Assyrian and Babylonian Sources

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Martti Nissinen
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Royal Inscriptions ◽  
Biblical Texts

This article introduces the Assyrian and Babylonian sources relevant to the Old Testament historical books. The corpus of Assyrian sources consists mainly of royal inscriptions between the mid-ninth and mid-seventh centuries bce, pertaining to the period narrated in 1 Kgs. 16 to 2 Kgs. 21. In general, when the same events are described, the biblical accounts appear to be in basic agreement with the Assyrian sources, even though some episodes mentioned in the Assyrian sources are not included in the biblical texts and vice versa. It is plausible that the writers of 2 Kings had source-based knowledge of past events. In both cases, the historical information must be filtered through the ideological purposes of the Assyrian scribes as well as the deuteronomistic editors. The Babylonian sources confirm the conquest of Jerusalem in 597 bce and the forced migration of the Judeans, including King Jehoiachin and his entourage. Otherwise, there are no direct links between the Babylonian sources and the Old Testament historical books. Nevertheless, the Babylonian sources, especially those from Al-Yahudu, contain important information on the social environment and living conditions of the Judean population in a certain part of Babylonia in the sixth to fifth centuries bce.

scholarly journals Sexuality and shifting paradigms – setting the scene

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Over Time

The social environment of the Biblical world can be distinguished in the Eastern Mediterranean (Semitic) and the Western Mediterranean (Greco-Roman) contexts. From a historical chronological perspective these contexts first functioned separately and then later merged because of Hellenisation. In both these Mediterranean contexts sexuality, religion and marriage were intertwined, but the values attributed to them, were different. The Old Testament mostly mirrors the Eastern Mediterranean world, whereas the New Testament represents a syncretism of the values of the Eastern and Western Mediterranean worlds. In order to understand the changes in the values attributed to sexuality, religion and marriage over time – from premodern, to modern, to postmodern times – it is necessary to investigate the social dynamics in the different eras. The aim of the article is to explore the nature of the interconnections and the values attributed to sexuality, religion and marriage in Biblical times.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of Ukrainian citizens’ migration to Poland and Russia in 2014–2019

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-120
Author(s):  
Svitlana Soroka
Keyword(s):  
Forced Migration ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
The State ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Migration Rates ◽  
Mass Migration ◽  
Professional Characteristics ◽  
The Social

For the last five years, Ukrainians have been leaving their own state en masse. Some are looking for better living conditions, the opportunity to earn more money, get an education, and others are forced to save their own lives from the hostilities in the east. Objective coverage of migration processes is hindered by the lack of reliable statistical information, especially in the case of official Ukrainian statistics, which try to lower the migration rates of Ukrainians. In the article, the author attempts to analyze the social and economic causes of mass migration of Ukrainians to Poland and Russia. These are the countries which receive the largest number of Ukrainians. The state actually creates living conditions that lead to the partial physical destruction of Ukrainians, and people are forced to search for a better life outside Ukraine. Ukraine is in a situation of a civil turmoil which is reflected in multidirectional forced migration. In turn, Poland and Russia are receiving an immigration flow that corresponds to the logic of their demographic development, does not require significant costs to integrate migrants, and is an almost ideal demographic resource in terms of ethnic and professional characteristics. Due to migration, Ukraine is losing the most capable and highly qualified part of the population, which threatens its internal and external security, and even the existence of Ukraine as a state.

scholarly journals Grönt och hållbart socialt arbete - Miljörättvisa, social rättvisa och ekosociala interventioner

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 207-226
Author(s):  
Carin Björngren Cuadra ◽  
Pernilla Ouis
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Critical Potential ◽  
The Social ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Biophysical Environment ◽  
Climate Crisis

This article introduces an approach within social work called green social. It is argued that this approach has a critical potential in its ability to respond to urgent issues concerning people’s current and future living conditions. It is further argued that in addition to its traditional involvement in problematic distribution of resources, social work can act upon linkages between social issues and issues concerning environmental and climate crisis when integrating areas of knowledge from other disciplines. Such linkages imply a revision of the construct ”person-in-environment” that traditionally denote a delimited notion of environment as the ”social environment”, thereby disregarding the biophysical environment that human beings are a part of. The article discusses concepts such as ”sustainable welfare”, ”de-growth” and ”transition” and presents examples of so-called ecosocial interventions while also making an argument for strengthening community work in Sweden.

scholarly journals THE POTENTIAL OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS AN ARCHIVAL AND SOURCE CENTER IN THE SEARCH AND IDENTIFICATION OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Bilushchak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Influences ◽  
Internet Environment ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Units

To effectively search for and obtain quality historical information, the user has created a system of algorithms in the Internet environment for searching and identifying Internet sources of historical facts. We have presented the results of a research, which revealed the signs of bias based on the use of preconditions that affect the knowledge of the truth of the witness or the author of the source. In particular, the inconsistency of the blocks that indicate the verification of the meaning of logical expressions in the algorithm "Detection of signs of bias or distortion of facts" have been found. As a result of approbation of the systems of algorithms on an example of the found source the unreliable information has been revealed. It has been established that the information provided by the participant of the event contained negative words – markers that purposefully contribute to the formation of contempt, aggression and doubts about the military units of the state. Based on the developed system of algorithms for searching and identifying the Internet source, it is possible to significantly increase the amount of verified historical data on contemporary history by using the social environment of the Internet. In addition, based on the developed algorithms for searching and identifying the Internet source, it is possible to recognize information confrontations and information-psychological influences in the social environment of the Internet.

Reading and the Social Environment

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
Louise Cherry Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
The Social

The Social Environment of Older, Unmarried Persons

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-147
Author(s):  
Mollie B. Condra
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
The Social
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