SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Black, Brian (2007) The Character of the Self in Ancient India: Priests, Kings, and Women in the Early Upanishads. New York: State University of New York Press.

Blois, François de and Stanley, Tim (2007) Learning, piety and poetry: manuscripts from the Islamic word. London: Oxford University Press. (Nasser D. Khalili collection of Islamic art ; 7)

Hintze, Almut (2007) A Zoroastrian Liturgy: The Worship in Seven Chapters (Yasna 35–41). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. (Iranica; Bd. 12)

Malinar, Angelika (2007) The Bhagavadgita: Doctrines and Contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Proferes, Theodore N. (2007) Vedic Ideals of Sovereignty and the Poetics of Power. New Haven: American Oriental Society.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta and Stewart, Sarah, eds. (2007) The Age of the Parthians. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran)

Brodbeck, Simon and Black, Brian, eds. (2007) Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata. London: Routledge. (Routledge Hindu studies series)

Book Chapters

Black, Brian (2007) 'Eavesdropping on the Epic: Female Listeners in the Mahabharata.' In: Brodbeck, Simon and Black, Brian, (eds.), Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata. London: Routledge. (Routledge Hindu studies series)

De Blois, Francois (2007) 'Lunisolar calendars in ancient Iran.' In: Panaino, Antonio and Piras, Andrea, (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th congress of the Societas Iranologica Europaea. Milan: Mimesis, pp. 39-52.

De Blois, Francois (2007) 'Some Arabic and Persian works on Quranic sciences in two early manuscripts.' In: Afshar, Iraj, (ed.), In Memory of Muhammad Qazvini. Tehran: Bonyâd-e mowqufât-e doctor, pp. 278-384.

De Blois, Francois (2007) 'The name of the Black Sea.' In: Macuch, Maria, Maggi, Mauro and Sundermann, Werner, (eds.), Iranian languages and texts from Iran and Turan : Ronald E. Emmerick memorial volume. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 1-8.

De Blois, Francois (2007) 'The two Zoroastrian treatises called ‘Ulama i Islam’.' In: Vahman, F. and Pedersen, Claus, (eds.), Religious texts in Iranian languages. København: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, pp. 199-210.

Dolce, Lucia (2007) 'Mapping the “Divine Country:” Sacred Geography and International Concerns in Mediaeval Japan.' In: Breuker, Remco E., (ed.), Korea in the middle : Korean studies and area studies : essays in honour of Boudewijn Walraven. Leiden: CNWS Publications, pp. 288-312.

Hartung, Jan-Peter (2007) 'Wider die Schmach. Eine historisch-anthropologische Untersuchung von "Beleidigung" in einigen muslimischen Kontexten. [Against Shame. A Historico-Anthropological Examination of "Insult" in Selected Muslim Contexts].' In: Conermann, Stephan and von Hees, S., (eds.), Islamwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft. I: Historische Anthropologie. Schenefeld: EB-Verlag, pp. 107-37.

Hawthorne, Sian (2007) 'Religion and Gender.' In: Malti-Douglas, Fedwa, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Farrington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference, Thompson Gale.

Hawthorne, Sian (2007) 'Western Feminism.' In: Malti-Douglas, Fedwa, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Farrington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference, Thompson Gale.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Passover and Social Equality: Women, Slaves and Minors in Bavli Pesahim.' In: Ilan, Tal, (ed.), A Feminist Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 91-107.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Post-Colonialism and the Irish-Jewish Experience: The novels of David Marcus and Ronit Lentin.' In: Staehler, Axel, (ed.), Anglophone Jewish Literature. London: Routledge, pp. 143-160.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Roman Law and Rabbinic Legal Composition.' In: Fonrobert, Charlotte and Jaffee, Martin, (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Rabbinic Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 144-163.

Hintze, Almut (2007) 'The Fire Wāzišt and the Demon.' In: Maggi, Mauro, Sundermann, Werner and Macuch, Maria, (eds.), Iranian Languages and Texts from Iran and Turan: Ronald Emmerick Memorial Volume. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 110-134. (Iranica)

Hintze, Almut (2007) 'On the compositional structure of the Avestan Gāhs.' In: Pedersen, Claus and Vahman, F., (eds.), Religious Texts in Iranian Languages: symposium held in Copenhagen May 2002. København: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, pp. 29-43.

Hunter, Erica C D (2007) 'Interfaith Dialogues: The Church of the East and the Abbassids.' In: Vashalomidze, Sophia G. and Greisiger, Lutz, (eds.), Der Christliche Orient und seines Umwelt. Gesammelte Studien zu ehren Jurgen Tubach. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 289-302. (Studies in oriental religions, 56)

Lobetti, Tullio (2007) 'Eternal Bodies: the Miira, the Self-Mummified Ascetics of Japan.' In: Janes, Dominic, (ed.), Back to the Future of the Body. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Malinar, Angelika (2007) 'Genealogies and Centres: Communities of the Caitanya Tradition in Orissa.' In: Pfeffer, Georg, (ed.), Periphery and Centre. Studies in Orissan History, Religion and Anthropology. New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 27-57.

Malinar, Angelika (2007) 'Interconnecting Parallel Times: Notions of Time in the Caitanya Tradition.' In: Malinar, Angelika, (ed.), Time in India. Concepts and Practices. New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 55-80.

Padoan, Tatsuma (2007) 'The Hybrid Power of the kami mandara. Polythetic Classifications and Anthropological Perspectives on the Combinatory Religion of Medieval Japan.' In: Shinto – In Search of Sincerity (Essays on Shinto, vol. 4). Tokyo: International Cultural Workshop, pp. 37-51.

Padoan, Tatsuma (2007) 'Sacred Economy and Transactional Religion: Dynamics of Power, Economics and Religion from Pre-modern to Contemporary Japanese Society.' In: Shinto – In Search of Sincerity (Essays on Shinto, vol. 4). Tokyo: International Cultural Workshop, pp. 6-15.

Zene, Cosimo (2007) 'Le tessitrici di Nule: impresa economica, produzione artistica e tessuto sociale.' In: Caoci, A. and Lai, F., (eds.), Gli "oggetti culturali". L'artigianato tra estetica, antropologia e sviluppo locale. Milano: FrancoAngeli, pp. 70-92.

Journal Article

Crosby, Kate (2007) 'Sankhepasārasangaha: Abbreviation in Pāli.' The Journal of the Pali Text Society, XXIX. pp. 169-174.

Dolce, Lucia (2007) 'Taimitsu ni okeru hokekyô kaishaku to girei: hokkehô to hokke mandala ni tsuite [台密における法華経解釈と儀礼—法華法と法華曼陀羅につして].' Tendai gakuhô = Journal of Tendai Buddhist Studies, 48. pp. 13-32.

Flügel, Peter (2007) 'Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī III.' Berliner Indologische Studien, 18. pp. 127-206.

Gifford, Paul (2007) 'Fondamentalismo” cristiano in Africa.' Afriche e Orienti, 9 (3-4). pp. 30-43.

Gifford, Paul (2007) 'The Nature and Effects of Mission Today. A Case Study from Kenya.' Social Sciences and Missions, 20 (1). pp. 1-31.

Hintze, Almut (2007) 'Obituary: Nora Elizabeth Mary Boyce.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 70 (1). pp. 143-149.

Pagel, Ulrich (2007) 'The Dhāraṇī of Mahāvyutpatti #748: Origin and Formation.' Buddhist Studies Review, 24 (2). pp. 151-191.

Zene, Cosimo (2007) 'Don et vendetta en Sardaigne.' La Revue du MAUSS semestrielle (30). pp. 367-392.

Zene, Cosimo (2007) 'Myth, identity and belonging: the Rishi of Bengal/Bangladesh.' Religion, 37 (4). pp. 257-281.

Zene, Cosimo (2007) 'S'Imbiatu. Gift and Community in Central Sardinia.' Culture and Religion, 8 (3). pp. 291-312.

Conference or Workshop Items

Palumbo, Antonello (2007) Literary Evidence on Han Buddhism: A Brief Reassessment. In: Cultural Encounters Between Han and Tang: New Research on Early Imperial China (International Workshop), 23 February 2007, School of Oriental and African Studies, London. (Unpublished)

Monographs and Working Papers

Singh, Gurharpal, Marquette, Heather and Alolo, Namawu Alhassan (2007) Political Science, Religion and Development: A Literature Review. No.7, Religions and Development Research Programme, University of Birmingham, UK.

Book Reviews

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Christopher Deacy, 'Faith in Films. Religious Themes in Contemporary Cinema'.' Culture and Religion, 8 (1). pp. 105-107.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Dagmar Börner-Klein, 'Pirke de-Rabbi Elieser'.' Jewish Quarterly Review, 97 (2). pp. 39-42.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of H.-J. Becker/C. Berner, 'Avot de-Rabbi-Natan. Synoptische Edition beider Versionen'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 58 (2). pp. 348-350.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Marc Bregman, 'The Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: Studies in the Evolution of the Versions'.' Jewish Quarterly Review, 97 (2). pp. 39-42.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Peter Schäfer, 'Jesus in the Talmud'.' Review of Biblical Literature .

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Ronen Reichman, 'Abduktives Denken und talmudische Argumentation'.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 132 . pp. 150-152.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of S. Safrai, Z. Safrai, J. Schwartz, P.J. Tompson (eds), 'The Literature of the Sages, Second Part: Midrash and Targum, Liturgy, Poetry, Mysticism, Contracts, Inscriptions, Ancient Science and the Languages of Rabbinic Literature'. CRINT II.3a, Van Gorcum, 2006.' The Expository Times, 118 (11). pp. 570-571.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Vered Noam, 'Megillat Ta’anit: Versions, Interpretation, History [Hebr.]'.' Jewish Quarterly Review, 97 (2). pp. 39-42.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of: Stuart S. Miller, 'Sages and Commoners in Late Antique Erez Israel. A Philological Inquiry into Local Traditions in Talmud Yerushalmi'. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2006.' Jahrbuch fuer Antike und Christentum, 50 . pp. 220-222.

Hintze, Almut (2007) 'Review: Nicholas Sims-Williams (ed.): Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples. Oxford 2000.' Indo-Iranian Journal, 50 (2). pp. 173-182.

Other

De Blois, Francois (2007) 'Islam in its Arabian Context.' www.orientalistics.com.