189 research outputs found
A physicalist relationist theory of color:
No full textThe nature of color is an open philosophical and scientific question. In this work I develop a physicalist relationist theory of color. So far, attempts to identify color as a physical property of objects have not been convincing because no physical property used by scientists seems to be well correlated with color sensations. I define a new physical property which I call transformance and show that transformance is 100% correlated with color sensations. Intuitively, transformance is a very general abstract physical property that describes how a system transforms or modifies light or information that characterizes light. It turns out that transformance is a relational property of objects like velocity and weight. Transformance is related to surface reflectance as weight is related to mass.
Transformance is a much better candidate to be color than surface reflectance because it is 100% correlated with color sensations, precisely models surround effects and fully explains all issues that relate to perceptual variation or the lack thereof (metamers). Several concrete examples are provided that show how the transformance of different systems should be modeled. After defining transformance, I defend the theory that color is transformance against possible objections while contrasting my theory with the theory that color is surface reflectance. I then discuss the relations between color and color sensation and the more general objections to any physicalist theory of color. The final part of the thesis deals with epistemological issues related to my theory of color including two apparent paradoxes that I believe every theory of color must answer: 1) How is it that human beings get along so well with an erroneous theory of color? 2) How can science, which is based on the common sense theory of color, conclude that the common sense theory is wrong? I show that my theory provides answers to these questions.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-161)by Eliezer Mint
The Life of Adam and Eve in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer
No full textInternational audienceThe late rabbinic work Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (c. 8th century) shares a handful of motifs in common with the Life of Adam and Eve, including some that PRE introduces into rabbinic literature for the first time. PRE’s dependence on the Life, however, is slight. The author of PRE has used not only traditions known from the Life but traditions from other, later Adam books, which he has harmonized to fit within a rabbinic Jewish framework
The Life of Adam and Eve in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer
No full textInternational audienceThe late rabbinic work Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (c. 8th century) shares a handful of motifs in common with the Life of Adam and Eve, including some that PRE introduces into rabbinic literature for the first time. PRE’s dependence on the Life, however, is slight. The author of PRE has used not only traditions known from the Life but traditions from other, later Adam books, which he has harmonized to fit within a rabbinic Jewish framework
The Life of Adam and Eve in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer
No full textInternational audienceThe late rabbinic work Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (c. 8th century) shares a handful of motifs in common with the Life of Adam and Eve, including some that PRE introduces into rabbinic literature for the first time. PRE’s dependence on the Life, however, is slight. The author of PRE has used not only traditions known from the Life but traditions from other, later Adam books, which he has harmonized to fit within a rabbinic Jewish framework
Ask Now of the Days that are Past
Get PDFWritten for a general audience, the essays collected here present refreshing and often humorous glimpses of various topics in Jewish history and traditional religious literature. Inspired by the diversity of Jewish thought, author and scholar Eliezer Segal sheds light on the social and political forces that have brought the Jewish community together in the past and still speak with familiarity to a modern western culture. Enlightening and entertaining, Professor Segal's writing is a rare blend of scholarship and wit, highlighting contemporary experiences that bring the rich heritage of Jewish civilization to life for the everyday reader. With an extensive and broad knowledge of ancient and medieval Jewish social and religious traditions, Segal deftly crafts anecdotes and explanations that address the tribulations of contemporary life. From topics as diverse as panhandling, tennis, vampires, and the history of the tomato to themes as universal as weddings, charity, and taxation, the essays presented here, some for the first time in English, all include detailed notes on sources for further reading. Equally suited to those after a light-hearted romp or those on a serious quest for knowledge, Ask Now of the Days that Are Past is sure to satisfy anyone who has ever wondered how the past still influences us today
Weisheit von Sirach
No full text"Ben Sira, wisdom of (also called Ecclesiasticus), a work of the Apocrypha, which, though usually known by this name, may have been called by its author, "The Words of Simeon b. Jeshua," the title found on the Hebrew fragments" (Encyc. Judaica, CD-Rom Ed., 1997)Erscheinungsjahr nach Vorlage: 279 [i.e. 1519]Ben Sira folgen noch eine Reihe anderer Abhandlungen cf. Steinschneider p. 203 No. 1363. Die wichtigsten NZ!Siehe auch Karl Heinz Burmeister, Sebastian Münster, in: Basler Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft, Bd. 91, 1963, S. 8
A jumble of solved tasks from life and poetics
No full textKnjiga "Zbrka rješenih zadataka iz života i poetike" Eliezera Pape donosi jedinstven spoj autobiografskih elemenata, književne analize i promišljanja o identitetu. Autor kroz niz "rješenih zadataka" prepliće vlastito životno iskustvo s književnim motivima, stvarajući dinamičan dijalog između lične biografije i poetike. Tekst se oslanja na bogatu tradiciju sefardske i savremene književnosti, istovremeno otvarajući univerzalna pitanja o jeziku, sećanju i stvaralačkom procesu. Ova knjiga predstavlja značajan doprinos književnoj esejistici, nudeći čitaocu duboko promišljen, ali istovremeno duhovit i pronicljiv pogled na umetnost pisanja i življenje književnosti.The book "A jumble of solved tasks from life and poetics" by Eliezer Papo presents a unique blend of autobiographical elements, literary analysis, and reflections on identity. Through a series of "solved problems," the author intertwines his personal experiences with literary motifs, creating a dynamic dialogue between biography and poetics. The text draws on the rich tradition of Sephardic and contemporary literature while addressing universal questions of language, memory, and the creative process. This book contributes significantly to literary essays, offering readers a profoundly thoughtful yet humorous and insightful perspective on the art of writing and living literature.Biblioteka "Agora" ; knj. 171
Ask now of the days that are past
No full textWritten for a general audience, the essays collected here present refreshing and often humorous glimpses of various topics in Jewish history and traditional religious literature. Inspired by the diversity of Jewish thought, author and scholar Eliezer Segal sheds light on the social and political forces that have brought the Jewish community together in the past and still speak with familiarity to a modern western culture. Enlightening and entertaining, Professor Segal's writing is a rare blend of scholarship and wit, highlighting contemporary experiences that bring the rich heritage of Jewish civilization to life for the everyday reader. With an extensive and broad knowledge of ancient and medieval Jewish social and religious traditions, Segal deftly crafts anecdotes and explanations that address the tribulations of contemporary life. From topics as diverse as panhandling, tennis, vampires, and the history of the tomato to themes as universal as weddings, charity, and taxation, the essays presented here, some for the first time in English, all include detailed notes on sources for further reading. Equally suited to those after a light-hearted romp or those on a serious quest for knowledge, Ask Now of the Days that Are Past is sure to satisfy anyone who has ever wondered how the past still influences us today.Ye
Pogled sefardskog rabina na njegove bosanske susjede i zajedničku osmansku kulturu kako se ogleda u njegovim spisima
Get PDF"Bosnian Rabbi Eliezer Šem Tov Papo (Sarajevo, ? - Jerusalem, 1898) is the author of four compendia of Jewish religious law and moral teachings in Judeo-Spanish, and three similar, shorter religious works in Hebrew. All his books were printed in Hebrew characters and were published in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Izmir, and Jerusalem between 1862 and 1892. Papo’s literary work is an important source for expanding our knowledge of Sephardic religious culture. Besides its rabbinic content, his writings provide generous material about the private and public lives and the folklore and customs of traditional Sarajevo's Sephardic Jews in particular, and Bosnian Jewish communities in general, during the second half of the nineteenth century, a period in which Ottoman Bosnian society had already begun to experience the process of modernization and westernization. In this article, I wish to examine how this Sephardic rabbi sees his Bosnian neighbours and their otherness, and also, how and to what extent these neighbours and their culture influence his rabbinic writings and his way of life...""Bosanski rabin Eliezer Šem Tov Papo (Sarajevo, ? - Jerusalim, 1898) je autor četiri kompendije jevrejskog verskog prava i moralnih učenja na judeo-španskom, i tri slična, kraća religiozna dela na hebrejskom. Sve njegove knjige štampane su hebrejskim slovima i objavljivane su u Beogradu, Sarajevu, Izmiru i Jerusalimu između 1862. i 1892. Papov književni rad je važan izvor za proširenje našeg znanja o sefardskoj religijskoj kulturi. Pored rabinskog sadržaja, njegovi spisi pružaju izdašnu građu o privatnom i javnom životu i folkloru i običajima tradicionalnih sarajevskih sefardskih Jevreja posebno, i bosanskih jevrejskih zajednica uopšte, tokom druge polovine devetnaestog veka, perioda u kome je osmansko bosanskohercegovačko društvo već počelo da doživljava proces modernizacije i vesternizacije. U ovom članku želim da ispitam kako ovaj sefardski rabin vidi svoje bosanske susjede i njihovu drugost, te kako i u kojoj mjeri ovi susjedi i njihova kultura utiču na njegove rabinske spise i njegov način života..."Ovo zajedničko izdanje "El Prezente - Studije o sefardskoj kulturi" i "Menora - Zbornik radova" je još jedan plod višestruke akademske saradnje između Univerziteta Ben-Gurion, Centra za ladino kulturu "Moše David Gaon" i Odeljenja za istoriju umetnosti na Filozofskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu (this joint issue of "El Prezente - Studies in Sephardic Culture" and "Menorah - Collection of Papers" is yet another a fruit of the multifaceted academic cooperation between Ben-Gurion University, Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture, and the Department of History of Art at Belgrade University's Faculty of Philosophy).Većina članaka u ovom broju prvobitno je prezentovana na međunarodnoj konferenciji "Zajednička kultura i pojedinačni identiteti: hrišćani, Jevreji i muslimani na osmanskom Balkanu“, koju su 2011. godine organizovale ove dve institucije u Beogradu (most of the articles in this issue were originally presented at the international conference "Common Culture and Particular Identities: Christians, Jews and Muslims on the Ottoman Balkans", organized in 2011 by these two institutions in Belgrade)
The Date and Provenance of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: The Evidence of Pirqe deRabbi Eliezer and the Chronicles of Moses
No full textInternational audienceThe date of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan has been the occasion of much controversy, with propositions ranging from the Second Temple period to the time of the Crusades. Related to the Targum is the late midrashic work Pirqe deRabbi Eliezer (eighth century), but the nature of this relationship is disputed. The present article proposes that the Targum depends unilaterally on PRE, based on two principal arguments: 1. PRE does not refer to common Targumic traditions in Pseudo-Jonathan; and 2. Pseudo-Jonathan uses sources that postdate pre, namely the Chronicles of Moses, which was written around the eleventh century. The Targum's use of late sources places its redaction long after the conclusion of the first millennium. The author proposes a twelfth-century Italian origin, which corresponds to the earliest evidence for the Targum
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