1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461756303321

Autore

Bronner Leila Leah

Titolo

Journey to heaven : exploring Jewish views of the afterlife / / by Leila Leah Bronner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jerusalem ; ; New York : , : Urim Publications, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

965-524-078-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

296.09

296.09014

Soggetti

Future life - Judaism

Eschatology, Jewish

Immortality - Judaism

Reincarnation - Judaism

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Jewish philosophy

Philosophy, Medieval

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 (pages [185]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Hebrew Bible: glimpses of immortality -- Early post-biblical literature: gateways to heaven and hell -- The mishnah: who will merit the world to come? -- The Talmud: what happens in the next world? -- Medieval Jewish philosophy: faith and reason -- Mysticism: reincarnation in Kabbalah -- Modernity: what do we believe? -- The Messiah: the eternal thread of hope.

Sommario/riassunto

A number of the basic tenets of Jewish belief regarding the afterlife, resurrection, immortality, judgment, messianism, and the world to come are laid out in this fascinating and accessible volume. Beginning with the Bible's references to Sheol and its allusions to resurrection, this survey explores immortality and bodily resurrection in Second Temple literature; the Mishnah's discussions of olam ha-ba, or the world to come, and how to merit entry into it; and the Talmud's



depictions of paradise and hell, and the soul's journey through these metaphysical landscapes. The book also explores the

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797705903321

Titolo

World Bank Group support to public-private partnerships : lessons from experience in client countries, FY02-12

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2015]

ISBN

1-4648-0631-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Disciplina

338.8

Soggetti

Public-private sector cooperation - Developing countries

Economic development - Developing countries

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

3 Paving the Way for PPPs through Policy Reform and Institution BuildingWorld Bank Group Interventions to Improve the PPP Enabling Environment; Focus and Results of World Bank Group Upstream Work; Drivers of Success of Upstream Work; Conclusion; 4 Did Public-Private Partnerships Deliver?; World Bank Group Support to Structuring and Financing PPPs; Results of World Bank Group Support to PPPs; Drivers of Success and Failure of PPP Performance; Conclusion; 5 Working as One World Bank Group; Leveraging of Synergies across One World Bank Group; The Case for PPP Country Diagnostics

Challenges and Opportunities for the FutureConclusion; 6 The Experience of Other Multilateral Development Banks with Public-Private Partnerships; Asian Development Bank; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Inter-American Development Bank; African Development Bank; European Investment Bank; Conclusions; 7 Conclusions and Recommendations; Conclusions; Recommendations; Appendixes; Appendix A Methodology Used to Identify Public-Private Partnership Projects; Appendix B Public-Private Partnership Indicators; Appendix C Country Case Study Methodology



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910883698303321

Titolo

Ejidos and Regions of Refuge in Northwestern Mexico

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Arizona Press

ISBN

0-8165-5164-2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia