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El tiempo en las filosofías románticas de la música
Authors: Rowell Lewis
Published: October 2022

Time in romantic philosophies of music.- Romanticism, as an intellectual movement, presupposes a new vision, one which we are still living off. This paper makes a critique of time in the music of the period, and in musical thought of the period (taking for granted that the music and the thought are eseentially related). In this context, the question is raised, what conception of time is to be found in the philosophers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? This leads on to a study of time in music and in musical theory, especially in those of the nineteenth centuries.
Haber y habitar. Determinación y alcance del haber categorial
Authors: Cruz Cruz Juan
Published: October 2022

Western thought has maintained a permanent attention by the problem of «habere»; even the modern as Marcel and Sartre have taken care of this category. But the contemporary nihilism has put in evidence the necessity to think the dwelling of the concrete existence of the man and its relationship with areas that offer a support to him. There are so many ways to «havere» as potentiality forms, in one of which it express the «habere» like determinadon ordered to the space in which the man is.
Sobre el éxtasis de la intimidad
Authors: Sellés Juan Fernando
Published: October 2022

The central thesis, interconnected among them, proposed in this book are: 1) The person is a substance; the love is a quality and a relationship. 2) The love is a innate habit. 3) Its subject is the will. 4) Among its to aspects, to love and to be loved, the former is superior. 5) To love is the principle of all the affects.
La medida del tiempo
Authors: Bettetini Maria
Published: October 2022

The work tries to see the relation between neoplatonism and tradition Judaic-Christian in the thought of Augustine of Hippo, by means of the study of its doctrine of the time. The paper considers specially the relation between time and eternity, considering here specially the problem of time (book XI of Confessiones) in the context of the mensura/modus subject.
Tomás de Aquino y la metafísica perdida de Aristóteles
Authors: Alarcón Enrique
Published: October 2022

Following St. Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas distinguishes tacitly two stages in Aristotle's doctrine on separate substances. A first and imperfect attempt culminates in book Lambda of the Metaphysics. In a second and final treatise, Aristotle manifests the most valuable of the doctrines of Plato, avoiding his inexactitudes of expression.
Neoplatonismo e iconografía en la Europa medieval
Authors: Puigarnau Alfons
Published: October 2022

It is necessary to consider medieval Western Neoplatonism as a current of thought inserted in a wide cultural atmosphere where liturgical, theological, aesthetic, and artistic patterns play an important role as elements of a common historical past. In this article the author argues to what extent Neoplatonic concepts (Epiphany, Negative Theology, Theology of Light and Metaphor of Light) derived from Johannes Scotus Eriugena, translator of the Corpus Areopagiticum into latin, relate to the Iconography of Crist-Light or Maiestas domini in a mandorle of light. Writings of various thinkers, paintings from the 12th century and medieval epigraphy are taken as primary sources in order to understand the relationship between Neoplatonism and Iconography in the European Middle Ages.
De Plotino a "Aunque haya niebla"
Authors: Cardona Ángeles
Published: October 2022

The author settles down a point of union between the philosophy of Plotino and the poetry that in honour to San Juan de la Cruz she published in the work Aunque haya niebla. In this poem's book she tries herself to see God without falling in the pantheism.
Fundamentos, estructura dinámico-relacional y caracteres esenciales de la metafísica de Plotino
Authors: Reale Giovanni
Published: October 2022

This work considers the novelty of Neoplatonism against platonic philosophy, characterising the former by three principie points: the monopolaristic conception, the One which is productive (a self difftisive One-Good) remaining as indefinable or ineffable and its consequences and implications. Plotino's metaphysics, therefore, finds itself before a new problem, not put by Plato: to give reason of the One, and with this, of the production of the many from the One, and in its resolution he introduces an irreductable novelty into not only the platonic categories, but also into Greek thought (as the idea of positive infinitude).
"Mathesis universalis" en Proclo
Authors: Ortiz de Landázuri Carlos
Published: October 2022

The author shows how Proclo is a precursor of 'Mathesis universalis' concept, without admiting the aporetic method of mathematics which is in Plato, Aristotle and Euclides thought. Today, his paradigm is rejected but it is a decisive factor to understand the sources of western thought. This study deals with the works of Brisson, Cleary, Trudeau, Beierwaltes and Schmitz.
La Teología del Pseudo Aristóteles (Kitab Utülüylya li-Aristü) y la estructuración del neoplatonismo islámico
Authors: Cruz Hernández Miguel
Published: October 2022

The Theology of the Pseudo Aristotle has played an important role in the structure of Islamic Neoplatonism, and, therefore, in the formation of muslim philosophy and mysticism. His arabic text has numerous correspondences with the Enneads IV, V & VI of Plotinus, by that which it can be concluded that it is not only a free and fragmentary translation of the last three Enneads, but also that it constitutes an attempt to explain the text, leaving aside some conflictive points for a believer.
El modelo epistemológico de Alvin Plantinga. Un comentario sobre "Warranted Christian Belief"
Authors: Maraya Erlito A.
Published: October 2022

This article shows the epistemological model proposed by Alvin Plantinga towards the knowledge of God. This model is confronted with the ones proposed by Thomas Aquinas and Calvin. The author reaches the conclusion that they are different, incompatible models.
Arte, verdad e interpretación en Luigi Pareyson
Authors: Blanco Sarto Pablo
Published: October 2022

Luigi Pareyson is an italian existencialist philosopher, the unknown master of Umberto Eco and Gianni Vattimo. In this essay, the author shows the connection between aesthetics, onthology and hermeneutics in Pareyson. The paradigm of the interpretation of the work of art can be also useful for the discovery of truth, as a —at the same time— personal and universal knowledge. These lines end with a comparision between the Gadamer and Pareyson's hermeneutics.
The end of Philosophy
Authors: McInerny Ralph
Published: October 2022

In this article the author analyzes the different ways in which one can speak of an end of philosophy. He (she) shows the way in which the key to the continuation of philosophy in our days is only attainable through the overcoming of sophistry and skepticism.
Diálogo y dialéctica en los "Tópicos" y las "Refutaciones sofísticas" de Aristóteles
Authors: Gourinat Jean B.
Published: October 2022

This paper deals with the essence of the dialectic. Dialectic is not identified with any of the dialogue forms, nor implies dialogue, although the diverse ways of conversation make use of her. The important rol of the dialectic in demonstrative science is also indicated.
¿Es correcta la división aristotélica de los predicables?
Authors: García Norro Juan José
Published: October 2022

In the Middle Age it was tried to show that index of five predicables that Porfirio proposes in Isagoge was suitable and complete. More recently it is affirmed that this index is incomplete, and that can add a new predicable that also Aristotle would have considered: the accidents per se.
Dialéctica y ciencia en Aristóteles
Authors: Zanatta Marcello
Published: October 2022

The dialectical method of reasoning, constituted by opposed opinions, is the procedure of knowledge acquisition and of foundation of principles for practical and theoretical sciences. The demonstration from the principles of science, which classically is considered the proper procedure of science, does not have more committing than to systematize pedagogically what previously has been obtained by the dialectic method.
Sobre la edición de las "Obras" de Josef Pieper
Authors: Alvira Rafael
Published: October 2022

Few Philosophers have been able to give to their work a deep an wise vision of the world applicable to everyday existence. Among them we find Joseph Pieper, extraordinary writer and philosopher whose works (edited by Berthold Wald) confirm his socratic character of wisdom lover (filo-sophos).
Husserl's Phenomenological Reduction Revisited: An Attempt of a Renewed Account
Authors: Luft Sebastian
Published: October 2022

This essay attempts a renewed, critical exposition of Husserl’s theory of the phenomenological reduction, incorporating manuscript material that has been published since the defining essays of the first generation of Husserl research. The discussion focuses on points that remain especially crucial, i. e. the concept of the natural attitude, the ways into the reduction, and the question of the “meaning of the reduction”. The reading attempted here leads to two, not necessarily related, focal points: a Cartesian and a Life-world tendency. In following these two paths, Husserl was consistent in pursuing two evident leads in his philosophical enterprise; however, he was at the same time unable to systematically unify these two strands. Thus, I am offering an interpretation which might be called a modified “departure from Cartesianism” reading that Landgrebe proposed in his famous essay from the nineteen-fifties (a reading that is still valid in many contemporary expositions of Husserl’s thought). This discussion should make apparent that Husserl’s theory of the phenomenological reduction deserves a renewed look in light of material that has since appeared in the Husserliana and by incorporating the most important results of recent tendencies in Husserl research.
Causalidad, naturaleza y libertad en el tránsito de la Baja Edad Media a la Modernidad
Authors: González-Ayesta Cruz
Published: October 2022

Esta introducción presenta la contraposición entre causa natural y causa libre. En primer lugar, se muestra que el modo moderno de comprender y oponer lo natural (como fuerza de efi ciencia) a lo libre (como racionalidad) hunde sus raíces en el pensamiento de J. Duns Escoto. A continuación se plantea la hipótesis de la continuidad entre el pensamiento de Escoto y la Modernidad a través de la mediación de la Segunda Escolástica. Por último, se presta atención al pensamiento de Suárez sobre el tema. En resumen, los focos temáticos del volumen son tres: la doctrina de Escoto sobre la voluntad y la libertad, las vías de transmisión de estas doctrinas escotistas entre los siglos XIV y XVII, y la doctrina de Suárez acerca de la voluntad, la libertad y la naturaleza.
¿Es la voluntad un apetito o un «poder»? La perspectiva de Duns Escoto
Authors: González-Ayesta Cruz
Published: October 2022

El artículo estudia desde una perspectiva metafísica cómo categoriza la voluntad Duns Escoto contrastando su posición con la del Aquinate. Como para Escoto la libertad (affectio iustitiae) pertenece intrínsecamente a la voluntad, esta solo puede ser una potencia activa: un poder. La categoría de apetito solo es válida para la voluntad natural que no es voluntad en sentido propio. Para argumentar estos aspectos se da particular relevancia a las cuestiones De frui (Ordinatio I, d. 1).
La cuestión de la división en diez predicamentos en los comentarios neoplatónicos de las Categorías
Authors: García Norro Juan José , Rovira Rogelio
Published: October 2022

El objeto de este trabajo es exponer la enseñanza de los comentarios neoplatónicos griegos sobre el carácter completo del catálogo aristotélico de las categorías en sí mismo considerado. Esta enseñanza puede contribuir a la clarificación del debate actual sobre el problema de la naturaleza de las categorías y su número. Se analizan y discuten los comentarios a las Categorias debidos a Porfirio, Dexipo, Ammonio, Simplicio, Olimpiodoro, Elías (David) y Filopón.
¿Sustancias o hechos? La entidad fundamental de una teoría de las categorías
Authors: Espinosa Zárate Zaida
Published: October 2022

Este artículo plantea el carácter onto-lógico, es decir, más lógico que estrictamente metafísico, de la investigación categorial, que se debe a la propia naturaleza (clasificatoria) de este tipo de estudio. Este carácter se detecta en la perspectiva sincrónica o atemporal que aquélla adopta, y en la comprensión no unitaria de los entes — como compuestos— que resulta de ella. A partir de aquí se tratan los argumentos que se han ofrecido a favor de la consideración de los hechos como la categoría fundamental, para concluir que este tipo de entidad no puede ser metafísicamente primaria, porque constituye un acercamiento a la realidad en tanto que pensada y, por tanto, no tiene una existencia independiente de la conciencia.
Epistēmē, virtud y posesión en los diálogos socráticos
Authors: Domingo-Ribary Vianney
Published: October 2022

Propongo en este artículo una aproximación a la epistēmē socrática, poco explorada, que permite mostrar las insuficiencias que se generan si ésta se explica solamente desde un punto de vista cognitivo, y que muestra, a su vez, que la epistēmē socrática permite acoger aproximaciones diferentes a partir de las que tradicionalmente se ha establecido su sentido. La caracterización de la virtud que se propone es su consideración desde los estados determinados que genera su ejercicio, y que el agente posee.
Niektóre aspekty trynitologii współczesnej
Authors: Królikowski Janusz
Published: October 2022

W ostatnim okresie można zauważyć w teologii odnowione zainteresowanie pierwszą tajemnicą wiary chrześcijańskiej, którą jest tajemnica Trójcy Świętej. Efekty refleksji teologicznej w tej dziedzinie są coraz bardziej widoczne. Coraz większy nacisk kładziony na chrystologię nieuchronnie pociąga za sobą pogłębioną refleksję o genezie wydarzenia Jezusa Chrystusa w ramach tajemnicy trynitarnej i o jego stałym związku z tą tajemnicą (preegzystencja). Jezus Chrystus jest widziany w bardzo mocnym związku z Ojcem oraz z Duchem Świętym. Odnotowuje się więc w teologii trynitarnej duży rozkwit dzieł i proponowanych ujęć, wyraźnie wpływający na nowe katechizmy i podręczniki religii. W niniejszym opracowaniu zostają wskazane niektóre zagadnienia, które zwracają w teologii trynitarnej szczególną uwagę. Na pierwszym miejscu trzeba podkreślić, że zagadnieniem mocno akcentowanym jest samoudzielanie się Boga, którego rezultatem jest podkreślenie, ze tajemnica Trójcy jest tajemnicą dla człowieka, prowadzącą do oświecenia jego życia. Wychodząc od tajemnicy Jezusa Chrystusa, podkreśla się wszystkie te wątki, w których jawi się On jako Syn Ojca. Szczególnego znaczenia nabrał w tym względzie tak zwany „logion Janowy” (Mt 11, 25–27). W odniesieniu do Ducha Świętego podkreśla się Jego związek z rzeczywistością wolności w Bogu i w człowieku, a tym samym także z tajemnicą boskiej komunii i miłości. Niebagatelną rolę odgrywają w refleksji nad Trójcą Świętą kwestie dotyczące języka, zwłaszcza postuluje się szersze uwzględnienie języka biblijnego. W końcu trzeba pokreślić, że wiele uwagi poświęca się modlitwie jako drodze do miłującego poznania Boga.
Traditio – Verbum czy actio
Authors: Szczurek Jan Daniel
Published: October 2022

Skomplikowane pojęcie Tradycji w teologii katolickiej jest analizo­wane z punktu widzenia relacji istniejącej między słowem i czynem w procesie przekazu objawienia Bożego. Przeprowadzone analizy pozwalają stwierdzić, że Tradycja to nie słowo albo czyn (verbum aut actio), lecz jest to słowo potwierdzane czynem (verbum et actio) i czyn wyjaśniany słowem, zgodnie z poleceniem Zbawiciela: „To czyńcie na moją pamiątkę” (Łk 22, 19).
Diecezja kamieniecka około 1830 roku – parafie i dekanaty, kościoły i kaplice
Authors: Szczepaniak Jan
Published: October 2022

Kluczowym i podstawowym problemem w badaniach nad dziejami Kościoła katolickiego obrządku łacińskiego na wschodnich ziemiach Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodów, po rozbiorach wcielonych do Imperium Rosyjskiego, jest weryfikacja informacji dotyczących zmian w podziale administracyjnym, ilości parafii, kościołów, kaplic oraz liczby duchowieństwa i wiernych od 1772 do 1939 roku. Istniejące w obiegu naukowym, często wykorzystywane i komentowane dane zostały ustalone na podstawie szczątkowych źródeł, znajdujących się w polskich i zachodnioeuropejskich archiwach, wydawnictw prasowych oraz dawniejszych publikacji historyków. Niniejsza praca ma za zadanie zweryfikowanie podstawowych informacji o diecezji kamienieckiej przed rozpoczęciem represji rosyjskich, po upadku powstania listopadowego.
If there is no Religion – L. Kołakowski’s Defence of the Sacred. Part 1
Authors: Bochenek Krzysztof , Mordka Cezary , Stala Józef
Published: October 2022

This article is an attempt to present the views of the Polish philosopher on the phenomenon of religion. L. Kołakowski devoted almost all his professional life to the issue of religion. He places the area of religious experiences and beliefs within the framework of transcendentalism, one of the basic and mutually exclusive options: “transcendentalism – empiricism”. Empiricism is the sphere of naturalistic views and contents, and their most radical representatives are empirical sciences and philosophies related to them.

Kołakowski points out that there is no reason for the naturalistic option to exhaust the cognitive content. However, a philosophical attempt to go beyond naturalism in grasping the Absolute and the self, ends in metaphysical horror. Hence L. Kołakowski points to religious perception as an area that remains non-scientific but this fact does not contradict its value. A special place in L. Kołakowski’s analyses is occupied by the anthropological argument under which the biologisation of human existence is unjustified.
Theological Axiology of Reality
Authors: Hanes Pavel
Published: October 2022

In the present discussion of the multiplicity of sciences as against the unity of knowledge, sometimes the possibility of one super-science is advocated with a suggestion that all other scientific methods should be reduced to just one method of a one particular, usually natural science. Such reductionism often leads to disrespectful pronouncements at the address of all other sciences and their methods.This article advocates theological foundations for a multiplicity of scientific methods. Biblical ontology introduces a series of dualities called here, for the lack of a better word, “biblical graded dualism.” It is a system of asymmetrical dualities that give substance to the idea of the hierarchy of being. In the article an axiological view of reality is deduced that should facilitate a more respectful and  fruitful debate among the sciences.
Personalistic View of John Paul II on the Humanizing Function of Art in the Context of Dialogue between the Church and Artists
Authors: Gorban Richard
Published: October 2022

This article presents the way John Paul II, the head of the Vatican at the beginning of the third millennium, theologically and philosophically substantiates and establishes the principles of a new humanism through the dialogue between the Church and art as the most personalized sphere of human activity. The conceptual essence of the key idea of the humanizing function of art, in the personalistic philosophy of art of John Paul II is revealed from the methodological standpoint of religious studies. It determines the particular nature and tasks of the renewed dialogue between the Church and artists, aimed to overcome the processes of  depersonalization and dehumanization of culture, caused by atheistic humanism and growing increasingly during the 20th century. The author ponders on The Letter of Pope John Paul II to Artists and Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture, two papal documents. Their appearance on the eve of the 2000th anniversary of Christianity became symbolic. These documents draw attention because, firstly, although the idea of a dialogue between the Church and artists as a way of embodying spiritual values of a new humanism in the theological and philosophical discourse of John Paul II had been formed over several decades, it found its conceptual solution precisely in these two papal documents. Secondly, it is in these two documents that the essence of the cultural policy of the 264th Pope is consistently set forth, meant to overcome the consequences of atheistic humanism and create a new humanism, and thus to overcome the civilizational anthropological crisis and develop a new ideological paradigm of the third millennium.
Fear and liberation from fear in the writings of Tomislav Ivančić
Authors: Burilović Crnov Silvana
Published: October 2022

Much like philosophy and psychology, theology also deals with the phenomenon of fear, each field of study defining it in their own way. What they all share is the understanding of fear as a deeply human phenomenon, affecting man in his entirety and diminishing his abilities. This study aims to present a theological approach to understanding fear, including elements of a therapy that promises man’s liberation from fear. Tomislav Ivančić classifies fear as a spiritual illness affecting both man’s body and soul. This realm of the spirit is healed by a transcendental power rather than by man, and it is precisely this what makes his hagiotherapy special. The therapy seeks to heal both the source and the cause of fear and to equip man for a new life, a life in trust that Ivančić sets against a life in fear. The presented theological method is underpinned by theoretical tenets and emerges from practice. The authors point out its potential contributions in today’s age of increased care for personal health. The study, which is the first of its kind to have been done in relation to this topic, used the hermeneutical approach of interpreting texts within their given context.
Social Pedagogy Training in Poland and Hungary
Authors: Godawa Grzegorz , Rákó Erzsébet
Published: October 2022

In the present study we compare the formation and development of Polish and Hungarian social pedagogy. The main aspects of the comparison are the principal stages in the history of social pedagogy, the development of training, and the current situation in Hungary and Poland.The history of social pedagogy can be divided into three stages, following key events in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, as these historical events had an impact on the appearance and development of social pedagogy. The first stage is the early period, in the era before 1945, the second is the period after 1945, when the number of orphaned children increased significantly after the  second World War and communism determined the socio-economic development of both Poland and Hungary. The third period started after 1989 when, after the collapse of communism, the development of both countries was placed on new socio-economic  foundations, and new social problems appeared in the subsystems of society, which were partly addressed by social pedagogical solutions. In what follows, we give a brief overview of the 20th century history of Polish and Hungarian social pedagogy, the initial  period of its formation.
Inclusion of students coming to Poland from abroad
Authors: Marzec Bożena , Borda Michał
Published: October 2022

While analyzing the teaching and attitudes of Pope Francis, we decided to devote this article to the issue of inclusion. Considering the sphere of our interests – education, broadly understood – we focused on the inclusion of students coming from abroad, in the education system in Poland. In our publication, we rely on legal regulations, the results of research and control carried out by the Supreme Audit Office in the field of education of children of foreigners and Polish citizens returning to the country, studies by  researchers of the above-mentioned issues, and we discuss a case study. The conclusions are clear: there are more and more students coming from abroad into Polish schools; despite declarations, schools are not fully prepared for their admission when all responsibility for the organization of education rests with school principals and teachers. The role of pedagogical supervision in this respect is insufficient. It is worth paying special attention to practical guidelines for teachers in order to effectively implement the pedagogy of inclusion.
Recommendations of Pope Francis on Rhetoric
Authors: Šuráb Marian
Published: October 2022

Pope Francis cares about the quality of homilies. He confirmed this in the exhortation Evangelii gaudium, in which he presented twenty-four points on the homily. Several of them contain recommendations about the manner of preaching. Strong content is not enough for a good homily; the presentation must be appropriate. Ancient and Christian rhetoric as well as modern communication theory all deal with the quality of discourse. The Pope reiterated the importance of the preacher to speak properly, use appropriate language, speak simply and clearly, be mindful of the vocal aspect of their speech, to use appropriate gestures and not to speak for  too long.
Metamorfoza czy transformacja doktryny Kościoła w nauczaniu Franciszka?
Authors: Krzesik Tomasz
Published: October 2022

Od pierwszych dni pontyfikatu papieża Franciszka katolicy na całym świecie usiłują zrozumieć intencje, które przyświecają następcy Piotra, kiedy zabiera głos w istotnych dla nauczania Kościoła kwestiach. U wielu katolików niektóre elementy nauczania Franciszka rodzą niepokój, u innych zdziwienie, a jeszcze inni entuzjastycznie je aprobują. Tekst jest próbą analizy niektórych elementów nauczania Franciszka i genetycznego pochodzenia głoszonych treści, które implikują niewierność przyjętemu nauczaniu Magisterium. Wśród analizowanych tematów są podejmowane przez papieża zagadnienia: rozumienie Kościoła, prymat Piotra, małżeństwo katolickie, dialog międzyreligijny, ekologia. Autor poszukuje odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy papież odczytuje znaki czasu i dostosowuje nauczanie Kościoła do mentalności i realiów życia współczesnego człowieka, czy też dokonuje przewrotu, który może przynieść trudne do przewidzenia konsekwencje.
Automated Cell Viability Analysis in Tissue Scaffolds
Authors: UYAR Tansel , ERDAMAR Aykut , GÜMÜŞDERELİOĞLU Menemşe , AKŞAHİN Mehmet Feyzi , IRMAK Gülseren , EROĞUL Osman
Published: October 2022

Image processing techniques are frequently used for extracting quantitative information (cell area, cell size, cell counting, etc.) from different types of microscopic images. Image analysis of cell biology and tissue engineering is time consuming and requires personal expertise. In addition, evaluation of the results may be subjective. Therefore, computer-based learning applications have been rapidly developed in recent years. In this study, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) images of the viable pre-osteoblastic mouse MC3T3-E1 cells in 3D bioprinted tissue scaffolds, captured from a bone tissue regeneration study, were analyzed by using image processing techniques. The goal of this study is to develop a reliable and fast algorithm for semi-automatic analysis of CLSM images. Percentages of live and dead cell areas in the scaffolds were determined with image correlation, and then, total cell viabilities were calculated. The other goal of this study is to determine the depth profile of viable cells in 3D tissue scaffold. Manual measurements of four different analysts were obtained. The measurement variations of analysts, also known as the coefficient of variation, were determined from 13.18% to 98.34% for live cell images and from 9.75% to 126.02% for dead cell images. To overcome this subjectivity, a semi-automatic algorithm was developed. Consequently, cross-sectional image sets of three different types of tissue scaffolds were analyzed. As a result, maximum cell viabilities were obtained at intervals of 63 µm and 90 µm from the scaffold surface.
Asking for Trouble: Two Reading Traditions of פללים (Exodus 21:22) in Antiquity
Authors: Gvaryahu Amit
Published: October 2022

The Biblical Hebrew word פללים is rare and cryptic. Various readings have been offered for it in its long reception history. Ancient readers of Scripture read פללים in Exod 21:22 in two distinct ways. Some read it as “judges,” whereas others associated פללים with requests, pleas, petitions, and prayers. This latter understanding of the word is found at Qumran, in the Samaritan Targum, and in several late-ancient translations of the Greek Bible. It is reflected in the Mishnah, perhaps in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and in the writing of the sixth-century Christian scholar John Philoponus. Academic scholars of the Hebrew Bible, however, were not aware of the reading of פללים as “request” or “petition.” Scholars of later interpretive traditions often attempted to impose the “correct” reading of the word, “judges,” on ancient readers who read it to mean “request.” These different interpretations offer diverging understandings of the verse and the legal remedy it prescribes. The history of this reading tradition is a case study in moving beyond the important questions of Vorlage and historical linguistics to the long and usually unsung history of how biblical words were read by the many diverse communities that made them their own. Finally, these two readings offer different visions for how the Covenant Code was meant to function: Is it meant to be applied by judges, or are individual adherents meant to use it to solve disputes themselves?
The Allotment of Canaan in Joshua and Numbers
Authors: Johnson Dylan R.
Published: October 2022

This study examines the literary and redactional history of the allotment motif in biblical tradition. The notion that the Israelite tribes apportioned the promised land through the casting of “lots” stems from a core narrative about a ceremony for the house of Joseph at Shiloh (Josh 17:17–18; 18:4, 8–10a). Through later redactional expansions, the allotment motif came to define the distribution of all Israelite territory in the central chapters of Joshua (chs. 13–21). Outside the book of Joshua, however, this idea gained little acceptance among scribal circles that preferred other explanations for how the Israelites came to occupy and possess the land. The only extensive engagement with the allotment motif outside of Joshua appears in the concluding chapters of Numbers (chs. 26–36). The post-Priestly redactors who organized these chapters harmonized the allotment motif with their own genealogies as a means to create narrative continuity between the desert wanderings and the conquest account in Joshua. By examining many “redactional reciprocations” between Numbers and Joshua, I demonstrate how biblical books and literary motifs developed in parallel narrative contexts, with punctuated revisions that alter the form and function of each through dialectical processes of harmonization. The allotment motif in Numbers is the literary legacy of scribes who did not consider Moses’s death in Deuteronomy to be a decisive break in the biblical narrative, instead promoting the view of Joshua as Moses’s spiritual successor and the conquest as the fulfillment of the exodus.
Poor Circulation: Embodied Economics in Haggai, Malachi, and Zechariah 1–8
Authors: Hasler Laura Carlson
Published: October 2022

This article explores the relationships between sensation and embodiment alongside notions of exchange, economics, and collectivity in the postexilic writings of Haggai, Malachi, and Zech 1–8. I use the term embodied economics to describe how these texts envision the Judean community and its sensory-laden relations in terms of collection, exchange, and debt. This combination of economic and affective valences has critical implications for understanding the parameters of the prophetic task, of international relating, and especially the precise nature of Judean collectivity. In the history of scholarship, Haggai especially has been castigated for its “materialist” or “nationalistic” content. By contrast, the framework of embodiment invites the reader to think in a more textured way about the complex economic networks of deprivation, collection, and deferred satisfaction pictured in these texts. The idea of embodied economics illuminates the specific and consequential means by which the Judeans may constitute a legible, pleasing, and desirable collective within the postexilic prophetic imagination.
Oncology Clinical Trials in Greece: Progress in the Past Decade
Authors: Ourailidou Maria Eleni , Tsirigoti Alexandra , Kotsira Georgia , Angelis Stavros , Papadopoulos Vasilios , Gazouli Maria , Filippou Dimitrios K.
Published: October 2022

Cancer is established as a major contributor to global burden as millions of deaths are reported every year. Advances in molecular, epidemiologic and clinical research have led to significant improvements in prevention, screening and treatment of tumors. The purpose of the study is to describe the progress of oncology clinical trials performed in Greece during the past decade and the obstacles that still need to be addressed in cancer research. A search was conducted in the public database EU Clinical Trials Register using the algorithm 'cancer AND Greece'. Results included relevant trials approved between 2010 and 2020. A total of 480 trials were approved for conduct in Greece from 2010 to 2020. The majority are multinational, phase III trials, exploring the efficacy and safety of agents in the management of lung cancer and multiple myeloma. A variety of small-molecules and monoclonal antibodies has and is being tested against key binding targets. Based on their promising effects on patients' responses and outcomes, many have been marketed for the treatment of several cancer types and are considered milestones in cancer discovery. It goes without saying that oncology research has made tremendous steps towards the development of potent and tolerable anticancer agents, with Greece having an active role. Current efforts focus on the use of alternative designs and tools aiming at further improving patients' survival and quality of life, while globalization of clinical research is also a matter of high importance.
Effect of metakaolin on the mechanical properties of lateritic soil
Authors: Dao Phuc-Lam , Bui Van-Duc , Onyelowe Kennedy C , Ebid Ahmed M , Le Van Duong , Ahaneku Isiguzo E
Published: October 2022

The effect of varying additions of metakaolin (MK) on the mechanical properties of lateritic soil to be utilised in the construction of pavement foundations was studied. The preliminary test results show that the soil is highly plastic and lacks sufficient mechanical ability to be used as a compacted subgrade/sub-base for flexible pavement foundation. Kaolin was calcinated to form MK, which was utilised at proportions of 3, 6, 9 and 12% by weight of the dry lateritic soil to stabilise it. California bearing ratio (CBR) and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) tests were conducted on the MK-treated lateritic soil to determine the suitability of the treated materials in the construction of compacted subgrade and/or sub-base layers of flexible pavement. The stabilisation test results show that MK has the potential to be utilised to improve the CBR and UCS of lateritic soil with a peak proportion of 6% MK by weight of dry soil, beyond which the soil experiences a decline in strength formation.
Knowledge Levels of Pediatric Assistants on Anaphylaxis Management and Adrenaline Autoinjector Application Skills: Pretraining and Posttraining Evaluation
Authors: SENGUL EMEKSİZ Zeynep , GÜNGÖR Ahmet Alptuğ , DEMİREL Ali Can , DİBEK MISIRLIOĞLU Emine
Published: October 2022

Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge levels of pediatric residents about the treatment of anaphylaxis and the correct application skill of adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) and to determine the contribution of short-term training to this level.

Material and Method: A questionnaire form was distributed to evaluate the basic information about the anaphylaxis treatment. And, all participants were asked to demonstrate the use of AAI using demo devices and mannequins. This assessment was considered a ‘Pre-Test’. At the end of the training, the steps of AAI use were re-evaluated. The data coming from this re-evaluation were recorded as ‘Post-Test’.

Results: A total of 110 pediatric residents were included in our study. Most of the participants (94.6%) correctly knew that the first drug to be administered in the treatment of anaphylaxis was adrenaline. And also, 99.4% of the participants knew that adrenaline treatment should be administered intramuscularly. When asked where to apply adrenaline, 94.6 of the participants gave the correct answer. When the AAI application technique is evaluated with the pretest; It was observed that frequent mistakes were made in some steps. With the Post-Test applied after the training almost all the participants were able to complete the steps flawlessly

Conclusion: It is important to increase the knowledge level, identify faulty steps, if any, and repeat the training of physicians who are obliged to supervise the AAI application technique of patients during outpatient follow-ups.
Construction of an aggregated production function with implementation based on the example of the regions of the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Authors: Zhukov Roman , Kozlova Nadezhda , Manokhin Evgeny , Plinskaya Maria
Published: October 2022

A three-dimensional case is considered on the basis of a method developed for estimating the parameters of the aggregated production function used to calculate dynamic standards and build integral indicators of the performances of the functioning of socio-economic systems. The aggregated production function is determined by the quadratic convolution of the production functions of the results of the functioning of the elements of the subsystem and their correlation matrix. The parameters of the aggregated production function are determined from solving the problem of maximizing the likelihood function of a random variable – the residuals of production functions aggregated according to a similar rule. On the example of a project subsystem within the framework of the Kleiner’s spatial-temporal classification of socio-economic systems we obtained adjusted values of the parameters of a function that includes power-law multiplicative models of the relationship between the volume of gross domestic product by region for sections F (construction), G (wholesale and retail trade), K (financial activity) according to NACE 2 and the cost of fixed assets (total for section K, for sections F and G), the average annual number of employees (for sections F and G) and the average annual population (for section K), based on data for 2015–2020 (sections G, K) and 2018–2020 (section F) for the regions of the Central Federal District. The EFRA software package and Python’s project were used as tools. The results obtained can be used by regional authorities in assessing the functioning of the regions and the formation of appropriate standards in the short term.
Nominal Stance in Cross-disciplinary Academic Writing of L1 and L2 Speakers in Noun + that Constructions
Authors: Kirmizi Ozkan , Kirmizi Gulin Dagdeviren
Published: October 2022

Background. Literature indicates that in academic writing, authors are expected to demonstrate a noticeable stance so that they can make their meaning clear. Therefore, differences between native and non-native writers along with cross-disciplinary academic writing assume great significance.

Purpose. The interactional, dialogic, and reflective nature of academic writing requires writers to utilize stance-establishing tools in their writing, the most prominent ones being stance nouns. In addition, the that-clause construction plays a vital role in conveying the author’s stance. Studies that compare L1 Turkish writers of English and L1 English writers regarding academic writing are rather scarce. As such, the present paper aims to analyze L1 Turkish writers of English and L1 English writers in eight disciplines from natural and social sciences in terms of the use of stance nouns in that-clause constructions.

Methods. The study employs Jiang and Hyland's (2016) functional classification model in exploring the nominal stance in cross-disciplinary writing of L1 Turkish writers of English and L1 English writers. To this end, journals with high impact in eight disciplines from social and natural sciences were scanned and a total of 320 articles were included in the corpus. The social sciences included in the present study cover applied linguistics, history, psychology, and sociology while the natural sciences cover medicine, engineering, astronomy, and biology. In total, a corpus of 2.232.164 words was formed.

Results and Implications. The study found significant differences not only in terms of natural and social sciences but also in terms of L1/L2 distinction. In addition, a secondary purpose of the study was to see whether writers in social and natural sciences differed in terms of empiricist and interpretive rationality. The results indicated that writers in social sciences tended to use more status and cognition nouns, indicating that they tend to be more interpretive. With significant differences between Turkish and English writers from a cross-disciplinary perspective, the present study offers important insights into how writers weave their stance in academic writing. Moreover, the present study also confirmed that writers in social sciences, whether L1 or L2, tend to use more stance nouns compared with writers in natural sciences.
Review of Research on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in ELT-related Academic Writing Classrooms
Authors: Mallahi Omid
Published: October 2022

Background. The emergence of information and communication technology and the resulting technological devices have influenced the nature and process of composition and the level of students' engagement and participation in writing activities.

Purpose. The present study reviews 50 studies published in peer-reviewed applied linguistics journals from 2000 to 2020 which have investigated the use and implications of technology for teaching and assessing writing in academic contexts.

Methods. The PRIZMA model was applied for records screening and selection and systematic qualitative content analysis was used to explore the content of these studies and identify the most relevant themes. The most relevant sections of these studies (especially, designs and findings) were selected for further analysis and synthesis.

Results. Results of this systematic thematic review are mainly categorized and discussed based on three main themes: (1) Technology Use in Teaching and Learning Academic Writing, (2) Some Technological Tools for Teaching and Assessing Academic Writing, and (3) Practical Implications of Using Technology in Academic Writing Classrooms. Results of this systematic review indicated that growth in the use of technological resources such as computers, applications, and web-based learning environments in teaching and assessing ELT-related writing in academic contexts can enhance the quality of instruction provided.

Implications. Despite some practical limitations for applying these technologies in writing courses, most of the reviewed studies pointed to the fact that technology-mediated writing instruction and assessment can enhance the students' knowledge and use of new digital literacies and, in turn, can lead to improvements in their composing processes and writing competence while working on various genres.
Foreign Language Enjoyment and Subjective Happiness in Spanish Adult Learners
Authors: Barrios Elvira , Acosta-Manzano Irene
Published: October 2022

Background. Research interest in FLE and its associated factors has increased in recent years, especially regarding learner-internal factors. Happiness could potentially be one of the predictors of FLE.

Purpose. This study aimed to investigate the link between foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and a measure of subjective happiness (SH).

Methods. A total of 594 adult foreign language learners aged 16 to 72 participated in the study. Ten items extracted from the FLE scale and the SH scale translated and validated into Spanish were used to gather the data.

Results. With a significant 3.6% shared variance between FLE and SH, the study found that participants with higher scores on FLE have higher scores on SH. However, the percentage of shared variance found is considerably higher for different subgroups (e.g., 6.7% for the older adolescent group and 10% for mature and senior adults). The results suggest that the relationship between personality variables and FLE may differ depending on learner-internal factors such as age, gender, competence level and foreign language.

Implications. The study opens a new line of research into the interaction between FLE and happiness, and factors affecting it with a sample that, due to the wide range of participant ages and the number of participants beyond their twenties, is more representative of the adult foreign language learner population than is usually the case in studies of FLE.
An In-Depth Glimpse into Research on Academic Writing
Authors: Raitskaya Lilia , Tikhonova Elena
Published: October 2022

Background. Though research on academic writing has been in focus for many years, it has been changing recently to embraces new linguistic and pedagogical aspects. The “Publish and perish” concept went global some time ago and became the measure of academic excellence and performance for universities and faculty. Subsequently, the field has widened to include issues of writing for publication, research article structured formats, rhetoric of the scholarly text, genre-specific issues.

Purpose. The editorial review aims to identify and offer the emerging landscapes in academic writing as guidelines for JLE aspiring and recurrent authors.

Methods. The review covers the 167 top cited publications (articles and reviews) selected from the Scopus on the basis of the inclusion criteria (published articles and reviews in the period between 2012 and 2021 in English with more than 14 citations in Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities).

Results. The initial search for publications on the “academic writing” keyword brought 1,792 as of May 21, 2022.  After the inclusion criteria were applied, the list boiled down to 1,002 publications. Based on the prevailing keywords in these articles and reviews, 14 thematic clusters were formed, later increased to 15 to comply with the papers on the selected list. Then the 167 publications were distributed among the clusters, based on the keywords, and focus of the research. An in-depth analysis highlighted the popular aspects and issues within the clusters. Thus, the major directions of research were determined. The review findings contribute to better understanding of the field of AW and encourage researchers to further explore the emerging gaps and challenges in AW.  25 keywords were outlined as the most frequent in the field of academic writing. The major directions of research entail teaching and learning AW in higher education; digital issues of AW; lexical bundles and vocabulary; identity, complexity, stance, and voice; country-related research; genre issues in AW; feedback and assessment in AW; writing for publication; plagiarism and integrity; academic literacies; discourse and metadiscourse; discipline-related issues; citation issues in AW; writing a thesis; and rhetorical aspects in AW.

Implications. Following the findings of the JLE editors’ review, our readers may get focused on popular and pertinent directions in their future research.