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REINHARDT, K., Die Ilias und ihr Dichter. Herausgegeben von U. Hölscher. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, n.d.(>1961). 540p. Original blue gilt titled cloth. Name and date on title page. Pages slightly yellowed. Light smoker's smell. 'After an introduction (pp.11-41) it proceeds to a book-by-book discussion of the composition of the poem - unfortunately, owing to the conditions in which the book was produced, this discussion is not complete, Books iii, iv, vi, vii, and xxiii finding not place at all in the series, and some other books (xiii-xv, xvi-xvii, xx-xx1) being grouped together. (...) Reinhardt's whole analysis of the 'Iliad' seems to me (...) a very strong argument in favour of its author's (...) employment of writing; there is a very powerful suggestion of persistent revision over a long period. (...) The introduction contains sections on 'The Homeric Riddle' (including a subsection on 'Repetitions'), on the relations of the 'Patrocleia' and 'Achilleid' (...) and on the importance of 'Episodes' in the composition of the 'Iliad'; Reinhardt lays great stress on Homer's mastery of the constructive use of episodes. (...) Important as this book obviously is, and enormously valuable as we shall find Reinhardt's statements of principle and many of his discussions of individual passages and their relation to Homer's plan, I cannot persuade myself that it really resembles (...) the book which Reinhardt himself might have written, had he been spared.' (J.A. DAVISON in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, pp.136-138). € 35.00 (Antiquarian)

REINHARDT, L., Helvetien unter den Römern. Geschichte der Römischen Provinzial-Kultur. Benjamin Harz, Berlin/Wien, 1924. 751p. ills. Cloth. Cover bit stained. Head spine little bit worn. Nice copy. € 31.50 (Antiquarian)

REINKINGK, Th. (von), Tractatus de regimine seculari et ecclesiastico: exhibens brevem et methodicam juris publici delineationem, ac praecipurarum controversiarum, circa hodier num S. Imperii Romani statum ac gubernationem, tam Secularem, quam in genere Ecclesiasticam, verrentium resolutionem: ex Iure Divino, Canonico, civili, et praesertim aurea Caroli IV. Bulla, ac Novissimis Imperii Constitutionibus, in Illusti Acad. Giessena, Baronibus, Nobilibus, aliisque, jurium cultoribus iteratò propositam, & in gratiam Studiosorum in lucem emissam: Cum Indice Dapitum, Rerum & Verborum. Genathius, Basileae, 1622. 2nd ed.(Editio altera, priori correctior). 6,(8),572,(68)p. Original parchement. All pages coloured by ink chemicals. Lower part pages water stained from pp.307-571. Main study of the protestant jurist and politician Theodor Reinkingk (1590-1664). His objective was a biblical theory about the right ruler, and lutherian study on faithfulness to the emperor and imperial state. Reinkingk beleived that the Roman-German state according to the prophecy of the prophet Daniel was the last of four universal monarchies. Reinkingk offered resistance against political secularisation, against Macchiavellism and growing national Law. € 450.00 (Antiquarian)

REISEL, Max, Het jodendom in de moderne samenleving. Enige feiten typerend voor het jodendom in het licht van de herrezen staat Israël. Boucher, 's-Gravenhage, 1959. 138p. Cloth. Nice copy. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

REISEN, H. van, Met Augustinus aan de slag. Augustijns Instituut, Eindhoven, 1996. VI,115p.Wireless. Offset printing. € 7.00 (Antiquarian)

REISEN, H., van, Augustinus bisschop van Hippo. Beknopt overzicht van zijn leven en werk. Augustijns Instituut, eindhoven, 2002. 36p. Wire stiched. € 7.00 (Antiquarian)

REISER, R., Götter und Kaiser. Antike Vorbilder Jesu. Kösel-Verlag, München, 1995. 240p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs). Hard bound. Der Historiker Rudolf Reiser zeigt wie das junge Christentum angesichts der Übermacht der antiken Welt strategisch klug seine Botschaft verständlich gemacht hat. Geschickt wurde die Kultur der Zeit genutzt: Die antiken Vorbilder Jesu - Götter und Göttinnen, die Kaiser und ihre Visionen vom Frieden auf Erden, Geschehnisse am Himmel und astrologische Spekulationen - werden auch heute greifbar. Kreativ wurden antike Mythologien, imperiale Herrschaftstraume und kosmisch-messianische Hoffnungen neu gedeutet: Über Bilder und Geschichten werden wir zu Zeugen der Zeitenwende. (Publisher's information). € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

REITER, F., Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites. Ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn (...), 2004. X,367,IXp. Sewn. Wrps. Series: Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Sonderreihe Papyrologica Coloniensia, Vol. XXXI. Nice copy. 'This book, the first full study of the 'nomarchia', not just the nomarchs, of the Arsinoite nome in the Roman period, is the most important contribution to our knowledge of taxation in Roman Egypt since S.L. Wallace, 'Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (1938). A brief introduction reviews the available evidence and previous scholarly views. The second chapter gives a prosopographical study of the 27 Arsinoite nomarchs attested between A.D. 34 and 248, and the next investigates their function. The fourth chapter (pp.92-299) (...) is a detailed discussion of all the taxes due in Arsinoite to the 'nomarchia' and what is known about their collection, including comparison with their evidence and mode of collection in other nomes. Attempts to come to grips with the ghastly complexities of taxation in Roman Egypt at ground level are rare and especially welcome. A hazard of the job, and reason for the unpopularity of the topic, is that for each point clarified two new problems tend to emerge, but that is still valuable progress. (...) R.'s discussion of each tax and its collection is based on meticulous analysis and discussion of the relevant texts, clearly presented and written. It is not an easy read, but it will be the invaluable reference point for any editor or historian needing to know about these taxes.' (DOMINIC RATHBONE, The classical review (New Series), 2007, pp.490-91). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

REITER, S., (ed.), Friedrich August Wolf. Ein Leben in Briefen. Die Sammlung besorgt und erläutert. Ergänzungsband I. Die Texte. Aus dem Nachlaß des Verfassers herausgegeben von R. Sellheim. II. Die Erläuterungen. Aus dem Nachlaß des Verfassers herausgegeben von R. Kassel. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, 1990. 2 vols. Photomechanical reprint 1st ed.1956 / 1st ed. XXIII,170;VIII,109p. Original cloth with dust wrps. In cardboard slipcase. Series: Abhandlungen der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 84/1-2. Siegfried Reiters 1935 erschienene dreibändige Ausgabe der Briefe Friedrich August Wolfs gilt als die in jeder Hinsicht vorbildliche Edition einer Gelehrtenkorrespondenz. Reiter war Professor an der deutschen Universität in Prag. Vor seiner Verschleppung nach Theresienstadt im Jahre 1942 hatte er einen Ergänzungsband mit wertvollen neuen Materialien, vor allem Wolfs Briefwechsel mit seinem Schüler Immanuel Bekker, fertiggestellt. Das Manuskript wurde von Karel Svoboda über den Krieg gerettet. Aus ihm hat 1956 Rudolf Sellheim die Brieftexte zum Druck befördert. zusammen mit einem Neudruck dieses seit langem vergriffenen Textteils werden jetzt in dem von Rudolf Kassel aus dem Manuskript herausgegebenen Kommentarteil Reiters reiche Erläuterungen zugänglich gemacht. (Publisher's information). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

REITSMA, A., In de taal zelf verscholen. Over de poëzie van Ida Gerhardt. Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam, 1983. 131p. Paperback. Series: Synthese. € 10.50 (Antiquarian)