Rudolf Bultmann was the giant of twentieth-century New Testament scholarship. His pioneering studies in biblical criticism shaped research on the composition of the gospels, and his call for demythologizing biblical language sparked debate among Christian theologians worldwide. This definitive biogr[...]
Journalist Konrad Heiden was one of the first to hear the young Adolf Hitler's rousing orations and to recognize his political ingenuity and perverse, self-serving ideology. As a staff reporter on the "Frankfurter Zeitung," Heiden was one of the first writers to take a stand against Nazism, and his [...]
Based on the author's fieldwork at assisted conception clinics in England in the mid-1990s, this is the first ethnographic study of the new procreative practices of anonymous ova and embryo donation. Giving voice to both groups of women participating in the demanding donation experience - the donors[...]
Konrad Fleck s romance Floris and Blancheflour (c. 1200) has only been previously available in 19th century editions. This volume presents a new critical edition based on all existing sources, partially reproduced for the reader. The research portion includes a history of the work s transmission, it[...]
With obesity and diabetes mellitus assuming alarming epidemic proportions nutrition has turned into the spotlight more than ever before. For all health care professionals engaged in nutritional research and dietary counselling the Pocket Atlas of Nutrition is an indispensable guide to all aspects of[...]
The earlier consensus concerning the Pentateuch and the Deuteronomistic History has been significantly challenged in recent scholarship. Because of its canonical placement, the book of Deuteronomy plays an important role in these discussions. The earlier consensus was that the D source in the Pentat[...]
Ein Atlas s?mtlicher Gef??pflanzen der Alpen.
Wieviele Gef??pflanzen umfasst die Flora der Alpen? Wie sehen sie aus? Wie werden sie korrekt benannt? Welche Arten sind einj?hrig, mehrj?hrig oder verholzt? Wann bl?hen sie? Wo kann man ihnen begegenen? Welche ?k?logie charakterisiert die ein[...]
Konrad Lorenz erzählt von der Lebens- und Interessengemeinschaft von Mensch und Hund.
Ein Schlüsseltext zur menschlichen Selbsterkenntnis Konrad Lorenz hat das große Verdienst, in einer Zeit, in der die Menschheit zuweilen recht dilettantisch an ihren Zwängen und Widersprüchen herumdoktert, die - vergleichsweise primitiven, aber deshalb um so gefährlicheren - Grundantriebe mens[...]