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A Monster without a Name: Creating the Beast Known as Antiochus IV in Daniel 7
Get PDFThe strange beasts of Daniel 7 have generated multiple investigations exploring their biblical and ancient Near Eastern backgrounds. This article focuses on the purpose served by the beastly imagery rather than its source material. Using Monster Theory, the article argues that the author intentionally embodies Antiochus IV as a monstrous being who defies moral and cultural boundaries to dehumanize him and encourage the Jewish community to anticipate divine punishment for Antiochus
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Angelic Intermediaries: The Development of a Revelatory Tradition
No full textThis thesis explores the development of angelic mediation in Second Temple Judaism. Within this broader topic, I focus on a specific type or group of angelic beings who are given a variety of different names by scholars. They are often described using the following titles: an angelus interpres, an interpreting angel, a heavenly tour guide or an otherworldly mediator. What distinguishes these angels from previous angelic beings is that they engage in dialogue with a human as they mediate divine revelation. The first explicit mention of such an angel occurs in Zech 1:9 where he is identified as המלאכ הדבר בי “the angel who spoke with me.” Similar angelic beings also feature prominently in various Second Temple texts who assume the roles of interpreters, guides and/or intercessors. In each case, the angelic figure and the human are continually engaged in a dialogue featuring primarily a question-and-answer format. This thesis seeks to delineate the nature and function of these angelic figures and their use especially as they develop in the earliest texts of Zech 1-8, 1 En. 1-36 and Dan 7-12. It concludes that one cannot speak of a homogenous tradition of angelic mediation but one which is continually adapting over time. Although broad lines of continuity are present between the three books, these angelic mediators are not stock characters that are identical in function. Instead I argue that each text brings its own adaptations and idiosyncrasies to these existing traditions generating new presentations of angelic mediation.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD
Review of Reiterer, Friedrich V., Tobias Nicklas, Karin Schopflin (eds.), Angels: The Concept of Celestial Beings - Origins, Development and Reception (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook 2007; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2007).
No full textAppropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Angelic Intermediaries: The Development of a Revelatory Tradition
Get PDFThis thesis explores the development of angelic mediation in Second Temple Judaism. Within this broader topic, I focus on a specific type or group of angelic beings who are given a variety of different names by scholars. They are often described using the following titles: an angelus interpres, an interpreting angel, a heavenly tour guide or an otherworldly mediator. What distinguishes these angels from previous angelic beings is that they engage in dialogue with a human as they mediate divine revelation. The first explicit mention of such an angel occurs in Zech 1:9 where he is identified as המלאכ הדבר בי “the angel who spoke with me.” Similar angelic beings also feature prominently in various Second Temple texts who assume the roles of interpreters, guides and/or intercessors. In each case, the angelic figure and the human are continually engaged in a dialogue featuring primarily a question-and-answer format. This thesis seeks to delineate the nature and function of these angelic figures and their use especially as they develop in the earliest texts of Zech 1-8, 1 En. 1-36 and Dan 7-12. It concludes that one cannot speak of a homogenous tradition of angelic mediation but one which is continually adapting over time. Although broad lines of continuity are present between the three books, these angelic mediators are not stock characters that are identical in function. Instead I argue that each text brings its own adaptations and idiosyncrasies to these existing traditions generating new presentations of angelic mediation.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD
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