This volume analyses the religious, philosophical and folkloristic content of Ibn Waḥshiyya's (d. 931) Nabatean Agriculture, a book containing rich information on Late Antique paganism in Iraq. The ...book also contains 61 translated excerpts from the Nabatean Agriculture.
Ahab Agonistes Grabbe, Lester L
2007, 2007-04-28, Letnik:
421
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The European Seminar in Historical Methodology is committed to debating issues surrounding the history of ancient Israel and Judah with the aim of developing methodological principles for writing a ...history of the period.AA In this particular session the topic chosen was the Omride dynasty-its rise and fall-and the subsequent Jehu dynasty, down to the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians.Participants discuss such topics as the dating of prophetic texts, the house of Ahab in Chronicles, the Tel Dan inscription, the Mesha inscription, the Jezebel tradition, the archaeology of Iron IIB, the relationship between the biblical text and contemporary sources, and the nature of the Omride state.AA The volume incidentally gives a reasonably comprehensive treatment of the main sources, issues, debates, and secondary literature on this period of Israel's history.AA An introductory chapter summarizes the individual papers and also the relevant section of Mario Liverani's recent history of the period.AA A concluding `Reflections on the Debate' summarizes the issues raised in the papers and provides a perspective on the discussion.AA LHB/OTS volume 421 -AA ESHM volume 6
The paper introduces the tripartite structure used to shape principles of halachah. The unique design is expressed in a formal style consisting of three statements made by different sages, where each ...statement contains three halachic principles that have been grouped together in one place in the passage. The design of the halachic principles using a tripartite structure also clarifies the absence of additional halachic rules and the lack of material discussion of the halachah principles brought in the passage. The aim and the importance of this article is in presenting the design of halachic principles in the form of a tripartite structure, as well as how this pattern emerged and the special style of its appearance in the passage.
From Phonology to Syntax Somers, Katerina Wicka
2009, 2009-08-25, Letnik:
530
eBook, Dissertation
This monograph is an investigation of cliticization processes attested throughout Otfrid von Weissenburg`s Old High German Evangelienbuch. Its central argument may be simply stated: attestations such ...as meg ih (< mag ih) `I am able to,` theiz (< thaz iz) `that it,` and wolt er (< wolta er) `he wanted` comprise a host and clitic and are all manifestations of one unified process of cliticization. Establishing the crucial elements of the argument, however, requires that we reach beyond a phonological and prosodic account of the cliticization process. In order to show that attested clitic groups are actively produced, as opposed to lexically listed or grammaticalized, this work examines Otfridian clause structure, an analysis that provides an alternative to the more traditional treatment of clitics within the framework of grammaticalization theory. Finally, as the Evangelienbuch is a work of poetry, the effect of the meter on cliticization patterns is also addressed.
The book series Linguistische Arbeiten (LA) publishes high-quality work in linguistics that addresses current issues in synchrony and diachrony, theoretically or empirically oriented.
A strange statement appears in Maimonides' (d. 1204) code of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah. When dealing with prohibited marriages, Maimonides writes that a convert from among the gentiles, including ...the seven Canaanite nations (Deuteronomy 7:3), may marry within the Jewish community. Originally there were some exceptions to this in regard to four nations: Ammon, Moab, Egypt, and Edom. However, Sennacherib, King of Assyria, commingled all the nations, and since then these four nations have been mixed up with all the other permitted nations, and they have all become permitted. “Thus a convert these days, whether he be an Edomite, an Egyptian, an Ammonite, a Moabite, a Kushite, or any other nation, whether male or female, is permitted to enter the community of Israel, i.e. to marry within the community immediately.”
The history of cardiology encompasses some of the most revered names in medical history, many belonging to physicians who have advanced knowledge beyond their time. However, there have been countless ...others whose work in the basic sciences has paid large dividends to clinical cardiology. The original example of such an individual is William Harvey, whose reasoned experimentation led to the understanding of the circulation of blood. Another such man, Sir James Black, has contributed to basic scientific and clinical knowledge in cardiology, both as a physician and as a basic scientist. His invention of propranolol, the beta adrenergic receptor antagonist that revolutionized the medical management of angina pectoris, is considered to be one of the most important contributions to clinical medicine and pharmacology of the 20th century. His method of research, his discoveries about adrenergic pharmacology, and his clarification of the mechanisms of cardiac action are all strengths of his work. In 1988, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Sir James's conclusions and method of research have continued to influence work in clinical pharmacology and cardiovascular medicine. Thus, the development of propranolol runs parallel to most other great achievements in medicine: the genius of a few builds on the accomplishments of many, and the discovery influences thinking long after the breakthrough has occurred.
Helping students of biblical narrative to recognize that the boundaries between the genres of ancient historiography, fiction, and rhetoric are porous, and that authors of biblical narratives were ...not simply compiling records of the past “as it really was,” is a perennial challenge in the biblical studies classroom.¹ It seems a particularly crucial task in a historical moment that witnesses to a resurgence of religious fundamentalism, in which positivist readings of ancient narratives deemed sacred are employed to fuel fear, and even hatred, for those outside the fundamentalist’s own reading community.
In classrooms populated predominantly with students identified, however loosely,
The Evangelienbuch by Otfrid von Weissenburg presents a number of problems for modern scholarship. The present study aims to draw together the results of major studies on the work, particularly from ...the last twenty years, and explain why there is still no consensus as to its nature, aims and literary status. This study addresses itself to these basic questions. Otfrid's theoretical statements are examined. along with the literary, religious and historical background to monastic writing in the ninth century. It is clear that religious and pedagogical motivations lie behind the work, and that the Latin commentaries influence the author much more than either Latin or vernacular literary works, even in matters of structure and presentation. The content of the Evangelienbuch is largely defined by the biblical gospels, but there are differences in the weighting and ordering of material. Thus many of the images Otfrid emphasizes are chosen to illuminate aspects of the teaching and learning process. The contrast between the numbers four and five serves to explain both literary and religious ideas involving evenness. balance and perfection and their opposites. Finally, it is noted that the fifth book of the Evangelienbuch departs from the narrative structures of the biblical gospels. Otfrid's lengthy treatment of the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ leads, in Book V, to a chronologically correct depiction of his afterlife in heaven which does not correspond to the biblical arrangement of material. This gives the Evangelienbuch as a whole a nonbiblical "shape" with emphasis towards Christ's role in past. present and future time. Thus the language, style, structure and content of the Evangelienbuch aim to make the message of the gospels more accessible and relevant to the experience of ninth century readers and listeners. These are likely to have been very young, and therefore unable to tackle complex Latin commentaries, and yet also destined for the priesthood, or for a monastic career, and therefore expected to learn the basic principles of Christian theology, exegesis and moral behaviour. The possibility of subsequent use of the Evangelienbuch outside the schoolroom, in other parts of the monasteries or even in the world outside cannot be ruled out, but the work is designed for use as a school textbook.
Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- Copy is complete. All leaves were torn along their folds and re-joined with strips of yellow paper. Leaves are in a quire not in ...original collation. Most leaves are wormed and a little dirty but the text is legible and clear. The final leaf is damaged and mounted on transparent paper. Blank leaves were bound before and after the text. No decoration. Watermark: a small part of a watermark "Basilisk" remains after the leaf was cut. There are some handwritten notes and two censor's signatures, but no expurgations or erasures in the text.- Layout: printed in one column, 22 lines.- Shelfmark: New York, The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, INC HEB 41.- Mayer Sulzberg copy.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
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