A…

The author uses the cultural anthropological understanding of an 'economy of the gift' (reciprocity) to show how in Martin Luther's writings, especially between 1518 and 1522, his doctrine of…

This monograph aims to explicate Schleiermacher’s early theory of religion in relation to his reception of Spinoza. The key concept of religion as an “intuition of the universe…

Voluntary withdrawal from the organized capital market (delisting) is the subject of intense discussion. The discussion is primarily rooted in the Macrotron decision of the German Federal …

One building block is placed on top of another one, an atom of sodium combines with an atom of chlorine. Do new things result in each case? Or, to put it more generally, under what conditions do…

The delisting of stock corporations is still widely unregulated in Germany, notwithstanding the apparent conflict of interests between majority and minority shareholders. Specifically, the…

This introductory work offers a fundamental, instructional, and easy-to-read outline of all the aspects of stylistics from, among others, a text-linguistic perspective. The work covers, for…

German translation of the English title ‘Questions of Faith’, published in 2004.What can one believe in? Can modern man hope for redemption? What was and is so special about Jesus…

This first comprehensive study of Friedrich Schleiermacher’s work from the perspective of gender theory examines the development of his thought with regard to the gender debate of his time…

Die Isaurier, ein kleinasiatisches Bergvolk, forderten über 600 Jahre lang die römische Herrschaft heraus. Sie waren neben den Juden das einzige reichsangehörige Volk, mit dem es zu längeren…

The book is not only oriented towards students whose interests are centred on history, but also law students in general. The 13 chapters as select examples examine the historical foundations of…

The present conference volume is based on lectures which were presented at the symposium of the Hanns-Martin Schleyer Foundation in Kiel dealing with German and international insolvency law.…

The Early Christian Church developed its own specific identity through its dealings with its environments. This study deals with three central topics that bring out the thinking and social…

The European Community’s directives regarding consumer contract law present national legislators with the challenge of implementing the European targets into their national private law…

What is Man? The author deals with this question on the basis of the structural elements which appear to constitute our prior understanding of ourselves and the world – for…

The book presents the first comprehensive empirical study on spoken German and second language acquisition with regard to the demonstratives dieser, diese, dieses and der, die, das. The study is…

The 17th Conference on the human thyroid addressed the problem of hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormone deficiency is one of the most common endocrine diseases, particularly affecting the elderly (over…

Very different systems for corporations have always existed in Europe. These differences relate not only to the management structure of the corporations, with single or dual systems for management…

The author introduces the various provisions of the European Sales Law, describes them and examines the extent to which they can be understood as an ordered whole: as a system of European sales…

The Wisdom of the Silenus plays around the motif of the misery of human life. Omnipresent in literature and art in the first half of the 19th century, it is the antitype and spur to that…

The genre of the comic novel, which includes Charles Sorel's Histoire comique de Francion, Paul Scarron's Roman comique and Antoine Furetières Roman bourgeois, was extremely popular in 17th…

This volume is a study of the genesis of the Book of the Four Prophets (Hos., Am., Mi., Zp) from the time of exile, the Haggai-Zechariah-Corpus and the integration of the Book of Joel into…

The clauses regarding the assignment of rights and claims covered in GEMA's Deed of Assignment, define the delicate differentiation between collective and individual administration of music…

This volume contains the contributions from the convention “The Future of Clearing and Settlement” which the ILF staged on June 27, 2005, at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. The…

The work deals with the relationship of temporary bankruptcy administration to the bankruptcy dispute in the opened proceeding. This theme generally receives great attention in case law and…

This monograph addresses the question of how the specifications of the MiFID can be implemented in German law.  In comparing the law with the US American provisions, the requirements of the…

With a history spanning over two thousand years, geodesy belongs, along with astronomy and geography, to the oldest sciences that deal with the topic of the Earth or other celestial bodies. In…

This volume presents an interpretation of the texts on the Day of JHWH in the Book of the Twelve and an investigation into their connection in the history of Israel and their position within the…

In his late philosophy, Schelling develops a new type of philosophy which enters into competition with Hegel's metaphysics. With this, he not only attacks Hegel on the basis of his fundamental…