Alexander Marx

This book delivers the first substantial study of the preaching of the Third Crusade (1187-92). It assembles c.200 sermon texts and c.100 manuscripts, to understand the explosive dynamic of mobilization in the Latin West. Dealing with the essential fact that a genre called 'crusade sermon' did not exist, it develops methodological devices for identifying sermons relevant for the crusading purpose. The book contests thus the modern historiography, which has placed too much trust in the few chronicle reports. However, its fruitful blending of crusading, preaching, exegesis, manuscript studies, and intellectual history has much to offer beyond crusade studies.

Mit dem Ludwigs-Main-Donau-Kanal gelang es, die Europ ische Wasserscheide zu berwinden und eine schiffbare Verbindung von der Nordsee zum Schwarzen Meer schaffen. Innerhalb von zehn Jahren wurden 100 Schleusen, ber 70 D mme sowie zahlreichen Br cken und Br ckenkan le errichtet. Friedrich Schultheis schildert hier detailreich den Fortgang der Bauarbeiten von den ersten Planungen bis zur Einweihung im Juli 1846. 26 Doppelseitige Illustrationen von Alexander Marx geben einen Eindruck von diesem Meisterwerk der Technikgeschichte.

The author of this volume, through these twelve compelling biographies, offers a revealing look at his own deep convictions. The four classic figures presented, Saadia, Gershom, Rashi and Maimonides, stand for the intellectual heritage of German Judaism. The eight modern figures, among them, Steinschneider, Hoffman, Sulzberger, Schechter, Jacobs, Malter, Margolis and Friedlaender, find a place at the center of the movement for the intellectual modernization of Judaism. Originally published in 1948 by the Jewish Publication Society, this edition contains a new introduction by Jacob Neusner.