1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453834503321

Autore

Bartusch Mark W

Titolo

Understanding Dan [[electronic resource] ] : an exegetical study of a Biblical city, tribe and ancestor / / Mark W. Bartusch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-80309-X

9786611803094

0-8264-3975-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 379

Disciplina

220.9'5

220.9''5

221.95

Soggetti

Dan (Tribe of Israel)

Electronic books.

Dan (Extinct city)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 INTERPRETING DAN IN THE PENTATEUCH; Chapter 3 INTERPRETING DAN IN THE FORMER PROPHETS; Chapter 4 INTERPRETING DAN IN THE LATTER PROPHETS; Chapter 5 INTERPRETING DAN IN THE BOOKS OF CHRONICLES; Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS AND FINAL REMARKS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the Dan/Danite tradition in the Hebrew Bible to determine not only what the Bible tells us about Dan, but also how far traditions about the territory, city, ancestor and tribe may have influenced each other. Bartusch argues that the political and theological interests reflected in the relatively late work of the Deuteronomistic Historian have cast a shadow over some earlier traditions, and that by combining social-science models and newer literary criticism with the more traditional historical-critical methodologies, the original meaning of the traditions of Dan may be r



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794604603321

Titolo

Building a dynamic Pacific economy : strengthening the private sector in Papua New Guinea / / Asian Development Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mandaluyong City, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

92-9254-900-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 p.)

Collana

Country Sector and Thematic Assessments

Disciplina

330.9953

Soggetti

Economic development - Papua New Guinea

Free enterprise - Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 Overview; Economic Management; Reforming Banks and Capital Markets; The State's Role; Competition; State-Owned Enterprises; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Key Recommendations; 2 Introduction; Development Vision; Private Sector Assessment 2008; 3 Economic Policies to Support Private Sector Growth; 4 Reforming Banking and Capital Markets; Financial Markets; Policy Reforms Promoting Private Sector Growth; 5 The Political Economy; The State's Role; Security and Justice; Gender-Related Barriers to Growth

Encouraging Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesGovernance; Reforming the Tax System; Commercial Legal Framework; 6 Competition; 7 State-Owned Enterprises Burden the Economy; Wasted Public Resources; Toward Policy Reform; The Kumul Trust Holdings: Unclear Purpose; 8 Agriculture; 9 Infrastructure; Electricity; Roads; References; Tables; 1 Key Recommendations; 2 Private Sector Assessment 2008 Recommendations and Progress as of 30 June 2014; 3 Reform Measures; Figures; 1 Bank Provisioning to Nonperforming Loans, 2010-2014 (%); 2 Banks' Capital Adequacy and Loan-to-Deposit Ratios, 2010-2014 (%)

3 Banks' Return on Assets and Equity, 2010-2014 (%)4 Papua New Guinea State-Owned Enterprise Portfolio Assets, FY 2012 (K6 billion);



Boxes; 1 Shortcomings of Tax Incentives; 2 Characteristics of Effective Legislative and Governance Frameworks; 3 International Examples of Failed State-Owned Enterprise Policies Offer Guidance; 4 Tree Crop Production in Papua New Guinea and Household Welfare