Now Available-Dark Age Bodies
11/10/2010
Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West Lynda L. Coon 416 pages | 6 x 9 | 42 b/w, 8 color illus. Cloth 2010 |… READ MORE
Category: Religious Studies
Origings of Jewish Seculatization in Eighteenth-Century Europe–Now Available
09/30/2010
The Origins of Jewish Secularization in Eighteenth-Century Europe Shmuel Feiner. Translated by Chaya Naor 384 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4273-7 | $65.00 |… READ MORE
The Birth of Orientalism–Now Available
09/17/2010
The Birth of Orientalism Urs App 568 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4261-4 | $79.95 | £52.00 A volume in the Encounters with… READ MORE
Medieval Italy–Now in Paperback
08/02/2010
Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation Edited by Katherine L. Jansen, Joanna Drell, and Frances Andrews 624 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 36 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN… READ MORE
The Conversion of Herman the Jew–Now Available
06/17/2010
The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century Jean-Claude Schmitt. Translated by Alex J. Novikoff 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus…. READ MORE
The TLS Reviews Noble’s Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians
06/16/2010
Times Literary Supplement reviewer Lucy Beckett calls Thomas F. X. Noble's Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians, "an immensely scholarly and interesting book on the Carolingian response to the drama of… READ MORE
Vernacular Voices–Now Available
06/10/2010
Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities Kirsten A. Fudeman 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4250-8 | $59.95 |… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Johan Elverskog on Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
06/10/2010
There's more to the relationship between Islam and Buddhism than you might think based on the actions of contemporary groups like the Taliban. In the latest Penn Press podcast Johan… READ MORE
Forthcoming Fall 2010 Books
06/01/2010
The Penn Press catalog of books for fall 2010 is now available in print and online. In the coming season Penn Press will continue to publish scholarly and general interest… READ MORE
Women Warriors for Allah–Now Available
05/25/2010
Women Warriors for Allah: An Islamist Network in the Netherlands Janny Groen and Annieke Kranenberg. Translated by Robert Naborn. Foreword by Marc Sageman 280 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth… READ MORE
