Jerome's Commentaries on the Pauline Epistles and the Architecture of Exegetical Authority

In the late fourth and early fifth centuries, during a fifty-year stretch sometimes dubbed a Pauline “renaissance” of the western church, six different authors produced over four dozen commentaries in Latin on Paul’s epistles. Among them was Jerome, who commented on four epistles (Galatians, Ephesians, Titus, Philemon) in 386 after recently having relocated to Bethlehem from Rome. His commentaries occupy a time-honored place in the centuries-long tradition of Latin-language commenting on Paul’s writings. They also constitute his first foray into the systematic exposition of whole biblical books (and his only experiment with Pauline interpretation on this scale), and so they provide precious insight into his intellectual development at a critical stage of his early career before he would go on to become the most prolific biblical scholar of Late Antiquity. This monograph provides the first book-length treatment of Jerome’s opus Paulinum in any language. Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, Cain comprehensively analyzes the commentaries’ most salient aspects—from the inner workings of Jerome’s philological method and engagement with his Greek exegetical sources, to his recruitment of Paul as an anachronistic surrogate for his own theological and ascetic special interests. One of the overarching concerns of this book is to explore and to answer, from multiple vantage points, a question that was absolutely fundamental to Jerome in his fourth-century context: what are the sophisticated mechanisms by which he legitimized himself as a Pauline commentator, not only on his own terms but also vis-à-vis contemporary western commentators?

The effect of behavioral biases on financial decisions

Financial management decisions are made by people, and people, in all instances, are shaped by their behavioral traits. Here we provide extensive insight on the theoretical and empirical analysis made on cognitive biases and their influence on financial decisions. To provide a systematic exposition, we set three broad categories: heuristics and biases, choices (including framing and preferences) and social factors. We then describe the main biases within each category and provide an extensive revision of the main theoretical and empirical developments about their impact on financial decisions.

Analisis Yuridis Penyelesaian Sengketa Perbankan Syariah Pasca Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 93/PUU-X/2012

The problem of resolving Sharia banking disputes arises after the issue of Law Number 8 of 2008 concerning Sharia Banking, precisely in Article 55 paragraph (2). Article 55 paragraph (2) legally reduces Law No. 3/2006 concerning Religious Courts which gives authority to the Religious Courts in resolving Islamic economic disputes. resulting in a dualism of the authority of the Court, namely the Religious Courts and General Courts. In the Constitutional Court Decision Number 93 / PUU-X / 2012 states that Article 55 Paragraph (2) of the Islamic Banking Law, causes legal uncertainty that is contrary to Article 28D Paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution concerning legal certainty. This research uses the library research method, namely research that studies and examines theories, and ideas, with a normative approach that aims to provide a systematic exposition of the rule of law. This study analyzes the settlement of Sharia Banking disputes Post Constitutional Court Ruling Number: 93 / PUU-X / 2012 and its legal implications. The decision of the Constitutional Court was that the settlement of sharia banking was settled in the Religious Courts and Arbitration Institutions so that there was no longer dualism in resolving Sharia Banking disputes. Keywords: Juridical Analysis, Sharia Banking Disputes, Constitutional Court Decision Number: 93 / PUU-X / 2012 Abstrak: Masalah penyelesaian sengketa perbankan Syariah muncul setelah lahirnya Undang-Undang Nomor 8 Tahun 2008 Tentang Perbankan Syariah, tepatnya pada Pasal 55 ayat (2). Pasal 55 ayat (2) tersebut secara yuridis mereduksi UU Nomor 3 tahun 2006 tentang Peradilan Agama yang memberikan kewenangan kepada Peradilan Agama dalam menyelesaikan sengketa ekonomi syariah. sehingga menimbulkan dualisme kewenangan Pengadilan yaitu Peradilan Agama dan Peradialn Umum. Dalam Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 93/PUU-X/2012 menyebutkan bahwa Pasal 55 Ayat (2) UU Perbankan Syariah, menyebabkan ketidak pastian hukum yang bertentangan dengan Pasal 28D Ayat (1) UUD 1945 tentang kepastian hukum. Penelitian ini menggunakan Metode penelitian kepustakaan (library research) yaitu penelitian yang mengkaji dan menelaah tentang teori, dan gagasan, dengan pendekatan normatif yang bertujuan untuk memberikan eksposisi yang bersifat sistematis mengenai aturan hukum. Penelitian ini menganalisi tetang penyelesaian sengketa Perbankan syariah Pasca Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor : 93/PUU-X/2012 dan implikasi hukumnya. Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi tersebut memutuskan penyelesaian perbankan syariah diselesaikan di Pengadilan Agama dan lembaga Arbitase sehingga tidak ada lagi dualisme penyelesaian sengketa Perbankan Syariah. Kata Kunci: Analisis Yuridis, Sengketa Perbankan Syariah, Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor: 93/PUU-X/2012

Unruly Cinema

Unruly Cinema is a meta-history of Indian cinema’s emergence and growth in correspondence with the colonial, postcolonial, and the neoliberal state. Indian popular cinema has grown steadily from the largest national film industry to a global cultural force. Between 1931 and 2000, Indian cinema overcame Hollywood’s domination of the Indian market, crafted a postcolonial national aesthetic, resisted the high modernist pull of art cinema, and eventually emerged as a seamless extension of India’s neoliberal ambitions. The major agent of these four shifts was a section of the Hindi cinema produced in Bombay, which came to be named and marketed as Bollywood in the twenty-first century. Through a systematic exposition of four historical periods, this book shows how Bollywood’s current dominance is an unlikely result of unruliness, that is, of a disorganized defiance of norms. Perpetually caught between an apathetic and adversarial government and an undefined public, Indian commercial cinema has thrived simply by defying control or normalization. The aesthetic turns of this cinema are guided by counter-effects, often unintended and always unruly.

Husserl and Gurwitsch on Horizonal Intentionality: The Gurwitch Memorial Lecture 2018

Gurwitsch is the philosopher of consciousness par excellence. This paper presents a systematic exposition of Aron Gurwitsch’s main contribution to phenomenology, namely his theory of the ‘field of consciousness’ with its a priori structure of theme, thematic field, margin (halo and horizon). I present Gurwitsch as an orthodox defender of Husserlian descriptive phenomenology, albeit one who rejected Husserl’s reduction to the transcendental ego and Husserl’s overt idealism. He maintained with Husserl the priority of consciousness as the source of all meaning and validity but he rejected Husserl’s transcendental idealism in favour of a ‘levels of existence’ approach. Gurwitsch’s project was to show the continuity between Gestalt psychology (stripped of its naturalism) and Husserlian eidetics. I explain his concepts of theme, thematic field, margin and horizon as a consistent development of Husserlian thought. I conclude by claiming that neither Gurwitsch nor Husserl fully appreciate how the horizons of an entity can support radical novelty and the application of entirely new contexts.

Does the Great Canon of Andrew of Crete speak about the heresies and their combating? Brief Remarks

It is known that the fundamental work of Andrew of Crete, probably written in the early of the eighth century, is penitential one, indicating continuing human need for repentance. Beyond a systematic exposition of Holy Scripture and its models (negative and positive), the Great Canon calls for deep meditation about life and its transience. Even the Byzantine author herself testifies this fact, saying: “Where shall I begin to lament the deeds of my wretched life? How shall I begin, O Christ, to relieve my present tears? But as Thou art deeply compassionate, grant me forgiveness of sins” (Ode 1, 1). But can we speak in the text of the Great Canon about polemical intentions against heresies? Can we find passages to de­velop the theological opinion against various heresies arisen within the Church over the eight centuries? If so, which ones and what heresy combat? This essay is at stake we want to present it.

Nigeria and the Deficit of National Cohesion: Exploring the Political Philosophy of a Third Culture in the Post-Centennial Era

This exercise that straddles political philosophy and philosophy of culture is to constructively dialogue with the hitherto deficit of national cohesion in Nigeria in the post-centennial era. Employing the research methods of conceptual mapping, critical analysis, reflective argumentation, and historical data, the work advances as its problem statement that the deficit of national cohesion in Nigeria has been a fundamental issue for a long time, which has manifested in various ethnic and religious conflicts in society, taking the conflictual phenomena as the core of the deficit of national integration. The thesis statement of the study is that, if the post-centennial Nigeria is to achieve any substantial national cohesion in the midst of ethno-religious pluralism, then a form of third culture (TC), a culture of positive integration of the essentials of the self culture (SC) and the other culture (OC) ought to be conscientiously developed among Nigerians. But, to successfully develop this third culture, its philosophical dimensions, that is, its epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and logic must be explored and made intelligible to all. Therefore, a systematic exposition of the philosophical dimensions of the third culture and the process of ultimate realization of their prescriptions constitute the goals of the present study.

Albert the Great (1200–80)

Albert the Great was the first scholastic interpreter of Aristotle’s work in its entirety, as well as being a theologian and preacher. He left an encyclopedic body of work covering all areas of medieval knowledge, both in philosophy (logic, ethics, metaphysics, sciences of nature, meteorology, mineralogy, psychology, anthropology, physiology, biology, natural sciences and zoology) and in theology (biblical commentaries, systematic theology, liturgy and sermons). His philosophical work is based on both Arabic sources (including Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes) and Greek and Byzantine sources (such as Eustratius of Nicaea and Michael of Ephesus). Its aim is to insure that the Latin world was properly introduced to philosophy by providing a systematic exposition of Aristotelian positions. Albert’s method of exposition (paraphrase in the style of Avicenna rather than literal commentary in the style of Averroes), the relative heterogeneity of his sources and his own avowed general intention ‘to list the opinions of the philosophers without asserting anything about the truth’ of the opinions listed, all contribute to making his work seem eclectic or even theoretically inconsistent. This was compounded by the nature and number of spurious writings which, beginning in the fourteenth century, were traditionally attributed to him in the fields of alchemy, obstetrics, magic and necromancy, such as The Great and the Little Albert, The Secrets of Women and The Secrets of the Egyptians. This impression fades, however, when one examines the authentic works in the light of the history of medieval Aristotelianism and of the reception of the philosophical sources of late antiquity in the context of the thirteenth-century university.