About Jona Lendering

Books by Jona Lendering

• Verloren erfenis. Oosterse wortels van de westerse cultuur 2009 Amsterdam (Lost legacy. Eastern roots of the western civilization) A book on the legacy of Islam and Babylon (abstract; Dutch abstract).
• Oorlogsmist. Veldslagen en propaganda uit de Oudheid 2006 Amsterdam (Fog of War. Ancient Battles and Propaganda). A book on war and the representation of war (more...; chapter).
• Polderdenken. De wortels van de Nederlandse overlegcultuur 2005 Amsterdam (The Roots of Dutch Consensus Culture). A little book about medieval peat reclamation, polders, dikes, windmills and the political, economic and social consequences of the Dutch war against the sea (reviews; summary in English).
• Alexander de Grote. De ondergang van het Perzische Rijk 2004 Amsterdam (Alexander the Great. The Demise of the Persian Empire). It contains several recently discovered Babylonian texts and  takes into account modern sociological theories about the pristine state, and ideas about transcultural leadership that have been developed at modern business schools. A part of it has been translated into English and can be found here. (reviews).
• Stad in marmer. Gids voor het antieke Rome aan de hand van tijdgenoten 2002 Amsterdam (The Marble City. Literary Travel Guide to Ancient Rome). A book on daily life in ancient Rome, hailed as "the best book on Rome in the Dutch language" by the NRC Handelsblad. An English review can be found here and a translated part can be found here (other reviews).
• Interim-ABC, 2002 The Hague. A skeptical inventory of management jargon, a coproduction with Klaas de Roo and Paul Mentzel (reviews).
• Archeologie van de futurologie, 2000 The Hague (Archaeology of Futurology). A brief history of futurology, including evaluations of the most important futurological methods.
• De randen van de aarde. De Romeinen tussen Schelde en Eems, 2000 Amsterdam (The Edges of the Earth. The Romans in the Low Countries). The history of the Roman occupation of Belgium and the Netherlands, including a collection of hundred translated Greek and Latin texts. (A translated chapter can be found here; other parts were used in this article; reviews.)
• Een interim-manager in het Romeinse Rijk. Plinius in Bithynië, 1998 The Hague (An Interim Manager in the Roman Empire. Pliny in Bithynia). A brief introduction to Roman history and government, culminating in a description of Pliny the Younger's governorship of Bithynia-Pontus (reviews).

• A biography of Synesius of Cyrene;
  
• A book on the rise of Early Christianity and Rabbinical Judaism;
• A dictionary of blunders by classicists, archaeologists, and historians.

• A history of the Seleucids;
• A brief history of the Roman legions, not unlike the webpages already devoted to this subject;
• A little book on the Limes Tripolitanus;
• A book on Mediterranean culture under the Severan dynasty;
• A history of pre-Islamic Iran;
• A book on Babylonia between 800 BCE and 200 CE;
• and a book on the 'long but single year' 69.