In 1898 the Berlin art dealer Paul Cassirer and his cousin Bruno Cassirer opened an avant-garde art salon with its own publishing house, the Bruno und Paul Cassirer Verlag (1898-1901). Together…

die 13 Kapitel der Schrift 'Die Lichter der Tora', die hier in deutscher Erstübersetzung vorgelegt werden, enthalten religiöse Reflexionen und Meditationen über Sinn und Bedeutung der Tora für…

Der Titel des vorliegenden Bandes paraphrasiert Nietzsches Reverenz an Schopenhauer und bezeichnet für die Autorin den beispielgebenden Impuls seines Denkens, der ihn zu einer der groß…

This two-part study sets out to characterize the aims, history, status and usefulness of linguistic dictionaries in German. The first part traces the growth of the need for linguistic…

In this work, the Vocabularius rerum - a Latin-German specialist dictionary from 1483 - is edited and examined for the first time from linguistic aspects and with respect to possible sources.…

The medieval court, whether that of a king, prince or bishop, and the monastery are focal points for the production of vernacular literature in the period 800-1500. The studies collected here…

The psychological novel Anton Reiser (1785–1790) is Karl Philipp Moritz’ best-known major work and a key text for German Enlightenment. The present volume is the first complete…

Educational reforms around the year 1800 also had their effects on the subject that went by the name of 'Rhetoric'. They did not however spell the end of rhetoric itself. On the contrary, the…

Bei der 3. Auflage dieses Arbeitshefts standen folgende Gesichtspunkte im Vordergrund: Historische und gegenwartssprachliche Teile sollten stärker getrennt, der historische Aspekt insgesamt…

This study applies the non-linear models of Autosegmental and Metric Phonology to the description of phonological change processes. The following diachronic phenomena are discussed: (1) Verner's…

Manner and mannerism are closely related, not only by their etymology. The terms allude to the pragmatics and performativity of the aesthetic. A mannerist work of art is the product of a '…

This study examines a hitherto neglected but nonetheless cardinal aspect of the history of the concept of imitatio. It demonstrates that imitatio as a category highly operative in the…

Als 'Grund und Grenze staatlichen Handelns' (G. F. Schuppert) ist das Gemeinwohl beziehungsweise das öffentliche Interesse als sein gängigster Substitutsbegriff ein zentraler Rechtstopos. Im 3.…

This study examines the relationship between the interpretation of fictional literary texts and hermeneutic equity, which is a core interpretive principle in general hermeneutics and language…

The third volume examines the ideas of the wholeness and divisibility of bodies which have been given since ancient times. Anatomy provides the preconditions for visualising both the internal…

The volume presents the proceedings of an expert conference held in Dresden on the history of the German language. The papers focus particularly on the discussion of the 'new' methods of 'new'…

The study shows why the phenomenon of perspectivity is an irrevocable primary phenomenon that structures all human attempts to form reason in an a priori way. Criteria for describing the…

The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, but at first, this papal reform was only implemented in Catholic areas. Until the 18th century, Catholics and Protestants fought over the correct…

Metaphors are of particular significance for Christ's discourse in the New Testament and in the history of theology. The present studies examine the forms and functions of meta-phorical…

The study examines the thesis widely held in religious studies and theology that in the ancient world there was a close link between the possession of citizenship and the chance- and also the…

The many scriptural allusions in Luke 1-2 clearly show that the double work of Luke is intended to be understood as a continuation of the 'Scriptures' (i.e., the Old Testament). The scriptural…

An interpretation of Lev 20, updated for publication. In addition to classical methods of exegesis, it also uses other approaches, particularly those from cultural anthropology. The study first…

Wenige Autoren wurden in den letzten Jahren so intensiv und extensiv diskutiert wie Carl Schmitt. Man rekonstruierte das Werk detailliert in seinen Brüchen und Kontinuitäten und ordnete es in den…

Können unsere Gefühle uns Gründe dafür liefern, etwas für wahr zu halten und zu tun? Verfügen wir über bestimmte Werte und moralische Überzeugungen vielleicht sogar nur kraft unserer Gefühle?…