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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460436503321

Autore

Allegro John M.

Titolo

The chosen people : a study of Jewish history from the time of the Exile until the Revolt of Bar Kocheba / / John M. Allegro ; with a new introduction by James M. Donovan ; cover design by Cleiton Pereira Carvalho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piketon, Ohio : , : Rousseau, etc., , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-9893280-4-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

930.04924

Soggetti

Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D

Jews - History - 168 B.C.-135 A.D

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Introduction to the Second Edition; Preface; The Chosen People; Author's Introduction; 1: Origins and Exile; 2: The Return; 3: Building the Walls; 4: The Greek Enchantment; 5: The Maccabees; 6: The Rise and Fall of "The Hammer"; 7: John Hyrcanus; 8: Alexander Jannaeus and The Pharisees; 9: Enter Rome; 10: Antipater, The Idumaean Fox; 11: The Schooling of Herod; 12: Herod, King of The Jews; 13: Herod's Womenfolk; 14: Plot and Counter-Plot; 15: Rome's Tightening Grip; 16: Zealots and Sicarii; 17: Herod Agrippa

18: Agrippa II and The Procurators19: The Fall of Jerusalem; 20: Son of The Star; Back Matter; Suggested Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

The Chosen People tells the history of the Jews from the conquest of Jersualem by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 587 B.C.E. to the Second Jewish Revolt of C.E. 132. John Allegro bases his account on traditional texts - books of the Old Testament, Josephus, Philo Judaeus, Dio Cassius, and others - and sets out the complicated parade of plots, counter-plots, betrayals, and insurrections in a brisk and highly readable sequence. His main theme is how the conception of the Jewish



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484307103321

Autore

Reis Monteiro A

Titolo

Ethics of Human Rights / / by A. Reis Monteiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03566-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Disciplina

170

340

340.2

340.9

Soggetti

Conflict of laws

Ethics

International education

Comparative education

Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law

International and Comparative Education

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Preliminary Observations -- Table of Contents -- Part I – Ethics and Human Rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of Ethical Thought -- 3. Historical and Theoretical Rising of Human Rights and Their International Codification and Protection --  Part II – Human Rights: Common Ethics of Humankind -- 4. Ethics of Recognition -- 5. Human Dignity Principle.- 6. Other Principles.- Part III – Human Rights Revolution -- 7. A Changed and Changing Legal Landscape -- 8. Answering Some Questions.- 9. Conclusion -- Appendices -- Glossary Relating to Human Rights -- A Chronology of Human Rights -- Summary.- Selected Bibliography.- Whole References.- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on the ethical significance of human rights, aiming at contributing to a universal culture of human rights with deep roots and wide horizons. Its purpose, scope and rationale are reflected in the three-part structure of the manuscript. Part I has a broad introductory historical, theoretical and legal character. Part II submits that an Ethics of Human Rights is best understood as an Ethics of Recognition of human worth, dignity and rights. Moreover, it is argued that human worth consists in the perfectibility of the human species, rooted in its semiotic nature, to be accomplished through the perfecting of human beings, for which the right to education is key. In Part III, the main legal and political outcomes of the Human Rights Revolution are described and answers to the most lasting and common criticisms of human rights are provided. To conclude, the human stature of the Big Five drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is profiled and the priority that should be recognized to human rights education is highlighted. Some appendices supplement the manuscript. While making a case for the high value and liberating power of the idea and ideal of human rights, objections, controversies and uncertainties are not at all overlooked and emerging issues are explored. The diversity of content of this volume meets many needs of the typical syllabus for a human rights course.