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UNINA9910784199303321 |
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Autore |
Veldhuis Niek |
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Religion, Literature, and Scholarship: The Sumerian Composition Nanše and the Birds : With a Catalogue of Sumerian Bird Names / / Niek Veldhuis |
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Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 |
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1-280-85965-2 |
9786610859658 |
1-4294-2782-5 |
90-474-0577-3 |
1-4337-0741-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cuneiform Monographs ; ; 22 |
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Birds - Nomenclature (Popular) - Sumerian |
Sumerian literature - History and criticism |
Sumerians - Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface; I. Introduction; II. Religion; III. Literature; IV. Knowledge and Scholarship; V. Conclusions; VI. Nanše and the Birds: Edition; VII. Edition of Nanše B; VIII. Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Lists of Fish and Birds; IX. Sumerian Bird Names; Bibliography; List of color illustrations; Plates; Index of SumerianWords |
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This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanše and the Birds in the context of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient text. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nanše and the Birds , as well as editions of the hymn Nanše B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative |
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UNINA9910137404103321 |
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Autore |
Press Robert M. |
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Ripples of Hope / Robert M. Press |
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Amsterdam University Press, 2015 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-003-70307-0 |
1-04-078240-X |
90-485-2515-2 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
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Protest and social movements ; ; 4 |
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Nonviolence - Africa |
Protest movements - Africa |
Social movements - Africa |
Government, Resistance to - Africa |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index. |
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Introduction ; Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone. Students shake the pillars of power ; Women help restore democracy ; Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta -- Liberia. Nonviolent resistance in abeyance ; Peaceful resistance during a civil war -- Kenya. Individual resistance against repression ; Establishing a culture of resistance -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Methodology ; Interviews ; Comparative levels of repression ; Chronologies ; Abbreviations and significant terms. |
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Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means. |
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