1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454196403321

Titolo

Qumran, the site of the Dead Sea scrolls [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological interpretations and debates : proceedings of a conference held at Brown University, November 17-19, 2002 / / edited by Katharina Galor, Jean-Baptiste Humbert, and Jürgen Zangenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006

ISBN

1-281-39868-3

9786611398682

90-474-0797-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, , 0169-9962 ; ; v. 57

Altri autori (Persone)

GalorKatharina

HumbertJean-Baptiste

ZangenbergJürgen

Disciplina

933

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - West Bank - Qumran Site

Qumran community

Electronic books.

Qumran Site (West Bank) Antiquities Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-297) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Old and recent excavations at Qumran -- pt. 2. Interpreting the Qumran site -- pt. 3. The Qumran cemeteries in context -- pt. 4. Regional aspects of Qumran archaeology -- pt. 5. Appendix, bibliography, and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Today, archaeology plays an ever growing role in Qumran studies. Fifteen papers presented in 2002 at Brown University provide the necessary data to break new ground in the recent debate about the character of Qumran. Section I discusses material from old and new excavations that help assess the validity of the traditional Qumran-Essene hypothesis. Part II discusses various aspects of the main settlement such as division of space, the character of period III, the date of the cave scroll deposits and the use of food. Part III deals with the Qumran cemetery and a similar graveyard at Khirbet Qazone. Part IV places Qumran into a wider regional context, concentrating on local



agriculture and ceramic production. The articles strongly call for a new awareness for archaeological detail and, in their various ways, instigate a renewed debate about how to bring texts and material culture into a meaningful dialogue.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785465303321

Autore

Nixon Jon

Titolo

Higher education and the public good [[electronic resource] ] : imagining the university / / Jon Nixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2011

ISBN

1-282-91265-8

9786612912658

1-4411-8610-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

370/.015

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Philosophy

Universities and colleges

Common good

Community life

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Public in Retreat; Chapter 2 Social Imaginaries; Chapter 3 Civic Imaginaries; Chapter 4 Cosmopolitan Imaginaries; Interlude: From Imaginaries to Actualities; Chapter 5 Human Capability; Chapter 6 Human Reasoning; Chapter 7 Human Purpose; Chapter 8 The Return of the Public; Coda: A Sense of Possibility; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What constitutes the public good in a highly individualistic, consumerist and privatized society?. The global financial crisis of 2008 revealed the extent to which the public realm had been eroded over the last thirty years and the inroads that privatization and commercialization have made into the higher education sector. This book explores the institutional and sector-wide implications of the



financial crisis for higher education - and the lessons to be learnt from that crisis and its aftermath for the university sector as a whole. Jon Nixon argues that the university now has to be re-imagin