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Crosby, Kate, ed. (2008) Kammic Communities: theory and practice in modern Theravada. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis. (Special Issue: Contemporary Buddhism. Volume 9, Number 1)

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta and Stewart, Sarah, eds. (2008) The Sasanian Era. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran)

Barrett, T. H. (2008) The Woman Who Discovered Printing. London: Yale University Press.

Black, Brian (2008) 'The Upanishads.' In: Billimoria, Purushottama, (ed.), The Routledge History of Indian Philosophy. Routledge.

Cabrita, Joel (2008) 'Review of Edwin Ardener, “The Voice of Prophecy".' Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 27 (3). pp. 83-86.

Choi, Dongju and Kim, Heewon, trans. (2008) Indo Business Munwhaui Ihae. Doing Business in India . Seoul: Samsung Books.

Crosby, Kate (2008) 'Changing the Landscape of Theravada Studies Contemporary.' Contemporary Buddhism, 9 (1). pp. 1-6.

Crosby, Kate (2008) 'Gendered Symbols in Theravada Buddhism: Missed Positives in the Representation of the Female.' Hsuan Chuang Journal of Buddhist Studies, 9. pp. 31-47.

Crosby, Kate (2008) 'Karma, Social Collapse or Geophysics? Interpretations of suffering among Sri Lankan Buddhist in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami.' Contemporary Buddhism, 9 (1). pp. 53-76.

Crosby, Kate (2008) 'Review of K.R.Norman, 'A Philological Approach to Buddhism', The Pali Text Society, Lancaster 2006.' Buddhist Studies Review, 25 (1). pp. 113-115.

De Blois, Francois (2008) 'Translation in the ancient Iranian world.' In: Kittel, Harald, (ed.), Übersetzung - Translation - Traduction, Volume 2. Berlin; New York: Walter de gruyter, pp. 1194-1198.

Dickens, Mark (2008) Turkāyē: Turkic Peoples in Syriac Literature prior to the Seljüks. PhD thesis. University of Cambridge.

Dolce, Lucia (2008) 'Girei ni yori seisei sareru kanzen naru shintai –chûsei mikkyô no ‘hiseitôteki zuzô’ to shuhô o megutte [儀礼により生成される完全なる身体 –-中世密教の「非正統的」図像と修法をめぐって.' In: Yasurô, Abe, (ed.), Nihon ni okeru shûkyô tekisuto no shoisô to tôjihô. Nagoya: Nagoya daigaku bungakubu gurobaru COE puroguramu, pp. 58-71.

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor (2008) 'The Churches of the Near East and Their Missions From the Persian to the Turkish Conquest, 604-1071.' In: Smith, Julia M. H. and Noble, Thomas F. X., (eds.), Cambridge History of Christianity. Vol. 3: Early Medieval Christianities, c. 600-c.1100. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 65-85.

Flügel, Peter (2008) 'Jaina Relic Stūpas.' Jaina Studies: Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, 3. pp. 18-23.

Flügel, Peter (2008) 'Les communautés monastiques jaïnes: histoire et présent. Traduit de l’anglais par Nalini Balbir.' Religions et Histoire, 21. pp. 38-41.

Flügel, Peter (2008) 'The Unknown Lonka: Tradition and the Cultural Unconscious.' In: Caillat, Colette and Balbir, Nalini, (eds.), Jaina Studies. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, pp. 181-279. (Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference Vol. 9.)

Gifford, Paul (2008) 'Africa's Inculturation Theology: Observations of an Outsider.' Hekima Review, 38. pp. 18-34.

Gifford, Paul (2008) 'Africa’s Churches and the Second Liberation Struggle of 1989-93.' In: Koschorke, Klaus, (ed.), Falling Walls. The Year 1989/90 as a Turning Point in the History of World Christianity. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

Gifford, Paul (2008) 'The Bible in Africa: a Novel Usage in Africa's New Churches.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 71 (2). pp. 203-218.

Gifford, Paul (2008) 'Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa: a Response.' In: Ranger, Terence O., (ed.), Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 225-231. (Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South)

Gifford, Paul (2008) 'Trajectories in African Christianity.' International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 8 (4). pp. 275-289.

Hartung, Jan-Peter (2008) '«Die Mauer muss weg!», oder: Alles ist für sich singulär. Gedanken zur islamwissenschaftlichen Beschäftigung mit Südasien in Deutschland. [«The Wall Must Fall!», or: Everything is Unique in Itself. Thoughts on Dealing with South Asia in Islamic Studies in Germany].' In: Poya, Abbas and Reinkowski, Maurus, (eds.), Das Unbehagen in der Islamwissenschaft. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 85-104.

Hartung, Jan-Peter (2008) 'Wahhābīs and Anti-Wahhābīs: The Learned Discourse on Sufism in Contemporary South Asia.' In: Lassen, Søren Christian and van Skyhawk, Hugh, (eds.), Sufi Traditions and New Departures. Recent Scholarship on Continuity and Change in South Asian Sufism. Islamabad: Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, pp. 82-110. (Taxila studies in Asian civilizations, 1.)

Hawthorne, Sian (2008) 'Review of: 'In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal' by Niklaus Largier.' Culture and Religion, 9 (1). pp. 102-105.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'The Halitza Shoe: Between Female Subjugation and Symbolic Emasculation.' In: Nahshon, Edna, (ed.), Jews and Shoes. Oxford and New York: Berg, pp. 47-63.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Rabbinische Gleichnisse und ihre Vergleichbarkeit mit neutestamentlichen Gleichnissen.' In: Zimmermann, Ruben, (ed.), Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 217-237. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, XX)

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of Alexander Samely, 'Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought. An Introduction'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 59 (2). pp. 328-329.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of Israel J. Yuval, 'Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'.' Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76 (1). pp. 202-205.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of Rivka Ulmer, ed., 'Discussing Cultural Differences. Text, Context, and Non-Text in Rabbinic Judaism', Lanham: University Press of America, 2007.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 133 (10). pp. 1055-1057.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of: Emmanuel Friedheim, 'Rabbinisme et Paganisme en Palestine romaine'. Etude historique des Realia talmudiques (I - IV siecles), Leiden: Brill, 2006.' Frankfurter Judaistische Beitraege, 34 . pp. 201-204.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of: Juergen Zangenberg et al. (eds), 'Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee'. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2007.' Frankfurter Judaistische Beitraege, 34 . pp. 204-208.

Hintze, Almut (2008) 'Treasure in Heaven. A Theme in Comparative Religion.' In: Shaked, Shaul and Netzer, Amnon, (eds.), Irano-Judaica. Studies Relating to Jewish Contacts with Persian Culture Throughout the Ages. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, pp. 9-36.

Hunter, Erica C D (2008) 'The Christian Matrix of al-Hira.' In: Jullien, Christelle, (ed.), Les Controverses des Chretiens dans l’Iran Sassanide. Paris: Association pour l'Avancement des Études Iraniennes, pp. 41-56. (Cahiers Studia Iranica, 36)

Hunter, Erica C D (2008) 'The Language of Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the Early Islamic Era.' In: Voigt, Rainer, (ed.), "Und das Leben ist siegreich!" : mandäische und samaritanische Literatur : im Gedenken an Rudolf Macuch = "And life is victorious" : Mandaean and Samaritan literatures : in memory of Rudolf Macuch (1919-1993). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 117-126.

Kotwal, Firoze M. and Hintze, Almut (2008) The Khorda Avesta and Yašt Codex E1. Facsimile edition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. (Iranica; Bd.16)

Padoan, Tatsuma (2008) 'Kami in Fabula: A Tentative Analysis of a Mediaeval Mythological Text.' SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions Newsletter (16-17). pp. 24-27.

Palumbo, Antonello (2008) 'Il rotolo manicheo di Pechino [The Beijing Manichaean Scroll].' In: Gnoli, Gherardo, (ed.), Il Manicheismo. Volume III, Il mito e la dottrina: testi manichei dell'Asia Centrale e della Cina. Florence: Fondazione Lorenzo Valla e Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, pp. 293-336.

Palumbo, Antonello (2008) 'La dottrina manichea nel «Compendio» di Dunhuang.' In: Gnoli, Gherardo, (ed.), Il Manicheismo. Volume III, Il mito e la dottrina: testi manichei dell'Asia Centrale e della Cina. Milan: Fondazione Lorenzo Valla e Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, pp. 337-346.

Singh, Gurharpal (2008) 'The Partition of India as State Contraction: Some Unspoken Assumption.' In: Tan, Tan Yong and Kudaisya, Gyanesh, (eds.), Partition and Post-Colonial South Asia. London: Routledge, pp. 85-99.

Singh, Gurharpal (2008) 'The State and Religious Diversity in Post-Independence India.' In: Talbot, Ian, (ed.), The Deadly Embrace: Religion, Politics and Violence in India and Pakistan, 1947-2000. Karachi: Oxford University Press, pp. 60-77.

Skorupski, Tadeusz (2008) 'The Buddhist Permutations of Consciousness.' In: Esoteric Buddhist studies : identity in diversity : proceedings of the International Conference on Esoteric Buddhist studies, Koyasan University, 5 Sept.-8 Sept. 2006. Koya-mati: Koyasan University, pp. 155-170.

Skorupski, Tadeusz (2008) 'Buddhist Visions of Death and Rebirth.' In: Skorupski, Tadeusz, (ed.), Sztuka życia, śmierci i umierania : czterdzieści dziewięć chwil bardo w buddyzmie tybetańskim = The art of life, death and dying : forty-nine moments of bardo in tibetan buddhism. Warsaw: Asia and Pacyfic Museum, pp. 9-62.

Zene, Cosimo (2008) 'Intervento.' Lares, Rivista quadrimestrale di Demoetnoantropologia, LXXIV (2). pp. 276-286.

Zene, Cosimo (2008) '“Non solo Launeddas” e “Il Fondo Bentzon dell’ISRE”.' Istituto Superiore Etnografico della Sardegna . Isre Sardegna.