1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458955803321

Titolo

Imagining creation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Markham J. Geller and Mineke Schipper ; with an introduction by Mary Douglas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06041-8

9786613060419

90-474-2297-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

IJS studies in Judaica, , 1570-1581 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

GellerMarkham J

SchipperMineke

Disciplina

202/.4

Soggetti

Creation - Mythology

Electronic books.

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

Mesopotamian creation stories / W.G. Lambert -- Creation stories in ancient Egypt / Stephen Quirke -- You can't get here from there : the logical paradox of ancient Indian creation myths / Wendy Doniger -- Stories of the beginning : origin myths in Africa south of the Sahara / Mineke Schipper -- Modern Jewish attitudes to the concept of myth / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Extract from Genesis 1-2 translation and commentary, Norton, NY 1996 / Robert Alter -- The Bible in the making : Slavonic creation stories / Florentina Badalanova -- Arab creation stories beyond the pale / Abdullah al-Udhari -- Lurianic creation myths / Daphne Freedman.

Sommario/riassunto

Imagining Creation is a collection of views on creation by noted authors from different disciplines. Topics include creation accounts and iconography from Mesopotamia and Egypt, and cosmologies from India and Africa. Special attention is devoted to creation in the Scriptures (Bible and Koran) and related oral traditions on Genesis from Slavonic Europe, as well as Kabbalah. Some of the creations myths are earlier and some later than the Bible, while a number of the discussed texts offer alternative approaches to the beginnings of the universe. The contributions provide many new perspectives on the origins of man and



his world from diverse cultures. The volume is the proceedings of a symposium on creation stories held at University College London. This book is also available in paperback.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910409732803321

Titolo

Changing Ecosystems and Their Services / / edited by Levente Hufnagel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2020

ISBN

1-83880-118-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

577.82

Soggetti

Biotic communities

Ecosystem management

Biodiversity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822901203321

Titolo

Function spaces : Fifth Conference on Function Spaces, May 16-20, 2006, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois / / Krzysztof Jarosz, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

0-8218-8114-0

0-8218-4061-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Contemporary mathematics, , 0271-4132 ; ; 435

Disciplina

515/.73

Soggetti

Function spaces

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.

Nota di contenuto

""Equivalents of the Kadison-Singer Problem""""Strongly Proximinal Subspaces in Banach Spaces""; ""Countable linear combinations of characters on commutative Banach algebras""; ""Regularity and amenability conditions for uniform algebras""; ""Semi-homogeneous bases in Orlicz sequence spaces""; ""Closed sums of marginal subspaces of Banach function spaces""; ""Strong semisimplicity and finite-dimensionality in Ambrose algebras""; ""Surjections on the algebras of continuous functions which preserve peripheral spectrum""

""Copies of lp and co in general quasi-normed Orlicz-Lorentz sequence spaces""""Asymptotics of Toeplitz Determinants Generated by Functions with Fourier Coefficients in Weighted Orlicz Sequence Classes""; ""Approximation properties for subalgebras of Co(X)""; ""The General Strict Topology on Topological Modules""; ""Weakly Peripherally-Multiplicative Mappings Between Uniform Algebras""; ""Topological structures of the spaces of composition operators on spaces of analytic functions""; ""Spectral Isometries, II""; ""When do quasi-similar operators have the same essential spectrum?""

""A survey of certain algebraic equations in commutative C* -algebras""""Examples of Banach spaces that are not Banach algebras""; ""On complex Banach submanifolds of a Banach space""; ""Topological joint spectrum of generators and continuous characters""; ""Moments



from their very truncations""; ""A variation of Takesaki duality for ordered abelian groups and Arveson's spectral subspaces""; ""Zero product preservers of C*-algebras""; ""Spectra of algebras of analytic functions and polynomials on Banach spaces""

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959876303321

Autore

Skinner Marilyn B

Titolo

Sexuality in greek and roman culture / / Marilyn B. Skinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2014

ISBN

9781118610817

1118610814

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxi, 426 p.) : ill., maps

Collana

Ancient Cultures Series

Ancient cultures

Disciplina

306.70937/6

Soggetti

Sex customs - Greece - History - To 1500

Sex customs - Rome - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chronological Charts -- Maps -- Introduction: Why Ancient Sexuality? Issues and Approaches -- Thinking about Sexuality -- Sex Changes -- Checking the Right Box -- Davidson and his Critics -- The Language and Ethos of Boy-love -- Foul Mouths -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 1 The Homeric Age: Epic Sexuality -- The Golden Goddess -- Dynamics of Desire -- The Baneful Race of Women -- Love under Siege -- Receptions of Helen -- The Beguilement of Zeus -- Alternatives to Penelope -- Achilles in the Closet? -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 The Archaic Age: Symposium and Initiation -- When the Cups are Placed -- Fields of Erotic Dreams -- Singing as a Man ... -- ... and Singing as a Woman -- Boys into Men -- Girls into Women -- Sappho on the Lips of Men --



Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 3 Late Archaic Athens: More than Meets the Eye -- Out of Etruria -- Lines of Sight -- Birds of a Different Feather -- Flirtation at the Gym -- Party Girls -- In the Boudoir -- Bride of Quietness -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Classical Athens: The Politics of Sex -- More Equal than Others -- Pederasty and Class -- Interview with the Kinaidos -- In the Grandest Families -- What the Neighbors Might Think -- Criminal Proceedings -- His and Hers (or His) -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 The Early Hellenistic Period: Turning Inwards -- Court Intrigues -- Who Is Buried in Philip's Tomb? -- Medicine and the Sexes.

From Croton to Crete -- Safe Sex -- Athenian Idol -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 6 The Later Hellenistic Period: The Feminine Mystique -- Disrobing Aphrodite -- Hellenes in Egypt -- Love among the Pyramids -- New Gods for Old -- To Colchis and Back -- Desiring Women - and their Detractors -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 7 Early Rome: A Tale of Three Cultures -- The Pecking Order -- Imported Vices -- Bringing Women under Control -- Butchery for Fun -- What a Piece of Work is a Man! -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 8 Republican and Augustan Rome: The Soft Embrace of Venus -- Only Joking -- Young Men(?) in Love -- Sulpicia unveils Herself -- Mother of All Empires -- Domestic Visibility -- Going too Far -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 9 Elites in the Empire: Self and Others -- Risky Business -- Boys Named Sue -- Them -- Roads to Romance -- Rock-star Rhetoric -- `Greek Love' under Rome -- Roads to Nowhere -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 10 The Imperial Populace: Toward Salvation? -- The 99% -- Gravestones and Walls -- In the Eye of the Beholder -- The Warren Cup -- "O Isis und Osiris ..." -- Christian Continence -- Things Fall Apart -- Conclusion -- Discussion Prompts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- Afterword: The Use of Antiquity -- Glossary of Terms -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior Expanded coverage extends to the advent of Christianity, includes added illustrations, and offers student-friendly pedagogical features Text boxes supply intriguing information about tangential topics Gives a thorough overview of current literature while encouraging further reading and discussion Conveys the complexity of ancient attitudes towards sexuality and gender and the modern debates they have engendered.