Knowledge and the Cathartic Value of Repentance

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Note ◽  
Moses Maimonides

An austere form of legalism lies at the heart of Judaism. Apart from a limited set of exceptions, every adult Jew is required to observe the full gamut of relevant biblical and rabbinic laws. Success in this endeavor is handsomely rewarded and failure severely punished. Despite the apparent bleakness of this legalism, the system licenses a divine pardon in cases where the offending individual repents. This chapter opens with a discussion of this clemency, as understood by Moses Maimonides, before moving on to a reading of a Talmudic debate that introduces an epistemic puzzle regarding repentance. With the epistemic contours of repentance thus exposed, the remainder of the chapter deals with the manner in which Timothy Williamson’s work on knowledge can undermine the cathartic value of repentance. The chapter concludes with a short note marking the implications for Christianity and Islam.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Early Settlement ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Initial Research

The chapters in this collection explore the everyday lives, experiences, practices and attitudes of Muslims in Scotland. In order to set the context for these chapters, in this introduction I explore the early settlement of Muslims in Scotland and discuss some of the initial research projects that charted the settlement of Asians and Pakistanis in Scotland’s main cities. I then discuss the current situation for Muslims in Scotland through data from the 2011 Scottish Census. Following a short note about the significance of the Scottish context, in the final section, the main themes and issues that have been explored in research about Muslims in Scotland.

Short Note: A Record of Twin Fetuses in a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Stranded on the Dutch Coast

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lonneke L. IJsseldijk ◽  
Andrea Gröne ◽  
Sjoukje Hiemstra ◽  
Jeroen Hoekendijk ◽  
Lineke Begeman
Keyword(s):  
Short Note ◽  
Phocoena Phocoena ◽  
Harbor Porpoise ◽  
Dutch Coast

Short Note: Predation of Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) by Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) in Wales

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Stringell ◽  
Dave Hill ◽  
Dafydd Rees ◽  
Ffion Rees ◽  
Padrig Rees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Note ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
Phocoena Phocoena

Impact of Optimal Cropping Patterns on Incomes in a Punjab District

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-221
Author(s):  
M. Arshad Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Linear Programming ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Cropping Pattern ◽  
Small Farms ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Punjab Province ◽  
Optimal Cropping

To improve farm incomes in developing countries, the foremost question that the farmer must address himself to is: what cropping pattern best uses the fixed resources in order to get the highest returns? During the last decade, the agricultural economists have shown great interest in applying the tools of linear programming to individual farms. Most of the studies conducted elsewhere have shown that, under existing cropping pattern, farm resources were not being utilized optimally on the small farms.[l, 4]. We conducted a survey in the canal-irrigated areas of the Punjab province of Pakistan1 to investigate into the same problem. This short note aims at identifying the opti¬mal cropping pattern and to estimate the increase in farm incomes as a result of a switch towards it on the sampled farms.

Short Note Chromosomal Homology between the Human and the Bovine DMRT1 Genes

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Anna Bratuś ◽  
Monika Bugno ◽  
Jolanta Klukowska-Rötzler ◽  
Małgorzata Sawińska ◽  
Andre Eggen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Note ◽  
Chromosomal Homology
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