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Matthew Henry: The Bible, Prayer, and Piety – A Tercentenary Celebration
No full textThe summer of 2014 marked the tercentenary of the death of Matthew Henry (1662–1714), a leading figure among early eighteenth-century Dissenters and author of the six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1707–1714/25). This monumental work, which by 1855 had already been published in twenty-five different editions, attempted a peculiarly practical approach to the biblical text and continues to be widely used and readily accessible even today in both print and online versions. The theme of foreign (or ‘strange’) wives and Israelite intermarriage is one which occurs throughout the Hebrew Bible and, accordingly, throughout Matthew Henry’s commentary upon it. Where it appears, the practice of intermarriage is characterized by Henry as (at best) unwise and (at worst) a very real threat to both social and religious cohesion. This essay explores how Henry deals with the issue of ‘strange wives’, why he believes they continue to pose a threat, and (in view of the overall intention of his commentary) what ‘practical observations’ he offers to his reader as a result. In doing so it is argued that Henry’s commentary traces a thematic thread from the ante-diluvian age to the post-exilic period of calamities resulting from mixed marriages between ‘professors of religion’ and their ‘strange wives’
Citation expectations: are they realized? Study of the Matthew index for Russian papers published abroad
No full textWe consider the "Matthew effect" in the citation process which leads to reallocation (or misallocation) of the citations received by scientific papers within the same journals. The case when such reallocation correlates with a country where an author works is investigated. Russian papers in chemistry and physics published abroad were examined. We found that in both disciplines in about 60% of journals Russian papers are cited less than average ones. However, if we consider each discipline as a whole, citedness of a Russian paper in physics will be on the average level, while chemistry publications receive about 16% citations less than one may expect from the citedness of the journals where they appear. Moreover, Russian chemistry papers mostly become undercited in the leading journals of the field. Characteristics of a "Matthew index" indicator and its significance for scientometric studies are also discussed
New Entrepreneurs piece with an interview with D. Matthew Quinlan, president o
No full textNew Entrepreneurs piece with an interview with D. Matthew Quinlan, president of FileSavers BMRC Inc. in Kennebunk, which he founded last September and which he projects will have 2004 revenues of $200,000. The company provides records management services and storage, converts paper files to digital files, implements record management systems, and offers destruction and offsite archiving services. Clients include Massachusetts General Hospital and Mercy Hospital in Portland
An Interview with Matthew Kaiser on Competition and Play
No full textAn Interview with Matthew Kaiser on Competition and Play, by Sean Scanlan. Matthew Kaiser, the author of The World in Play: Portraits of a Victorian Concept (Stanford UP, 2012) says that “[c]ompetition is the disease from which modern life suffers,” and that “[c]ompetition is the only cure” for this suffering. This contradictory pairing seems to get at the heart of his thesis: play, as a totalizing, umbrella-like concept, emanates from a host of philosophical, political, and scientific work produced by Victorians who posed many of their ideas of play in sports metaphors, competitive logics, and narratives of struggle. Kaiser goes beyond the dichotomy of competition and play/competition or play, by stating “I’m interested in the totalizing potential of both concepts, the way that play, or competition for that matter, swallows the world whole, becomes in the minds of so many people, the organizing principle of reality, whether of culture or nature or consciousness, or of all three.
Cardozo AELJ Author Interview Series: Matthew Goldman, Class of 2022
No full textThe Cardozo AELJ Author Interview Series seeks to give our readers further insight into the Articles and Notes published in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. In this interview, Matthew Goldman discusses his Note, Fragmented Music Copyright Protection: A Better Arrangement, which was published in Volume 40, Issue 3.
This post was originally published on the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal website on November 7, 2023. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above
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Cardozo AELJ Author Interview Series: Matthew Goldman, Class of 2022
No full textThe Cardozo AELJ Author Interview Series seeks to give our readers further insight into the Articles and Notes published in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. In this interview, Matthew Goldman discusses his Note, Fragmented Music Copyright Protection: A Better Arrangement, which was published in Volume 40, Issue 3.
This post was originally published on the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal website on November 7, 2023. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above
Cardozo AELJ Author Interview Series: Matthew Goldman, Class of 2022
No full textThe Cardozo AELJ Author Interview Series seeks to give our readers further insight into the Articles and Notes published in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. In this interview, Matthew Goldman discusses his Note, Fragmented Music Copyright Protection: A Better Arrangement, which was published in Volume 40, Issue 3.
This post was originally published on the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal website on November 7, 2023. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above
Matthew and Mark
No full textThe author of the Gospel of Matthew was arguably the very first Christian seeking to rejudaize Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout two millennia, and undeniably most intensively during the last half-century, many students of the Bible have followed in his footsteps. Although he was successful in many respects, we must not forget who paid the price for his endeavour: the Pharisees, the proto-Rabbis and the Founding Fathers of those we know as the Jewish people, those whom Jesus knew as his own
Anacharoides pallida Quinlan
No full textAnacharoides pallida Quinlan Figs 1B, 2B and 7 Anacharoides pallida Quinlan, 1979: 100 Diagnosis. This is the only species of Anacharoides with a shagreened mesoscutum, entirely lacking rugae and/or strigae (Fig. 1A); all other species have much more substantial sculptural elements on the mesoscutum. Redescription. Length = 3.10–3.80 mm, n=82; holotype length = 3.10 mm. F1 of female gradually expanded distally. F1 of male distinctly funicate, markedly kinked at midpoint, distinctly excavated. Length of F1 of female antenna 1.4–1.5 × F2. Ocellar groove present, simple ridge posterior to central ocellus. Lateral aspect of pronotum carinate antero-dorsally, smooth ventrally. Microsculpture of mesoscutum coriaceous over entire surface. Antero-admedial signum of mesoscutum present, antero-admedial signum struts absent. Inter antero-admedial signum ridges absent. Surface of mesoscutum shagreened over entire surface. Shape of posterior mesoscutellar fovea triangular to sub-triangular. Mesoscutal keel present, reduced anteriorly. Mesoscutellar fovea smooth with 1–3 carinae present anteriorly, smooth posteriorly. Mesoscutellum in lateral view evenly rounded. Length of posterior mesoscutellar fovea medium-long, reaching 1/4 to 1/3 length of mesoscutum. Lateral aspect of mesoscutum distal of notauli shagreened with faint carinae anteriorly. Sculpture of notauli smooth with transverse ridges posteriorly. Anterior margin of scutellar fovea rounded. Shape of notauli parallel sided across entire length of mesoscutum. Distribution (Fig. 7). Sub-Saharan Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Palearctic region: Spain (Canary Islands). Material examined. HOLOTYPE [first label, circular with red ring]; E. Cape Prov., Katberg, 11–18.II.1933 [second label]; S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1933– 148 [third label]; Holotype, female, Anacharoides pallidus Quinlan, det. J. Quinlan, 1977 [fourth label]; nr. eurytergis sp. B [fifth label]; B.M. Type Hym 7–231 [sixth label]. The holotype is a point mounted female in good condition, deposited in BMNH. Note that on the holotype, the species epithet reads ‘ pallidus ’; the name was changed, presumably at the publication stage, to ‘ pallida ’ for gender agreement purposes. Additional material. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Massif Ruwenzori riv. Kakalari, affl. Bombi, 1,725m, 9.VIII.1954, P. Vanschuytbroeck & H. Synave 9952–55 (1 female, MRAC; this specimen is a paratype of Anacharoides decellius). KENYA: Rift Valley Province, Mt. Longonot, 5.X.1997, R. Wharton (1 female, TAMU); Nanyuki [00°01’00”N 037°04’00”E] A. Seyrig, VI. 1932 (2 males, MNHN). MADAGASCAR: Province Diego-Suarez, Parc National Montagne d’Ambre el 1125 m, 12–14.V.2001, 12°31’13”S, 49°10’45” E.R. Harin’Hala collector, malaise trap MA- 01-01D-10 (1 female, UCRC 56774). SOMALIA: Dabolak, 12.XII.1920, F.4980.b. [?], USNM ENT 00653529 (1 male, USNM). SOUTH AFRICA: KZN, Roadside, W Mooi River 29.12S 29.58E, c. 1500m, 24.VII.1998, Neser, Grobbelaar & Balciunas, DEL 4.25, collected by hand from Delairea odorata (Asteraceae) (1 male, SANCI); Cape Town, G Peringuey, IX.1913, SAM-HYM P002874 (1 female, SAM; NOTE: this specimen is a potential neotype for Coelonychia rufa Kieffer); Cape Province, Constantiaberg, Donkerboskloof, 34°02.28’S 18°23.75’E, 370m, 10.III.1995, S van Noort, sweep, Kloof forest, SAM-HYM 24717 (19 females, SAMC); Western Cape, Cape Town, above Tokai Forest, Constantiaberg, first kloof south of Donkerboskloof, 320m, 34°02.18’S 18°23.5’E, 10.III.1995, S van Noort, Kloof forest, sweep, SAM- HYM P020867 (2 females, SAMC); Western Cape, Cape Town, above Tokai Forest, Constantiaberg, first kloof south of Donkerboskloof, 460m, 34°02’S 18°23.5’E, 6.XII.1994, S van Noort, mesic mountain fynbos, sweep, SAM-HYM P005482 (1 male, SAMC); Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope, Nat. Res. Olifantsbos, nr. Skaife Centre, 34°16’S 18°23’E, 18–19.IX.1993, S van Noort, Strandsveld on coast at sea level, SAM-HYM P005230 (1 male, SAMC); Pondoland, Port St. John, 15–31.V.1923, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1923–332 (1 male, BMNH; identified by J. Quinlan as A. eurytergis); Cape Province, Knysna, I.1979, C.D. Eardley, malaise trap (1 male, SAN- CI); Transvaal, Barberton, XI.1979, C. Eardley (1 male, SANCI); Transvaal, Praetoria, X.1978, C.D. Eardley, Malaise trap (1 male, SANCI); Cape Province, Oudebosch, R. Sonder End, 1500ft., K.H. Barnard, XI-XII.1928, SAM-HYM P002877 (1 male, SAMC); Western Cape, Swellendam, Tradouw Pass, Mus. Exped. XI.1925, SAM- HYM P002877 (1 male, SAMC); Eastern Cape, Hogsback, nr. campsite, 32.36 S 26.56 E, 13.IV.1989, forest sweep, S. van Noort, SAM-HYM P002879 (1 female, SAMC); Stellenbosch, 17.IX.1925, R. I. Nel (1 female, BMNH); Mossel Bay, Cape Province, VIII.1921, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1921-353 (1 male, BMNH; identified by J. Quinlan as A. sanitas); Mossel Bay, R Larner, 27-10-41 [27.X.1941], SAM-HYM P005231 (1 female, SAMC); Cape Province, Mossel Bay, X.1921, R.E. Turner, Brit Mus. 1921-450, USNM ENT 00653609 (1 female, USNM); Cape Province, Ceres, 1500 ft., 1–3.I.1921, Brit. Mus. 1921-39, USNM ENT 00653623 (1 male, USNM); Natal, Merrivale Nr. Howick, 2.VI.1980, P. Joubert (1 female, BMNH; identified by J. Quinlan as A. decellius); Natal, Cathedral Peak area, Drakensberg III.1991, I. Pajor, ex syrphid pupa in psyllid gall on Protea dracontana (1 male, SANCI, no host remains); Transvaal, Bergvliet Forest Res. Sabie 25.058S 34.54E, 26–28.II.1986, JS Donaldson (1 female, SANCI). TANZANIA: Tanganyika Territory, Ngorongoro, Rest Camp, 2400–2500m, 6–19.VI.1957, Mission Zoolog. I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale, P. Basilewsky and N Lelup (1 male, MRAC; this specimen is a paratype of Anacharoides astrida). ZIMBABWE: Salisbury, Chishawasha IX.1979, A Watsham (37 females, BMNH). PALEARCTIC REGION. SPAIN: Canary Islands: Tenerife, Monte Aquirre, 1000m. env., VI Congress INT. d’Entomologie 1935 (2 females, NMHN); Tenerife, Orotava (Jardins de la ville), [28°46’00» N 017°45’00» W] VI Congress INT. d’Entomologie 1935 (1 female, NMHN). Biology. Circumstantial evidence (host data lacking) suggests this species is a parasitoid of syrphids: one male deposited in SANCI (above) has label data stating “ex syrphid pupa in psyillid gall...” Image collection: 465352 Comments. The SAMC has one specimen deposited in the collection that may bear Kieffer’s original determination of Coelonychia rufa Kieffer; this specimen is conspecific with A. pallida. If it could be substantiated that Kieffer did indeed identify this specimen, it could be designated a neotype for Coelonychia rufa Kieffer (holotype of this species was reported lost by Quinlan (1979)) and A. pallida a potential junior synonym of A. rufa (Kieffer). At this time, no such nomenclatural act is committed. Quinlan (1979: figs 74–77) figured A. eurytergis Benoit, A. nigra Quinlan, A. decellius Quinlan and A. pallida as all lacking mesoscutal sculpturing; holotypes of the three former species were all examined and determined to belong to A. striaticeps (synonymy below). Further, none of these three former species have a shagreened mesoscutum as does A. pallida; this observation further underscores how easily these characters can be misinterpreted if lighting is not carefully controlled.Published as part of Buffington, Matthew & van Noort, Simon, 2009, A revision of Anacharoides Cameron, 1904 (Hymenoptera, Figitidae) with a description of a new species, pp. 245-274 in ZooKeys 20 (20) on pages 262-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.20.124, http://zenodo.org/record/57651
Artful living and the eradication of worry in Søren Kierkegaard's interpretation of Matthew 6:24-34
No full textDanish thinker Søren Kierkegaard published fourteen discourses, across four collections, on Matthew 6:24-34. The repeated readings of the biblical text, whose themes include the choice between God and mammon, worry, what it means to consider the birds and lilies, and how to seek first the kingdom of God, converge with Kierkegaard’s interest in anxiety, despair, worry, subjectivity, indirect communication, choice, the moment, and life before God. Accordingly, the discourses make connections with his larger works, elucidate frequently explored Kierkegaardian themes in recent scholarship, and contribute to his critique of nineteenth-century Copenhagen. Additionally, the collections present an interpretation of each verse and phrase of Matthew’s text and, held up against modern Matthew scholarship, they correlate with and contribute to Sermon on the Mount and New Testament studies. Kierkegaard’s reading of Matthew also holds implications for the practice of biblical interpretation as it promotes the importance of awareness of sin, interestedness, and appropriation as central to proper reading. His emphasis on Christ as the primary exemplar of Matthew’s text adds an additional Christological element to his hermeneutic. Furthermore, the discourses serve as spiritual treatises which provide the reader with theological terminology to help confront the problem of worry and suffering. In light of a human being’s distinctiveness as imago Dei, Kierkegaard elucidates ways an individual may respond artfully to the ongoing possibility of worry, a possibility which the discourses connect with Christian anthropology and external labels associated with possessions and status. The Matthew 6 discourses intimate Kierkegaard’s sympathy with classic Christian spirituality and, in combination with the cultural-ecclesiastical critique, the creative exegesis, and the in-depth analysis of the cause of and cure for worry, his work emerges as an excellent example of spiritual theology
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