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What is Karaism and Are There Still Karaites?
New from The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Karaism by Daniel J. Lasker is the first comprehensive overview of Karaism: its history, unique practices, beliefs, and philosophy, and present-day revival. In this blog post, Lasker reflects on the progress of Karaite studies. Although many people are aware that Karaism is a non-rabbinic form of Judaism, they … Continue reading
Liverpool Latin American Studies Reading List
is month, we're showcasing our titles from the Liverpool Latin American Studies collection which, along with all the titles from the Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone series, are included within our Open Access initiative, Opening the Future.
Yeats, the Library, and Literary Afterlife
January 28, 2022 marks the 83rd anniversary of the death of W. B. Yeats in 1939. The anniversary nearly coincides with the February 1, 2022 publication of Wayne K. Chapman’s study “Something that I read in a book”: W. B. Yeats’s Annotations at the National Library of Ireland in two volumes (I: Reading Notes; and … Continue reading
Apocalypse in Fiction: Then and Now
Christopher Palmer, author of Apocalypse in Crisis, explores the rise of apocalyptic fiction since the end of the Second World War, shining a light on the relevance of current crises to the genre. One thing that the experience of the last few years has forced on us is that we are not allowed one … Continue reading
