1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463963303321

Autore

Secunda Shai

Titolo

The Iranian Talmud : reading the Bavli in its Sasanian context / / Shai Secunda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8122-0904-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Divinations: rereading late ancient religion

Disciplina

296.1/25067

Soggetti

Zoroastrianism

Sassanids - Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Iran Intellectual life To 640

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Note on abbreviations, citations, and terminology -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Sea of Talmud and Its Shore -- Chapter 2. In the Temple and Synagogue -- Chapter 3. Constructing “Them” -- Chapter 4. Closer Than They May Appear -- Chapter 5. In Iran -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Source Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Although the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, has been a text central and vital to the Jewish canon since the Middle Ages, the context in which it was produced has been poorly understood. Delving deep into Sasanian material culture and literary remains, Shai Secunda pieces together the dynamic world of late antique Iran, providing an unprecedented and accessible overview of the world that shaped the Bavli.Secunda unites the fields of Talmudic scholarship with Old Iranian studies to enable a fresh look at the heterogeneous religious and ethnic communities of pre-Islamic Iran. He analyzes the intercultural dynamics between the Jews and their Persian Zoroastrian neighbors, exploring the complex processes and modes of discourse through which these groups came into contact and considering the ways in which rabbis and Zoroastrian priests perceived one another. Placing the Bavli and examples of Middle



Persian literature side by side, the Zoroastrian traces in the former and the discursive and Talmudic qualities of the latter become evident. The Iranian Talmud introduces a substantial and essential shift in the field, setting the stage for further Irano-Talmudic research.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996209547903316

Autore

Pearson Barrie

Titolo

Serious money [[electronic resource] ] : how to make and enjoy it / / Barrie Pearson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Thorogood, c2005

ISBN

1-280-23341-9

9786610233410

1-4237-8832-X

1-85418-580-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

332.024

Soggetti

Finance, Personal

Saving and investment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The Author; Contents; Introduction; Part One Achieve the wealth and success you dream about; 1 Take stock, and set your financial goals; 2 Vital touchstones to create serious wealth; 3 Do yourself some valuable favours; 4 Become richer with spare time opportunities; 5 Get to the top... or higher than you thought possible; 6 Become self-employed or start your own business; 7 Pursue a management buy-out (MBO) or buy-in (MBI); Part Two Become truly happier as well; 8 Manage your health; 9 Invest time in family and friends; 10 Reinvention retirement; 11 Enjoy your wealth

Sommario/riassunto

This book has the power to guide, to motivate and to inspire you to become seriously richer and happier, regardless of whether you are in dire financial straights or already wealthy.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954636903321

Autore

Rigg Jonathan <1959->

Titolo

Living with transition in Laos : market integration in Southeast Asia / / Jonathan Rigg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-25358-3

1-280-25404-1

9786610254040

0-203-00203-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series

Disciplina

330.9594

Soggetti

Mixed economy - Laos

Subsistence economy - Laos

Poverty - Laos

Laos Economic conditions 21st century

Laos Economic policy

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 (p. [214]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Managing and coping with transitions -- New poverty and old poverty : livelihood and transition in Laos -- Subsistence affluence or subsistence struggle? : unpicking tradition and illuminating the past -- Poverty, inequality and exclusion -- The best of intentions : policy-induced poverty -- Not in our hands : market-induced poverty and social differentiation -- Making livelihoods work -- Muddled spaces, juggled lives.

Sommario/riassunto

Laos - the Lao People's Democratic Republic - is one of the least understood and studied countries of Asia. Its development trajectory is also one of the most interesting, as it moves from state, or perhaps more appropriately subsistence, to market. Based on extensive original research, this book assesses how economic transition and marketisation are being translated into progress (or not) at the local level, and at the resulting impact on poverty, inequality and livelihoods. It concludes that the process of transition in fact contributes to the growth of poverty for some people, and shows how