scholarly journals Whisky eller tonic? Narrativ eksistensteologi

2021 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-146
Author(s):  
Mikael Brorson
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Practical Possibility ◽  
Rudolf Bultmann ◽  
New Interpretation

At least since Svend Bjerg’s doctoral dissertation, narrative and existentialist theology has, in a Danish context, been considered to be fundamentally opposed to each other. The main goal of the present article is to question this dichotomy. The theoretical foundation for this is an evaluation of the strength of Bjerg’s critique of Rudolf Bultmann and his program of demythologization. This is succeeded by a new interpretation of Johannes Sløk’s authorship focusing on the category of ‘proclamation’, which points to the practical possibility of formulating a narrative existentialist theology, utilizing insights from both theological traditions.

JOHN DUNS SCOTUS ON HUMAN BEINGS IN THE STATE OF INNOCENCE

Traditio ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 289-310
Author(s):  
ERNESTO DEZZA
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
John Duns Scotus ◽  
Christian Anthropology ◽  
Duns Scotus ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Theological Orientation ◽  
New Interpretation

The present article presents the theory of the Franciscan master John Duns Scotus (1265/66–1308) on the so-called “state of innocence,” namely the condition in which human beings lived before the first sin. The state of innocence is characterized by the gift of original justice, guaranteeing harmony between the soul's powers and immortality. Derived from traditional Christian anthropology, Scotus's description offers a chance for dialogue with the masters of the second half of the thirteenth century, among them Henry of Ghent, Thomas Aquinas, and Bonaventure. Because of the theological orientation of Scotus's explanation, human beings as outlined by him are simultaneously naturally good and in need of divine gifts to reach their very end. Through a new interpretation of modality, Scotus's position is better able to express certain conditions related to power/possibility within the state of innocence.

The tragic aorist

1999 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
New Interpretation

The tragic or ‘instantaneous’ aorist usually has a paragraph to itself in the grammar books, as a distinct but not especially important use of the aorist. It is most common in Athenian drama of the second half of the fifth century, although there are possible examples in Homer and some learned revivals later. The present article offers an entirely new account of these aorists, and entails a new interpretation of the tone of some 75 lines of tragedy and comedy.

scholarly journals Zu den mit ሰ (sägäd) gebildeten Namen äthiopischer Kaiser sowie anderer hoher Würdenträger des Reiches

Aethiopica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 54-73
Author(s):  
Michael Kleiner
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Traditional Understanding

From Lǝbnä Dǝngǝl (1508–40) to Ǝgwalä Ṣǝyon / Gwalu (1801–18), most Solomonic monarchs in addition to their baptismal name also bore a regnal name (sǝmä mängǝśt) of the structure “noun + sägäd”. In Ethiopian Studies, sägäd of these names has traditionally been interpreted as an apocopated form of sägädä, ‘to prostrate oneself, to show submission’. In his 1988 edition of Die Geschichte des Lebna-Dengel, Claudius und Minās, however, Manfred Kropp challenged this view. Starting out by arguing that with names such as Bǝrhan Sägäd and Mäsiḥ Sägäd a traditionally understood sägäd would lead to inacceptable results, Kropp through a number of steps came to the conclusion that sägäd should best be seen as an adjective and be translated as ‘venerable’, an interpretation already once forwarded by Ludolf. The present article examines Kropp’s argument in detail, and concludes that it should be rejected. Conversely, it undertakes to demonstrate in a variety of ways, including the presentation of fresh evidence from Gǝʿǝz literature, that the traditional understanding of sägäd should – and can – be retained. In the process it also shows how this traditional understanding can be reconciled with names such as Bǝrhan Sägäd and, especially, Mäsiḥ Sägäd. In addition, the article proposes a new interpretation of the female regnal names formed with mogäsa in the position of male sägäd.

The United States as Seen from Mexico

1963 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Merrill
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
State University ◽  
Pictorial Material ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Secondary Objective

This article is a report of a study begun in 1959 and completed in early 1962 at the State University of Iowa as a doctoral dissertation. A descriptive study, it attempted to draw in rather broad outlines the image of the United States and its people as presented in an important segment of the Mexican press1 and in opinions expressed by journalists in interviews and on questionnaires. More specifically, the study was made to determine and describe the volume and kinds of news, opinion, and pictorial material about the United States published over a randomlyselected period (January, 1960) in ten leading daily newspapers of Mexico.Beyond this main descriptive phase, consisting of the analysis of the content of 300 separate newspaper issues, the study also had as a secondary objective the presentation of opinion about the United States given by journalists connected with the ten dailies and with a few other newspapers. This latter phase proved to be much the more interesting, and the more revealing, aspect of the study, and it is principally with this “opinion” aspect of the study that the present article deals.

Sujeto, pensamiento y lenguaje en Nietzsche

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Parmeggiani
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Decisive Factor ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Basic Ideas

RESUMENPara su crítica del concepto metafísico de sujeto cognoscente, Nietzche ensaya una nueva interpretación del pensamiento, en la que el lenguaje interviene como factor decisivo. Sobre ello, el presente estudio defiende principalmente dos tesis interpretativas: (a) el lenguaje sólo interviene en la génesis de la pequeña parte consciente del pensar; y (b) en el factor lingüístico, no sólo se incluye la lengua aunque sea la dimensión básica, sino muchas otras formas de lenguaje. A partir de ello, Nietzsche pretende poner en cuestión la antítesis gnoseológica sujeto/predicado.PALABRA CLAVESUJETO-LENGUAJE-PENSAMIENTO-CONCIENCIAABSTRACTFor this criticism of metaphysic concepto of cognitive subject, Nietzsche tries out a new interpretation of thinking, where the language performs as decisive factor. About this, the present article maintains two basic ideas: (a) the language performs only in the becoming of the conscious part of thinking; (b) the linguistic factor includes the tongue, but also many others forms of language. Starting from this two ideas, Nietzsche wants to question the cognitive antithesis subject/object and to decribe the becoming of its presumed evidence, from the antithetical linguistic diagram subject/predicate.KEYWORDSSUBJECT-LANGUAGE-RHINKING-CONSCIOUSNESS

The Foundation and Early Development of the Nautical Almanac

1965 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric G. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Practical Possibility ◽  
The World ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne ◽  
Nautical Almanac ◽  
Different Parts

Soon after the middle of the eighteenth century, improvements in the design and construction of astronomical and nautical instruments, coupled with the increased accuracy of tables of the Moon's motion, at last made the accurate determination of longitude at sea by lunar distance a practical possibility. The Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, was quick to appreciate the importance of publishing the calculated solar and lunar ephemerides, together with other relevant tables and explanations, in the form of a Nautical Almanac, which was first printed under his supervision in 1766 and immediately distributed to mariners in different parts of the world. The present article is concerned with the circumstances relating to the origin and development of this publication during the first fifty years of its existence.

The paintings on the Hermes tomb under San Sebastiano: a new Interpretation

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 180-201
Author(s):  
Alastair H. B. Logan
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Prodigal Son ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
And Function

How early did Christians make their presence felt in the ancient cemetery under the present church of San Sebastiano in Rome? In this present article I will argue that enigmatic paintings on the attic of a second-century tomb, the tomb of Clodius Hermes, whose subject-matter and provenance is much disputed, are best interpreted as Christian and as representing three Lukan parables from chapters 14–15 (the Lost Sheep, the Great Supper and the Prodigal Son). I will suggest they were the work of a Christian slave or freedman of the household, perhaps a member of the titulus Byzantis on the Clivus Scauri, seeking to win over those coming to honour their dead relatives in the cemetery. It was such a community that was responsible for choosing the site for the joint cult of Peter and Paul in 258. My methodology will be, in the light of scholarly disagreement over the interpretation of the paintings as Christian, (a) to demonstrate the logic of the three scenes as representing linked parables, the likely identity of their author(s) and their apologetic function, with literary support from Tertullian; (b) to show the lack of obvious pagan parallels and argue for the plausibility of parables in the light of their occurrence and function elsewhere; (c) to suggest that such evidence of a Christian presence makes more comprehensible the later choice of the site for the joint cult.

scholarly journals The Ramses III's inscription and the Trojan War: towards the historiography of the discussion

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 644-661
Author(s):  
A. V. Safronov
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Epic Tradition ◽  
Trojan War ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Greek Epic ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
First Time

The article discusses the translation and interpretation of lines 51-52 from the Medinet Abu inscription, which dates to the 5th year of the reign of Pharaoh Ramses III. For the first time, this inscription drew the attention of the Soviet classicist Vadim Tsymbursky (1957-2009). In 1994 he suggested that lines 51-52 comprise a mention of the Trojan War. However, Tsymbursky did not read Ancient Egyptian and therefore he was not in a position to bring forward a sufficient argument to confirm his suggestion. Russian scholars in the recent years have produced a series of expert studies regarding the topic in question, which, however, have neither confirmed nor rejected the Tsymbursky hypothesis. In 2006, and subsequently in 2019, the author of the present article examined de visu the inscription in question and offered a new interpretation: “(51) Northern foreign lands trembled in their bodies, namely: peleset, teker [and tursha], (52) whose own land was ravaged. Their souls approached their end”. The author puts the Egyptian message into a clear historical context and justifies the possibility to compare the contents of these lines with the Greek epic tradition of the Trojan War.

scholarly journals Systematization Approach for the Development and Description of an Internal Crowdsourcing System

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-78
Author(s):  
Marco Wedel ◽  
Hannah Ulbrich
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Theorie Und Praxis

AbstractThere is a need for a scientific and theoretical foundation in the description of internal crowdsourcing systems with binding, consensus-based terminologies and descriptions. (How) Can the already described subcategories and aspects of an IC System be meaningfully described and placed in an orderly overall relationship? What needs to be added to existing system descriptions, if at all? The present article concentrates on identifying existing descriptions and definitions in connection with approaches to systematize the development of an internal crowdsourcing system (Some aspects of this article will also be published in German. Please be referred to: Daum, M.; Wedel, M.; Zinke-Wehlmann, C.; Ulbrich, H. (ed.) (2020): Gestaltung vernetzt-flexibler Arbeit. Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis für die digitale Arbeitswelt. Berlin: Springer Vieweg). Since the phenomenon itself eludes allocation to an exclusively dedicated academic discipline, it seems appropriate to choose interdisciplinary approaches and to build on existing theoretical and terminological approaches from related sciences.

Who wrote II Thessalonians?

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Present Article ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
European Language ◽  
World War ◽  
Rudolf Bultmann

Since World War II a considerable number of New Testament scholars (many of them German) have come to the conclusion that Paul did not write II Thessalonians. Among these the names of Rudolf Bultmann, Günther Bornkamm, Willi Marxsen, and Helmut Koester come to mind. What is curious is that to date no single commentary has appeared in any major European language which interprets II Thessalonians as pseudonymous. C. Masson in the introduction to his commentary decides against Pauline authorship, but in the commentary itself interprets as though Paul were the author – an anomaly perhaps related to his view of pseudonymity. The forth-coming commentaries of Marxsen and Koester will therefore provide scholars with the first examples of exegesis of the letter as non-Pauline. Since the issue of authorship is evidently by no means settled, the present article examines the evidence for both positions and concludes with a discussion of pseudonymity in the ancient world.

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