1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784199303321

Autore

Veldhuis Niek

Titolo

Religion, Literature, and Scholarship: The Sumerian Composition Nanše and the Birds : With a Catalogue of Sumerian Bird Names / / Niek Veldhuis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-85965-2

9786610859658

1-4294-2782-5

90-474-0577-3

1-4337-0741-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Collana

Cuneiform Monographs ; ; 22

Disciplina

899/.95

Soggetti

Birds - Nomenclature (Popular) - Sumerian

Sumerian literature - History and criticism

Sumerians - Religion

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets.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



and lexical texts.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137404103321

Autore

Press Robert M.

Titolo

Ripples of Hope / Robert M. Press

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2015

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-003-70307-0

1-04-078240-X

90-485-2515-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, 1 map

Collana

Protest and social movements ; ; 4

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Nonviolence - Africa

Protest movements - Africa

Social movements - Africa

Government, Resistance to - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.