1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453908503321

Autore

Whybray R. N (Roger Norman)

Titolo

Reading the Psalms as a book [[electronic resource] /] / Norman Whybray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81414-8

9786611814144

0-567-12554-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 222

Disciplina

223.206

223/.206

Soggetti

Psalms (Music)

Electronic books.

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; Abbreviations; Note on Commentaries; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 RECENT VIEWS ON THE COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE PSALTER; Chapter 2 WISDOM AND TORAH MATERIAL; Chapter 3 ESCHATOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; Chapter 4 THE INTERPRETATION OF RITUAL SACRIFICE; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purp



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973801603321

Titolo

Exposure of the American people to Iodine-131 from Nevada nuclear-bomb tests : review of the National Cancer Institute report and public health implications / / Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, and Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Scienes, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 1999

ISBN

9786612081378

9780309173698

0309173698

9781282081376

1282081373

9780309522489

030952248X

9780585047294

0585047294

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

362.1/969897/00973

Soggetti

Ionizing radiation - Dosage

Iodine - Isotopes - Toxicology - United States

Nuclear weapons testing victims - Health risk assessment - United States

Thyroid gland - Cancer - United States - Epidemiology

Radiation carcinogenesis - United States

Iodine in the body

Radiation, Background - Health aspects

Radiation Protection

Radiation, Ionizing

Iodine Radioisotopes

Legislation as Topic

Radiation Dosage

Radioactive Pollutants

Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)

United States



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

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Review of the NCI Radiation Dose Reconstruction -- 3 Health Risks of I-131 Exposure -- 4 Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy -- 5 Communicating with the Public about Exposure to Iodine-131 -- 6 Research Needs -- References -- Glossary -- Appendix A Study Activities -- Appendix B Copy of the Memorandum from Dr. Charles Land to Dr. Richard Klausner

Sommario/riassunto

In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate:  Past radiation doses. Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131. Implications for clinical practice. Possible public health strategies--such as systematic screening for thyroid cancer--to respond to the exposures. In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about Iodine-131 exposures and health risks.