M. D. Turner

This study in concerned with the social and ecological dimensions of overgrazing in the Sahelian region of West Africa. Research was performed in the Maasina, an agropastoral zone on the western edge the Inland Niger Delta in Mali and was concerned with the relationship between …

This study examines the use of the terms virgin (btwlt), daughter (bt), and virgin daughter (btwlt bt) when used to identify the female metaphor used to personify Jerusalem or Israel in the prophetic material and the book of Lamentations of the Old Testament. Chapter 1 identifie…