Permutations in the 16th Century Cabala

1923 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Morris Turetsky

INTRODUCTORY NOTE. In the November, 1922 number of the Mathematics Teacher attention was called to some interesting material relating to permutations and combinations which had been discovered in certain Hebrew works by Messrs. Ginsburg and Turetsky. The latter came across his material in a certain work by Moses Cordovero, a learned rabbi of the first part of the 16th century—the Pardes Rim-monim (Orchard of Pomegranates), first printed in the Hebrew language at Salonika in the year 1552. It sets forth the simple and interesting way in which Cordovero attacked the subject of permutations and suggests a method which could be used with profit at the present time. The translation is interesting because of the quaint style, and the notes will be found valuable not merely for their explanations but for the mathematical principles set forth.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
Makhfirat Kurbonalieva ◽  

The anthology “Tazkirat-ush-shuara” of Mutribi Samarkandi is one of the most important literary sources of the 16th century, which was written in Moweraunnahr. In general, this work contains information about poets who were either contemporaries of Samarkandi or related to poetry. The value of this anthology as a literary source, although it has not been been entirely studied by researchers,is in that it represents information about the lives, personalities and works of the poets, which is relevant to the study of poetry and the overall literary situation of that period, and which is the subject of separate and in-depth studies.


2008 ◽  
pp. 223-240
Author(s):  
Halina Wiśniewska ◽  

The subject of the article is the political-moral treatise by Józef Wereszczyński entitled “Reguła to jest nauka abo postępek dobrego życia króla każdego chrześcijańskiego” from 1587 as the imitation of ”Żywot człowieka poćciwego” by Mikołaj Rej. In the 16th century, imitation (following a model) was valued art of writing. That is why J. Wereszczyński repeats M. Rej’s “Żywot” on 40 out of the 86 pages of “Reguły”. Both works are juxtaposed and compared by the author in philological terms to show how J. Wereszczyński, writing his treatise, imitated M. Rej’s work. Such issues as, inter alia, those referring to the titles and contents of the chapters, text composition, the names of the characters – exempla from the “Bible” and ancient history, have been analyzed therein. What is more, the article also presents the chapter on justice from “Reguły” and “Żywot” to show J. Wereszczyński’s imitation in a better way.


2021 ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Н.Е. Касьяненко

Статья посвящена истории развития словарного дела на Руси и появлению первых словарей. Затрагиваются первые, несловарные формы описания лексики в письменных памятниках XI–XVII вв. (глоссы), из которых черпался материал для собственно словарей. Анализируются основные лексикографические жанры этого времени и сложение на их основе азбуковников. В статье уделено внимание таким конкретным лексикографическим произведениям, как ономастикону «Рѣчь жидовскаго «зыка» (XVIII в.), словарям-символикам «Толк о неразумнех словесех» (XV в.) и «Се же приточне речеся», произвольнику, объясняющему славянские слова, «Тлъкование нεоудобь познаваεмомъ въ писаныхъ рѣчемь» (XIV в.), разговорнику «Рѣчь тонкословія греческаго» (ХV в.). Характеризуется словарь Максима Грека «Толкованіе именамъ по алфавиту» (XVI в.). Предметом более подробного освещения стал «Лексис…» Л. Зизания – первый печатный словарь на Руси. На примерах дается анализ его реестровой и переводной частей. Рассматривается известнейший труд П. Берынды «Лексикон славеноросский и имен толкование», а также рукописный «Лексикон латинский…» Е. Славинецкого, являющий собой образец переводного словаря XVII в. The article is dedicated to the history of the development of vocabulary in Russia and the emergence of the first dictionaries. The first, non-verbar forms of description of vocabulary in written monuments of the 11th and 17th centuries (glosses), from which material for the dictionaries themselves were drawn, are affected. The main lexicographical genres of this time are analyzed and the addition of alphabets on their basis. The article focuses on specific lexicographical works such as the «Zhidovskago» (18th century) the dictionaries-symbols of «The Talk of Unreasonable Words» (the 15th century). and «The Same Speech», an arbitrary explanation of slavic words, «The tlution of the cognition in the written», (the 14th century), the phrasebook «Ry subtle Greek» (the 15th century). Maxim Greck's dictionary «Tolkien names in alphabetical order» (16th century) is characterized. The subject of more detailed coverage was «Lexis...» L. Sizania is the first printed dictionary in Russia. Examples give analysis of its registry and translation parts. The famous work of P. Berynda «Lexicon of Slavic and Names of Interpretation» and the handwritten «Lexicon Latin...» are considered. E. Slavinecki, which is a model of the 17th century translated dictionary.


1984 ◽  
pp. 97-101

This chapter addresses the opening passage of the Vikuaḥ. The Talmudic passage purports to describe how the ‘five disciples of Jesus’ were executed by the Jewish authorities. The whole passage is clearly a piece of fantasy, in questionable taste, intended as a counterblast to Christian propaganda. It is strange, however, that the authenticity of the passage as the opening of the Vikuaḥ has never been questioned. It is omitted from this book’s translation on the ground that it is highly doubtful whether it formed part of the work originally composed by Naḥmanides. The chapter then explains the reasons for this conclusion. Naḥmanides’ account of the Barcelona Disputation was composed at the request of the Bishop of Gerona, Peter of Castellnou. It is highly unlikely, therefore, that Naḥmanides would have introduced into his account highly offensive and inflammatory matter which was extraneous to the subject-matter of the disputation.


Antiquity ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 22 (85) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Elaine Sanceau

It was from the Portuguese that Europe first learned something about India. Their 16th century literature abounds in information on the subject. Duarte Barboza, Tomé Pires, Castanheda, João de Barros, Gaspar Correa even, though he says that he will only write about the exploits of his countrymen, have each one given to the world many interesting facts regarding the ethnology, the customs and beliefs, and some account of the history of that baffling sub-continent which Portugal, of European nations, was the first to observe at close quarters.


1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalev Ginossar

The three papers published hereafter were presented at an International Conference on the Ethics and Responsibilities of the Legal Profession held in Tel Aviv from 17–21 August 1980. As could be expected, the views expressed therein are not identical, but since they are all connected with the manner in which the nature and the function of the profession is conceived, it may be useful to outline the attitude of the law of Israel on the subject.The Chamber of Advocates Law, enacted in 1961 to supersede the Advocates Ordinance, 1938, declares in sec. 54 that —In carrying out his functions, an advocate shall serve the interests of his client loyally and devotedly and shall help the court to dispense justice.The statute apparently places at the same level the lawyer's duties to his client and to the court: the order in which it enumerates them does not indicate any intention of priority—any more than in the Decalogue the respect due to one's father can be said to take preecdence over that to one's mother. The same two fundamental duties are mentioned, in reverse order, in the Rules of Professional Ethics made in 1966 by the National Council of the Chamber of Advocates with the approval of the Minister of Justice.


1948 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
Edward A. Cameron

The place of mathematics in general education was discussed at least as long ago as some 2500 years, when the Pythagoreans established the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music, subjects which were to be considered the heart of a liberal education for many centuries. That the subject is still being discussed today can be readily verified by consulting almost any recent issue of The Mathematics Teacher. The Eleventh and Fifteenth Yearbooks of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics contain much valuable information on the subject under discussion, and I heartily recommend them to any teacher of mathematics who has not yet read them.


1966 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 574-576
Author(s):  
C. N. Mills ◽  
Howard Eves

The subject of this article is not new. In the October 1961 issue of The Mathematics Teacher, Professor N. A. Court gives an excellent history of the Apollonius contact circles. Before the invention of analytic geometry, mathematicians were concerned with the construction of the circles. Descartes attempted an analytical solution, and we learn from his memoirs that he gave up in despair.


2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-284
Author(s):  
Jeffrey T. Gaglione

Being a mathematics teacher means more than simply teaching the subject itself. Students also need to see the relevance of mathematics to their everyday lives, and they should enjoy learning the subject. If a student comes into my classroom in September and leaves in June without seeing the relevance of mathematics and having fun in class, I do not think that I have done that student—or the subject—justice. Group work and projects are two ways to accomplish these goals in the classroom. Another way is to play review games. Students rank one of the games that we play, “relay review,” as their favorite year after year.


2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdurrahman Atçıl

AbstractThis article investigates the opinions of three senior Ottoman jurists, Sarıgörez (d. 1522), Kemalpaşazade (d. 1534), and Ebussuud (d. 1574), on the subject of the Safavids and their supporters. Historians have treated these opinions as part of the vast polemical literature uniformly intended to justify an impending Ottoman attack against their Safavid rivals. Questioning the notion that all authors shared an undifferentiated attitude, this article underlines that, unlike most polemical literature, the opinions of these three jurists focused on the religiolegal aspects of the Safavid issue and varied and evolved in line with changing historical realities, the jurists’ divergent assessments of the Safavid threat, and their preference for different jurisprudential doctrines. Based on an analysis of the opinions, I argue that these jurists assumed a high degree of autonomy as producers and interpreters of the law and thus did not necessarily feel obliged to legitimate or excuse every imperial action.


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