1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460455603321

Titolo

Canonicity, setting, wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals : papers of the jubilee meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books / / edited by Géza G. Xeravits, József Zsengellér and Xavér Szabó

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-039254-2

3-11-036723-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, , 1865-1666 ; ; Volume 22

Classificazione

BC 3000

Disciplina

229/.06

Soggetti

RELIGION / Judaism / General

Electronic books.

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 at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface / Xeravits, Géza G. -- Table of Contents -- MAIN PAPERS -- The Penumbra of the Canon: What Do the Deuterocanonical Books Represent? / Collins, John J. -- Some Brief Notes on the Early History of the Deuterocanonici: A Response to John Collins / Boccaccini, Gabriele -- Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature / Wright, Benjamin G. -- Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature: A Response to Ben Wright / Berthelot, Katell -- Short Notes on Ben Wright's "Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature" / Zsengellér, József -- Wisdom in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literatures / Kampen, John -- Creation, Torah, and Revealed Wisdom in Some Second Temple Sapiential Texts (Sirach, 4QInstruction, 4Q185, and 4Q525): A Response to John Kampen / Goering, Greg Schmidt -- THEMATIC STUDIES -- Philo of Alexandria and Greek Ben Sira / Beentjes, Pancratius C. -- Images of Imparting Knowledge in Ben Sira and Proverbs / Balla, Ibolya -- The Figure of Moses in the Book of



Wisdom / Mazzinghi, Luca -- Apocalypticism and Narration in the Book of Tobit / Macatangay, Francis M. -- "What About the Dog?" Tobit's Mysterious Canine Revisited / Jacobs, Naomi S. S. -- Wisdom in the Book of Tobit / Fröhllich, Ida -- APPENDIX -- Mr. Deuterocanonical Literature (1546-2013): A Brief Vita of a Controversial Religious Figure / Goering, Greg Schmidt -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Passages

Sommario/riassunto

The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The authors explore various aspects of this literature, with pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and the way they treated as a canonical collection within their history of interpretation.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823428403321

Autore

Volkov Vadim <1965->

Titolo

Violent entrepreneurs : the use of force in the making of Russian capitalism / / Vadim Volkov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-5017-0328-5

1-5017-0329-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

364.1/06/0947

Soggetti

Organized crime - Russia (Federation)

Capitalism - Russia (Federation)

Law enforcement - Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Social conditions 1991-

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

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

Veblen's warning -- Violent entrepreneurship -- The violence-



managing agency -- Bandits and capitalists -- The privatization of the power ministries -- The politics of state formation.

Sommario/riassunto

Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies-criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies associated with the state-which multiplied with the liberal reforms of the early 1990s. This competition provides an unusual window on the dynamics of state formation. Violent Entrepreneurs is remarkable for its research. Volkov conducted numerous interviews with members of criminal groups, heads of protection companies, law enforcement employees, and businesspeople. He bases his findings on journalistic and anecdotal evidence as well as on his own personal observation. Volkov investigates the making of violence-prone groups in sports clubs (particularly martial arts clubs), associations for veterans of the Soviet-Afghan war, ethnic gangs, and regionally based social groups, and he traces the changes in their activities across the decade. Some groups wore state uniforms and others did not, but all of their members spoke and acted essentially the same and were engaged in the same activities: intimidation, protection, information gathering, dispute management, contract enforcement, and taxation. Each group controlled the same resource-organized violence.