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The Lion Led the Way: Third Edition (revised and expanded)

The Lion Led the Way: Third Edition (revised and expanded)

Dwight R. Hutchison

Nikos Kokkinos refers to the Herod II as Herod III. He also insists that Luke was simply wrong about which Philip was married to Herodias. Kokkinos assumes that it was Philip the Tetrarch. 43 Harold Hoehner, Herod Antipas, (Cambridge, ...
Antonia Augusta: Portrait of a Great Roman Lady

Antonia Augusta: Portrait of a Great Roman Lady

Nikos Kokkinos

This is the first general book on Antonia Augusta in any language.
Chronos, Kairos, Christos: Nativity and Chronological ...

Chronos, Kairos, Christos: Nativity and Chronological ...

Jack Finegan

36: The Keystone for Dating the Birth of Jesus Nikos Kokkinos If the evidence were such that one theory of Nativity chronology could be established to the exclusion of all others, the whole question would have been settled long ago.
Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary ...

Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary ...

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The date of Berenice's birth is derived from Josephus's statement that Berenice was sixteen (and already married to her second husband, Herod) when her father, Agrippa I, died. Nikos Kokkinos, refuting D. Schwartz and others, argues that ...
Herod and Augustus: Papers Presented at the IJS Conference, ...

Herod and Augustus: Papers Presented at the IJS Conference, ...

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INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS David M. Jacobson and Nikos Kokkinos Leading experts in Herodian and Augustan studies from across the globe were brought together under the auspices of the Institute of Jewish Studies to present the ...
International Conference, The World of the Herods and the ...

International Conference, The World of the Herods and the ...

Nikos Kokkinos

Studien zu antiken Kulturkontakten und ihrem Nachleben. Herausgegeben von Josef Wiesehofer in Zusammenarbeit mit Pierre Briant, Amelie Kuhrt, Fergus Millar und Robert Rollinger FRANZ STEINER VERLAG DEMCO 36-297 h. * _. 1.
The Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse

The Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse

Nikos Kokkinos

The remarkable Herodian dynasty flourished from the second century BCE to the second century CE. This book examines its origins, measures its impact on Jewish society, and discusses the influence it had beyond Judaea.
Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse

Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse

Nikos Kokkinos

The remarkable Herodian dynasty flourished from the second century BCE to the second century CE. This book examines its origins, measures its impact on Jewish society, and discusses the influence it exerted beyond Judaea.
World Filmography: 1967

World Filmography: 1967

Peter Cowie

Akh! afti i yineka mou [Oh! This Is My Wife] d: George Skalenakis. sc: Nikos Tsiforos, Polivios Vasiliadis. st: Nikos ... l.p: Petros Fissoun (Nikos), Marianna Kourakou (Aleka), Lavrentis Dianellos (Petros), George Voutsinos, Maria Voul- gari, ...
The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis: Will the Humans ...

The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis: Will the Humans ...

Nikos Kazantzakis

A powerful and poetic work that raises environmental awareness and calls us to compassionate action, the book contains new translations from the Greek originals to English, some original poems by Maskaleris, a Preface by Jean-Michel ...
Dialogic Openness in Nikos Kazantzakis

Dialogic Openness in Nikos Kazantzakis

Charitini Christodoulou

... its protruding parts which can also be understood in relation to the grotesque body as embracing all people and being a universal body, as opposed to having a private existence. Jean Ellen Petrolle, in her article “Nikos Kazantzakis and The  ...
Report to Greco

Report to Greco

Nikos Kazantzakis

Disarmingly personal and intensely philosophical, Report to Greco is a fictionalized account of Greek philosopher and writer Nikos Kazantzakis’s own life, a sort of intellectual autobiography that leads readers through his wide-ranging ...
The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis

The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

And nowhere is his life revealed more fully or surprisingly than in his letters. Edited and translated by Kazantzakis scholar Peter Bien, this is the most comprehensive selection of Kazantzakis's letters in any language.
Saint Francis

Saint Francis

Nikos Kazantzakis

Recounted in Nikos Kazantzakis’s striking prose through the eyes of the saint’s brother, Leo, the life of Saint Francis shines in these pages as a heroic example of inspirational leadership and boundless love for God and all His ...
The Greek's Pregnant Lover

The Greek's Pregnant Lover

Lucy Monroe

Self-made billionaire Zephyr Nikos has come a long way from the streets of Athens, but his heart is stone-cold—like marble.
The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

Nikos Kazantzakis

The internationally renowned novel about the life and death of Jesus Christ.
The Last Temptation

The Last Temptation

Nikos Kazantzakis

Kazantzakis's classic novel, blacklisted by the Vatican, filmed by Scorsese, has been labelled heretical, blasphemous, and also a masterpiece.
God's Struggler: Religion in the Writings of Nikos Kazantzakis

God's Struggler: Religion in the Writings of Nikos Kazantzakis

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These 11 essays analyze in detail Kazantzakis's lifelong struggle to give voic
The Greek Billionaire's Baby Revenge: A Billionaire Romance

The Greek Billionaire's Baby Revenge: A Billionaire Romance

Jennie Lucas

His mistress… Working for Nikos Stavrakis was exhilarating—until one night, when he made love to Anna….
The Greek Tycoon's Wife

The Greek Tycoon's Wife

Kim Lawrence

Nikos Lakis is the ultimate Greek tycoon… He's cool, controlled and definitely sexy—and he's also married to a woman he hasn't seen since their wedding day.
Nikos Kazantzakis : a biography based on his letters:

Nikos Kazantzakis : a biography based on his letters:

Helen Kazantzakis

Personal letters interwoven with biographical text reveal a portrait of the novelist, poet, and philosopher, his political causes and his unceasing struggle with the creative process
Voices of Modern Greece: Selected Poems

Voices of Modern Greece: Selected Poems

Constantine Cavafy

Poems chosen are those that translate most successfully into English and that are also representative of the best work of the original poets--C.P. Cavafy, Angelos Sikelianos, George Seferis, Odysseus Elytis, and Nikos Gatsos.
Classical and Modern Literature

Classical and Modern Literature

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2) features an article by Jean Ellen Petrolle entitled “Nikos Kazantzakis and Th T m i n: Irony and Dialectic in a Spiritual Ontology of Body.” In her essay, Petrolle examines the way in which Kazantzaki shows that the body, in Christian tradition,  ...
Kazantzakis and God

Kazantzakis and God

Daniel A. Dombrowski

Symposium, p. 83. 67. England (New York: Simon &. Schuster, 1965), pp. 13, 254 . Translated from the travel journal in Greek, Anglia. 68. See Lea, Kazantzakis, pp . 28, 125-26. 69. See Helen Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakis, pp. 151, 261, 519.
Cancer of the Gallbladder: New Research

Cancer of the Gallbladder: New Research

John T. Whitten

... Petr Urbanek, Tomislav Svestka, Milan Kalab, Simona Chocholova, Milena Mikova and Zdenek Marecek External Palliative Radiotherapy for Gallbladder Carcinoma Nikos Eleftheriadis and Kiki Pistevou-Gompaki The Role of Radiotherapy ...
World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for ...

World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for ...

Lynda G. Adamson

... to Athens only to be accused and then acquitted on charges of treason before writing The Demes, a satire on the problems of Athens. Genre(s): War Story; Legal Story. Kazantzakis, Nikos 1 33. Alexander the Great. Trans. Theodora Va- sils.

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