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Schist Belts of the Benin‐Nigeria Shield Reveal a Neoproterozoic History

open access: yesTerra Nova, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 239-249, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Belts of metasedimentary rocks (schist belts) in the Benin‐Nigeria Shield (BNS) are investigated for the first time using U–Pb dating and Lu‐Hf isotope analysis of detrital zircons. We report maximum depositional ages that place their deposition firmly in the Neoproterozoic and link them with strata in the Dahomey Belt, the central African ...
Axel Hofmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Menorah Review (No. 80, Winter.Spring, 2014) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Author\u27s Reflections on Politics in the Bible -- Books in Brief: New and Notable -- Masada -- Nazism and Politics -- night trains -- Salvation Through Transgression -- Shoah: The First Day -- The Jewish World of Herbert ...

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Monitoring Systems of Agricultural Soils Across Europe Regarding the Upcoming European Soil Monitoring Law

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Soil Science, Volume 76, Issue 4, July–August 2025.
ABSTRACT In Europe, 60%–70% of soils are considered degraded, underscoring the urgent need for consistent monitoring to prevent further degradation and support evidence‐based policies for sustainable soil management. Many countries in Europe have implemented one or more soil monitoring systems (SMSs), often established long before the EU‐wide “Land Use/
Eloïse Mason   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translations of the Zohar: Historical Contexts and Ideological Frameworks

open access: yesCorrespondences, 2016
The Zohar, a compilation of Kabbalistic texts which were written in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, was bestowed an authoritative and sacred status in many Jewish communities.
Boaz Huss
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”Går jag till sängs med tolv Guds änglar ...”: den judisk-kristna konsten att somna och avsomna i bild och bön

open access: yesICO Iconographisk Post, 2021
In Swedish oral tradition, as well as in one example of Dalecarlian folk painting from the late 18th century, an invocation of twelve (occasionally fourteen) angels standing around the bed is evident from at least the 17th century. This invocation, while
Sebastian Selvén
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It is not Risky, it is Healthy. Assessing of Soil Enzymatic Activity, Heavy Metal Contamination, and Health Risk for Urban Gardens Land Development in Warsaw, Poland

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, Volume 36, Issue 10, Page 3379-3392, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Urban gardens (UG) in densely populated cities serve as vital spaces, fostering community well‐being, biodiversity, and local food production. Yet, these gardens face a growing threat from air and soil contamination, particularly in cities like Warsaw (Poland), where proximity to major roads, an international airport, and industrial activities
Beata Gawryszewska   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book reviews

open access: yesNordisk Judaistik, 1988
Kabbalah. En rejse i jødisk mystik (Judith Winther, 1986) is reviewed by Peter Steensgaard.Religion och samhälle i Mellanöstern (eds. J-O Blichfeldt & J. Hjärpe, 1985) is reviewed by Nils Martola.
Peter Steensgaard, Nils Martola
doaj   +1 more source

Menorah Review (No. 65, Summer/Fall, 2006) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A Rebbe in Skirts -- By Way of Introduction: Reflections on Israeli Women\u27s Studies: A Reader -- Israeli Literature and Israeli Politics -- More in than Out -- Revisiting Old Themes Through a Contemporary Lens -- The World of Rabbi Nathan ...

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Aristotle's Theoria in Contemplative Education

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 439-459, June 2025.
Abstract This essay analyzes Pierre Hadot's reading of Aristotelian theoria in order to evaluate theoria's relevancy for the contemporary field of Contemplative Education. It emphasizes the limited engagement with theoria against a backdrop of heightened attention to mindfulness‐based practices. The essay critiques the conflation of Plato and Aristotle'
Tomas de Rezende Rocha
wiley   +1 more source

'Magic coins' and 'magic squares': the discovery of astrological sigils in the Oldenburg Letters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Enclosed in a 1673 letter to Henry Oldenburg were two drawings of a series of astrological sigils, coins and amulets from the collection of Strasbourg mathematician Julius Reichelt (1637–1719). As portrayals of particular medieval and early modern sigils
Anna Marie Roos   +30 more
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