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AHC interview with Mark Joseph Brunner
No full textJanuary 18, 2008Mark Brunner was born in Vienna, Austria. He grew up in his family’s house in Moedling, a southern suburb of Vienna. His mother was catholic, and his father was Jewish, a descendent from Sephardim (Spanish Jews) who had settled in Hohenems (Austria) in the western province of Vorarlberg in the 17th century. After the ‘Anschluss’ Mark Brunner’s father was arrested and released after a few weeks; his business was confiscated. The family immigrated to the United States, and Mark Brunner eventually settled in San Francisco, CA.Austrian Heritage CollectionThe interview was made possible through a grant of the National Fund of the Republic of Austri
The Gospel on the Margins: The Ideological Function of the Patristic Tradition on the Evangelist Mark
No full textIn spite of the virtually unanimous patristic opinion that the evangelist Mark was the interpreter of Peter, one of the most prestigious apostolic founding figures in Christian memory, the Gospel of Mark was mostly neglected in the patristic period. Not only is the text of Mark the least well represented of the canonical Gospels in terms of the number of patristic citations, commentaries and manuscripts, the explicit comments about the evangelist Mark reveal some ambivalence about its literary or theological value. In my survey of the reception of Mark from Papias of Hierapolis until Clement of Alexandria, I will argue that the reason why the patristic writers were hesitant to embrace the Gospel of Mark was that they perceived the text to be amenable to the Christological beliefs and social praxis of rival Christian factions. The patristic tradition about Mark may have little historical basis, but it had an important ideological function in appropriating the text in the name of an apostolic authority from the margins or periphery
Acoustic metafluid with anisotropic mass density and tunable sound speed
No full textMetamaterials are artificially synthesized materials with uniquely engineered properties that do not occur in nature. Fabrication of such materials for application to acoustics has led to the creation of novel media with distinct bulk modulus and mass density characteristics. Studies in this field have typically examined how the properties of these unique materials can be used to manipulate either the attenuation or speed of a propagating sound wave. Previous works have used rigid structures with fluid cavities as a means to achieve changes in the acoustic behavior of the system. These approaches have resulted in the successful fabrication of materials with anisotropic mass density as well as advanced theoretical considerations for the creation of materials with anisotropic bulk modulus. This work uses a different approach to achieve anisotropic mass density, by creating a metafluid consisting of orientable anisotropic ferromagnetic particles. The anisotropy of the mass density is achieved through the induced mass of the particles, which varies with the particles’ alignment relative to the direction of wave propagation. The successful manipulation of the speed of sound is experimentally demonstrated for the two particle orientations examined, namely that of parallel and perpendicular alignment. The changes in the speed of sound are found to vary with frequency, confirming that the induced mass is the governing mechanism of the mass density anisotropy. Comparison of the experimental data to theoretical predictions reveals higher-than-expected variations in the acoustic wave speed. This behavior is qualitatively accounted for through experimental evidence that indicates particle-particle interactions, resulting in chained particle structures that effectively behave as a single particulate with larger dimensions. Furthermore, experimental investigations reveal that the magnitude of anisotropic wave speed can be controlled through the intensity of the external magnetic field used to align the particles.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Mark Joseph Seite
Incomprehension or resistance? : the Markan disciples and the narrative logic of Mark 4:1—8:30
No full textThe characterization of the Markan disciples has been and continues to be the object of much scholarly reflection and speculation. For many, the Markan author’s presentation of Jesus’ disciples holds a key, if not the key, to unlocking the purpose and function of the gospel as a whole. Commentators differ as to whether the Markan disciples ultimately serve a pedagogical or polemical function, yet they are generally agreed that the disciples in Mark come off rather badly, especially when compared to their literary counterparts in Matthew, Luke, and John.
This narrative-critical study considers the characterization of the Markan disciples within the Sea Crossing movement (Mark 4:1–8:30). While commentators have, on the whole, interpreted the disciples’ negative characterization in this movement in terms of lack of faith and/or incomprehension, neither of these, nor a combination of the two, fully accounts for the severity of language leveled against the disciples by the narrator (6:52) and Jesus (8:17–18). Taking as its starting point an argument by Jeffrey B. Gibson (1986) that the harshness of Jesus’ rebuke in Mark 8:14–21 is occasioned not by the disciples’ lack of faith or incomprehension but by their active resistance to his Gentile mission, this investigation uncovers additional examples of the disciples’ resistance to Gentile mission, offering a better account of their negative portrayal within the Sea Crossing movement and helping explain many of their other failures.
In short, this study argues that in Mark 4:1–8:26, the disciples are characterized as resistant to Jesus’ Gentile mission and to their participation in that mission, the chief consequence being that they are rendered incapable of recognizing Jesus’ vocational identity as Israel’s Messiah (Thesis A). This leads to a secondary thesis, namely, that in Mark 8:27–30, Peter’s recognition of Jesus’ messianic identity indicates that the disciples have finally come to accept Jesus’ Gentile mission and their participation in it (Thesis B).
“Chapter One: Introduction” offers a selective review of scholarly treatments of the Markan disciples, which shows that few scholars attribute resistance, let alone purposeful resistance, to the disciples.
“Chapter Two: The Rhetoric of Repetition” introduces the methodological tools, concepts, and perspectives employed in the study. It includes a section on narrative criticism, which focuses upon the story-as-discoursed and the implied author and reader, and a section on Construction Grammar, a branch of cognitive linguistics founded by Charles Fillmore and further developed by Paul Danove, which focuses upon semantic and narrative frames and case frame analysis.
“Chapter Three: The Sea Crossing Movement, Mark 4:1–8:30” addresses the question of Markan structure and argues that Mark 4:1–8:30 comprises a single, unified, narrative movement, whose action and plot is oriented to the Sea of Galilee and whose most distinctive feature is the network of sea crossings that transport Jesus and his disciples back and forth between Jewish and Gentile geopolitical spaces.
Following William Freedman, “Chapter Four: The Literary Motif” introduces two criteria (frequency and avoidability) for determining objectively what constitutes a literary motif and provides the methodological basis and starting point for the analyses performed in chapters five and six.
“Chapter Five: The Sea Crossing Motif” establishes and then carries out a lengthy narrative analysis of the Sea Crossing motif, which is oriented around Mark’s use of θάλασσα (thalassa) and πλοῖον (ploion), and “Chapter Six: The Loaves Motif” does the same for The Loaves motif, oriented around Mark’s use of ἄρτος (artos).
Finally, “Chapter Seven: The Narrative Logic of the Disciples (In)comprehension” draws together all narrative, linguistic, and exegetical insights of the previous chapters and offers a single coherent reading of the Sea Crossing movement that establishes Theses A and B.
Maria Pirgerou on Peter Messent’s Mark Twain and Male Friendship
No full textPeter Messent, Mark Twain and Male Friendship: The Twichell, Howells and Rogers Friendships. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 272. Cloth. ISBN 978-0-19-539116-9. Peter Messent’s book seeks to explore the lifelong relationships between Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), one of the most prominent literary figures of post-Civil War America, and three equally renowned men of the same period: the minister Joseph Twichell, the literary editor and author William Dean Howells and the shrewd busin..
No Pasaran! An Interview on the History and Politics of Anti-fascism with Mark Bray
No full textMark Bray is a historian of human rights, terrorism, and political radicalism in Modern Europe as well as a political organizer. This interview outlines what fascism is, the history of anti-fascist resistance, the debate surrounding free-speech, anti-imperialism, World War II, and the Trump Era.
Mark Bray is a political organizer and historian of human rights, terrorism, and political radical-ism in Modern Europe. He earned his BA in Philosophy from Wesleyan University in 2005 and his PhD in History from Rutgers University in 2016. He is the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Melville House 2017), Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street (Zero 2013), The Anarchist Inquisition: Terrorism and Human Rights in Spain and France, 1890-1910 (forthcoming), and the co-editor of Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader (PM Press 2018). His work has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, Boston Review, and numerous edited volumes. He was a lecturer at Dartmouth College
Other endings of Mark as responses to Mark : an ideological-critical investigation into the longer and the shorter ending of Mark's Gospel
No full textThe Longer Ending and the Shorter Ending of Mark's Gospel are the ancient Markan readers' responses to Mark's Gospel. This leads us to the question of how the authors of these endings read their Mark's Gospel. These endings reflect the ideologies of their authors. The ideologies are related to the interests of the author or the authorial community (ideological primary group), and are embedded within the text. The Longer and the Shorter Ending were produced within a social context where the matter of apostolic authoritative leadership was a sensitive issue. A potential conflict is found in many contemporary texts from the NT and the extra- canonical texts, especially with regard to the apostolic authority of Mary Magdalene and Peter. Their struggles for apostolic authority are often found in the post-Easter narrative context. The assumed ideological primary community of the Longer Ending is Pro- Magdalene. It acknowledged Mary Magdalene as its authoritative leader who enjoyed apostolic authority especially over Peter. This community was interested in mission, and re-authenticated the mission of the Eleven. The LE provides a certain guideline for the qualification of leadership in the LE's community, which is the visual experience of the resurrected Jesus. The assumed ideological primary community of the Shorter Ending is Pro- Petrine. It was in favour of Peter, and suggested him as holding authoritative apostolic authority. This community wanted to clarify the resurrection of Jesus, and emended the empty tomb narrative of Mark's Gospel. It was also interested in mission, and the authority of disciples, especially that of Peter, in their performing mission tasks is highlighted in the Shorter Ending
National Convention, 27th annual, 1984
No full textA flyer advertising an "End Apartheid" meeting and march to take place in Atlanta, Georgia to mark the tenth anniversary of violence in Soweto, South Africa. 1 page.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Martin Luther King, Jr. International Commemoration in Heidelberg, Germany, 1999
No full textJoseph E. Lowery speaks at the NAACP's 13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. international commemoration at the University of Heidelberg's Alte Aula (Old Hall). Written on verso: NAACP's 13th annual MLK Jr. international commemoration at Univ. of Heidelberg's Alte Aula (Old Hall). Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery speaks while the Mark Twain Village Choir from Heidelberg listens, 01/23/99.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Mark Twain vs. the Critics
No full text Louis J. Budd. Our Mark Twain: The Making of His Public Personality. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.266 pp. Jane Curry. The River's in My Blood: Riverboat Pilots Tell Their Stories. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. 288 + xx pp. Susan K. Harris. Mark Twain's Escape From Time: A Study of Patterns. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1982. 169 + vii pp. James L. Johnson. Mark Twain and the Limits of Power: Emerson's God in Ruins. University of Tennessee Press, 1982. 206 + x pp. Horst H. Kruse. Mark Twain and "Life on the Mississippi. " Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1982. 183 + xviii pp. Elizabeth McMahan, ed. Critical Approaches to Mark Twain's Short Stories. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1981. 147 + x pp. Robert Keith Miller. Mark Twain. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1983. 221 + xii pp. One does not find, and should not expect, original criticism in Robert Miller's Mark Twain. The book is one of a series ("Literature and Life," covering a mixture of late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and American writers ranging from Joseph Conrad to Joan Didion), and follows the series format, including lengthy plot summaries of all works discussed. The author does not seem to be a Twain scholar (he has written on Oscar Wilde for the same series), and his book will be of use principally to the undergraduate student and the general reader. Still, through its very lack of originality, such a book may have its interest for the scholar as a compendium of accepted opinion, presenting the Mark Twain of our day. That Mark Twain is still the Twain of Justin Kaplan's Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain (1967) or, for that matter, of Van Wyck Brooks's The Ordeal of Mark Twain (1920)—a man and writer divided against himself, split between East and West, between humor and the genteel tradition, between present and past, between progress and nostalgia. </jats:p
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