1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814358803321

Autore

Roling Bernd <1972->

Titolo

Physica sacra : Wunder, Naturwissenschaft und historischer Schriftsinn zwischen Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit / / von Bernd Roling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25807-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Collana

Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; ; 45

Disciplina

220.8/509

220.8509

Soggetti

Miracles - Biblical teaching

Bible and science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

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

Front Matter -- Einleitung -- Die Eselin Bileams: Erkenntnistheorie und Psychologie -- Das Buch Joshua: Physik und Astronomie -- Die Verwandlung des Nebucadnezar: Medizin -- Der Fisch des Jona: Zoologie -- Schluss: Die Persistenz des historischen Schriftsinns -- Literatur -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Was it a whale or a shark that devoured Jonah? And how were the walls of Jericho brought down? In his wide-ranging study, Physica Sacra , Bernd Roling shows that the natural sciences and biblical exegesis have not always stood in stark opposition to one another. From the high Middle Ages, Bible commentators such as Albertus Magnus and Alonso Tostado made extensive use of the knowledge available in their times about zoology, medicine and astronomy to explain the wonders of revelation and to defend their historical basis. Even with the advent of modern Biblical criticism and in the age of Enlightenment, as is shown here in detail, their arguments were valid enough to refute critics like Spinoza, Isaac de la Peyrère and Voltaire.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820402303321

Autore

Lebovic James H.

Titolo

The limits of U.S. military capability : lessons from Vietnam and Iraq / / James H. Lebovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-8018-9750-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 297 p. )

Disciplina

355/.033273

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Military readiness

Military planning - United States

Asymmetric warfare

United States Military policy

United States Armed Forces Operational readiness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Leveraging the adversary's forces: the wars in Vietnam and Iraq -- Leveraging the adversary's support base: states, populations, and societies -- Leveraging the adversary's leaders: the balance of resolve and US exhaustion -- Leveraging host governments: the challenges of institution-building -- Conclusions: Vietnam and Iraq, Afghanistan, and the future.