Author: Joxan Jaffar
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: logic, programming, conference, symposium, joint, proceedings, international
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1998-05-29
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0262600315
ISBN-13: 9780262600316

The Joint International Conference and Symposium on Logic Programming, sponsored by the Association for Logic Programming, includes tutorials, lectures, and refereed papers on all aspects of logic programming, including theoretical foundations, constraints, concurrency and parallelism, deductive databases, language design and implementation, nonmonotonic reasoning, and logic programming and the Internet.

Author: Tamara Agha-Jaffar
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: text, sacred, myth, goddesses, women
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-12-19
List price: $38.20
ISBN-10: 032124432X
ISBN-13: 9780321244321

This cross-cultural primary source reader, provides an opportunity for readers to examine, compare and contrast the role of major female figures in Western, non-Western, major and indigenous religions.

Author: Tamara Agha-Jaffar
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Keywords: myth, lessons, persephone, demeter
Number of Pages: 211
Published: 2002-09-13
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0786413433
ISBN-13: 9780786413430

The classical Greek myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone as told in Homer’s Hymn to Demeter has been used most often to explain the cycle of the seasons. However, a closer examination will reveal insights on living and dying, loss and reconciliation, and suffering and healing. This work demonstrates the continued importance and relevance of the myth of Demeter and Persephone to today’s society. The first three chapters provide a summary of the Homeric story and examine the myth from the perspectives of the mother and daughter. The following chapters discuss the symbolism of