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  • 1
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    Writ in Water : A Journey of Discovery (2019)
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    b3kat_BV049006568
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (512 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9783838272443
    Content: This book, based on wide-ranging research on water, views the world through the rippling, complex lens of water. It looks at the emergence of civilizations and their decay, delves into creation myths, ponders the place of water in the human psyche as expressed in art and poetry and folklore, considers its role as a factor of production, a source of energy, a conduit of transportation, and a consumer good, examines changing concepts of physical and spiritual cleanliness, and notes the magical powers of springs and wishing wells and rainmakers. It reveals how this colorless, tasteless, and odorless substance has made such an impact on our bodies and our souls. Like water itself, it meanders far and wide, and it may, just possibly, restore our sense of wonder at this elixir of life. Nina Selbst's pellucid and friendly style of writing and her overflowing enthusiasm for her subject assure the reader not only an enlightening experience but also a pleasurable one
    Language: English
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    Alice Salomon HS
  • 2
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    Writ in Water : A Journey of Discovery (2019)
    Berlin : Ibidem Verlag
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    UID:
    gbv_1699713456
    Format: 1 online resource (421 pages)
    ISBN: 9783838272443
    Content: Intro -- Part 1 IN THE BEGINNING -- A Word of Introduction -- Chapter 1.1 Mediterranean Creation Myths -- The Mediterranean Basin -- Babylon: the Oldest Stories of All -- Egyptian Cosmogony -- Creation through the Eyes of the Israelites -- Greek Cosmogony -- Mediterranean Myths in Perspective -- Chapter 1.2 Creation Myths of Asia -- The Sources of Asian Cosmogony and Cosmology -- Chapter 1.3 Creation Myths of Tribal Societies -- On the Road to Civilization -- Africa -- North America -- Part 2 ROADS TO CIVILIZATION -- Chapter 2.1 On the Road to Civilization Water as a Catalyst -- Chapter 2.2 A Glance at Early Civilizations -- Mesopotamia -- Some Cities of Mesopotamia -- The Indus Valley -- China -- In Conclusion -- Chapter 2.3 Weather and Weltanschauung- The People of the Bible -- The Bible as Source -- The Flood -- The Patriarchs -- Wells -- Exodus from Egypt -- Sojourn in the Wilderness -- The Promised Land -- Climate, Character and Weltanschauung -- Water as Metaphor -- Water and Wellbeing -- Threat, Admonition, Awe, Fear and Despair -- Chapter 2.4 Water in Law -- Introduction -- The Code of Hammurabi -- The Code of Manu -- Part 3 CITIES AND THEIR WATER -- A Word of Introduction -- Chapter 3.1 Jerusalem and its Waters -- Unique among the Cities -- Beginnings -- The City of David -- Water for Survival -- The Gihon Spring -- Cisterns-Public and Private -- Conserving the Flood Waters -- Water from Afar-Aqueducts -- Water and Lifestyle -- After the Destruction of the Second Temple -- The Nineteenth Century -- The End of Ottoman Rule: World War I and After -- A Modern-Day Siege -- Statehood and After -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3.2 The Waters of Rome -- Rome and its Waters -- Beginnings -- The Republic -- The First Aqueducts -- The Empire -- Decline and Recovery -- The Gifts of the Popes -- The Secular City -- The New Aqueducts -- The System.
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    Language: English
    URL: lizenzpflichtig
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    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 3
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    Writ in water : a journey of discovery (2020)
    Stuttgart :Ibidem-Verlag,
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    almahu_9949226575002882
    Format: 1 online resource (xlviii, 371 pages) : , illustrations
    ISBN: 9783838272443 (e-book)
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    HU Berlin
  • 4
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    Writ in Water : A Journey of Discovery (2019)
    Hannover : ibidem
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    UID:
    gbv_1839725044
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (512 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9783838272443
    Content: This book, based on wide-ranging research on water, views the world through the rippling, complex lens of water. It looks at the emergence of civilizations and their decay, delves into creation myths, ponders the place of water in the human psyche as expressed in art and poetry and folklore, considers its role as a factor of production, a source of energy, a conduit of transportation, and a consumer good, examines changing concepts of physical and spiritual cleanliness, and notes the magical powers of springs and wishing wells and rainmakers. It reveals how this colorless, tasteless, and odorless substance has made such an impact on our bodies and our souls. Like water itself, it meanders far and wide, and it may, just possibly, restore our sense of wonder at this elixir of life. Nina Selbst's pellucid and friendly style of writing and her overflowing enthusiasm for her subject assure the reader not only an enlightening experience but also a pleasurable one.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9783838212449
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783838212449
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9783838212449
    Language: English
    URL: lizenzpflichtig
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    UB Potsdam
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