This volume provides the most up-to-date and holistic but compact account of the peopling of the world from the perspective of language, genes and material culture, presenting a view from the Himalayas. The phylogeny of language families, the chronology of branching of linguistic family trees and the historical and modern geographical distribution of language communities inform us about the spread of languages and linguistic phyla. The global distribution and the chronology of spread of Y chromosomal haplogroups appears closely correlated with the spread of language families. New findings on ancient DNA have greatly enhanced our understanding of the prehistory and provenance of our biological ancestors. The archaeological study of past material cultures provides yet a third independent window onto the complex prehistory of our species.

Ethnolinguistic Prehistory The Peopling of the World from the Perspective of Language, Genes and Material Culture (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, 26)

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University of Bern

George van Driem&lt

Anthropology

BRILL

Felix Culpa Ritual Failure and Theological Innovation in Early Christianity (Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 185)

Religion & Spirituality

AMSTERDAM

Utrecht University

University of Pretoria

Peter-Ben Smit

Vrije Universiteit

Christian Books & Bibles

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. By taking an innovative perspective, Gender Equality in the Mirror aims to advance the debate on gender equalities and to engage with the complexities of their practical implications in everyday life. Through the voice of women who are contributing with their life and work to the pursuit of the collective task of inclusion, the volume develops an original analysis of the socio-economic and political dimension of gender parity to frame implementing pathways of aspirational human rights principles. Gender Equality in the Mirror explores these dimensions with the ultimate aim of raising broad awareness of the need to invest in women's empowerment for the construction of our society.

Gender Equality in the Mirror Reflecting on Power, Participation and Global Justice (World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, 10)

PH.D.

Elisa Fornalé

Foreign & International Law

Brill Nijhoff

How to read Plutarch in the context of New Testament studies? Almost 50 years after the seminal project on the topic led by Hans Dieter Betz, this volume elevates once again the issue's priority. Bridging discoursesis a fitting description both of the religio-philosophical spirit of Plutarch, the Platonist philosopher and priest of Apollo at Delphi, and the task of bringing his writings into fruitful dialogue with the writings of the New Testament, Hellenistic Judaism, and Early Christianity. Taken together, these authors constitute the religious Platonism of the early imperial era. Contributions from the fields of New Testament, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and patristics explore various ways of how to establish these bridges.

Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts Bridging Discourses in the World of the Early Roman Empire (Brill's Plutarch Studies, 9)

History

Edited by Rainer Hirsch-Luipold

Ancient Civilizations

The Interpretation and Application of the Most-Favored-Nation Clause in Investment Arbitration (World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, 12)

Business & Money

Anqi Wang

Economics

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