75 research outputs found
Reconciliation of Time Perspectives as a Criterion for Therapy Completion
No full textGiancarlo Trombini, the main author of this article, has demonstrated in a series of empirical studies based on treatment examples from psychoanalytic psychotherapy that the development of relational dynamics in therapy can be assessed in an objectively verifiable way using a phenomenological criterion based on the narrative content of each session. This criterion is the comparison between the manifest dream and the subsequent associations (MDAC; Trombini, 2010, 2014, 2015).
This is a contribution to the reflexive pole of analytic psychotherapy, which is, after all, characterized by a constant oscillation between the pole of reflection and the pole of a “dreaming reception.” The present contribution continues this research with the treatment of the concluding phase of therapy, which is related to certain turning points in the processes of change in therapy (Di Chiara, 2003)
The reception of Qoheleth in a selection of rabbinic, patristic and nonconformist texts
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to examine the reception of the text of Qoheleth in a selection of rabbinic, patristic and nonconformist literature. The differences in the act of reading, reception and response to this text in discrete
Judaic and Christian locations is examined. The source texts that are considered are Qoheleth Rabbah, Targum Qoheleth, Gregory of Nyssa's homilies and Matthew Henry's exposition on Ecclesiastes. The thesis further investigates historical and theological experiential influences on the reception of Qoheleth as portrayed by the source texts. The text of Qoheleth and its history of interpretation, and the value of
examining the reception of the text by specific readers from a variety of contexts are discussed in the first chapter. In the consecutive chapters the reception of Qoheleth by each source text is examined individually. The historical and
theological contexts of each source text are described, including literary traditions and exegetical principles.
In the detailed examination of the source texts, the textual structural challenges that Qoheleth poses and how and why
they are responded to by the author(s) of the source texts are analysed. The final chapter compares and contrasts the main issues raised by the differing readings of Qoheleth, including the identity of Solomon and the view of God, and also, the differing contextual perspectives in which the reception process took place. Finally, a brief examination of a modem reader's (Michael V Fox') reception of Qoheleth is contrasted with that of earlier readers of the text. The manner in which the potential effects of Qoheleth are actualised and the process of meaning production varies between readers, being conditioned by their historical horizon
The simultaneous isolation of multiple high and low frequent T-cell populations from donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells using the major histocompatibility complex I-Streptamer isolation technology
No full textImmunobiology of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and immunotherapy of hematological disease
Ursprung von CD8+ Effektor und Gedächtnis T Zell Subpopulationen
No full textDifferentiation of CD8 T cells into diverse effector- and memory populations is an important feature of these cells and necessary for the development of protective immunity against pathogens and certain tumors. In this work we analyzed the differentiation of naïve antigen-specific CD8 T cells after adoptive transfer of single cells into wildtype mice. With the help of this novel tool we could show that after activation, a single CD8 T cell harbors the potential to differentiate into all major subsets. Interestingly, we found in addition that the differentiation patterns of transferred and polyclonal endogenous T cells was almost identical in individual mice. This implicates that factors operative during the expansion phase play an important role in the development and shaping of CD8 T cell responses. These results are important for the development of more effective T cell-based vaccines and for adoptive immunotherapy.Differenzierung von CD8 T Zellen in diverse Effektor- und Gedächtnis Populationen ist eine Kerneigenschaft dieser Zellen und ist maßgeblich verantwortlich für den akuten und lang anhaltenden Immunschutz vor Pathogenen und einigen Tumoren.
In dieser Arbeit untersuchten wir die Differenzierung naiver CD8 T Zellen mit definierter Antigenspezifität nach adaptivem Transfer einzelner Zellen in Wildtypmäuse. Durch Entwicklung dieses neuen in vivo Einzelzelltransfersystems konnten wir aufzeigen, dass nach initialer Aktivierung aus einer einzelnen CD8 T Zelle Tochterzellen differenzieren, die allen verschiedenen Subtypen angehören. Interessanterweise konnten wir zudem eine immunisierungsabhängige, aber annähernd identische Differenzierung zwischen transferierten Einzelzellen und dem endogenem polyklonalem T Zell Repertoire in individuellen Mäusen beobachten. Daher scheinen Faktoren während der Expansionsphase einen wichtige Rolle auf die Gestaltung einer CD8 Immunantwort auszuüben. Diese Ergebnisse sind insbesondere von Bedeutung für die Entwicklung effektiverer T Zell-basierender Impfstoffe und für adoptive Immuntherapie
Fibrin(ogen) - a new carrier for non viral gene vectors
No full textNicht viraler, lokaler Matrix-vermittelter Gentransfer mit Fibrin(ogen), bietet gegenüber dem alleinigen Einsatz rekombinanter Wachstumsfaktoren in der Wundheilung wesentliche Vorteile. Durch Lyophilisation eines handelsüblichen Fibrinklebers zusammen mit nicht viralen Formulierungen der Genvektoren (pDNA, PEI-pDNA-Komplexe, COPROG’s), konnte eine lagerstabile Gen-aktivierte Fibrin-Matrix (GAFM) hergestellt und der Einfluß der Genvektoren auf die Fibrinpolymerisation reduziert werden. Hüllpolymer-geschützte Genvektoren (COPROG’s) verblieben über Wochen in der GAFM, während nackte pDNA rasch freigesetzt wurde. PEI-pDNA-Komplexe oder COPROG’s mit Fibrinogen formuliert, zeigten eine effiziente Transfektion humaner Kreatinozyten über mehrere Wochen. Eine GAFM mit PEI-pDNA-Komplexen oder COPRG’s läßt sich effektiv für den lokalen, nicht viralen Matrix-vermittelten Gentransfer einsetzen, wie erste Tierversuche belegen.Non viral, matrix-mediated gene delivery in wound healing studies using fibrinogen is advantageous in comparison to the use of recombinant growth factors. Fibrin(ogen) is a natural scaffold. Freeze-drying of a commercially available fibrin glue with non viral gene vectors (pDNA, PEI-pDNA-complexes, COPROG’s) resulted in a stabile gene activated fibrin matrix (GAFM). The procedure of freeze-drying improved fibrin polymerisation in the presence of the gene vectors. Copolymer-protected gene vectors (COPROG’s) remained within the GAFM for weeks, naked pDNA was released in an initial burst. PEI-pDNA-complexes or COPROG’s formulated with fibrinogen revealed efficient reporter gene expression in keratinocytes for several weeks. The GAFM with PEI-pDNA-complexes or COPROG’s can be efficiently used for local, non viral matrix-mediated gene delivery according to available animal studies
'You who were called the uncircumcision by the circumcision’ a study of Jewish attitudes toward the gentiles and ethnic reconciliation according to eph. 2.1-22
No full textThe present work is a study of the connections between Jewish attitudes toward the Gentiles and ethnic reconciliation according to Eph. 2. It begins by assessing previous scholarly tradition whose hermeneutical 'grid' has been derived from the philosophy of dialectics or the Protestant Reformation. The 'new perspective(s) on Paul', however, shifts our perspective back to first century Judaism and enables us to penetrate fully into the historical context of first century Jews and Judaism. We have taken pains to describe some of the relevant Jewish features and demonstrated them by focusing particularly on Eph. 2 and attempting to set it as fully as possible into its historical context. The uncontroversial a priori of Jewish context conceals many explosive issues: how much was our author influenced by Jewish ideas? Does he wish to speak about his Gentile addressees from a Jewish perspective? Does his status as a Jew also create for him a convenient 'pre-text' so that he could reiterate the perspective of other Jews about the Gentiles in his representation of it? These questions are addressed in this study. We have paid attention to the question of 'representation' or characterization and suggested that ethnography provides a way into the author's statements about the Gentiles: it aids die author to heighten the boundary between Jews and Gentiles and to underscore the negative valence which is attached to the Gentiles. The author's ethnographic statements enable us to show the way in which the language of 'powers' had become for our author a means of dividing human groups, establishing the differences between them and suggesting wherein their 'otherness' lies (Eph. 2.2). These statements and the negative verdict which the author passes on the Gentiles represent but a preamble to the author’s arduous effort to surmount the social distance between Jews and Gentiles. This is made most evident in his rhetoric of admission and conciliation in which he lays bare the fact that the Jews (himself included) were in no better position than the Gentiles who are 'sub-let' to the 'powers', although the idea of Israel’s status was never put in question (2.3). His aim is to evoke the need for the promptings of divine grace and love toward humankind (2.4-10). We also seek to show that Ephesians does not consist of a polemic against meritorious works. We have taken pains to demonstrate that the author of Ephesians has adopted a subtle approach in unraveling the exclusivistic Jewish attitudes toward the Gentiles. His characterization of the Gentiles reveals a distinctively Jewish perspective, and, more importantly, tells us much about the Jews (2.1 l-13a). We also show that the Gentiles were estranged by the Jews and that the estrangement can be best explained by die hypothesis that the Gentiles were perceived by die Jews through the 'grid' of covenantal ethnocentrism. The task of the author at this point is to exhibit his de-constructive strategy which provides a resolution to one of the thorniest issues regarding two ethnic groups: can Jew and Gentile, the two estranged human groups, be one {people of God)l And if so, howl We then go on to consider the way in which an exclusive, ethnic-oriented 'body politic of Israel' is transposed into an inclusive community-body. We pointed out that a major weakness with previous treatments of Ephesians has been a lack of appreciation for the close connections between die exclusive Jewish attitudes toward die Gentiles and the author's encomiastic statements about Christ (2.14-18). Previous scholarship has also been substantially hampered by its attempt to 'discover' a preformed material in Eph. 2.14-18, failing to recognise the discussion in Eph. 2.11-13 which sets the parameters for understanding Eph. 2.14-22. Rather than a 'parenthesis' or 'digression', which is tangential to the primary design of die author's argument, we suggested that Eph. 2.14-18 can be best read as an amplificatio through which the author has set in comparison with the magnanimity of Christ the Jewish attitudes toward the Gentiles (w. llb-12). What becomes immediately clear in his attempt to accentuate Christ's magnanimity toward humankind is that this attempt was prompted by the Jewish tendency to exclude. The author maximises the expedient, noble act of Christ who brings peace to an estranged humanity and surmounts the social distance between Jews and Gentiles, and whose death has in his perception provided a new framework, i.e. pax Christi within which mutual acceptance or 'the oneness of spirit' between Jews and Gentiles may then be filled out (v. 18; cf. 4.1-6). Such community- enhancing metaphors as 'one new man', 'one body' and 'one spirit' signalled the importance of and were introduced to put the exclusive Jewish 'body politic' and Jewish conception about humankind in question, but they never question the legitimacy of Israel as God's choice or replace Israel. Some vital implications of Christ's reconciling work for the Christian Gentiles and, not least, for their relation to Israel are considered in the penultimate chapter of this study. Two major topoi from ancient political theorists and from the Jewish Temple are introduced by the author to surmount the 'us- them' divisions, to forge the idea of sameness and to consolidate a close relationship of Gentiles with other members of an inclusivistic community. Although die author could readily suggest that Gentiles have become fellow-citizens with 'Israel' (2.19; cf. 2.12), he nevertheless refrained from making this suggestion. The fact is that the meaning of Israel had been hijacked, transcoded and turned into an etimically-based 'body politic' (). But with 'die holy ones' (2.19), the author can redefine the relationship of die Gentiles to die Israel of God afresh. We round off our present study by considering the implications which our present study may have for future research on Ephesians
An introduction to the Talmud and Midrash
No full textGinter Štemberger potpuno je preradio "Uvod u Talmud i midraš", uzimajući pritom u obzir rezultate novijih istraživanja. Pred čitaocima je deveto izdanje standardnog dela iz ove oblasti, čije je prvo izdanje izašlo još 1887. godine, a dugujemo ga Hermanu L. Štraku. Uvod u Talmud i midraš nezaobilazan je udžbenik za izučavanje rabinske književnosti. Poznavanje rabinskih tekstova veoma je značajno i za hrišćansku tradiciju. Uz kritički pristup, ovi su tekstovi izuzetno važan izvor za razumevanje religijskog okruženja u kome je delovao Isus Hristos, pa time i za razumevanje Novog Zaveta. Za hrišćansku egzegezu, a naročito za spiritualno poimanje Svetog Pisma, osobito je poučan pristup biblijskim tekstovima o kojem svedoči rabinska književnost. Na osnovu nje možemo pratiti i to kako se nakon Isusa Hrista judaizam dalje razvijao iz korena koje deli s hrišćanstvom. Taj način posmatranja hrišćanima svakako pomaže da bolje shvate bratsku jevrejsku veroispovest.Günter Stemberger has completely revised the "Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash", considering recent research results. The readers now have the ninth edition of this standard work in the field, whose first edition was published back in 1887, thanks to Hermann L. Strack. The "Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash" is an essential textbook for the study of rabbinic literature. Knowledge of rabbinic texts is also highly significant for the Christian tradition. With a critical approach, these texts are an invaluable source for understanding the religious environment in which Jesus Christ operated, and thus for understanding the New Testament. For Christian exegesis, and especially for the spiritual interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, the rabbinic approach to biblical texts is particularly instructive. Through it, we can also trace how Judaism continued to develop after Jesus Christ, rooted in the same foundations shared with Christianity. This perspective certainly helps Christians gain a better understanding of their Jewish brethren's faith.9. temelјno, prerađeno izdanje (9th completely, revised edition)Biblioteka Monografije / Pravni fakultetPrevod dela: Einleitung in Talmud und Midrasch / Günter Stemberger
Parting of the Ways
No full textThe essays collected in this volume are the proceedings of an international conference held in Vienna (Austria) in September 2022 on the “parting of the ways” between Jews and Christians. They demonstrate that the beginnings of what we today call “Christianity” were fully embedded in early Judaism in the first century CE. The 18 chapters of this collection span from considerations about early Jewish identity/identities (Tiwald/Öhler, Grohmann, Magness) to Pauline theology (Tiwald, Ehrensperger, Eschner), the Sayings Source (Heil), the Gospels of Matthew (Konradt), Johannine and Biblical theology (Schreiber, Scherer, Förster), the Didache (Doering) to Ignatius of Antioch (Foster, Öhler), Origen (Siquans), and the Rabbis (Stemberger). The volume ends with systematic-theological considerations on the “parting of the ways” and perspectives of Jewish-Christian dialogue (Tück, Danz)
Blind injustice : Jesus' prophetic warning against unjust judging (Matt 7:1-5)
No full textThis dissertation seeks to provide a plausible alternative to the consensus interpretation of Jesus' "do not judge" teaching in Matt 7:1-5. While the overwhelming majority of recent interpreters understand "do not judge" (7:1) and its concurrent sayings such as "take the log out of your own eye" (7:5) to promote a non-judgmental attitude, this monograph seeks to situate this block of teaching within a Jewish second-Temple judicial setting. To this end, an overview of the judicial system during the second Temple era is provided, after which it is argued that Matt 7:1-5 is the Matthean Jesus' halakhic, midrashic comment upon the laws for just legal judging in Lev 19:15-18, 35-36 by which he prophetically criticizes unjust legal judging. Jesus' brother James takes up this teaching in Jas 2:1-13, using it to exhort Jewish Christian leaders who judge cases within Diaspora synagogues/churches. Such an alternative interpretation of Jesus' "do not judge" teaching in Matt 7:1-5 matches well other passages in Matthew which likewise speak of judicial, brotherly conflict such as 5:21-26 and 18:15-35. Some early Christian writers who quote or allude to Matt 7:1-5 reflect a judicial understanding of these verses as well, often relating Matt 7:1-5 to Lev 19:15-18, 35-36 and/or drawing parallels between Matt 7:1-5 and one or more of the NT judicial texts which, this thesis argues, is related to it (Matt 5:21-26, 18:15-35; Jas 2:1-13)
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