1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458734203321

Autore

Schreiber Monika

Titolo

The comfort of kin : Samaritan community, kinship, and marriage / / by Monika Schreiber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27425-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, , 0926-2261 ; ; Volume 51

Disciplina

305.6/96817

Soggetti

Samaritans

Minority families - Israel

Electronic books.

Israel Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of the author's dissertation--University of Vienna (Autria), Institute of Social and Cultural  Anthropology, 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Who Are the Samaritans? -- 1 A Community of Faith -- 2 An Accidental People: A Survey of Samaritan History -- 3 A Community of Practice -- 4 No Exit, No Entrance? The Bounds of Community -- 5 It’s All in the Family: From Ethnic Identity to Practical Kinship -- 6 Bintī li-ibn ʿammhā—My Daughter is for Her Cousin: Samaritan Marital Preferences -- 7 Too Close for Comfort? A Critical View of an Ancient Legacy -- 8 Single, Samaritan, Male: A Local Discourse on Minority and Choice -- 9 The Family Politic -- Epilogue: Will the Samaritans Endure? -- References -- Subject Index -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Foreign Words Mentioned in the Text.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Comfort of Kin Monika Schreiber presents a study of the social and religious life of the Samaritans, a minority in modern Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Utilizing approaches ranging from anthropological theory and method to comparative history and religion, she approaches this community from diverse empirical and epistemic angles. Her account of the Samaritans, usually studied for their Bible and their role in ancient history, is enriched by a thorough treatment of the Samaritan family, a powerful institution rooted in notions of



patrilineal descent and perpetuated in part by consanguineous marriage (which differs from incest in degree rather than in kind). Schreiber also discusses how the tiny community is affected by its demographic predicament, intermarriage, and identity issues.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367751603321

Autore

Paloscia S (Simonetta)

Titolo

Microwave Indices from Active and Passive Sensors for Remote Sensing Applications / Simonetta Paloscia, Emanuele Santi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783038978213

3038978213

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (224 p.)

Soggetti

Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Past research has comprehensively assessed the capabilities of satellite sensors operating at microwave frequencies, both active (SAR, scatterometers) and passive (radiometers), for the remote sensing of Earth's surface. Besides brightness temperature and backscattering coefficient, microwave indices, defined as a combination of data collected at different frequencies and polarizations, revealed a good sensitivity to hydrological cycle parameters such as surface soil moisture, vegetation water content, and snow depth and its water equivalent. The differences between microwave backscattering and emission at more frequencies and polarizations have been well established in relation to these parameters, enabling operational retrieval algorithms based on microwave indices to be developed. This Special Issue aims at providing an overview of microwave signal capabilities in estimating the main land parameters of the hydrological



cycle, e.g., soil moisture, vegetation water content, and snow water equivalent, on both local and global scales, with a particular focus on the applications of microwave indices.