De Gruyter Overview
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De Gruyter Overview
De Gruyter Overview 43nd General Assembly of BETH Anne O‘Riordan 6-10th September Wroclaw 1 De Gruyter 2 De Gruyter – The Basics • Academic publishing house, founded in 1749 - Family-owned company • Advisory board of five distinguished independent advisors • German HQ in Berlin, US HQ in Boston – Bejing China • Well-known imprints: Birkhäuser (architecture & art) De Gruyter Mouton (linguistics), De Gruyter Saur (library and information science), De), De Gruyter Oldenbourg (history), • Recognized as an interdisciplinary academic publishing house (Humanities, Social Sciences + STM) – significant output in Theology, Religion and Jewish studies • Extensive back catalogue • 60,000 Books (Print and E) • 1800 new book titles in 2014 (600 in English) • 300 Paid + 330 OA journals and yearbooks • Overall around 80% English language journals/ 60% books 3 Encyclopedia of the Bible and it‘s Reception DB ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION (EBR) First comprehensive reference work on biblical reception Covers Hebrew, OT, NT and Contextual history Price (prepaid) online version EUR 13,390 (one off payment up front to cover all 30 volumes) EBR is a research tool for scholars in biblical studies and related fields but also useful to readers generally interested in the Bible. It is edited by a team of international scholars, all experts in their fields. EBR is published in English (Currently this online edition contains the first nine volumes.) 10% discount for BETH Members 4 Images of the Biblical World – Database Professor Benedikt Schwank OSB, Beuron. Professor for New Testament and Biblical Archaeology at the Munich School of Philosophy, • Contains 24,000 images, from the early 1950’s to the modern day. • Documents the evolution of bible related buildings and sites in the Mediterranean world, including Turkey, Italy, Egypt, Syria, The Holy Land and many others • Many photographs capture historical settings which no longer exist today. Therefore, this collection of pictures provides a unique and valuable glimpse on the biblical world. • Images will be indexed by description, place, date of photography, geographical index Online Version (Purchase Option) € 2990.00 USER INTERFACE German, English March 2014 5 DeGruyter eBooks - Overview Options – Fair and Transparent purchase models • Pick & Choose. Subject packages Single titles on www.Degruyter.com • All our eBooks available on most aggreator platforms OUR eBOOKS • Print price is the same as the eBook price – no mark-up - one off payment for perpetual unlimited access for the cost of a single print copy • Each new title is published simultaneously in print and as an eBook or eBookPLUS. • All eBooks are full-text searchable, indexed, and provided with DOIs and MARC records. • Very liberal DRM – unlimited access for all users • New for 2014 – ePub format • OUR DISCOUNTS • Fixed packages = Save 20% on the list price when purchasing the complete package or 15% on a subject package 6 De Gruyter Book Series in Theology, Religion and Jewish Studies New Series - Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) publishes monographs and collected volumes which explore the reception history of the Bible in a wide variety of academic and cultural contexts. Closely linked to the multi-volume project Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), this book series is a publication platform for works which cover the broad field of reception history of the Bible in various religious traditions, historical periods, and cultural fields. . 7 De Gruyter Book Series- Official IFLA Publisher DE GRUYTER SAUR Official IFLA publisher since 1990 - 171 volumes published . The IFLA Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group is dedicated to libraries serving as places of dialogue between cultures through a better knowledge of religions. Libraries Serving Dialogue is based on experiences of libraries serving interreligious dialogue, It presents themes like Library tools Serving dialogue between cultures, Collections dialoguing, Children and young adults dialoguing beyond borders, Story telling as dialog, Librarians serving interreligious dialogue. Libraries Serving Dialogue Ed. by Dupont, Odile 8 De Gruyter Book Series Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature . by Stuckenbruck, Loren T. / Horst, Pieter W. / Lichtenberger, Hermann / Mendels, Ed. Doron / Mueller, James R. The series Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature is devoted to the study of Jewish documents and traditions that can be dated or traced back to the Hellenistic and Roman periods (ca. 300 BCE–150 CE). The literature covered by the series represents a rich diversity of literary forms and religious perspectives . 9 titles to date – all English language 9 De Gruyter Book Series . New Approaches to the Study of Religion . Ed. by Antes, Peter / Geertz, Armin W. / Warne, Randi R. Internationally recognized scholars provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focusing on the past two decades. Volume 1 Regional, Critical, and Historical Approaches Volume 2 Textual, Comparative, Sociological, and Cognitive Approach 10 De Gruyter Book Series in Theology, Religion and Jewish Studies Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission,Transformation Ed. by Brodeur, Patrice / Fraenkel, Carlos / Kattan, Assaad Elias / Tamer, Georges This series brings together innovative volumes exploring the reception and mediation of ideas and practices in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, from antiquity to the twentyfirst century. Topics include:*Political models & Patterns of social order *Spiritual symbols and images *Covers Greek, Hebrew, Latin and Ottoman cultural spheres 11 De Gruyter Book Series in Theology, Religion and Jewish Studies Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft The companion book series to Journal for Old Testament Studies covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible. - 13 new titles in 400 volumes in print – both English and German - The oldest and most highly regarded book series covering the Old Testament – 1920s 12 De Gruyter Book Series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Ed.. by Dunn, James D. G. / Holladay, Carl / Lichtenberger, Hermann / Schröter, Jens / Sterling, Gregory Companion book series for our Journal of New Testament Studies The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related fields. The series is grounded in a historicalcritical approach and also explores new methodological approaches that advance our understanding of the New Testament and its world. 200 volumes published since 1923. 13 eBook Offer 2014 for BETH members eBook Packages Package 2014 eBook Package 2014 Theology, Judaism, Religion - 103 titles List Price - € 10,690; 10% discount for BETH members € 9,621 eBook Packages Package 2014 Harvard University Press eBook Archive: Religion eBook Package - 81 titles List Price - €3,300 ; 10% discount for BETH members € 2,970 http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/430705 http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/349645 14 De Gruyter Journals • 343 paid + 320 OA Journals (BE Press, Oldenbourg, ONTOS) • English Language 213 Paid and 319 OA – 80% English. • Electronic archive back to 1826 • Flexible Subscription options • A wide variety of content covering humanities, medicine, the sciences, law, social sciences and economics • Long term archiving via Portico 15 Open Access Journals at De Gruyter . • Perichoresis - The Theological Journal of Emanuel University – journal . published in conjunction with the Ethics & Society Research centre part of Emanuel University. • e-Theologos - The Journal of University of Presov, (Greek Catholic Theological Faculty) – original peer review articles covering theology, philosophy, Religion Studies and Religion Teaching. • Cultural Diversity in China – published in co-operation with Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religion and Ethnic Diversity in Gottingen. 16 De Gruyter Journals Journal of Transcultural Medieval Studies . Editor-in-Chief: Tischler, Matthias M. The new Journal of Transcultural Medieval Studies will provide a forum for scholarship of premodern times. It will publish comparative studies, which reflect the entanglement and the interconnection of European, African, Asian and American cultures. The Journal will pursue an interdisciplinary approach Each issue of the Journal of Transcultural Medieval Studies will comprise three sections: 1) Articles, either miscellaneous or in thematic panels, 2) Reviews of recent publications in the field, committed to detailed and constructive criticism, 3) News, offering an up-to-date forum for the most recent activities in transcultural research (institutions, projects, networks, conferences, workshops). NEW JOURNAL – FIRST ISSUE SEPT 2014 . 17 New Journals at De Gruyter . • . Journal of Early Modern Christianity – incorporates topics concerning the relationship between Christianity and other religions. The relationship between Christianity and other religions in the early modern period is a key focus of the journal. • Journal of the Bible and its Reception – peer review articles on methodology and content of bible reception. Topics ranging from culture and the arts to politics and social issues. . • Both new in 2014 18 Thank you! Questions? For further information: www.degruyter.com [email protected] 19