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Food movement of 1959: documenting a turning point in the history of West Bengal
In: Department of History, University of Calcutta, monograph 24
The history of the "Slave of Christ": from Jewish child to Christian martyr
In: Persian martyr acts in Syriac 6
"The History of the 'Slave of Christ' : From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr offers the first critical editions and English translations of the two Syriac recensions of this fascinating text, which narrates the story of a young Jewish child, Asher, who after converting to Christianity and taking the name ʻAbda da-Miḥa ('slave of Christ') is martyred by his father Levi in a scene reminiscent of Abraham's offering of Isaac in Genesis 22. In a detailed introduction, the authors argue that the text is a fictional story composed during the early Islamic period (ca. 650-850) probably in Shigar (modern Sinjār). Building upon methodology from the study of Western Christian and Jewish texts, they further contend that the story's author constructs an imagined Jew based on the Hebrew Bible, thereby challenging the way that previous scholars have used this text as straightforward evidence for historical interactions between Jews and Christians in Babylonia at this time. This ultimately allows the authors to reevaluate the purpose of the text and to situate it in its Late Antique Babylonian context"--
Bāṃlādeśa: jātīẏatābāda sbādhīnatā gaṇatantra
On the history of nationalism before and after 1947, leading to the emergence of independent Bangladesh
Bāṅāli o Bāṃlādeśa: Bāṃlādeśera prabandha saṃkalana
Cultural history of Bengalis from Bangladesh from 19th century onwards; contributed articles
Bāṅālīra jātīẏatābāda
On the political, economic, and social factors that affected the history of nationalism in Bengal from 1830 to 2000
Siṅgura jaẏī
On commercialization efforts of agricultural lands owned by peasants at Singur in Hugli District of West Bengal, India, and people's protests against the state government's policy and political decisions with special reference to protests led by Mamata Byanarji, leader of All India Trinamool Congress, political party from India