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Oral history interview with Darrell Stiles and Nancy Chipukites
No full textFourth-generation owners of Cabin Creek Farm, Darrell Stiles and Nancy Stiles Chipukites, discuss the history of the property and the early members of their family that homesteaded the land in 1891 as part of Sac and Fox Land Run. The major crops of the farm at the time of the interview included wheat and rye grass, as well as cattle. For a long time, the farm operated as a dairy, known as Cabin Creek Dairy. Also discussed were the long held traditions of the Stiles family and the future of Cabin Creek Farm.The Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families Collection is comprised of interviews with farm owners and operators whose families have been involved in the farming and/or ranching business in Oklahoma for 100 years or more with properties designated an Oklahoma Centennial Farm or Ranch through the Oklahoma Historical Society
"A Symbol of the New African": Drum magazine, popular culture and the formation of black urban subjectivity in 1950s South Africa.
No full textPhDThis thesis examines the emergence of black urban subjectivity in South Africa
during the 1950s, focussing on the ways in which popular American genres were
utilised in the construction of black urban identities that served as a means of
resistance to apartheid. At the centre of this process was Drum magazine:
founded in South Africa in 1951 , it became the largest selling magazine on the
African continent in 1956. Drum's success was due to the way in which it
enabled the relocation of black identity from the "traditional" towards the
"modern'. The 1940s gave rise to widespread migration of black South Africans
from rural to urban areas and this newly urbanised community was seeking
models of black urban identity. Yet the Nationalist government was attempting
to curtail the emergence of a black urban proletariat, which posed a threat to
white political supremacy. Through apartheid legislation black identity was
constructed as essentially tribal and rural. As a means of resisting this, urbanised
black South Africans turned to, and appropriated, readily available forms of
American culture. Drum published Americanised images and stories: gangsters,
black detectives, black comic heroes, and pulp romances. This popular material
appeared alongside some of the finest investigative journalism ever published.
While Drum magazine is widely acknowledged as having provided a platform
for the emergence of black South African writing in English, its popular content
has been dismissed by critics as apolitical escapism, imitation and capitulation to
American culture. This thesis challenges the dismissal of the popular that has
dominated analyses of Drum since the 1960s, arguing that such a position denies
the agency of local writers and audiences. My analysis reveals that American
forms were adopted in critically discerning ways and chosen for their ability to
convey local meaning and create positions from which to resist aparthei
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
A translation and edition of the Sacrorum Parallelorum Liber Primus of Franciscus Junius : a study in sixteenth century hermeneutics
No full textIn his
preface
to the Sacrorum Parallelorum Libri Tres, Junius
expresses
the confidence that, if he has
not attained the
goal
in
writing
the book
which
he
yearned
to achieve,
he has
at least pointed out to
others the
way of proving more successful.
As the first
monograph on
the use of the Old Testament in the New, the Sacri Paralleli
opened up
new exegetical
territory into
which
hosts
of explorers and,
indeed,
settlers
have
since moved.
The
earlier scouts
in this
region often remind us that
they are travelling in the pioneering
footsteps
of
Franciscus Junius.
Thus, Andreas Kesler in the seventeenth
century
makes use of the Sacri
Paralleli,
as
does the great
Surenhusius
of
Amsterdam in the
eighteenth
century.
Even
as recently as a
hundred
years ago
Eduard Bdhl, in the
historical introduction to his
own
dissertation
on the Old Testament
citations in the New Testament,
wrote:
"Dass
ein
Mann
wie
Franciscus
Junius,
welcher mit
Tremellius das berühmte lateinische Bibelwerk
herausgab,
viel
Gutes bietet, lasst
sich erwarten". Yet,
more recent
surveys of past
literature
on the bi-testamental
passages omit any mention
of
the original spade-work
in the field. Ellis, for
example,
begins his
summary of "the more
direct
study of
NT
quotations" with
the notes which
Drusius
wrote around
1594. No
account of such research,
however,
can
justly
pass over the thorough
work of
Franciscus Junius. Some have
considered
it,
with good reason,
the most
important book of one of
the
most
influential
exegetes
in the Age
of
Orthodoxy. As Cuno
observes,
the Sacri Paralleli
were
truly epoch-making
in the history
of exegesis.
The
present study of
the Sacrorum Parallelorum Liber Primus
begins
with a rather
full
account of
the life
of
Junius for two
reasons.
First, there is
no
delineation
of
his life
available
in English longer than
the brief
article
in the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
of
Religious
Knowledge.
Secondly, the life
of
Junius
not only
is
very
interesting,
but
also sheds much
light
on
the
rationale of the Sacri Paralleli. There
follow discussions
of
this rationale,
the history
of the Sacri Paralleli
and
the various editions, and
the hermeneutical
principles employed
by Junius
in the Liber Primus. In the course of
his investigation
of the several
editions of
the Sacri Paralleli, the author
has
examined all copies of
the
book
which
he
could
locate in the
public repositories of
Scotland and so
hopes that his treatment may prove useful to the
rare
book librarians
of
the collections concerned.
The translation of
the Liber Primus
was executed on the basis
of
the first folio
edition
(1607)
of the
works of
Junius, this
printing
being
a
reliable, specimen of
the text
and the
earliest copy available
in the Library
of
the University
of
St Andrews. Some
minor
textual
corruptions,
however,
in the 1607
edition
have been
corrected on
the basis
of
the original
edition of
1588. Likewise, the Biblical
and patristic citations which appeared
in the margins of
the
original edition
have been
noted as marginal
references
here, rather than being into the text in the manner of the folio
editions
(which
sometimes match these
citations to the
wrong, sentences
in the text). The translation here,
nevertheless,
follows
the
paragraph
divisions
of the folio
printings, since such
divisions
are so
few in the original edition.
The third volume of this dissertation
contains several pertinent
appendices:
The first is
a photographic copy of
the
specimen of the original edition of the Sacrorum Parallelorum Liber Primus in the possession
of the Library of
New College, Edinburgh. Mention has been
made
in the
course of this appendix
if
a note relating
to
a given page occurs
in the
"Errata", listed
at the
end of the copy of the Sacri Paralleli
used
here.
Copies
of the 1607
printing of the Sacri Paralleli are
available
in
so many
British libraries that to
provide a copy of the Liber
Primus of
that
edition
here
would
be
superfluous.
The
second appendix
is
a photographic copy of the "Praefatio" to the Sacri Paralleli (New Col-
lege
specimen again).
The Roman
numeral at the bottom
of each page
has
been
supplied
here to facilitate
reference
to this "Praefatio" in the course
of
this study.
There follows
an annotated translation of
the "Praefatio"
Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John
Get PDFThe present study considers the degree to which John’s portrayal of the faithful Christian community in the Apocalypse is informed by Jewish apocalyptic traditions related to wealth in the Second Temple period. Previous studies have attributed the author’s radical stance against wealth and economic participation to an ad hoc response against the idolatry and social injustices of the Roman Empire and imperial cults. This thesis argues that there is reasonable evidence to suggest that the author may have already been predisposed to reject affluence as a feature of the present age for the ideal faithful community based on received tradition.
The study begins by delineating the problem in a critical review of how scholars have attempted to deal with this language through either the social world of Roman Asia Minor or the author’s use of the biblical prophets. This discussion demonstrates the need to take a tradition-historical approach that includes an examination of Jewish apocalyptic traditions preserved among the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as other Jewish literature not found at Qumran that demonstrate a decided concern over wealth. These Second Temple texts are then examined collectively against the language of wealth and poverty in selected passages of the Apocalypse. The evidence reveals an emphasis on the part of John on the irreversible, eschatological consequences of ethical behaviour directly related to wealth based on a certain cosmological and theological understanding, an emphasis that has close analogies in some Second Temple literature.
The study concludes that traditions preserved in the Epistle of Enoch and later Enochic texts have played a formative role in shaping the author’s theological perspective concerning material blessing for the faithful in the present age and the world through which he legitimised the radical stance he imposed on his readers/hearers
Miracle-workers and magicians in the Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana.
Get PDFThe miracle-workers and magicians we meet in the Greco-Roman world and on the pages of Greco-Roman narratives are among the most difficult characters for modem scholars to understand. While Greco-Roman writers presume their readers will share their socio-cultural script and understand how one distinguishes between a legitimate miracle-worker and an illegitimate magician, this script is lost on modem scholars. Hindered first by absolute definitions for miracle and magic from social anthropology and then by relative definitions from the sociology of knowledge, this thesis calls for a re-engagement of the "historic imagination" with respect to these sorts of characters. In particular, this thesis suggests that a detailed investigation into the operation of characters labelled as performers of miracles or magic can reveal the criteria which distinguished the two in the minds of Greco-Roman Mediterraneans as well as revealing the practical outworking of the criteria themselves. Two narratives are chosen for this task-the canonical Acts of the Apostles, representing a Jewish- Christian angle, and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana, representing a pagan angle. Methodologically the study proceeds by converting these narratives into "narrative worlds" and then subjecting the narrative worlds to a social investigation using models suggested by the work of Mary Douglas and Peter Brown. Under the rubric of "gaining power, " "intersecting power, " and "defending power" the two narrative worlds projected by these texts are compared and contrasted with respect to the criteria being used to distinguish miracle-worker from magician. The conclusion reached is that in both texts legitimacy for a mediator of divine power is found especially in demonstrating power without appearing desirous of personal gains. A miracle-worker is successful in this regard; a magician is one who fails in this regard
The significance of parallels between the 'Testament of Solomon' and Jewish literature of late antiquity (between the closing centuries BCE and the Talmudic era) and the New Testament
No full textThe TSol is a Christian composition of late antiquity which narrates the story
about how King Solomon built the Temple of God with the aid of demons he
subjugated. Comparative analysis between the TSol and Jewish literature of late
antiquity (between the closing centuries BCE and the Talmudic era), and the
New Testament is primarily to establish any literary dependence and explore the
nature of contact between the TSol and these materials; and also to isolate
Jewish elements in the TSol. The Jewish materials discussed are the Hebrew
Bible, the LXX, Tobit, Wisdom of Solomon, Pseudo-Philo, certain Qumran
documents (11 PsApa and the Copper scroll), Josephus' Jewish Antiquities,
Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Song of Songs, rabbinic literature, and certain Aramaic
incantation texts. My research has shown that parallels do exist between the
TSol, the Jewish literature discussed and the New Testament. The parallels
between the TSol and the aforementioned literature are twofold: verbal and
conceptual. Verbal parallels occur in the form of technical terminology;
quotations, allusions and echoes. The second type of parallels appears in the
form of motifs, themes, structural elements and ideas. These parallels seem to
dominate in my analysis. There is no need to explain the parallels between the
TSol and the literature discussed in terms of literary dependence. I have
attempted to demonstrate that these parallels in most of the literature are
indicative of indirect influence through shared use of the biblical tradition: motifs,
stories and themes regarding King Solomon; a common fund of oral tradition(s)
regarding Solomon's magical power over demonic world; shared literary
language, milieu, and cultural conventions. Moreover, the author of the TSol
seems to have recycled Jewish materials pertaining to Solomon and related
motifs in his work. Apart from the New Testament, the best case for a direct
influence of a Jewish work on the TSol is Tobit
Can we hear what they heard?: the effect of orality upon a markan reading-event
Get PDFThis dissertation arises from recent investigations in the field of orality and the potential that it has for Markan studies. Chapter one identifies the epistemological divide which separates a contemporary reading experience from one situated in the first century. Further, chapter one will focus this hermeneutical question upon the difference in how a text functions between a modern and an ancient literary critic; specifically, modern meaning versus ancient effect. Chapter two seeks to survey the nature of communication in the New Testament world and how this information was created, stored, and conveyed to its audience. Furthermore, it will seek to identify what skills were required by the manuscript’s creator, reader, and receiver(s). The goal is to define and develop the nature of a reading-event of antiquity. Chapter three will continue our prolegomena to method with a description of the complex inter-relationship between a reader, an audience, and a manuscript in the ancient world. It will be defined as a partnership whereby their respective functions commingle as they create a communal reading-event. Next, an oral hermeneutic will be described in two parts. First, it will present a summary of the historical reading-event constructed from the previous chapters. Then, an oral/performative approach will be developed under the rubric of a hypothetical reading-effect. It will be an attempt to recreate the oral/aural aspects which alert the reader and the listeners to the story’s movement. Furthermore, it will attempt to document the affective value of a hearer’s encounter with the narrative. Finally, chapter four will put into practice the aforementioned method to recreate a reading-event of the Second Gospel. We will explore how the text of Mark provides keys to the reader for how to orally present the Second Gospel. At the same time, our reading model will assist us to determine how the reading-event itself produces a controlled reading-effect upon a listening audience. Throughout the detailed work on Mark, we will attempt to show how an oral perspective reveals distinctive features which otherwise might be left unheard to silent readers
Apocalypticisim in the fiction of William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, and Thomas Pynchon.
Get PDFApocalypse should not be thought of as merely a synonym for chaos or disaster or cataclysmic upheaval; more properly we should think of disclosure, unveiling and revelation. The exact status of literary apocalyptic is the subject of some debate, and in an attempt to help clarify matters an introductory historical survey examines both the formal characteristics of apocalypse and the various critical positions taken in regard to the genre's social influence. Texts considered in the chapter include the Revelation of John and Thomas Pynchon's short story Entropy (1959); theoretical works by Frank Kermode, John Barth, and Jean Baudrillard (amongst others) are also discussed. Chapter One traces the development of William S. Burroughs's apocalyptic sensibility through readings of his correspondence with Allen Ginsberg and the novel The Naked Lunch (1959); the latter's apocalyptic title referring to the "frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork". Chapter Two considers Burroughs's experiments with the "cut-ups" and their application in a number of texts, most notably Nova Express (1964). Chapter Three is concerned with Burroughs's work in the 1970s and 80s, and specifically his concept of Here to Go, a theory of mutability presented as a transcendental antidote to the threat of nuclear annihilation (the author's alleged misogyny and the views of radical US feminists are also taken into account). Chapters Four and Five explore the apocalyptic fiction of J. G. Ballard; topics covered include Ballard's concept of inner space, his debt to Surrealism, and the coded landscapes of his more experimental texts; in particular the "condensed novels" which comprise The Atrocity Exhibition (1970). A concluding chapter returns to the work of Thomas Pynchon, offering a reading of Gravity's Rainbow (1973) which allows us to consider his treatment of such related themes as Paranoia, Holocaust, Apocalypse, and finally, Counterforce
The view from the backbench : Irish Nationalist MPs and their work, 1910-1914
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