Challenges of biological aging [[electronic resource] /] / Edward J. Masoro

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454637003321
• Autore: Masoro Edward J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, c1999
• ISBN: 9786611765644; 0-8261-0082-1; 1-281-76564-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.6/7
• Soggetti: Aging - Physiological aspects; Aging; 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 AGING: A BIOLOGICAL PUZZLE; 2 DEMOGRAPHY AND THE SOCIETAL CHALLENGE; 3 WHY AGING OCCURS; 4 HOW AGING OCCURS; 5 BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF AGING: A UNIFYING CONCEPT; 6 THE HUMAN AGING PHENOTYPE; 7 POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS TO RETARD AGING; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume provides the non-biologist an overview of what is known about the physiological bases of aging. The author examines the many basic theories and emerging hypotheses underlying the molecular, cellular, and systemic processes involved in senescence. He addresses the normal physiological changes that characterize the aging phenotype, and also considers the role of many age-associated diseases in growing older. Masoro synthesizes a much-needed ""unified theory"" of biological aging to which explains how and why the body grows into the condition we call ""old."" This text is intended for

The Messianic Secret of Hasidism / / Mor Altshuler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450879203321
• Autore: Altshuler Mor
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-40045-9; 9786611400453; 90-474-1083-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (452 p.)
• Collana: Brill's Series in Jewish Studies ; ; 39
• Disciplina: 296.8/332
• Soggetti: Hasidim; Hasidism - Doctrines - History; Hasidism - History; Jewish messianic movements; Messiah - Judaism; Electronic books.
• 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 and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes a circle of Eastern European Kabbalists that established Hasidism, an important movement that has influenced Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish culture and Hebrew literature. It uncovers the messianic motivation, concealed in Hasidic writings after the failure of their 1740-1781 attempts to hurry redemption. The book opens with the Besht, the legendary founder of Hasidism, and continues with the first Hasidic court, founded by one of his prominent disciples, the preacher of Zlotshov. The group's redemptive activities are revealed through their mystical rituals, their self-image as representatives of the ten Sefirot, and the status of their leader, "the Righteous One," as a vivid symbol of the divine influx. The book is especially important for scholars and students of Judaism as well as scholars of mysticism and messianism, seeking to comprehend the transformation of a messianic circle of devotees into a mass movement that changes the culture of an entire nation.