113 research outputs found
Yosef ben Mordekhay Malinowski: On the date of his death
No full textAccording to Jacob Mann, Yosef ben Mordekhay Malinowski, the prominent pupil of Yiṣḥaq ben Avraham of Troki, died after 1624. This article quotes some new data on the date of his death and proves it should be established within a few years after 1603. It points out that most probably Malinowski left Troki and moved to Łuck in 1602. The article also gives his brief genealogy and a list of his works
A natural approach to optimal forecasting in case of preliminary observations
No full textForecasting Techniques;mathematische statistiek
A weak law of large numbers for m-dependent random variables with unbounded M
No full textStatistical Methods;mathematische statistiek
Exegetical Bodybuilding: Gender and Interpretation in Luke 1–2
No full textIn biblical exegesis it is customary to carefully analyse the text for what it actually says. An attempt is then made to approach the author's intention as closely as possible, after which a statement is made about the message of the text for our time. On closer examination, however, interpretation appears to work the other way round. The reader brings to the text her own biography and assumptions, on the basis of which all kinds of choices are made. In particular presuppositions of what kind of person the author would have been appear to play a role. This is particularly remarkable, because in the case of biblical texts we know virtually nothing about the author, except what is derived from the texts themselves. Montesquieu already wrote in 1721 that biblical interpreters "are searching the Scriptures for what they believe themselves." By means of a case study—the first two chapters of the Gospel according to Luke—the role of the reader in biblical interpretation is examined. The aim is to break through the claim of objectivity, to explain the role of the interpreter, and to create space for surprising new insights. The focus is on gender and how the body is constructed as male or female in biblical interpretation. This research responds to the much debated question for the relevance of Jesus' masculinity. In addition, conservative theological resistance against what is called "gender theory' is criticized
A new algorithm for the linear complementarity problem allowing for an arbitrary starting point
No full textLinear Programming
Exegetical Bodybuilding: Gender and Interpretation in Luke 1–2
No full textIn biblical exegesis it is customary to carefully analyse the text for what it actually says. An attempt is then made to approach the author's intention as closely as possible, after which a statement is made about the message of the text for our time. On closer examination, however, interpretation appears to work the other way round. The reader brings to the text her own biography and assumptions, on the basis of which all kinds of choices are made. In particular presuppositions of what kind of person the author would have been appear to play a role. This is particularly remarkable, because in the case of biblical texts we know virtually nothing about the author, except what is derived from the texts themselves. Montesquieu already wrote in 1721 that biblical interpreters "are searching the Scriptures for what they believe themselves." By means of a case study—the first two chapters of the Gospel according to Luke—the role of the reader in biblical interpretation is examined. The aim is to break through the claim of objectivity, to explain the role of the interpreter, and to create space for surprising new insights. The focus is on gender and how the body is constructed as male or female in biblical interpretation. This research responds to the much debated question for the relevance of Jesus' masculinity. In addition, conservative theological resistance against what is called "gender theory' is criticized
The politics of nihilism : from the nineteenth century to contemporary Israel /
No full text"Contemporary politics is faced, on the one hand, with political stagnation and lack of a progressive vision on the side of formal, institutional politics, and, on the other, with various social movements that venture to challenge modern understandings of representation, participation,and democracy. Interestingly, both institutional and anti-institutional sides of this antagonism tend to accuse each other of "nihilism", namely, of mere oppositional destructiveness and failure to offer a constructive, positive alternative to the status quo. Nihilism seems, then, all engulfing. In order to better understand this political situation and ourselves within it, Nihilism and the State of Israel proposes a thorough theoretical examination of the concept of nihilism and its historical development followed by critical studies of Israeli politics and culture. The authors show that, rather than a mark of mutual opposition and despair, nihilism is a fruitful category for tracing and exploring the limits of political critique, rendering them less rigid and opening up a space of potentiality for thought, action, and creation"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-226) and index.Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction (Roy Ben-Shai and Nitzan Lebovic) Chapter 1 Nihilism as Stasis: A Plea for a New Hermeneutics of Exposure (Nitzan Lebovic) Chapter 2 Less than Nihilism (Luca Di Blasi) Chapter 3 Doing Nothing or Nothing Doing? (Michael Gillespie) Chapter 4 A Concept of Nihilism for the Coming End of the World (Adi Ophir) Chapter 5 Nihilism, Revolt, and the Spectacle (Bilent Diken) Chapter 6 The Epistemology of Nihilism in Otto Weininger's Sex and Character (Bettina Bergo) Chapter 7 In Sickness and in Health: Nietzsche, Amery and the "Moral Difference" (Roy Ben-Shai) Chapter 8 Nihilism and Repetition. Dahlia Ravikovitch's Reiterations as Critique (Liron Mor) Chapter 9 What is a "Manifestly Illegal" Order? Law and Politics after Yoram Kaniuk's Nevelot (Itamar Mann) Chapter 10 To Be at Home: Spaces of Citizenship in the Community Settlements of the Galilee (Fatina Abreek-Zubeidat and Ronen Ben-Arie)BibliographyIndex."Contemporary politics is faced, on the one hand, with political stagnation and lack of a progressive vision on the side of formal, institutional politics, and, on the other, with various social movements that venture to challenge modern understandings of representation, participation,and democracy. Interestingly, both institutional and anti-institutional sides of this antagonism tend to accuse each other of "nihilism", namely, of mere oppositional destructiveness and failure to offer a constructive, positive alternative to the status quo. Nihilism seems, then, all engulfing. In order to better understand this political situation and ourselves within it, Nihilism and the State of Israel proposes a thorough theoretical examination of the concept of nihilism and its historical development followed by critical studies of Israeli politics and culture. The authors show that, rather than a mark of mutual opposition and despair, nihilism is a fruitful category for tracing and exploring the limits of political critique, rendering them less rigid and opening up a space of potentiality for thought, action, and creation"-
Arie antiche study (3) Tommaso Giordani, the author of Caro mio ben
No full textdepartmental bulletin pape
Macroeconomic Policy in a Heterogeneous Monetary Union
No full textWe use a two-country model with a central bank maximizing union-wide welfare and two fiscal authorities minimizing comparable, but slightly different country-wide losses. We analyze the rivalry between the three authorities in seven static games. Comparing a homogeneous with a heterogeneous monetary union, we find welfare losses to be significantly larger in the heterogeneous union. The best-performing scenarios are cooperation between all authorities and monetary leadership. Cooperation between the fiscal authorities is harmful to both the whole union’s and the country-specific welfare.monetary union, heterogeneities, policy game, simultaneous policy, sequential policy, coordination, discretionary policies
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