1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783497003321

Autore

Neusner Jacob <1932-2016.>

Titolo

The theology of the halakhah / / Jacob Neusner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2001

ISBN

1-280-46493-3

9786610464937

1-4175-0221-5

90-474-0110-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 pages)

Collana

The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism, , 1566-1237 ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

296.1/8

Soggetti

Judaism - Doctrines - History

Jewish law - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE: BETWEEN GOD AND ISRAEL; PART TWO: WITHIN ISRAEL'S SOCIAL ORDER; PART THREE: INSIDE THE ISRAELITE HOUSEHOLD: DEATH AND LIFE; Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work Neusner argues that the law of normative Judaism, the Halakhah, viewed whole, with its category-formations read in logical sequence, tells a coherent story. He demonstrates that details of the law contribute to making a single statement.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910758490603321

Titolo

Heroism as a global phenomenon in contemporary culture / / edited by Barbara Korte, Simon Wendt, Nicole Falkenhayner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2019

ISBN

0-429-55337-4

0-429-26278-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in cultural history

Disciplina

302.2308

Soggetti

Heroes in mass media

Heroes in popular culture

Heroes in motion pictures

Courage in mass media

Courage in popular culture

Courage in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : studying heroism from a global perspective / Barbara Korte and Simon Wendt -- "Like a cinema when the last of the audience has gone and only the staff remain" : Biggles and (post-)imperial heroism / Michael Goodrum -- Y'a bon? : popularizing the tirailleurs as heroes of (anti-)colonialism / Konstanze N'Guessan and Mareike Späth -- Princess of a different kingdom : cultural imperialism, female heroism, and the global performance of Walt Disney's Mulan and Moana / Sotirios Mouzakis -- One hero fits all? : cultural translations in Doctor Strange (2016) as "global hero" movie / Nicole Falkenhayner and Maria-Xenia Hardt -- Zashchitniki (Guardians) : a failed Russian-Soviet answer to Superman and Batman / Dietmar Neutatz -- "This beast in the shape of a man" : right-wing populism, white masculinity, and the transnational heroization of Donald Trump / Michael Butter -- Axe and helmet : the widening range of New York firefighters as (super-)heroes / Wolfgang Hochbruck -- Unlikely tragic (anti-)heroes : gangsters translated into Hindi films / Sugata Nandi -- Heroism and the pleasure and pain of mistranslation : the case of the act of killing / Ariel



Heryanto -- Shaolin martial arts heroes in industrial Hong Kong : between colonialism, postcolonialism and globalism / Ricardo K. S. Mak -- Interhuman. interspecies. global : heroism in Wes Anderson's Isle of dogs (2018) / Ulrike Zimmermann -- Global heroism as a discursive tradition : a critical response / Ken Chitwood.

Sommario/riassunto

Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and diverse fields. They explore how transnational and transcultural processes of translation and adaptation shape notions of the heroic in non-Western and Western cultures alike. The book provides fresh perspectives on heroism studies and offers a new angle for global and postcolonial studies.