New Releases by Jeffrey Burton

Well known for his historical accounts of Satan and hell, Jeffrey Burton Russell explores the brighter side of eternity: heaven. He not only examines concepts found among Jews, Greeks and Romans, but asks how time ''passes'' in eternity.

Although this is not a partisan statement for or against tribal sovereignty, Burton demonstrates how judicial reform, by extending the authority of the United States in Indian Territory, undermined the governments of the five republics until abolition of the tribal courts spelled the end of self-rule.

Puede que el diablo exista, y puede que no; pero sí existen, de modo estudiable con todo rigor analítico, concepciones personificadas del mal. El autor, medievalista eminente, "no podía entender el diablo medieval más que en términos de sus antecedentes históricos"; y, trascendiendo la tradicional "historia de las ideas", aplica brillantemente el método de la historia de los conceptos a exponer cómo se forman y evolucionan la noción y la percepción humanas del diablo entendido como personificación de la esencia y principio del mal.

"Inventing the Flat Earth...is a jewel of a book that provides important new insights into the way historians have interpreted Columbus''s achievement." The New York Times Book Review Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

An excellent and important intellectual history.?Library Journal Using examples from theology, philosophy, art, literature, and popular culture, Russell describes the great changes effected in our idea of the Devil by the intellectual and cultural developments of modern times. Mephistopheles is the fourth and final volume of Jeffrey Burton Russell''s critically acclaimed history of the concept of the Devil. The series constitutes the most complete historical study ever made of the figure called the second most famous personage in Christianity. In the first three volumes, the author brought the history of Christian diabology to the end of the Middle Ages. This volume continues the story from the Reformation to the present, tracing the fragmentation of the tradition.

This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil and its personification as the Devil from ancient times to the period of the New Testament and across cultures and civilizations.

Describes the medieval concept of the devil, discusses witchcraft and devil folklore, and examines the depiction of evil in art and literature of the period.

Studies the historical, anthropological, and religious manifestations of witchcraft, arguing that modern witchcraft in the West is in fact a serious religion that offers valuable insights

Originally published: Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, c1981.