New Books in Ancient History

646 Episodes

1. Bryan K. Miller, "Xiongnu: The World's First Nomadic Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 5/1/2024
2. Markus Vinzent, "Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

   Published: 4/30/2024
3. Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, "The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation" (Princeton UP, 2022)

   Published: 4/18/2024
4. Plutarch as Philosopher and Political Thinker: A Conversation with Hugh Liebert

   Published: 4/18/2024
5. D. Clint Burnett, "Christ's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context" (de Gruyter, 2020)

   Published: 4/13/2024
6. Jae Hee Han, "Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

   Published: 4/13/2024
7. Peter Scharf, "Ramopakhyana - the Story of Rama in the Mahabharata" (Routledge, 2023)

   Published: 4/11/2024
8. Hume, the Epicureans, and the Origins of Liberalism

   Published: 4/10/2024
9. Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 4/9/2024
10. Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/7/2024
11. Michael LeFebvre, "Collections, Codes, and Torah: The Re-characterization of Israel's Written Law" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

    Published: 4/6/2024
12. Patrick Olivelle, "Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King" (Yale UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/4/2024
13. Georgia Frank, "Unfinished Christians: Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late Antiquity" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

    Published: 4/3/2024
14. Stefanos Geroulanos, "The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins" (Liveright, 2024)

    Published: 3/31/2024
15. Robin Waterfield, "Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 3/28/2024
16. Citizenship Across Time and Space with David Jacobson

    Published: 3/28/2024
17. David Ferry, Roger Reeves, and the Underworld

    Published: 3/21/2024
18. Shakuntala Gawde, "Narrative Analysis of Bhagavata Purana: Selected Episodes from the Tenth Skandha" (Dev Publishers, 2023)

    Published: 3/21/2024
19. Colin Elliott, "Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World" (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 3/19/2024
20. Robin Baker, "Hollow Men, Strange Women: Riddles, Codes, and Otherness in the Book of Judges" (Brill, 2016)

    Published: 3/16/2024