1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450166703321

Autore

Midgley Mary <1919-2018.>

Titolo

Evolution as a Religion [[electronic resource] ] : Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

0-203-36168-7

1-280-21738-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Routledge Classics

Disciplina

116

215

Soggetti

Evolution

Religion and science

Religious aspects

Religion - General

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

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

Front Cover; Copyright Page; Evolution as aReligion; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition; 1. Evolutionary Dramas; 2. Do Science and Religion Compete?; 3. Demarcation Disputes; 4. The Irresistible Escalator; 5. Choosing a World; 6. The Problem of Direction; 7. Scientist and Superscientist; 8. Dazzling Prospects; 9. Black Holes: Jacques Monod and the Isolation of 'Science'; 10. Freedom and the Monte Carlo Drama; 11. Scientific Education and Human Transience; 12. Mixed Antitheses; 13. Science, Scepticism and Awe

14. The Service of Self and the Service of Kali15. Who or What is Selfish?; 16. Dreaming and Waking; 17. The Limits of Individualism; 18. The Vulnerable World and its Claims on Us; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is



admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark'. Considered one of Britain's finest philosophers, Midgley exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Always at home when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory - Dawkins, Wilson and their acolytes - she has famously described evolution as 'the creation-myth of our age'. In Evolution as a Religion, she ex

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787777303321

Autore

Mellow Greg

Titolo

A dictionary of Owa : a language of the Solomon Islands / / Greg Mellow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-361-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (840 p.)

Collana

Pacific linguistics, , 1448-8310 ; ; volume 639

Disciplina

499/.5

Soggetti

Melanesian languages

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements, purpose and compilation method -- Owa people and language -- Dictionary layout, abbreviations -- Word classes -- Alphabetical order -- Phonology -- Nouns -- Noun phrases -- Verbs -- Verb phrases -- Clauses -- Sentences -- Discourse -- Owa English dictionary -- English/Owa finder list -- Owa words sorted by semantic domain.

Sommario/riassunto

The Solomon Islands has a rich linguistic heritage of over 60 languages, many of which have not been described in detail. This first dictionary of Owa, a South East Solomonic Language, contains over 3900 entries, which are typically illustrated with examples of natural language. An overview of the phonology, morphology, and syntax is supplemented by notes on discourse features.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910586601403321

Titolo

Biblical and ancient near eastern studies in honor of P. Kyle McCarter Jr. / / Christopher Rollston, Susanna Garfein, Neal H. Walls

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta : , : SBL Press, , 2022

ISBN

9780884145165

9781628374056

9780884145158

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Ancient near east monographs; ; 27

Soggetti

Inscriptions, Aramaic

Inscriptions, Phoenician

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

P. Kyle McCarter Jr. as teacher: musings from grateful students / Christopher A. Rollston, Susanna Garfein, and Neal Walls -- Brilliance fulfilled: P. Kyle McCarter Jr. and his contribution to Near Eastern scholarship and scholars / Jonathan Rosenbaum -- Introduction / Christopher A. Rollston -- Part 1. Bible and Scrolls -- Yahweh the destroyer: on the meaning of [Yhwh] / Heath D. Dewrell -- For the love of words in the(ir) world(s): theorizing Biblical philology / F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- Joseph and his allies in Genesis 29-30 / Daniel E. Fleming -- Lovesickness, love poetry, and sexual violence: intertextuality and inversion in 2 Sam. 13:1-22 / Erin E. Fleming -- Exodus, conquest, and the alchemy of memory / Ronald Hendel -- The etymology of Hebrew bāḥûr / John Huehnergard -- First-person reference by name in Biblical Hebrew / Yoo-ki Kim -- [Daṿid ha-nagid]: The political theory behind David's rise / Andrew Knapp -- The priority of MT chronology in Kings / Steven L. McKenzie -- The Hebrew Bible: a critical edition and a sample edition of Daniel 1 / Eugene Ulrich -- Early development in Levi traditions: Malachi and Jubilees / James C. VanderKam -- Biblical Qin'â as a social phenomenon: a case study of Genesis 26 and Ezekiel / Erin Guinn-Villareal -- Part 2. Epigraphy --  Hypothesis on the suffixed pronouns used in the Phoenician text of Pyrgi / Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo -- A curse of the division of land: a new reading of the Bukān



Aramaic inscription, lines 9-10 / Adam L. Bean -- The persistence of El in Iron Age Israel and Ammon / Joel S. Burnett -- The first Arslan Tash incantation and The Sphinx / Aaron Demsky -- The Carthaginian Deity Tinit / Jo Ann Hackett -- The A9 Aramaic manuscript from Ancient Bactria revisited / André Lemaire -- A holy warrior at Kuntillet ' Ajrud? Kuntillet ' Ajrud plaster inscription 4.2 / Theodore J. Lewis -- The Yes̆a'yah[û] ("Isaiah") Bulla and the putative connection with the Biblical prophet: a case study in propospography and the necessity of methodological caution / Christopher A. Rollston -- Traces of Canaanite letters in LB Strata at Tell Halif / Joe D. Seger -- Heroes of lost memory: the times and places of the rpu'm in the Ugaritic texts / Mark S. Smith -- Dagan and the ritualization of first fruits at Emar / John Tracy Thames Jr. -- Arameans in the Zagros: the cuneiform and Aramaic evidence / K. Lawson Younger Jr. -- Part 3. Archaeology -- Lachish in the context of Ancient Near Eastern Studies / Yosef Garfinkel -- Proto-Aeolic capitols and the queen of heaven / Pamela Gaber -- Touch of Ebal: tesselated identity in the historical frontier of Iron I / Baruch Halpern -- Turning hippos into ducks: avian artifacts in ivory / Ron E. Tappy  -- Afterword: reflections on provenance and authenticity / Hershel Shanks.

Sommario/riassunto

"This collection of thirty-one essays by colleagues, students, and friends of P. Kyle McCarter Jr. covers a range of topics of interest to McCarter throughout his career. Essays approach the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Septuagint using various methods, including philology, narrative criticism, and political theory. Contributions on epigraphy cover a range of inscriptions, including Phoenician, Aramaic, and Ugaritic. A final section on archaeology covers sites, architecture, and artifacts"--