Studies in Honor of Jaan Puhvel: Part Two : Mythology and Religion (Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph No.21) [Paperback]

Edgar C. Polome (Editor), John A. C. Greppin (Editor)

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John A. C. Greppin Françoise Bader Walter L. Brennemann, Jr. Miriam Robbins Dexter Dorothy Disterheft Angelique Gulermovich Epstein Stephanie W. Jamison Linda A. Malcor C. Scott Littleton Linda A. Malcor Dean A. Miller Edgar C. Polomé William Sayers Udo Strutynski

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Editor Biographies:

John Greppin, Professor of English at Cleveland State University. Ph.D. from UCLA, 1972, Indo-European Studies. Research specialty: Classical Armenian He has published 15 books, 425 articles and reviews (Written March 2008). Most recent book: The Diffusion of Greco-Roman Medicine in the Middle East and the Editor of Annual of Armenian Linguistics. Editor of Raft: A Journal of Armenian Poetry and Criticism (written March 2008).

Professor Edgar C. Polomé, Christie and Stanley E. Adams, Jr., Centennial Professor Emeritus in Liberal Arts, distinguished linguist, Indo-Europeanist, and professor of comparative religions and languages at University of Texas at Austin.

Selected Bibliography:

Essays on Germanic Religion (1989) Research Guide to Language Change (1990) Reconstructing Languages and Cultures (1992) Indo-European Religion after Dumézil (1996) Miscellanea Indo-Europea (1999)

Festschrifts:

Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé, ed. by M. A. Jazayery and W. Winter, Berlin/New York, 1988.

Perspectives on Indo-European Language, Culture, and Religion: Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé (Journal of Indo-European Studies monograph 7, 2 vols.), Washington, 1991.

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• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Institute for the Study of Man (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941694550
• ISBN-13: 978-0941694551
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John A. C. Greppin: For an Indo-Europeanist, Upon His Retirement; Françoise Bader: Voix Divines-Reflexions Métalinguistiques Indo-Européennes; Walter L. Brennemann, Jr.: The Drunken and the Sober-A Comparative Study of Lady Sovereignty In Irish and Indic Contexts; Miriam Robbins Dexter: Born of the Foam-Goddesses of River and Sea in the `Kingship in Heaven' Myth; Dorothy Disterheft: Irish Evidence for Indo-European Royal Consecration; Angelique Gulermovich Epstein: The Morrigan and the Valkyries; Stephanie W. Jamison: A Gándharva Marriage in the Odyssey-Nausicaa and her Imaginary Husband; Linda A. Malcor: First Bath-The "Washing of the Child" Motif in Christian Art; C. Scott Littleton and Linda A. Malcor: Did the Alans Reach Ireland? A Reassessment of the Scythian References in the Lebor Gabála; Erenn; Dean A. Miller: In Search of Indo-European Inter-Functional War; Edgar C. Polomé: Some Reflections on the Vedic Religious Vocabulary; William Sayers: Psychological Warfare in Vinland (Eríks saga rauda); The Sins of Siegfried; Udo Strutynski: Echoes of Indo-European War Crimes in the Nibelungenlied and its Analogues.