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Blood and life in the Old Testament [PDF]
, 2004 The primary objective of this thesis is to present an integrated inteipretation of the significance of blood in Israelite thought, based around Lev 17:10-14, which states that blood is the life of every creature.
Owiredu, Charles
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Administering an Islamic Public Value by a Non‐Muslim Agency: The UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The post‐Arab Spring conflicts generated large‐scale displacement across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), producing acute humanitarian needs among predominantly Muslim refugee populations. The United Nations High Commissioner to refugees responded by opening the Refugee Zakat Fund, to be used to mobilize the Islamic philanthropic ...
Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
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Funerary rituals in Pharaonic Egypt: books of breathing [PDF]
, 2015 RESUMEN: El presente trabajo consiste en un estudio sobre los rituales funerarios que se realizaban en el Egipto Faraónico. La importancia de estas ceremonias reside en su capacidad para garantizar la inmortalidad del difunto.
Ruiz Martínez, Sandra
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Hail and Farewell: Catullus 101 and Roman Funerary Rites
, 2022 Though the early Romans traditionally inhumed their dead, cremations emerged during the era of the Republic (ca. 509 - 27 BCE) (Graham et al. 241). According to Pliny the Elder in his encyclopedic work, Naturalis Historia (7.187), this burial practice ...
Gear, Winona R.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan +5 more
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Talah Thobo: A Study on the Funerary Rites of the Liangmai
, 2023 Death is inevitable, and it is a universal phenomenon that has different meanings and practices across cultures. Like many communities around the world, the Liangmai also considers death as one of the important life cycles of a human. They also believe in the migration of souls or hiunah to Charuiram (the land of the dead) after physical death.
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change affects all individuals, regardless of wealth, social class, or religious background, though its impacts and adaptation strategies vary. While existing literature examines climate change adaptation based on farming categories, geographic regions, and cropping systems, limited research explores how social class shapes adaptation ...
Nasir Abbas Khan +2 more
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Mirrors in the Burial Rites of Saryarka Population in the Golden Horde Period
Поволжская археология, 2017 The authors analyze the mirrors which were originally discovered in ancient Turkic burials, but became widely spread as late as in the Golden Horde period, which was largely accounted for by the intensification of contacts due to the establishment of the
Khasenova Bakhyt M. +1 more
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, 2023 Finnish Stone Age earth graves are often referred to as “simple pit graves”, fostering the illusion of an equally simple funerary rite. In this article, the complexity of Stone Age funerary practices and grave structures are explored by reinterpreting ...
Ahola, Marja
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