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A Constructive Definition of the Approximately Continuous Denjoy Integral
No full textThe author has defined [2] the approximately continuous Denjoy integral (AD-integral) which includes exactly the general Denjoy integral and the AP-integral defined by Burkill [2].The aim of this paper is to give a constructive definition of the AD-integral.</jats:p
Norwegian Research Council Evaluations of Botany, Zoology and Ecology-related disciplines. Panel 1 - Evolutionary biology, ethology, marine biology, limnology, plant physiology, systematics and agriculture sciences
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No full text*Burkill, I.H.: Chapters on the history of botany in India, 1965, xi + 245 pp., 4 portr., 2 maps. Manager of Publications, Government of India Press, Delhi 8. Sh. 12/6, or $ 1.98.
It was not necessary to mention that Burkill began compiling this book at the age of 81 to finish it at 93, for, although the last two chapters are miscellaneous in contents, it could as well have been written by a man thirty years younger. Everybody will regret that the book ends at the time Burkill’s own contributions to Indian botany began, notably about 1900. As for the period covered, and that is from the earliest beginnings, the book is a rich store of information. It was published in chanters in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 4 and has now, after considerable revision by the author, been brought out by the Botanical Survey of India, preceded by an Introduction by Father H. Santapau, the Director, who therein put Burkill’s considerable merits for Indian botany on record
Secrecy Motifs and Messianic Consciousness In the First Gospel: Pre-Easter Tradition and Historicity Vis-A-Vis the Theological Agenda of Mark and the Early Church
No full textThe following study is an exploration of the possible traditions utilized by the author of the Gospel of Mark as they relate to an acknowledged theme of secret messiahship. A survey of the socio-historical evidence as well as the textual evidence for and against an authentic messianic consciousness on the part of Jesus of Nazareth is also presented. The primary thesis of the following discussion is that an historical concealing of Jesus\u27 divine identity would necessarily entail at least some degree of messianic consciousness. However the inverse, that an authentic messianic consciousness would entail an authentic messianic secret , is not true.
To begin, a general discussion of the recognized aspects of the messianic secret is given. Two of the most influential scholars of Markan studies, Wilhelm Wrede and Albert Schweitzer, are compared and contrasted as well as criticized. Schweitzer\u27s view of the secrecy texts in Mark seems to be more worthwhile to pursue since his theory is more flexible than Wrede\u27s all-pervasive perspective. An attempt to delineate the historical Jesus from his contemporary miracle workers is also carried out, with help from a prominent study by Theodore Weeden. Jesus\u27 activity as a demon exorcist as it relates to his identity, with particular emphasis on Peter\u27s confession at Caesarea Philippi, is also presented. The injunction to silence given by Jesus in Mark 9:9 after he is transfigured is acknowledged to be of great importance in analyzing the secrecy texts. An in-depth analysis of T.A. Burkill and Austin Farrer is undertaken. Burkill relates the theme of secrecy to a preordained divine plan, while Farrer views it in a paradigm of prefiguration and fulfillment.
The study concludes with the assertion that the author of the First Gospel could have operated with authentic traditions about Jesus and used them to serve a meaningful literary function to aid his unique theological portrait of Jesus, all the while supporting the greater theme of suffering messiahship and suffering discipleship. The evidence points toward a messianic consciousness during Jesus\u27 lifetime. If the injunctions to silence indeed originated in Jesus\u27 own thoughts, it was probably a result of Jesus\u27 personal eschatology regarding his own identity and that of the Son of Man
