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A checklist of New Jersey periodicals in the Special Collections Department, Rutgers University
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What Led Jesus to be Called the Son of God? An Historical Investigation of how an Appellation of Alexander the Great and of the Roman Emperors came to be used of Jesus.
No full textAbstract of a Master of Letters Degree, Durham University
The Reverend Canon William Ernest Lionel Broad M.A., Durham University
By 100 CE the principal appellation of Jesus of Nazareth had become ’Son of God’; a title of such importance to his followers that one of their principle activities for the succeeding 350 years was to define its meaning. Yet this dissertation maintains that widespread belief that the title originates in the Hebrew Scriptures is misplaced. Investigation of Jewish literature leads to the discovery that the title ‘Son of God’ was seldom used in it and never in such a way as to justify it becoming Jesus’ most significant appellation. The aim of my thesis is to examine where else in the ancient world the appellation ‘Son of God’ was used, and, when it was used, to see if it could provide the basis for describing Jesus by this title. The objective of the dissertation is to establish that the use of this title by Greeks and Romans provided the model for Jesus of Nazareth to be called ‘Son of God’.
Chapter 1 examines the religions of Persia, Egypt and Greece and finds that, in the world of mythology, Greek heroes were born as a result of intercourse between a god and a human being and were called sons of the gods. Chapter 2 examines the career of Alexander the Great and especially his visit to the shrine at Siwa and finds that he was there proclaimed a son of god. It establishes that this proclamation transformed the appellation ‘Son of God’ from a mythological to a historical title and led to Alexander’s deification. Chapter 3 examines the Hebrew Scriptures and other Jewish literature with the results described above. Chapter 4 examines the use of the title ‘Son of God’ in the New Testament and discusses the development of this title in the unfolding history of the first century church. It finds that the title was first used of Jesus in Greece during Paul’s ministry to the gentiles and that it provided the motif for Mark’s Gospel. Chapter 5 assesses the use of ‘Son of God’ in post apostolic literature and establishes that, though this literature shows a development of the appellation, it provides no further clue as to it origin. Chapter 6 investigates the effect that the titling of Augustus and subsequent Roman emperors as sons of god had on the way Jesus was portrayed by the evangelists. In particular, it finds that Augustus, originally called a ‘Son of God’ because his father was deified on his death, is portrayed as a figure of such excellence that he was deified during his lifetime.
Chapter 7 concludes the thesis. It shows that Alexander, a person whose historical doings more than justified his being described as ‘the Great’ and who was surrounded by fabulous legends, provided a precedent for a human being to be called a ‘Son of God’ and hence for Jesus of Nazareth to be so described. It indicates how events at Siwa were a precursor of the baptism of Jesus, how one of the temptations was clearly modelled on Alexander’s experiences at Siwa and how Jesus’ reported age at his crucifixion was perhaps chosen because it was Alexander’s age when he died. It also shows how the widespread titling of Roman emperors as sons of gods seriously influenced the way Jesus was perceived as ‘Son of God’. Three appendices examine the birth stories of Alexander, the Messiah as ‘Son of God and some of the titles of Augustus that are relevant to the thesis
The achievement gap: comparing children's reading trend lines by socioeconomic status over time
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Alexander L. Bertier-Delagard – a cartographer
No full textOn the basis of documentary materials from the funds of the Central
Museum of Tavrida, this study is intended to highlight the activities of the famous
Crimean scientist Alexander L. Bertier-Delagard on the history of mapping of the
Crimea and southern Russia. This topic has not been covered in historiography by
anyone, although the heritage of a scientist in various areas of history and culture
is actively and fruitfully studied today. In addition, the topic on the history of
cartography of the Crimean peninsula itself is little developed today, and Bertier
Delagard was one of the fi rst to develop this topic. The activity of a scientist in this
direction is studied in two directions: fi rst of all, Berthier-Delagard is considered
as the largest collector of maps of the Crimean peninsula and southern Russia in
the early 20th century. Secondly, the scientifi c developments of the scientist on the
topic of the history of mapping the Crimean peninsula from Homer’s times to the
18th century are being reconstructed. The uniqueness of his personal collection
of cards is obvious (the number is about 700 units, unique copies, and thematic
selection). A serious study on the topic was a report read out by Alexander L.
Bertier-Delagard in Yalta Technical Society. The preparatory materials for this
report are kept in the collections of the Central Museum of Tavrida. The draft
provides the scientist with an idea of the main stages in the history of mapping
the Northern Black Sea region, a characteristic of the stages, and the history of the
mapping of the Northern Black Sea region as part of the development of mapping
in the European region
Métricas de autor Alexander Sellamén-Garzón
No full textInforme de las métricas de autor del Dr. Alexander Sellamén-Garzón de las publicaciones indexadas en Google Académico cuyo objetivo es entregar un insumo para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y potencialidades de los autores de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el posicionamiento y visibilidad de sus publicacionesReport of the author metrics Alexander Sellamén-Garzón of the publications indexed in Google Scholar whose objective is to provide an input for the strengthening of the capacities and potentialities of the authors of the Santo Tomás University in the positioning and visibility of their publicationshttp://unidadinvestigacion.usta.edu.c
Primary school teachers' knowledge of phonemic awareness and its importance as a factor in learning to read
No full textThe purpose of this research was to gain an understanding of the knowledge that teachers in New Zealand primary school classrooms have in regard to phonemic awareness, their understanding of its importance as a factor in learning to read, and the methods they use to assess and teach it. International assessments continue to highlight an unacceptably large gap in reading achievement between good and poor readers in New Zealand primary schools (Mullis, Martin, Foy, & Drucker, 2012; Tunmer, Chapman, Greaney, Prochnow, & Arrow, 2013a). Up to 20% of children in New Zealand primary school classrooms are struggling to learn to read (Education and Science Committee, 2001, 2008; Education Review Office, 2005). Research shows that explicit instruction in phonemic awareness will help children struggling with reading to learn to read (Ehri et al., 2001; Hatcher, Hulme, & Snowling, 2004; Nicholson, 2003; Pressley, 2006; Ryder, Tunmer, & Greaney, 2008; Strattman & Hodson, 2005; Torgesen et al., 2001). Teachers’ knowledge of phonemic awareness becomes important in the context of providing this explicit instruction.
An online survey was used to assess 68 in-service teachers’ knowledge of phonemic awareness. Four semi-structured interviews were also conducted which allowed the survey findings to be investigated further in four local contexts to add depth to the researcher’s understanding. Results revealed that participants struggled to define phonemic awareness, and did not understand the differences between phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonics. Participants found some tasks more difficult than others, in particular phoneme counting and phoneme identity. There were also discrepancies between the participants’ perceived knowledge and their actual knowledge. Participants tended to overestimate their actual knowledge, perceiving themselves as more knowledgeable with regard to phonemic awareness than they actually were. Phonemic awareness did not appear to be regularly assessed nor explicitly taught in most of the participants’ classrooms. The findings suggest that the teachers who participated in this study did not typically have the knowledge of phonemic awareness needed to be able to provide the explicit instruction in phonemic awareness children struggling to learn to read need in order to become successful readers
Author Correction: Markerless tracking of an entire honey bee colony (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (1733), 10.1038/s41467-021-21769-1)
No full textThe original version of this Article omitted from the author list the fourth author Alexander S. Mikheyev, who is from the Ecology and Evolution Unit, OIST Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan, and the Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The third author Yoann Portugal has the following additional affiliation: Ecology and Evolution Unit, OIST Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan. The fourth author Alexander S. Mikheyev and the fifth author Greg J. Stephens declare equal contributions. Consequently, the Acknowledgements, which formerly read “We thank Michael Iuzzolino, Dieu My thanh Nguyen, Orit Peleg, and Michael Smith for comments on the manuscript and code testing. This work was supported by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University”, have been corrected to “We are grateful to Takahashi Ikemiya for maintaining the experimental bee colonies. We thank Michael Iuzzolino, Dieu My Thanh Nguyen, Orit Peleg, and Michael Smith for comments on the manuscript and code testing. This work was supported by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. Additional funding was provided by KAKENHI grants 16H06209 and 16KK0175 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to AM”. Additionally, the Author Contributions, which formerly read “Y.P. performed the bee work and devised the imaging setup, L. H. devised the labeling tool, K.B. performed method development and data analysis, K.B. and G.S. designed the study and wrote the manuscript”, has been corrected to “Y.P. performed the bee work, Y.P. and A.M. devised the imaging setup, L.H. devised the labeling tool, K.B. performed method development and data analysis, K.B., A.M., and G.S. designed the study, K.B. and G.S. wrote the manuscript”. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. The original version of the Supplementary information associated with this Article contained an error in the description of Supplementary Table 2, which incorrectly read “All imaging data in this study were collected in 2019”. The correct version states “2018” in place of “2019”. The HTML has been updated to include a corrected version of the Supplementary information
Métricas de autor Alexander Cotte Poveda
No full textInforme de las métricas de autor del Dr. Alexander Cotte Poveda de las publicaciones indexadas en Google Académico cuyo objetivo es entregar un insumo para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y potencialidades de los autores de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el posicionamiento y visibilidad de sus publicacionesReport of the author metrics Alexander Cotte Poveda of the publications indexed in Google Scholar whose objective is to provide an input for the strengthening of the capacities and potentialities of the authors of the Santo Tomás University in the positioning and visibility of their publications.http://unidadinvestigacion.usta.edu.c
If Alexander Didn’t Exist: Refining Lee L. Brice’s Analysis of Philip II’s Revolution in Military Affairs
No full textIn Lee L. Brice’s article, “Philip
II, Alexander the Great,
and the Question of a Macedonian
‘Revolution in Military Affairs,’”
he begins by defining the
conditions necessary for a Revolution
in Military Affairs (RMA) to
occur, and then investigates whether
Philip II of Macedon fulfilled those
conditions. He concludes that “Philip
did initiate a major RMA that his
son saw through to fruition” but
that, although he “came so close,” he
did not fully achieve a major RMA
within his own reign.1 That Philip
and his son revolutionized warfare
together is inarguable to this author.
However, the far more interesting
question is: If Alexander was never
born, can the argument be made
against Brice that Philip achieved a
major RMA regardless? The answer
is yes
L/S-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Multiscale Phased Array Antenna With Wide Angle Scanning
No full textA frequency reconfigurable phased array element is presented. The operational band of the single port L/S-band antenna can be selected by modifying the element apertures with p-I-n diode switches. The antenna element satisfies strict requirements on its frequency band separation (2.2:1), size, feeding structure and control lines to be integrated into a phased array system. A multi-scale array topology is proposed to achieve wide angle scanning (±60°) in both operational bands of the array.Accepted author manuscriptMicrowave Sensing, Signals & System
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