Jehoiakim’s So-called ʽʽDonkey Burialʼʼ (Jer 22:19): More Observations on This Puzzling Passage

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Kruger
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Broad Category ◽  
Royal Inscriptions

A variety of suggestions have been advanced to unravel the obscure picture of a “donkey burial” in Jer 22:19, such as taking it as (1) representative of the broad category of a “non-burial”, (2) regarding the image as a metaphor signifying the bestial way Jehoiakim’s dead body will be treated, (3) explaining the pronouncement in Jer 22:19 as an example of the disgraceful manner in which a corpse could be dealt with during a siege when circumstances hardly permit any other way of interment, or (4) deeming what was prophesied about Jehoiakim’s corpse as an example of grave desecration. The purpose of this contribution is not to offer another solution, but to illustrate that, apart from the specific reference to “an ass’s burial”, all the other motifs associated with this image in Jer 22:19 draw on a common ancient Near Eastern literary repertoire, as is especially attested in curse catalogues and royal inscriptions.

Constructing Prophetic Divination

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martti Nissinen
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Source Material ◽  
The Other ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Common Category ◽  
Divine Knowledge ◽  
Historical Phenomenon

This chapter lays the theoretical foundation of the book, defining prophecy as a non-technical, or inspired, form of divination, in which the prophet acts as an intermediary of divine knowledge. It is argued that prophecy is as much a scholarly construct as a historical phenomenon documented in Near Eastern, biblical, as well as Greek textual sources. The knowledge of the historical phenomenon depends essentially on the genre and purpose of the source material which, however, is very fragmentary and, due to its secondary nature, does not yield a full and balanced picture of ancient prophecy. The chapter also discusses the purpose of comparative studies, arguing that they are necessary, not primarily to reveal the influence of one source on the other, but to identify a common category of ancient Eastern Mediterranean prophecy.

scholarly journals Hiketeia

1973 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 74-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gould
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Working Out

To Professor E. R. Dodds, through his edition of Euripides'Bacchaeand again inThe Greeks and the Irrational, we owe an awareness of new possibilities in our understanding of Greek literature and of the world that produced it. No small part of that awareness was due to Professor Dodds' masterly and tactful use of comparative ethnographic material to throw light on the relation between literature and social institutions in ancient Greece. It is in the hope that something of my own debt to him may be conveyed that this paper is offered here, equally in gratitude, admiration and affection.The working out of the anger of Achilles in theIliadbegins with a great scene of divine supplication in which Thetis prevails upon Zeus to change the course of things before Troy in order to restore honour to Achilles; it ends with another, human act in which Priam supplicates Achilles to abandon his vengeful treatment of the dead body of Hector and restore it for a ransom. The first half of theOdysseyhinges about another supplication scene of crucial significance, Odysseus' supplication of Arete and Alkinoos on Scherie. Aeschylus and Euripides both wrote plays called simplySuppliants, and two cases of a breach of the rights of suppliants, the cases of the coup of Kylon and that of Pausanias, the one dating from the mid-sixth century, the other from around 470 B.C. or soon after, played a dominant role in the diplomatic propaganda of the Spartans and Athenians on the eve of the Peloponnesian War.

Jews and Judaism in Classical Sufi Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-164
Author(s):  
Elisha Russ-Fishbane
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Historical Role ◽  
The One ◽  
The Demonic

Abstract This paper addresses a paradox at the heart of the classical Sufi tradition. On the one hand, key Sufi writers express a radical universalism or ‘transconfessionalism’ in their mystical verse. This has led a variety of modern scholars to identify Sufism as an ecumenical and non-dogmatic tradition. On the other hand, in other writings the selfsame authors conduct a vigorous literary polemic and celebrate missionary efforts against unbelievers of all stripes, yet with a notable emphasis on Jewish unbelievers. This article examines the image of Jews and Judaism in key Sufi texts in both Arabic and Persian between the tenth and thirteenth centuries through a variety of motifs, including the construction of the Jew as embodiment of the demonic and as archetypal unbeliever. These images become critical to the literary function of the Jew in classical Sufi texts with little connection to their historical role in Near Eastern societies.

scholarly journals “Toward a Shamanic Daily Life”

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Silvia Rivadossi
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Dance Therapist ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Broad Category ◽  
Interpersonal Distancing ◽  
New Spirituality

Abstract This article contributes to the discussion on reactions and responses to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan, with specific reference to the field of “new spirituality” and, within this broad category, of shamanic spirituality. The case of the dance therapist, or “dance movement shaman,” Ms. Hiroda demonstrates how she managed to keep in contact with her practitioners and to design new ways to help them cope with the situation. The solution she offers, in line with the characteristics of shamanic spirituality, is to help each individual to acknowledge the importance of interconnectedness. In particular, Ms. Hiroda emphasizes body, community, and nature: to become aware of one’s own body again and of the necessity of connection with others and nature, especially in times of interpersonal distancing and crisis. Her response to the first wave of COVID-19 is thus to offer a strategy to live peacefully with—and despite—the virus.

Shoe-Pots, Patajos, and the Principle of Whimsy

1976 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-391
Author(s):  
Keith A. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Field Investigation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Broad Category ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Single Criterion

The traditional broad category of shoe-shaped pots (or bird-forms or patojos) is invalid for analytic purposes. It is a catch-all category for vessels which may have had different histories, uses, and meanings. One kind, the culinary shoe-pot, does form a distinctive class with a special use in cooking and was widely distributed in space and time. Previous researchers, including Varner, Beals, and Sisson most recently, have generated spurious problems and have been led to erroneous conclusions. The following recommendations are explained: (1) culinary shoe-pots should not be classified with bird or foot effigies, although they sometimes become effigies as visual puns; (2) they should not be grouped with other asymmetrical pots on the single criterion of horizontal body elongation without considering the other vessel attributes; (3) further ethnographic and linguistic field investigation should be done where culinary shoe-pots are still used; (4) primary and secondary uses of culinary shoe-pots should not be confused.

scholarly journals Investigating children as cultural magnets: do young children transmit redundant information along diffusion chains?

2008 ◽  
Vol 363 (1509) ◽  
pp. 3541-3551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
The Other ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Redundant Information ◽  
Causal Relevance ◽  
Puzzle Box

The primary goal of this study was to investigate cultural transmission in young children, with specific reference to the phenomenon of overimitation. Diffusion chains were used to compare the imitation of 2- and 3-year-olds on a task in which the initial child in each chain performed a series of relevant and irrelevant actions on a puzzle box in order to retrieve a reward. Children in the chains witnessed the actions performed on one of two boxes, one which was transparent and so the lack of causality of the irrelevant actions was obvious, while the other was opaque and so the lack of causal relevance was not obvious. Unlike previous dyadic research in which children overimitate a model, the irrelevant actions were parsed out early in the diffusion chains. Even though children parsed out irrelevant actions, they showed fidelity to the method used to perform a relevant action both within dyads and across groups. This was true of 3-year-olds, and also 2-year-olds, therefore extending findings from previous research.

Effect of storage of plasma and serum on enzymatic determination of non-esterified fatty acids

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis García Menéndez ◽  
Ana L Fernández ◽  
Alfredo Enguix ◽  
Constanza Ciriza ◽  
Juan Amador
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Enzymatic Method ◽  
Esterified Fatty Acids ◽  
Enzymatic Determination ◽  
The Stability

Many contradictory results have been published on the stability of total non-esterified fatty acids in blood, plasma and serum under different storage conditions. The present study was undertaken to investigate the stability of non-esterified fatty acids, measured with an enzymatic method, in samples of EDTA-treated plasma and serum under different temperature conditions. We conclude that EDTA-treated plasma and serum can both be used for analysis. Specific reference values should be established depending on the type of sample chosen. Samples that cannot be analysed immediately can be stored at -20°C for at least 14 days without significant changes in the concentration of total non-esterified fatty acids. None of the other storage conditions and periods studied are suitable for the measurement of non-esterified fatty acid concentration.

Spice Prices in the Near East in the 15th Century

1976 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Ashtor
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Near East ◽  
Great Increase ◽  
A Priori ◽  
The Other ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
European Markets ◽  
Tremendous Impact

It is a well-known fact that the discovery of the sea route to India and the ensuing scarcity of spices and other Indian products on the markets of Alexandria and Damascus resulted in their prices rising steeply. Judging from Venetian sources, the change in the condition of the Levantine trade was considered catastrophic. On the other hand, some scholars have already drawn attention to the fact that pepper prices fell considerably on European markets in the period preceding the expedition of Vasco da Gama, and especially in the second quarter of the 15th century. It is probable, a priori, that this was caused by a downward trend of prices in the Near East. But other factors, such as the level of demand in European countries and the conditions of trade (communications with the Near East, direct or indirect trade), could also have influenced the course of spice prices in Europe. In order to explain the tremendous impact of the rise of spice prices at the beginning of the 16th century, I have suggested, in my Histoire des prix et des salaires, the probability of a fall of prices in the Near Eastern emporia in the pre-Vasco period. In a paper published a few years later I tried to substantiate this conjecture by additional materials and, further, by the supposition that it was accompanied by a great increase in the volume of the Levantine trade, and also a general price-decline in the Near East at the end of the Middle Ages.

scholarly journals Антропология смерти в творчестве Дмитрия Мережковского

2018 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 233-247
Author(s):  
Andrzej Dudek
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Cultural Forms ◽  
Dmitrii Merezhkovskii

Anthropology of deathin the works by Dmitrii Merezhkovskii Death-related images and thoughts belong to key motives in the works by Dmitrii Merezhkovskii. Biological and metaphysical aspects of death appear to be the most important issues in the analyzed texts. By means of placing plots and themes in various epochs Merezhkovskii revealed the universality of the fear of death and its importance as far as shaping human conscience is concerned. In fictional and essayistic texts either, the Russian writer stressed the importance of the attitude to the dead body, funeral ceremonies and graveyards. That motif focuses value-orien­tations and patterns of culture specific for various communities. Merezhovskii reveals mutual interdependence between death and culture: on one hand — death inspires to express the essence of human nature in cultural forms, on the other hand — death is considered a tool used in order to achieve ideological and political goals. Antropologia śmierciw twórczości Dymitra Mierieżkowskiego Śmierć to jeden z kluczowych motywów twórczości Dymitra Mierieżkowskiego. Wśród różnych obrazów śmierci i myśli o niej w omawianych tekstach istotną rolę odgrywają rozważania o biologicznych i metafizycznych aspektach śmierci. Uniwersalność doświadczenia lęku tanato­logicznego i jego znaczenie dla formowania świadomości człowieka podkreślana jest przez arty­styczne ujęcia ulokowane w kulturowej przestrzeni różnych epok. W utworach beletrystycznych i eseistycznych Mierieżkowskiego szczególne znaczenie mają fragmenty prezentujące rozmaite podejścia do martwego ciała, ceremonii pogrzebowych i cmentarzy. Motywy te ogniskują charak­terystyczne dla różnych zbiorowości orientacje wartościujące i wzory kultury. Między śmiercią i kulturą, jak pokazuje pisarz, istnieje dwustronna zależność: z jednej strony śmierć inspiruje do wyrażenia istoty natury ludzkiej w formach kulturowych, z drugiej — jest wykorzystywana doosiągania celów ideologicznych i politycznych.

scholarly journals Contractive Inequalities for Some Asymptotically Regular Set-Valued Mappings and Their Fixed Points

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 411
Author(s):  
Pradip Debnath ◽  
Manuel de La Sen
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Fixed Points ◽  
The Other ◽  
Broad Category ◽  
Set Valued Mappings ◽  
Metric Function ◽  
Asymptotically Regular

The symmetry concept is a congenital characteristic of the metric function. In this paper, our primary aim is to study the fixed points of a broad category of set-valued maps which may include discontinuous maps as well. To achieve this objective, we newly extend the notions of orbitally continuous and asymptotically regular mappings in the set-valued context. We introduce two new contractive inequalities one of which is of Geraghty-type and the other is of Boyd and Wong-type. We proved two new existence of fixed point results corresponding to those inequalities.

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