Equinox Publishing Ltd is an independent academic publisher

Academic publishing

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 founded in 2003 by Janet Joyce

Janet Joyce

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 and based in London

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. It publishes textbook

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s, anthologies

Anthology

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, monograph

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s, and reference books in the areas of archaeology

Archaeology

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, linguistics

Linguistics

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, cultural history

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, religious studies

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, theology

Theology

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, biblical studies

Biblical studies

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, cookery, and popular music. In 2009, Equinox had a list of over 200 published titles and planned to publish another 40 new books. The list of academic journals has grown to 34 titles 2003.