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The Mother of the Infant King, Isaiah 7
14 (Hardback)
by Christophe Rico, Peter J. Gentry
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2017 by Wipf And Stock
ISBN-13: 978-1-4982-3017-9, ISBN: 1-4982-3017-2

"Jerusalem, around 735 BC. Two armies threaten the Holy City to overthrow the dynasty of David."

Origins of the Alphabet(1st Edition)
Proceedings of the First Polis Institute Interdisciplinary Conference
by Claudia Attucci, Christophe Rico
Hardcover, 243 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-7746-6, ISBN: 1-4438-7746-8

"Despite the fact that writing has arisen independently many times in various different regions of the world, including Egypt, Sumer, China, and Mexico, the concept of the alphabet was invented only once, somewhere between Egypt and Phoenicia, with all known alphabets going back to this single source. While it is possible, up to a certain point, for scholars to provide an answer as to how the alphabet came about, it is much more difficul ..."

Hansel and Gretel in Ancient Greek
by Christophe Rico, Stephen Hill
Hardcover, 52 Pages, Published 2021 by Polis Institute, United States
ISBN-13: 978-965-7698-06-8, ISBN: 965-7698-06-5

"This book is an ancient Greek adaptation of the classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm and was designed to help beginner level students acquire new vocabulary easily without having to rely on a translation or a ..."

The Library of Alexandria
A Cultural Crossroads of the Ancient World (Polis Institute Conference Proceedings)
by Christophe Rico, Anca Dan
Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 2017 by Polis Institute Press
ISBN-13: 978-965-7698-10-5, ISBN: 965-7698-10-3

"Created and developed by the Ptolemaic kings, the Library of Alexandria was regarded as the world’s main center of scholarship from the 3rd century BC until at least the reign of Cleopatra (48–30 BC). The dream to establish a gigantic library that could assemble all known texts of the Hellenistic period, the outstanding achievements of the scholars who worked inside its walls, and, finally, the mysteries surrounding its disappearance, h ..."

The Cours de Linguistique Générale Revisited
1916-2016: The Third Polis Institute Interdisciplinary Conference
by Christophe Rico, Pablo Kirtchuk, Polis Institute Press
Hardcover, 380 Pages, Published 2018 by Polis Institute Press
ISBN-13: 978-965-7698-11-2, ISBN: 965-7698-11-1

"In 1916, three years after the death of Ferdinand de Saussure, the Cours de linguistique générale (CLG) was published in Geneva. This foundational work marked the beginning of a discipline that has profoundly influenced the development of the humanities ever since.What sources influenced the CLG? Do the main concepts of this seminal work have the same validity today as they did in 1916? How has the recent development of language science ..."

Septuaginta. Band 11,2
Ecclesiastes (Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum) (German and Greek Edition)
by Peter John Gentry
Hardcover, 123 Pages, Published 2019 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN-13: 978-3-525-53427-4, ISBN: 3-525-53427-2