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Come out my people! : God's call out of empire in the Bible and beyond by Howard-Brook, Wes

Table of Contents: “…-- The first fall of Jerusalem : Jeremiah and Ezekiel -- "In the wilderness, prepare the way of Yahweh" : envisioning a way out -- The struggle over Jerusalem's restoration -- Seeking "wisdom" under Greek rule, part one : the Ptolemaic Empire -- Seeking "wisdom" under Greek rule, part two : the Seleucid Empire -- From Greece to Rome : longing for God's reign to come -- Enlightenment and empire : reading Jesus from the Locus imperii in the light of the Resurrection -- The gospel of Jesus Christ against the gospel of empire -- "The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ" : the Gospel of Mark -- "Strive first for the kingdom of God" : Matthew's Gospel -- Proclaiming jubilee : Luke's Gospel and Acts of the Apostles -- "Savior of the world" : the Gospel of John -- "Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God" : Paul's counter-imperial gospel -- "Come out my people" : the Book of Revelation -- Conclusion : hearing and responding to God's call to "come out, my people."…”

Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World : the Nickle Numismatic Papers. by Heckel, Waldemar

Table of Contents: “…-- The So-Called Pedigree Coins of the Bactrian Greeks -- The Monetary System in the Seleucid Empire after 187 B.C. -- PART III: THE PHOENICIAN WORLD -- The Coins of the Phoenician World -- East and West…”
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Soldiers and silver : mobilizing resources in the age of Roman conquest by Taylor, Michael J. (Military historian)

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Revolt and resistance in the ancient Classical world and the Near East : in the crucible of empire

Table of Contents: “…Dusinberre -- The Ptolemaic kingdom -- Revolting subjects : empires and insurrection, ancient and modern / Brian McGing -- Revolts under the Ptolemies : a paleoclimatological perspective / Francis Ludlow and J.G. Manning -- The Seleucid empire -- Resistance and revolt . the case of the Maccabees / Robert Doran -- Temple or taxes? …”
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Iraq and the Persian Gulf

Table of Contents: “…History; Sumerian and Babylonian Period; Sumer and Akkad; Supremacy of Babylon; Egyptians and Hittites; Rise of Assyria; Assyrian Empire; Fall of Assyria; Babylonian Way of Life; Persian Achaemenid Empire; Classical Period; Alexander and Seleucid Empire; Parthian Empire; Parthian Mesopotamia; Commerce and Trade Routes; Sassanid Empire; Wars; Religion; Arab Caliphates; Moslem Conquest; Omayyad Caliphate; Abbasid Caliphate; Seljuks and Turks; Non-Moslems; Civilization; Ottoman Empire; Mongols and Turkomans.…”
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