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Water Resilience in Practice is co-edited by two experienced water
sector professionals and reviews resilience in water supply service
delivery. This will be in the form of a series of case studies from
different economic contexts - ranging from low-income and fragile
states to upper income countries. It will document real experiences
and reflect on the initiatives different service providers apply to
strengthen resilience in practice. It will describe how service
providers respond, adapt, innovate and learn on an ongoing basis,
and how they endeavour to meet challenges and provide water supply
to users equitably and sustainably. In recent years climate
resilience in water supply has been a new emerging paradigm. In
response it is helpful to document and record some up-to-date
experiences, which can be consolidated in one place. However, it is
also necessary to recognise the multiple pressures that water
resources face, such as: population growth, increased water
demands, existing climatic variability as well as climate change.
These pressures are having a profound impact on water supply
service delivery. In this context service providers and development
professionals must take active measures to respond to these risks.
This book is primarily addressed to organisations and practitioners
involved in planning, designing, managing and financing water
supply programmes in urban and rural settings.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Two Lamentable Tragedies
Robert Yarington, John Day, William Haughton
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Explores global m-commerce strategies and technological standards,
and provides cases of the subject from a global perspective.
This major work examines the subject of Temple and Worship in
biblical Israel, ranging from their ancient Near Eastern and
archaeological background, through the Old Testament and Late
Second Temple Judaism, and up to the New Testament. It is the
product of an international team of twenty-three noted scholars.
Special attention is paid to such subjects as the ideology of
temples and the evidence for high places in Israel and the
Canaanite world; the architecture and symbolism of Solomon's
Temple; the attitude of various parts of the Old Testament to the
Temple and cult, including that of several prophets; the light shed
on Temple worship by the Psalms; the role and fate of the Ark of
the Covenant; and the Day of Atonement. It also examines attitudes
to the Temple in the Septuagint, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the
Dead Sea Scrolls, first-century Judaism, and the New Testament.
This important work is the product of an impressive array of
twenty-three noted scholars. The contributors include John Barton,
H.G.M. Williamson, John Day, Susan Gillingham, John Jarick, C.T.R.
Hayward, Michael Knibb, George Brooke, Martin Goodman, Christopher
Rowland and Larry Kreitzer.A
The stories of Genesis 1-11 constitute one of the better known
parts of the Old Testament, but their precise meaning and
background still provide many debated questions for the modern
interpreter. In this stimulating, learned and readable collection
of essays, which paves the way for his forthcoming ICC commentary
on these chapters, John Day attempts to provide definitive
solutions to some ofthese questions. Amongst the topics included
are the background and interpretation of the seven-day Priestly
Creation narrative, problems in the interpretation of the Garden of
Eden story, the relation of Cain and the Kenites, the strange
stories of the sons of God and daughters of men and of Noah's
drunkenness and the curse of Canaan, the precise ancient Near
Eastern background of the Flood story and the preceding
genealogies, and the meaning and background of the story of the
tower and city of Babel. Throughout this volume John Day constantly
seeks to determine the original meaning of these stories in the
light of their ancient Near Eastern background, and to determine
how far this original meaning has been obscured by later
interpretations.
This major work re-examines prophecy and the prophets in ancient
Israel, with essays ranging all the way from Israel's ancient Near
Eastern background right up to the New Testament. The majority of
essays concentrate on prophecy and the prophets in the Old
Testament, which are approached from a remarkable number of
different angles.
Particular attention is paid to the following subjects: Prophecy
amongst Israel's ancient Near East neighbours; female prophets in
both Israel and the ancient Near East; Israelite prophecy in the
light of sociological, anthropological and psychological
approaches; Deuteronomy 18.9-22, the Prophets and Scripture;
Elijah, Elisha and prophetic succession; the theology of Amos;
Hosea and the Baal cult; the sign of Immanuel; the rewriting of
Isaiah in Isaiah 28-31; Deutero-Isaiah and monotheism; Jeremiah and
God; Aniconism and anthropomorphism in Ezekiel; Habakkuk's dialogue
with God and the language of legal disputation; Zephaniah and the
'Book of the Twelve' hypothesis; Structure and meaning in Malachi;
Prophecy and Psalmody; Prophecy in Chronicles; Prophecy in the New
Testament.
Originally published in 1979, this book shows the beautiful
simplifications that can be brought to the theory of differential
equations by treating such equations from the product integral
viewpoint. The first chapter of the book, dealing with linear
ordinary differential equations, should be accessible to anyone
with a knowledge of matrix theory and elementary calculus. Later
chapters assume more sophistication on the part of the reader. The
essential unity of these subjects is illustrated by the fact that
the idea of the product integral can be naturally and effectively
used to deal with all of them.
Originally published in 1979, this book shows the beautiful
simplifications that can be brought to the theory of differential
equations by treating such equations from the product integral
viewpoint. The first chapter of the book, dealing with linear
ordinary differential equations, should be accessible to anyone
with a knowledge of matrix theory and elementary calculus. Later
chapters assume more sophistication on the part of the reader. The
essential unity of these subjects is illustrated by the fact that
the idea of the product integral can be naturally and effectively
used to deal with all of them.
Nationalist dictatorships arose around the world in the 1920s and
1930s. On numerous occasions, the US government openly and actively
supported these states, even some of the cruelest. After the
idealism of the Wilsonian era, policymakers decided that
non-Communist dictatorships were not necessarily inimical to
American democracy, or at least to American national interests. As
these regimes proliferated in Latin America and Europe during the
interwar decades, both Democratic and Republican administrations in
Washington found it expedient to support these autocratic regimes.
People living under these governments therefore associated the
United States with their oppressors, with long-term negative
consequences for US policy. American policymakers were primarily
concerned with fostering stability in these countries.
Dictatorships, also eager to maintain political order and create
economic growth, looked to American corporations for investment to
modernize their nation's infrastructure and economy. In turn,
American bankers and investors invested heavily in these areas,
cementing in Washington's mind the need to support the regimes.
Through an examination of consular records in nine countries, the
book examines the logistics and consequences of this decision.
Given the blatant violence and terrorism of the 21stcentury world,
should Christians be seeking divine vengeance like that
demonstrated in the retribution psalms of David? This book examines
the theology of the curses in the Psalms as well as the ancient
cultural context and then shows how mercy and vengeance should play
out in the current world.
In this collection, an international group of specialists considers the nature of wisdom in relation to the thought world of the ancient Near East and its impact on the rest of the Old Testament. In addition to full coverage of the wisdom books and other literature most frequently thought to have been influenced by them, thematic studies also introduce the principal comparative sources among Israel's neighbors and discuss the place of wisdom in Israelite religion, theology and society.
This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study
of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel
and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he
sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject.
The work considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and
the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading
gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte and Anat),
astral deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer), and underworld deities
(Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim). Day assesses both what
Yahwism assimilated from these deities and what it came to reject.
More generally he discusses the impact of Canaanite polytheism on
ancient Israel and how monotheism was eventually achieved.
John Day investigates disputed points of interpretation within
Genesis 1-11, expanding on his earlier book From Creation to Babel
with 11 stimulating essays. Day considers the texts within their
Near Eastern contexts, and pays particular attention to the later
history of interpretation and reception history. Topics covered
include the meaning of the Bible's first verse and what immediately
follows, as well as what it means that humanity is made in the
image of God. Further chapters examine the Garden of Eden, the
background and role of the serpent and the ambiguous role of
Wisdom; the many problems of interpretation in the Cain and Abel
story, as well as what gave rise to this story; how the Covenant
with Noah and the Noachic commandments, though originally separate,
became conflated in some later Jewish thought; and the location of
'Ur of the Chaldaeans', Abraham's alleged place of origin, and how
this was later misinterpreted by Jewish, Christian and Islamic
sources as referring to a 'fiery furnace of the Chaldaeans'. These
chapters, which illuminate the meaning, background and subsequent
interpretation of the Book of Genesis, pave the way for Day's
forthcoming ICC commentary on Genesis 1-11.
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