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UNINA9910453471603321 |
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Grand Stephen R. |
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Understanding Tahrir Square : what transitions elsewhere can teach us about the prospects for Arab democracy / / Stephen R. Grand ; composition by Cynthia Stock |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution, , 2014 |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Democratization - Arab countries |
Democracy - Arab countries |
Democratization |
Democracy |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Wither the Arab Spring? -- Democracy's long arc -- The former East Bloc -- Muslim-majority Asia -- The rest of the world : Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa -- The nature of democratic transitions -- The strategic challenges of the Arab Spring -- Policy recommendations. |
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Amid the current turmoil in the Middle East, Understanding Tahrir Square sounds a rare optimistic note. Surveying countries in other parts of the world during their transitions to democracy, author Stephen Grand argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of the Arab world are actually quite positive. If the current polarization and political violence in the region can be overcome, democracy will eventually take root. The key to this change will likely be ordinary citizens-foremost among them the young protestors of the Arab Spring who have filled the region's public spaces-most famousl |
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UNINA9910702854103321 |
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LOGMET [[electronic resource]] |
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Washington, DC : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008] |
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5 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Defense contracts - Government policy - United States - Evaluation |
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Title from title screen (viewed on May 7, 2009). |
"October 30, 2008." |
"B-400535." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910817156303321 |
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Fekkes Jan <1923-> |
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Isaiah and prophetic traditions in the book of Revelation : visionary antecedents and their development / / Jan Fekkes III |
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Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , [1994] |
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©1994 |
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1-283-19375-2 |
9786613193759 |
0-567-15917-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series, , 0143-5108 ; ; 93 |
Library of New Testament studies |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliography (pages [291]-303) and indexes. |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1; JOHN AS A JEWISH-CHRISTIAN PROPHET; Chapter 2; JOHN AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 3; Isaiah in Revelation 1-3; Chapter 4; Isaiah in Revelation 4-7; Chapter 5; Isaiah in Revelation 8-13; Chapter 6; Isaiah in Revelation 14-19; Chapter 7; Isaiah in Revelation 20-22; Chapter 8; RESULTS OF ANALYSIS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
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This work is concerned with the influence of biblical and prophetic traditions on the author of the book of Revelation, and in particular his use of the prophecies of Isaiah. First, John's own prophetic consciousness and expression is compared with previous Israelite-Jewish and early Christian prophetic conventions. This is followed by an evaluation of John's use of the OT in general, including a discussion of methodology for isolating allusions, the question of the validity of the terms quotation and allusion in Revelation, and the presence of thematic patterns in the author's choice of Scrip |
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