Berlin, Ulysses, Babylon

Abstract Irving Berlin remains a central figure in American music, a lyricist/composer whose songs are loved all over the world. His first piece, `Marie from Sunn...

Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a ...

Ulysses S. Grant was responsible for orchestrating the activities of all the Union armies into a single strategy, providing the leadership that eventually doomed the Confederacy an...

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah, treated here as one larger work, continue the story of Israel's experience begun in the biblical books of I and II Chronicles. In the wake of Persia...

With keen insight and lucid analysis, Adele Berlin brings the dramatic words of the great prophet Zaphaniah to life. Living under the tumultuous reign of King Josiah of Judah (640-...

Korruption ist kein Phänomen der öffentlichen Verwaltung, sondern eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Erscheinungsform. Gleichwohl stellen auftretende Korruptionsfälle im öffentlichen Sek...

Abstract Isaiah Berlin is a towering figure in the world of letters. To the international community of scholars he is best known as the author of Two Concepts of ...

In Berlin, decrepit structures do not always denote urban blight. Decayed buildings are incorporated into everyday life as residences, exhibition spaces, shops, offices, and as lei...