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A Bibliography of East European Travel Writing on Europe
The bibliography volume of the three-volume East Looks West: East European Travel Writing in Europe collates travel writing published in book form by east Europeans travelling in Europe from ca. 1550 to 2000. It is intended as a fundamental research tool, collecting together travel writings within each national/linguistic tradition, and enabling comparative analysis of such material. It fills an important gap in the existing reference literature, both in western and east European languages, and will be of use to those working in the growing fields of comparative travel writing, regional and national identities, and postcolonialism.These texts exist in surprisingly large numbers, and include ...
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Lina
Lina kommt 1905 als Tochter eines Kleinbauern im Willinger Upland zur Welt. Kurz nach Ende des ersten Weltkriegs stirbt ihre Mutter an der Spanischen Grippe. Damit endet Linas Kindheit abrupt. Obwohl sie im letzten Jahr zur Schule geht, wird sie in die Rolle der Hausfrau gedrängt. Als der Vater erneut heiratet, vermittelt er seine Tochter als Magd an einen Landwirt, dessen Hof zwei Stunden strammen Fußmarschs entfernt liegt. Die Vierzehnjährige läuft alltäglich in den frühen Morgenstunden los, verrichtet ihre Arbeit und kehrt abends erschöpft nach Hause zurück. Das entbindet sie nicht von zusätzlichen häuslichen Pflichten. Die Stadt lockt junge Arbeitswillige mit besseren Verdienst...
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible
We think of the Hebrew Bible as the Book--and yet it was produced by a largely nonliterate culture in which writing, editing, copying, interpretation, and public reading were the work of a professional elite. The scribes of ancient Israel are indeed the main figures behind the Hebrew Bible, and in this book Karel van der Toorn tells their story for the first time. His book considers the Bible in very specific historical terms, as the output of the scribal workshop of the Second Temple active in the period 500-200 BCE. Drawing comparisons with the scribal practices of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, van der Toorn clearly details the methods, the assumptions, and the material means of productio...
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