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Wisdom and apocalyptic in the Gospel of Matthew : a comparative study with 1 Enoch and 4QInstruction
No full textRecent scholarship has demonstrated that Matthew's gospel has significantly developed
both sapiential and apocalyptic elements within its narrative. Little attention has been paid,
however, to the question of how these two features of Matthew's gospel might relate to one
another. It is this gap in scholarly literature that the present study is intended to fill, by means of a
comparative study with two other texts of mixed genre: 1 Enoch and 4Qlnstruction.
An examination of these texts demonstrates that each is marked by an inaugurated
eschatology, within which the revealing of wisdom to an elect group, defined in distinction to the
Jewish parent group, serves as the pivotal moment of inauguration. In addition, within
4Qlnstruction the idea is developed that possession of this revealed wisdom allows the remnant
to live in fidelity to the will of the Creator and to the patterns built-in to the original creation.
Thus, possession of revealed wisdom facilitates a recovery of creation.
These findings provide lines of enquiry that may be brought to Matthew. Three sections
of the gospel are examined (chapters 5-7; 11-12; 24-25). It is argued that Jesus is presented as an
eschatological figure who reveals wisdom to an elect group. This wisdom cannot be reduced to
great moral insight or interpretation of Torah, but is presented as prophetic revelation, happening
in eschatological time. It remains the case, however, that Matthew presents it as wisdom and
presents Jesus as a sage.
More tentatively, it is suggested that creation provides the patterns for the ethical
requirements of Jesus' wisdom, thus indicating that the idea of restored creation is also at work in
Matthew. The fall of the temple may also be connected in Matthew's narrative to such a
restoration, but again, the evidence for this is not clear
Queen and Scholar: Elizabeth Tudor and Wisdom Imagery
Get PDFWhat does it mean for a queen to be wise? In the context of early modern English Protestantism, wisdom was predominantly understood as a response to divine revelation, often mediated through scriptural authority. For a queen like Elizabeth Tudor, whose accession revived anxieties about women’s fitness to rule, the demonstration of Protestant erudition was an essential aspect of performing her suitability for godly governance. This thesis explores wisdom imagery in the representation and self-representation of Elizabeth. As such, it is a study of ways in which the display of godly wisdom and biblical scholarship were key to assuaging anxieties about female authority in sixteenth-century England. Scholars of queenship have focused our attention on what Susan Frye has termed ‘the competition for representation’. My thesis builds on this work to examine how wisdom imagery became a way for both the queen and her subjects to negotiate the representation of female authority. Linda Shenk has already explored the double-edged nature of ‘learned authority’, but she has focused on diplomatic and international perspectives. I assess it primarily in domestic contexts. I also explore Elizabeth’s use of Greek texts, identifying for the first time the source of a Greek verse published under her name in 1548, and I examine under-studied neo-Latin panegyric, including some transcribed here for the first time. I examine the entire period of the life of Elizabeth Tudor, but this final version of the thesis is weighted towards the first decades of Elizabeth’s life and reign. I make extensive use of writings published in the queen’s name, but I explore them alongside texts in which her subjects made clear their own demanding definitions of royal wisdom. Many contemporaries participated in Elizabeth Tudor’s strategies to present herself as a wise queen, but others used wisdom imagery to express anxieties about her competence
Adult education and the pursuit of wisdom
No full text"Fall 2011."Accès à ce livre numérique réservé aux usagers du CDC. Contactez-nous pour obtenir votre code : [email protected] des réf. bibliogr. et un indexThe wisdom of webs a-weaving : adult education and the paradoxes of complexity in changing times / Elizabeth J. Tisdell -- Wisdom, the body, and adult learning : insights from neuroscience / Ann L. Swartz -- Searching for Sophia : adult educators and adult learners as wisdom seekers / Wilma Fraser, Tara Hyland-Russell -- Understanding and teaching practical wisdom / Caroline L. Bassett -- East meets West : cross-cultural perspectives on wisdom and adult education / Shih-ying Yang -- The wisdom of the inner life : meeting oneself through meditation and music / Abraham Sussman, Mitchell Kossak -- Our healing is next to the wound : endarkened feminisms, spirituality, and wisdom for teaching, learning, and research / Chinwe L. Okpalaoka, Cynthia B. Dillard -- Mentoring men for wisdom : transforming the pillars of manhood / Laurent A. Parks Daloz -- Teaching, learning, and the human quest : wisdom / Peter Jarvis
Tudor women writers fashioning masculinity
Get PDFThis thesis contributes to the growing interest in early modern masculinity and its literary representations by introducing texts by women writers into dialogue with their male-authored counterparts. It argues for a more nuanced approach that recognises that the concepts of masculinity and femininity can only be fully understood when studied in relation with each other.
The first chapter explores how, notwithstanding the wisdom of conduct books and marriage guides, the demands of the state may not always be commensurate with those of the domestic realm and shows that this conflict necessitates a rethinking of existing definitions of masculinity by focusing on selected writings of the Tudor sisters Mary and Elizabeth and Jane Fitzalan’s *Tragedie of Iphigeneia*. The second chapter identifies how Elizabeth’s unique discursive strategies were designed to elicit support from her male subjects and subdue the belligerence that simmered under polemic like John Stubbs’ *Gaping Gulf*. In her letters to Anjou, the chapter examines how Elizabeth manoeuvred around her position as a beloved and as a monarch to fashion a husband who would not only be sympathetic but also subordinate to her political authority. This chapter also shows how the fabulous world of John Lyly’s *Galatea* consummates the Queen’s desire for the ideal male subject. The final chapter investigates the construction of martial manhood. It juxtaposes Mary Sidney’s *The Tragedy of Antonie* with William Shakespeare’s *Antony and Cleopatra* to determine how the figure of Cleopatra, common to both plays, challenges and revises the martial code of masculinity as embodied by Antony. By examining the authorial position appropriated by Cleopatra in the plays and its impact on the narrative, this chapter also extends this thesis’ interest in the extent to which female characters within texts compete for diegetic control with male protagonists
An Ontological Approach to the Innate Cognition in Human Being Emphasizing the Principles of Transcendental Wisdom
Get PDFHuman, who is the symbol of the Divine Names and has displayed a glorious resemblance to his Creator from among the creatures, alongside the wisdom, has taken his glory from an innate nature based on the divine nature. This gift, which has been expanded in both the cognitive aspect and the tendencies of human beings, has made his essence insightful, which is also the source of his innate desires. After dividing the innate perceptions into the knowledge by presence and the knowledge by acquisition, the innate perceptions of the knowledge by presence is the immediate reception of information that has been intertwined with human nature. Explaining the features such as the existence of the innate cognitions by presence, its skepticism, and also the examination of how the union is between the knowing to innate cognition and its known among the ontological coordinates of this knowledge in man. Undoubtedly the incomparable precisions of the transcendental wisdom among the philosophical schools has been the only reason the author has discussed the subject of this study from the same perspective
Wisdom in the Bible
Get PDFFollowing a general introduction to Wisdom literature and its significance in the ancient East, the author discusses the significance of such literature in Israel. Wisdom was the key to understanding the basic dimensions of Biblical messages: the relation between belief and life. Wisdom is afforded divine properties. The redeeming importance of Wisdom is emphasized. In this sense, Jesus is a teacher of Wisdom and a sage: the embodiment of Wisdom. Today, when the danger of the Gnostic misuse of Wisdom has passed, the author suggests that it would again be worthwhile to attach greater weight to this dimension in theology and in the evangelization of the world
Leveraging the Wisdom of the Crowds
No full textWisdom of the crowds is the idea that groups of people can collectively make wise decisions. Research suggests that these crowds can even outsmart experts. To gather the wisdom of the crowds, this project utilizes a prediction market. To successfully gather the wisdom of the crowds, a predictionmarket has to overcome serious challenges, such as gathering a large and active user base, and deciding on a fair initialmarket value. The main goal of the project is to create a prediction market that can overcome these challenges and successfully gather the wisdom of the crowds. Research has been done in the field of prediction markets. This process started with researching the theory behind prediction markets, the wisdom of the crowds. After that evaluating existing prediction markets and reviewing literature related to those markets was useful. Before and during the research phase, clear goals were set for the project, together with a clear set of requirements. These goals can be divided into: leveraging the wisdomof the crowd, solving problems associated with predictionmarkets and developing a product that is easily maintainable. The final product reaches the goals of the project and meets the requirements. The prediction market correctly aggregates the estimations of users on the market, and provides probabilities on real-world events. These probabilities are contained in the values on the market. The prediction markets solves the problems encountered on other prediction markets. The project makes use of gamification, an automated marketmaker and a reward system to correctly initialise market values. The system was thoroughly tested and developed with maintainability in mind.Computer Science and Engineerin
[Portrait of Henry and Laura Elizabeth Coym]
No full textPhotograph of Henry Coym and Laura Elizabeth (Wisdom) Coym. Henry Coym is seated and his wife Laura Elizabeth Coym is standing behind him to the left. Henry is wearing a suit and tie and Laura is wearing a blouse and a long coat with large buttons. They are both looking directly at the camera
Freedom, Moral Purpose, and Self-Limitation: The Enduring Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
No full textThe Center for Law and the Human Person at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (Catholic Law) hosted Professor Daniel Mahoney of Assumption University for a lecture on “Freedom, Moral Purpose, and Self-Limitation: The Enduring Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.”
Following an opening prayer and brief introduction by Center co-director Elizabeth Kirk, Mahoney delivered remarks on Solzhenitsyn’s philosophical contributions to an audience that filled the Walter A. Slowinski Courtroom. After sharing various fascinating biographical details about Solzhenitsyn, Mahoney described Solzhenitsyn’s enduring legacy as a fearless champion for the truth and an implacable opponent of the Soviet Union’s totalitarian regime
Freedom, Moral Purpose, and Self-Limitation: The Enduring Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
No full textThe Center for Law and the Human Person at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (Catholic Law) hosted Professor Daniel Mahoney of Assumption University for a lecture on “Freedom, Moral Purpose, and Self-Limitation: The Enduring Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.”
Following an opening prayer and brief introduction by Center co-director Elizabeth Kirk, Mahoney delivered remarks on Solzhenitsyn’s philosophical contributions to an audience that filled the Walter A. Slowinski Courtroom. After sharing various fascinating biographical details about Solzhenitsyn, Mahoney described Solzhenitsyn’s enduring legacy as a fearless champion for the truth and an implacable opponent of the Soviet Union’s totalitarian regime
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