scholarly journals Vyandigheid in apokaliptiese literatuur – die Daniëlboek

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Nel
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Apocalyptic Literature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Book Of Daniel ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Historical Origins

Animosity in apocalyptic literature – the Book of Daniel What is reflected in apocalyptic literature about the subject of animosity? Apocalyptic literature is limited in this article to the Book of Daniel, because it is the most extended apocalyptic text in the Old Testament. Before an apocalyptic work can be discussed, it is important to answer several preliminary questions: what is apocalyptic literature, and what is the phenomenon of apocalypticism? What are the characteristics of this genre? And what are the socio-historical origins of apocalyptic movements?   To understand the Book of Daniel, it is imperative to discuss the two “Sitze im Leben” present in the development of the book. These “Sitze” are the supposed sixth-century BCE exile of Judah, and the second-century BCE Jewish persecution under the Syrian king, Antiochus.   The patterns of animosity in the Book of Daniel are discussed in terms of the relationship between God and people; Jews and a foreign king; Jews and their neighbours; and two groups operating in the Jewish community according to apocalyptic perception, believing and compromising Jews. The story of Daniel in the lion’s den (Dan. 6) is used as a case study to demonstrate these patterns.   The conclusion of the study is that the tales (Dan. 1-6) and visions (Dan. 7-12) can only be understood properly in terms of the patterns of animosity present in the different plots behind the texts.

Appropriation redux: Re-reading George Ryga through Jeannette Armstrong

2020 ◽  
pp. 002198942097099
Author(s):  
Kit Dobson
Keyword(s):  
The People ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Jeannette Armstrong ◽  
George Ryga ◽  
Alliance Building ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Indigenous Voices ◽  
Literary Circles

This article considers ways in which solidarity across social locations might play a role in fostering resistance to vulnerability. My case study consists of the interplay between writer George Ryga’s 1967 play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, and Okanagan Syilx writer and scholar Jeannette Armstrong’s 1985 novel Slash. While these important and compelling texts have received considerable critical attention, the relationship between them is less known. I am interested in the ways in which these works both hail and offer critique to one another. In the contemporary moment, in which questions of appropriation of voice have gained renewed urgency within Indigenous literary circles in Canada and beyond, the relationship between these texts speaks to a historical instance of appropriation, but also of complicated processes of alliance-building. These texts demonstrate how agency resides across multiple locations. I read Ryga’s Ecstasy in the context of Jeannette Armstrong’s engagement with the play within her novel Slash in order to witness the ways in which Ryga’s text, in the first instance, appropriates Indigenous voices into an anti-capitalist critique. In the second instance, I read these works in order to witness how they might simultaneously provide a compelling analysis of the vulnerability of the people who are the subject of both works. I compare the interplay between Armstrong and Ryga’s texts to contemporary debates around appropriation in order to argue for the historical and ongoing importance of these two works as precursors to the crucial interventions made by contemporary Indigenous critics and writers.

Architecture against time – longevity vs temporariness

BUILDER ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (7) ◽  
pp. 86-88
Author(s):  
Jan Rabiej
Keyword(s):  
Research Synthesis ◽  
Sacred Architecture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The subject of this article is the problem of the antinomy of longevity and temporality in architecture. Excluding the so-called temporary structures, man designs and creates buildings with the assumption of their longevity. This presupposition is not undermined by architectural concepts, exposing functional and spatial solutions, opened to potential flexibility – variability. Also, ultra-modern designs of "self-adapting" architecture to the changing conditions of the context assume, indeed, the extension of its "vitality" – longevity. The aim of the research synthesis presented in the article is to specify the criteria which in shaping architecture make it possible to overcome the tension inherent in the antinomy of longevity and temporality. These analyzes, summarized with conclusions, were carried out in two complementary approaches: theoretical: based on the characteristics of the relationship between architecture and time, with particular emphasis on their exposure in the Christian sacred architecture; practical: based on the case study of the sequence of transformations of the church of St. Joseph Worker in Bytom over a period of approximately 100 years.

scholarly journals The Book of Jeremiah as Case Study in Asian Contextual Theology

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
Jerry Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Contextual Theology ◽  
Folk Religion ◽  
Religious Issues ◽  
Prosperity Theology ◽  
Book Of Jeremiah

AbstractThe past decades have seen many calls for Asian contextual theology thais both recognizably Asian and true to the Bible’s message. Given the lack of consensus on how to do such theology, however, the present study proposes that the Old Testament itself provides a worthy example to follow. Using the book of Jeremiah as a case study, it is suggested that the prophet’s engagemenwith the historical situation and theological issues of the sixth century BCE— fatalism, the identity of the divine vis-à-vis monism, prosperity theology, and cosmic suffering—offers a hermeneutical model for engaging modern Asian religious issues such as Islam, Hinduism, folk religion, and Buddhism.

1. The historical origins of the trust

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
JE Penner
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
The Core ◽  
Administrative Power ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Historical Origins

Titles in the Core Text series take the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing focused, concise, and reliable guides for students at all levels. This chapter traces the historical roots of the trust. The law of trusts is the offspring of a certain English legal creature known as ‘equity’. Equity arose out of the administrative power of the medieval Chancellor, who was at the time the King’s most powerful minister. The nature of equity’s jurisdiction and its ability to provide remedies unavailable at common law, the relationship between equity and the common law and the ‘fusion’ of law and equity, and equity’s creation of the use, and then the trust, are discussed.

scholarly journals Die Daniëlboek se twee Sitze im Leben

2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nel ◽  
D.J. Human
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
The Real ◽  
Book Of Daniel ◽  
Historical Detail

The two contexts of the book of DanielDie Book of Daniel presupposes an exilic date of origin in the sixth century. The real context in which the book originated is the second century BC, during the persecution by Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Jewish fanatics opposing his hellenization policy. In order to fully understand the book, it is necessary to take into account the historical detail of both contexts.

O LIVRO DE DANIEL: UM TEXTO APOCALÍPTICO DO ANTIGO TESTAMENTO

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Ágabo Borges de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Apocalyptic Literature ◽  
Book Of Daniel

A literatura que compõe os cânoni aceitos no cristianismo e judaísmo passou por um longo processo de composição e trazem consigo o reflexo de uma identidade que está ligada a seus momentos históricos. Essa literatura reflete, muitas vezes, um movimento que está por trás estabelecendo a necessidade de sua fixação. Com o livro de Daniel não é diferente, contudo ele tem características bem próprias distintas da maioria dos textos da Tenak (cânon judaico). Neste artigo é proposto uma identificação dos textos do livro de Daniel, como literatura apocalíptica, distinguindo nos textos proféticos e localizando seu contexto histórico. THE BOOK OF DANIEL: AN APOCALYPTIC TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT the literature, that composes canons accepted in Christianity and Judaism, has gone through a long process of composition and brings with it the reflection of an identity that is linked to its historical moments. This literature often reflects a movement that is behind establishing the need for its fixation. With the book of Daniel it is no different. It has characteristics distinct from most of the texts of the Tenak (Jewish canon). In this article it is proposed an identification of the texts of the book of Daniel, as apocalyptic literature, distinguishing from the prophetic texts and locating their historical context.

A Preliminary Study on the Handling of a Robotic Arm Based only on Temporarily Provided Auditory Information as a Substitute for Visual Information

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-418
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Takahashi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Task Completion ◽  
Auditory Information ◽  
Simple Task ◽  
Operation System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Human Operators ◽  
The Relationship

[abstFig src='/00290002/13.jpg' width='300' text='Robotic arm operation system' ] This paper reports on a study on the intelligent cooperation control system with human operators. The remote operation of a robotic arm by a human operator is considered as a simplified resilient system. In the experiments, subjects operated a robotic arm to carry out a simple task, while observing it through a monitor. The display of the monitor suddenly disappeared, and the subject continued the task only by using auditory information. By analyzing the relationship between task performances and types of auditory information through a mathematico-statistical method, it was found that not only auditory information related to the position but also the auditory information to ideate the position of the robotic arm was effective for task completion.

scholarly journals Influence of portofolio management in decision-making

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 406
Author(s):  
Rolney Baptestone ◽  
Roque Rabechini
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Financial Organization ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

This research aims to demonstrate how portfolio management influences the decision-making process in the projects of a financial organization. And to achieve this goal was used the single case study method. In order to reach this goal, the study began by means of bibliometric research on the subject of portfolio management and subsequent bibliographic research on the theme, decision making. Next, the relationships between portfolio management and decision making were studied. The results of the data collected confirmed the relationship between "the use of the project identification process in portfolio management to influence decision making" in order to add value to the business. It is also possible to demonstrate moderately that "the use of criteria for project selection influences the consequences of decision making", helping in the strategic management of the organization. One of the academic contributions was to note a migration of the portfolio management process, such as a tool that only controls the projects that will compose the portfolio of an organization, for a process that aims at a direct alignment with the strategic management of the organization. Regarding the practical implications, it was verified the importance of portfolio analysis for decision making, to the detriment of the evaluation of only one project. Taking into account the profitability and the return on investment of the projects, as the most important aspects for a decision making.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING THE APPROACH OF E-SERVICES PROVIDING IN TERMS OF DECENTRALIZATION REFORM IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Anton Andriienko ◽  
Olga Matveieva
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Strategic Vision ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Systemic Development ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
Decentralized Government ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the paper is to describe the approach of e-services providing in Ukraine in terms of decentralization reform. Methodology. We suggest describing the approach of e-services providing. According to the subject of description, methodology could be classified in groups presented below: description of the background (part 3), which reveals the need for digital education; analysis of digital transformation in public administration decentralization reform (part 4); strategic analysis of the vision for public e-services providing (part 5); generalization of the approaches (part 6). The development of the method of descriptive analyses has been based on several sources, namely: studies of the case of public e-services providing in Ukraine; analyses of extant literature on public e-services and their development. Results. Developing innovative and flexible public e-services in Ukraine, capable for adapting to the citizens’ current needs, has become crucial for public administrations. Progress in e-Government tools implementation continues in Ukraine in terms of decentralization reform. The e-Government concept puts into practice as the ambition of Ukrainian decentralized government to use information and communication technology (ICT) to provide more efficient public e-services for citizens. The relationship between citizens and the local government is crucial and it is mediated through modeling the process of e-services developing and deeper understanding current citizens’ needs by governmental officials. Practical implications. Our research aims at developing bases for strategic vision on public e-services in Ukraine as a framework that lays the foundations enabling a public administration to build flexible and innovative system of e-services, by relying on four bases (openness, participation, collaboration and integration). Value/originality. Revealing the current stage of decentralization reform of Ukraine enable to provide a case study of the organizational, institutional and social capacities for digitalization of e-services and form a strategic vision for their systemic development.

scholarly journals Urbanisation and Crime: A Case Study of Pakistan

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4II) ◽  
pp. 741-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiz Hanzla Jalil ◽  
Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Economics Of Crime ◽  
Adam And Eve ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship

Crime is an activity which is against the law and the fact that the linkage between criminal activities and the socio-economic development of the society is undeniable. Moreover, the relationship between crime and evolution of mankind may also be considered a historical one as Cain (first son of Adam and Eve) committed first crime when he murdered his brother Able because of jealousy. Due to the complex nature of the subject of crime, for example, regarding its causes and consequences, various academic disciplines such as criminology, sociology, geography, psychology and demography study it from their own perspective. A relatively new emerging field, however, is the economics of crime which tries to identify the socio-economic causes and consequences of criminal activities in a society.

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