The wiles of women/the wiles of men : Joseph and Potiphar's wife in ancient Near Eastern, Jewish, and Islamic folklore / / Shalom Goldman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966597303321
• Autore: Goldman Shalom
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, 1995
• ISBN: 9781438404318; 143840431X; 9780585046129; 0585046123
• Descrizione fisica: xxxiii, 189 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 398/.35
• Soggetti: Jewish legends - History and criticism; Legends - Middle East - History and criticism; Middle Eastern literature - Relation to the Old Testament
• 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 (p. [169]-177) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Between Jerusalem and Benares -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Judaism and Hinduism: Cultural Resonances -- 2. The Love and Hate of Hinduism in the Work of Jewish Scholars -- Part One: Historical Encounters -- 3. Lexical Borrowings in Biblical Hebrew from Indian Languages as Carriers of Ideas and Technical Concepts -- 4. Abraham and the Upanishads -- 5. Between Jews and Greeks: The Indian Model -- 6. A Hindu Response to the Written Torah -- 7. Yom Kippur: The Festival of Closing the Doors -- Part Two: Cultural Resonances -- 8. Veda and Torah: The World Embodied in Scripture -- 9. From Dharma to Law -- 10. Union and Unity in Hindu Tantrism -- 11. Union and Unity in Kabbalah -- 12. Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Sri Aurobindo: Towards a Comparison -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on gender issues, this book compares and contrasts the treatment of the Potiphar's Wife motif--in which a woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force himself ; upon her--in ancient Near Eastern, Jewish, and Islamic folklore.

Iron Ore 2017

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006856003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Perth, Australia : , : The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM), , 2017
• ISBN: 1-5231-6121-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetti: Iron ranges; Geology; Geology - Statistical methods
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Iron Ore 2017, held from 24-26 July in Perth, Australia was the latest inthe well-established international iron ore conference series jointly organised by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (the AusIMM) and CSIRO. These conferences are an important biennial event featuring the latest developments in the genesis, geology, exploration, mining and processing of iron ores, bringing together geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, geostatisticians, mining engineers, mineralogists, metallurgists, managers, operators, consultants, research providers, engineering companies, equipment manufacturers, and analytical and metallurgical service providers involved in all aspects of the iron ore industry. The theme of the conference this year is Building Resilience', which is particularly relevant in the current challenging climate of fluctuating iron ore prices. The papers included in these conference proceedings comprise a range of keynote papers from iron ore producers, consumers, government and market analysts, as well as more than 80 technical papers. As per previous conferences, technical papers were sought from a wide range of areas, including ; geology, geostatistics and ore reserve estimation, ore characterisation, mining, processing, automation, project optimisation and development, health and safety, environment and community, technical marketing, logistics, utilities and new equipment.