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A Silver Phiale from the Scythian Barrow Semÿkina Mogila
Authors: Boltryk Yuri V. , Treister Mikhail Yu. 
Published: November 2012

AbstractThis article is devoted to the publication of the Scythian barrow Semÿkina Mogila, to the South of the town of Dnieprorudnoye, in the Zaporozhie Region, which was excavated in 1974 and which had contained two funerary structures looted in antiquity. This analysis is devoted to the burial of a warrior in the lateral catacomb: the grave goods from this burial included a set of bronze arrowheads and a silverphiale. The silverphialewhich had been standing next to the funeral feast has been the subject of detailed research. Thephialefrom Semÿkina Mogila has features in common with finds from Bashova Mogila in Thrace, from the Kuban region (now in the Maïkop Museum) and in the cache within Chmÿreva Mogila as regards its decoration, technique of manufacture, dimensions and, in part, weight. This enables us to date it to the first half of the 4thcentury BC, most probably the first quarter of that century. The date of the funerary complex can be determined as falling in the last quarter of the 4thcentury or even the turn of the fourth and third century BC on the basis of the shape of the funerary structure, the location of the monument within a group of barrows in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River and the arrowheads. Consequently the silverphialefrom the Semÿkina Mogila barrow belongs to a period, somewhat earlier than the date of the burial by at least two or three decades and at most by almost a century. Finally finds of metalphialaiin barrows from the Scythian period in the North Pontic region are considered.
La causalité selon al-Ḥākim al-Ğišumī
Authors: Thiele Jan 
Published: November 2012

Résumé
Al-Ḥākim al-Ğišumī, auteur bahšamite et zaydite, principalement connu pour son œuvre exégétique, a composé plusieurs textes théologiques importants. Parmi ceux-ci figure une somme de théologie intitulée K. al-Taʾṯīr wa-l-muʾaṯṯir fī ʿilm al-kalām, laquelle somme nous est connue grâce à un manuscrit unique conservé au Yémen. La première partie de ce livre aborde le sujet de la causalité d’après l’approche muʿtazilite, et examine les diverses notions et catégories des causes. Présenté par son auteur comme une synthèse des idées des grands maîtres Abū ʿAlī l-Ğubbāʾī, Abū Hāšim al-Ğubbāʾī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Baṣrī et ʿAbd al-Ğabbār, ce texte semble être le plus ancien exposé systématique écrit par un muʿtazilite qui nous soit parvenu dans ce domaine.
R. Yehoshua ben Levi’s Final Ascent as a Model Tikkun Hanefesh
Authors: Seinfeld Alexander 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
Various Talmudic aggadot portray death as the conclusion of tikkun hanefesh. Yet several aggadot, the deaths of R. Yehoshua b. Levi and R. Hanina b. Papa (b. Ketub. 77b) and the Heavenly Tribunal questions of Rava (b. Šabb. 31a), portray post-death tests. These Talmudic “philosophy of death” passages—as well as the Angel of Death narratives at the end of tractate b. Moʿed Qaṭan—complement each other and complete a single theme. Together they convey the lesson that, while tikkun hanefesh is most relevant during life, there is an ultimate tikkun opportunity after death, which is chiefly a test of humility.
Catholic Written and Oral Cultures in Seventeenth-Century Vietnam
Authors: Alberts Tara 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
This article explores how European Jesuit missionaries engaged with literary and oral cultures in seventeenth-century Tonkin and Cochinchina (Vietnam). It considers the many interactions between texts, oral cultures, and the sacred on the mission fields, and the challenges of communicating with the divine in a new language. Missionary projects to translate sacramental phrases—such as the baptismal formula—into local languages could be particularly controversial: missionaries had to ensure that the translation did not affect the validity of the sacrament. This article examines how missionaries attempted to preserve the spiritual potency of Catholic holy texts and sacred words in a new cultural context and uncovers the strategies they adopted to convey the sacrality of Catholic writings and speech.
Images and the Political: On Jan Assmann’s Concept of Idolatry
Authors: Tugendhaft Aaron 
Published: November 2012

AbstractThis essay explores the political implications and historical basis of noted Egyptologist Jan Assmann’s assertion—based on a distinction made canonical by Carl Schmitt—that the Biblical prohibition of images polarizes the world into friend and enemy. The focus is on two aspects of Assmann’s position: his claims regarding how the Bible represents Egypt and how he reads the first two commandments of the Decalogue. The essay concludes that Assmann relies more on the reception history than on the biblical text itself and ends with a suggestion regarding how to get at an alternative view of the Bible’s political understanding of idolatry.
Albert Schweitzer’s Western Vision of Indian Thought
Authors: Dubuisson Daniel 
Published: November 2012

AbstractDoctor of Philosophy, Medicine and Divinity, Nobel laureate (1953), Albert Schweitzer embodied an indisputable ethical and intellectual authority that was universally admitted. However, in his book,Indian Thought and its Development(1936), the so-called “good doctor” engaged in an incredible eulogy of Western superiority at the expense of Indian thought. The pieces of evidence he used to support this argument can now be compared to the thoroughly ambiguous attitude he displayed toward the Africans among whom he had lived in Lambaréné.
The Talmud’s Pharmacy: The Metaphors of “Taanit”
Authors: Kovelman Arkady , Gershowitz Uri 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
This article reads Bavli Ta’anit against the foil of “Plato’s Pharmacy” by Jacques Derrida. This is not about finding genetic or generic similarities between the dialogues of Plato and the Talmud. Rather it is about following (in Derrida’s way) the chain of metaphoric/metonymic significations and dual oppositions. The tractate is built on dual oppositions between gloom and gladness. In this world, the righteous are destined for the light, while the upright are destined for the gladness. Hence, the former are deprived of the gladness, while the latter have no light. In meta-history, teleology finds its way though the Hegelian sublation of oppositions. Gladness is the telos of the tractate and the telos of meta-history.
Land Surveying Tube in Early Judaism
Authors: Zur Uri , Ashkenazi Yehuda 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
B. Erubin 43b describes a special tube of Rabban Gamaliel, with which he was able to measure distances of up to two thousand cubits on a plane, and which he would also use to measure the depth of ravines. With this tube, he could also measure angles, or at least set the tube on a specific angle to measure distances using congruent triangles. Although the method of measurement presented in the Talmud is not clear, very few sages thoroughly studied or interpreted the measurement method. Some have understood the method, on the basis of their own contemporary mathematical knowledge, while others simply laconically quoted their predecessors without understanding the earlier sages’ explanations. Notably, in Rabban Gamaliel’s period, optical lenses were not in use. Instead, a hollow tube was adapted to allow the measurement of a fixed distance. There are diverse opinions on how this tube was used to measure distance, depth, and height.
In this paper we address the measurement methods of the Geonic sages and their subsequent interpreters and assess the methods they propose.
Mythische Vorbilder des sakralen Gesetzgebers bei Platon (Nomoi I-IV) Eine Einführung in den religiösen Hintergrund der Nomoi
Authors: de la Fuente David Hernández 
Published: November 2012

AbstractThis paper focuses on the religious background of lawgiving and its mythical models in books I-IV of the Laws. This latest of Plato's Works deals with the main tasks of a legislator in the ideal political community. In this dialogue, the lawgiver (nomothetes) is the heir of a long Greek tradition with mythical and historical forerunners (Solon, Lycurgus, Epimenides, etc.) who had a special relation with the divinity. Perhaps the best example of this kind of divine lawgiver is Minos, who was able of knowing the Gods' will and received from them the holy laws. In that aspect, Plato depends on the legendary nomothetai from myth and dwells heavily in oracular procedures as a way of communication with divinity and acquisition of decrees or confirmation of laws. If our view is correct, the model for the best possible constitution comes from Divine Wisdom (i.e. Philosophy) through oracular mediation from their mythical origins in Crete and Egypt. The medium between Gods and Men and its mantic practices – as the holy men (theioi andres) from myth and archaic Greek politics – seems a key figure for a better understanding of Plato's most complex dialogue.
It Seems Good to the Holy Spirit and to Us: The Ecclesial Vocation of the Pentecostal Scholar
Authors: Gros Jeffrey 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
The members of the Society for Pentecostal Studies have made significant contributions to ecumenical reconciliation, to the promotion of the intellectual life in the Pentecostal and Charismatic communities, and to service to the classical Pentecostal churches in their development from a movement into mature churches in the community of Christians. For this leadership we are grateful. The Pentecostal scholar in whatever church has a calling to be of service to the whole people of God and to the churches in their task of preaching, handing on the faith and nurturing the faithful. This Society has been a place where this ecclesial vocation has been and can be nurtured. There are many intellectual challenges before the Pentecostal community as it moves into its second century as a renewal movement among Christians worldwide. This presidential address suggests three of these challenges: (1) a renewed understanding of the two thousand years of Christian history and the role of renewal movements within it, including the last century of Pentecostal service; (2) an understanding of the sacramental character of Pentecostal worship, using the example of healing as a ritual where Pentecostals have unique gifts to offer other Christians and a long heritage of sacramental thinking from which to learn; and (3) the doctrine of the church and its call to visible unity, as the institutions that serve the Pentecostal churches mature into their second century and begin to become more theologically grounded, self-reflective, and ecumenical.
Kenn Gulliksen, John Wimber, and the Founding of the Vineyard Movement
Authors: Higgins Thomas W. 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
John Wimber is traditionally credited with founding the Vineyard movement, but the issue is far from clear because of another leader named Kenn Gulliksen, who started the first Vineyard and led several others. Most of the history of Gulliksen’s Vineyard is not known. This article argues that, when the historical gaps are addressed, not only does Gulliksen emerge as a significant figure in Vineyard history, but he should also be considered founder of the movement.
Mating strategies of Pampean mouse males
Authors: Bonatto Florencia , Gomez Daniela , Steinmann Andrea , Priotto José 
Published: November 2012

Patterns of space use and sexual dimorphism are frequently used to infer mating systems. We examined body size and home range size and intra- and intersexual overlap degree in order to elucidate mating strategy of Akodon azarae males. We studied spacing patterns using 113 and 129 home ranges established by males and females, respectively, in four 0.25 ha enclosures during the breeding season. Significant differences between sexes in home range size and overlap degree were found. Male home ranges were always larger than those of females. We observed exclusive space use among males and among females. Considering only those males that shared their home ranges with females, average intersexual overlap value was about 50%. Males mainly overlap their home ranges with home ranges of two or three females. Significant differences in body size were found between males and females, with males being larger. We concluded that space use and sexual dimorphism in this species is consistent with patterns characteristic of polygynous rodents, and we propose a polygynous system in A. azarae.
Identity and Spiritual Care
Authors: Smeets Wim 
Published: November 2012

AbstractThis article is an empirical study of the attitudes of spiritual caregivers in health care institutions in the Netherlands towards identity and the goals of their profession. Identity can be classified into a personal aspect (definition of oneself in general) and a worldview aspect (attitudes towards life). A distinction is made between an immediate professional goal (communication on worldviews) and an ultimate goal (contribution to spiritual health). We examine the effects of beliefs about identity on professional goals while controlling for relevant population and institutional characteristics. Orientation to the immediate and ultimate goals of spiritual care is influenced mainly by personal identity attitudes and attitudes towards suffering. The relation between identity and its relevance to patients’ health (the ultimate goal of spiritual care) needs further research.
Parallel Mediation: Ordering the Chaos of Multiparty Mediation
Authors: Hansen Miles 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
The proliferation of actors in the business of making peace has led to an increase in the frequency of multiparty mediations, with both positive and negative consequences. The purpose of this article is to simplify the complexity that often accompanies multiparty mediations by applying the structuralist and social-psychological dichotomy of negotiations to a model of parallel mediation. I propose that coupling structuralist and social-psychological mediations together in a parallel mediation can leverage the respective strengths of each to more effectively find a negotiated solution. Given the fiscal and political realities facing peacemakers, finding ways to increase the frugality and simplicity of cooperation between mediators is essential. The limited cooperation needed in parallel mediations does just that. This article analyzes how the parallel mediation model has been applied to two conflicts, the intrastate Tajik civil war and the interstate Ecuador-Peru border dispute. This analysis identifies five characteristics that were observed in these two successful examples of parallel mediation, and serves as a starting point for additional research.
Talking to Angels; Talking of Angels: Constructing the Angelology of the Book of Mormon
Authors: Stott G. St. John 
Published: November 2012

AbstractVision narratives report experiences that cannot be confirmed because they cannot be shared. Those who see angels can only receive confirmation and reassurance from the way that their testimony is accepted by others. Taking the publication of the vision reports found in theBook of Mormon(1830) as an example of a visionary’s concern for validation, the paper shows how Joseph Smith, Jr. (the book’s “author and translator”) could rely on his readers confirming – by their tacit assent to what they read – the truth of what he held to be his own revelatory experience. However, as Smith thought of the ministry of angels as a relational rather than a referential term, and brought all instances of revelation under this heading, there could be a difference between what was described (and assented to) and what was experienced.
Institutionalizing Democracy in Africa: A Comment on the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
Authors: Glen Patrick J. 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
This article provides an exegesis of the recently entered-into-force African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. Democracy has a decidedly mixed history in Africa and, despite a concerted effort by the African Union (AU), it has made only halting inroads in those states that are nondemocratic or struggling to consolidate democracy. That may change as more states ratify and implement the Charter, a comprehensive regional attempt to promote, protect, and consolidate democracy that entered into force in February 2012. This Charter, the culmination of two decades of African thinking on how democracy should develop on the continent, represents the AU’s attempt to institutionalize principles of good governance and democratic ideals. Although hurdles remain on Africa’s road to democratic development, including poverty, illiteracy, and corruption, the Charter provides a means to address these stubborn problems. Whether it will succeed will depend on state implementation of the obligations undertaken by ratification of the Charter, as well as the AU’s own commitment to ensuring observation of the Charter’s key provisions. If the AU and its member states do fully implement and practically observe the Charter’s obligations, then the prospects for democratic governance in Africa have a bright future.
A Best Practice Model for the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Social Context Training for Judicial Officers
Authors: Goodman Suki , Louw-Potgieter Joha 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
Continual professional development for judicial officers through judicial education programmes has become a common feature in many countries throughout the world. The growing need for these kinds of programmes, specifically in transitioning democracies, is relatively well-documented. One core component of this kind of training deals with social context-related issues. Research has shown that even in societies where equality is enshrined in the constitution or mandated through legislation, unequal treatment before the law persists, hence the motivation for social context training for members of the judiciary. There is limited information in the public domain about these kinds of judicial training programmes and their effectiveness or efficiencies. This article presents a best practice model for designing, implementing and evaluating social context training for judicial officers. The aim is to provide a useful framework for programme designers for the development of future programmes of this kind.
CONCORSI E PREMI ALL'ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE DI TORINO: PROGRAMMI DI RICERCA E STRATEGIE DI POLITICA SCIENTIFICA
Authors: CIARDI MARCO 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title Competitions were one of the principal instruments used by academies to stimulate scientific activity, in the domains of both pure and applied sciences. This is demonstrated by the numerous eighteenth century competitions in the fields of astronomy, mathematics, electrology and chemical technology. In this article we examine two specific cases that concern the history of the Academy of Sciences in Turin during the period of the Risorgimento.
LA SOCIET ITALIANA PER IL PROGRESSO DELLE SCIENZE:1
Authors: LINGUERRI SANDRA 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title The article considers the institutional activity of the Societ Italiana per il Progresso delle Scienze, from its reconstitution to about 1930. The aim is to explain the crucial role of its founder, Vito Volterra, to characterize the Society's activity and is to delineate the periods of internal transition of the Society with regard to cosmopolitism and nationalism, subjects of science, pure and applied research both in the first period and in the after-war period.
CHARLES J. PEDERSEN E LE ORIGINI DELLA CHIMICA SUPRAMOLECOLARE
Authors: CERRUTI LUIGI , TURCO FRANCESCA 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title The essay is divided in three parts. The first part is dedicated to C. J. Pedersen and to his work in the Du Pont laboratories. After a brief biography and a description of the research milieu at Du Pont, the narrative follows the discovery of crown ethers, its announcement with the momentous 'blockbuster' of 1967, and its immediate impact on the chemical community. In this first part it is also emphasised how the Du Pont Patent Division imposed a very long delay on the publication of Pedersen's seminal paper. The second part of the present essay describes the initial contributions by J.-M. Lehn and D. J. Cramm. The innovative and different features of their researches are analysed, as well as the progressive establishment of the new research field. The third and last part discusses the three Nobel Lectures given in 1987 by Pedersen, Lehn and Cramm; an attentive reading of the texts reveals the research intentions, writing styles, and epistemological awareness of the three Authors. Beside the narrative of the origin of supramolecular chemistry, the principal results of the essay are: (a) the co-operative effect of very different experimental researches also in the highly specialised contemporary chemistry; (b) further evidence on the contrast between auto-biographical reconstruction of the past and the historical documents; (c) the feasibility of historical research on recent disciplinary events and processes; (d) the usefulness of sources found on the World Wide Web.
LA FAMIGLIA SELVA, OTTICI DEL '700 VENEZIANO
Authors: LUALDI ALBERTO 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title A new research about the Selva family of opticians and instrument makers in Venice during the XVIII century is described in this article. From Domenico, the grandfather (d. 1758), to the famous Lorenzo (1716-1800) and his sons Giuseppe or Jacopo (1755-?) and Domenico (1761-?) and through the books and pamphlets they left, a large and distinguished production confirms their leadership in the field. A list of the extant instruments is also given.
PAOLA LOMBROSO, UNA DONNA NELLE SCIENZE DELL'UOMO
Authors: BABINI VALERIA P 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title The article reconstructs the intellectual development of Paola Lombroso and the role she played in the diffusion of the field of child psychology in Italy. At a time when scientific psychology was in its early phases and studies on childhood were concentrated on its pathological aspects, Paola represents a unique voice in her field, and one well-respected by the Italian publishing scene. Introduced to these sciences by her father, Cesare, who himself recognized the legitimacy of the descriptive psychological approach, Paola developed in her writings a progressive distance from Lombrosian Anthropology. A self-taught and prolific author, well-known and well-respected by her peers, and translated abroad, Paola Lombroso, while never attaining primary status in scientific research or institutionally, nonetheless presented considerable contributions to the spread of this psychology. The reconstruction of Paola's development contributes to an overall explanation of the Italian context in the arena of psychological sciences at the time. In this period several women obtained considerable fame and visibility, thanks in part to the importance they attached to scientific popularisation both in the promotion of knowledge and in population's education.
KANTS VERHLTNIS ZUR DESCENDENZTHEORIE: ANTON DOHRNS PROBEVORLESUNG 1868 IN JENA
Authors: MLLER GERHARD H. , WENIG KLAUS 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle RIASSUNTO /title Viene pubblicata la dissertazione che nel 1868 Anton Dohrn present all'Universit di Jena per l'abilitazione. Si tratta di un documento di grande interesse, che esemplifica il ruolo della riflessione kantiana nella discussione sul rapporto tra filosofia e scienza (in particolare la nuova teoria darwiniana) nella seconda met dell'Ottocento.
KANTS VERHLTNIS ZUR DESCENDENZTHEORIE 1
Authors: DOHRN ANTON 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title Anton Dohrn's dissertation on Kant's reflections about evolutionary thought is published here for the first time. It gives an interesting insight on the role of Kantian philosophy in discussions about science (in particular the Darwinian theory) during the second half of the nineteenth century.