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H-Diplo JOURNAL WATCH, a to I H-Diplo Journal and Periodical Review Third Quarter 2015 20 July 2015
[jw] H-Diplo JOURNAL WATCH, A to I H-Diplo Journal and Periodical Review Third Quarter 2015 20 July 2015 Compiled by Erin Black, University of Toronto African Affairs, Vol.114, No. 456 (July 2015) http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol114/issue456/ . “Rejecting Rights: Vigilantism and violence in post-apartheid South Africa,” by Nicholas Rush Smith, 341- . “Ethnicity, intra-elite differentiation and political stability in Kenya,” by Biniam E. Bedasso, 361- . “The political economy of grand corruption in Tanzania,” by Hazel S. Gray, 382- . The political economy of property tax in Africa: Explaining reform outcomes in Sierra Leone,” by Samuel S. Jibao and Wilson Prichard, 404- . “After restitution: Community, litigation and governance in South African land reform,” by Christiaan Beyers and Derick Fay, 432- Briefing . “Why Goodluck Jonathan lost the Nigerian presidential election of 2015,” by Olly Owen and Zainab Usmanm 455- African Historical Review, Vol. 46, No.2 (December 2014) http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rahr20/46/2 . “The Independence of Rhodesia in Salazar's Strategy for Southern Africa,” by Luís Fernando Machado Barroso, 1- This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- nd/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA. H-Diplo Journal Watch [jw], A-I, Third Quarter 2015 . “‘The Rebellion From Below’ and the Origins of Early Zionist Christianity,” by Barry Morton, 25- . “The Stag of the Eastern Cape: Power, Status and Kudu Hunting in the Albany and Fort Beaufort Districts, 1890 to 1905,” by David Gess & Sandra Swart, 48- . -
The Participation of God and the Torah in Early Kabbalah
religions Article The Participation of God and the Torah in Early Kabbalah Adam Afterman 1,* and Ayal Hayut‑man 2 1 Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel 2 School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: All Abrahamic religions have developed hypostatic and semi‑divine perceptions of scrip‑ ture. This article presents an integrated picture of a rich tradition developed in early kabbalah (twelfth–thirteenth century) that viewed the Torah as participating and identifying with the God‑ head. Such presentation could serve scholars of religion as a valuable tool for future comparisons between the various perceptions of scripture and divine revelation. The participation of God and Torah can be divided into several axes: the identification of Torah with the Sefirot, the divine grada‑ tions or emanations according to kabbalah; Torah as the name of God; Torah as the icon and body of God; and the commandments as the substance of the Godhead. The article concludes by examining the mystical implications of this participation, particularly the notion of interpretation as eros in its broad sense, both as the “penetration” of a female Torah and as taking part in the creation of the world and of God, and the notion of unification with Torah and, through it, with the Godhead. Keywords: Kabbalah; Godhead; Torah; scripture; Jewish mysticism; participation in the Godhead 1. Introduction Citation: Afterman, Adam, and Ayal The centrality of the Word of God, as consolidated in scripture, is a central theme in Hayut‑man. -
Helmut Walser Smith, "Nation and Nationalism"
Smith, H. Nation and Nationalism pp. 230-255 Jonathan Sperber., (2004) Germany, 1800-1870, Oxford: Oxford University Press Staff and students of University of Warwick are reminded that copyright subsists in this extract and the work from which it was taken. This Digital Copy has been made under the terms of a CLA licence which allows you to: • access and download a copy; • print out a copy; Please note that this material is for use ONLY by students registered on the course of study as stated in the section below. All other staff and students are only entitled to browse the material and should not download and/or print out a copy. This Digital Copy and any digital or printed copy supplied to or made by you under the terms of this Licence are for use in connection with this Course of Study. You may retain such copies after the end of the course, but strictly for your own personal use. All copies (including electronic copies) shall include this Copyright Notice and shall be destroyed and/or deleted if and when required by University of Warwick. Except as provided for by copyright law, no further copying, storage or distribution (including by e-mail) is permitted without the consent of the copyright holder. The author (which term includes artists and other visual creators) has moral rights in the work and neither staff nor students may cause, or permit, the distortion, mutilation or other modification of the work, or any other derogatory treatment of it, which would be prejudicial to the honour or reputation of the author. -
Tables Et Index Des Rde N°1 À 41
ISSN : 0769-0886 ISBN : 978-2-9520898-2-1 © Société Diderot, 2010 Toute reproduction même partielle est formellement interdite Diffusion :Aux Amateurs de Livres 62, avenue Suffren 75015 Paris tables et index Recherches sur Diderot et sur l’Encyclopédie Du numéro 1 au numéro 41 Établis par Irène Passeron, François Prin, Éric Vanzieleghem Avec la collaboration d’Anne-Marie Chouillet, à l’origine de ce projet et Sylviane albertan-CoPPola,Annie beCq, Françoise DougnaC, Colas Duflo,Annie geffroy, Nicole jaCques-lefèVre, Nadège langbour, Marie leCa-tsiomis, Michèle leeDham-Vallat, Véronique le ru, Laurent lotY, Sophie massarD,Ann-Rozenn morel, Madeleine Pinault-sørensen, Odile riCharD-PauChet, Franck salaün publié avec le concours du Centre national du Livre, du conseil général de la Haute-Marne et de la ville de Langres Présentation Ce que contiennent ces tables et index Les Tables et Index des numéros 1 à 41 des Recherches sur Diderot et sur l’Encyclopédie remplacent les trois volumes de tables et index qui avaient été établis pour les numéros de 1 à 10 (1991), puis de 11 à 20 (1996), puis de 21 à 30 (2001). Ils les complètent par l’indexation des numéros de RDE de 31 à 41 inclus. Dans les précédents tables et index, nous avions proposé cinq outils d’investigation, et partant, de lecture,de la revue Recherches sur Diderot et sur l’Encyclopédie (RDE) : — les tables de matières,qui permettent de feuilleter rapidement le contenu de tous les numéros. — les tables d’auteurs (d’articles,de glanes ou de comptes rendus) qui permettent de connaître la liste des collaborateurs et l’intitulé de leur contribution. -
2006 Abstracts
Works in Progress Group in Modern Jewish Studies Session Many of us in the field of modern Jewish studies have felt the need for an active working group interested in discussing our various projects, papers, and books, particularly as we develop into more mature scholars. Even more, we want to engage other committed scholars and respond to their new projects, concerns, and methodological approaches to the study of modern Jews and Judaism, broadly construed in terms of period and place. To this end, since 2001, we have convened a “Works in Progress Group in Modern Jewish Studies” that meets yearly in connection with the Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference on the Saturday night preceding the conference. The purpose of this group is to gather interested scholars together and review works in progress authored by members of the group and distributed and read prior to the AJS meeting. 2006 will be the sixth year of a formal meeting within which we have exchanged ideas and shared our work with peers in a casual, constructive environment. This Works in Progress Group is open to all scholars working in any discipline within the field of modern Jewish studies. We are a diverse group of scholars committed to engaging others and their works in order to further our own projects, those of our colleagues, and the critical growth of modern Jewish studies. Papers will be distributed in November. To participate in the Works in Progress Group, please contact: Todd Hasak-Lowy, email: [email protected] or Adam Shear, email: [email protected] Co-Chairs: Todd S. -
Thèse De Doctorat
Thèse de Doctorat présentée à Scuola di dottorato in Studi Umanistici XXVII ciclo de l’Université de Trento Directrice de l’École doctorale : Mme Elvira Migliario École Doctorale en Sciences Humaines et Sociales de l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne Directrice de l’École doctorale : Mme Tiphaine Barthelemy De Saizieu Le Scepticisme comme méthode dans l’œuvre de Denis Diderot par Valentina Sperotto sous la direction de M. Colas Duflo et de Mme Paola Giacomoni pour obtenir le grade de Dottore di ricerca presso l’Università di Trento et de Docteur de l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne anno accademico 2013-2014 Thèse de Doctorat présentée à Scuola di dottorato in Studi Umanistici XXVII ciclo École Doctorale en Sciences Humaines et Sociales de l’Université de Trento et de l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne par Valentina Sperotto sous la direction de Mme Paola Giacomoni et de M. Colas Duflo pour obtenir le grade de Dottore di ricerca presso l’Università di Trento et de Docteur de l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne Le Scepticisme comme méthode dans l’œuvre de Denis Diderot Soutenue le 10/12/2015, après avis des rapporteurs, devant le jury d’examen : M. Colas Duflo, Professeur, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre Mme Paola Giacomoni, Professore Associato, Università di Trento M. Jean-Louis Labussière, Professeur, Université de Montpellier Mme Marie Leca-Tsiomis, Professeur, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre M. Paolo Quintili, Professore Associato, Università di Roma Tor Vergata Mme Mariafranca Spallanzani, Professore Associato, Università di Bologna REMERCIEMENTS Une thèse de doctorat est un long travail que je n’aurais pu accomplir sans l’aide de nombreuses personnes. -
Jegór Von Sivers' Herderian Cosmopolitanism
Ajalooline Ajakiri, 2012, 1/2 (139/140), 79–113 Humanität versus nationalism as the moral foundation of the Russian Empire: Jegór von Sivers’ Herderian cosmopolitanism* Eva Piirimäe No single author is more important for the development of nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe than Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803).1 Yet Herder’s own relationship to nationalism continues to be debated.2 This is partly owed to the ambivalence of the notion “nationalism” itself. There is no doubt Herder is a “nationalist”, if by this term we refer to someone who defends national diversity as valuable and cherishes and cultivates one’s own language and national customs. Yet, it is more common in the anglo- phone world to use the term “nationalist” for someone who supports one’s nation’s aggressive foreign policies. In this case, Herder is rather an oppo- nent of nationalism. There is also a third widely used notion of national- ism, known also as the “principle of nationality” according to which “the * Research for this article has been funded by the Estonian Science Foundation Grant No. 8887 and the Target Financed Program No. SF0180128s08. 1 See Peter Drews, Herder und die Slaven: Materialien zur Wirkungsgeschichte bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts (München: Sagner, 1990); Johann Gottfried Herder: zur Herder-Rezeption in Ost- und Südosteuropa, ed. by Gerhard Ziegengeist (Berlin-Ost: Akademie-Verlag, 1978); Holm Sundhaussen, Der Einfluß der Herderschen Ideen auf die Nationsbildung bei den Völkern der Habsburger Monarchie (München: Oldenburg, 1973); Konrad Bittner, “Herders ‘Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit’ und ihre Auswirkung bei den slavischen Hauptstämmen”, Germanoslavica, 2 (1932/33), 453–480; Konrad Bittner, Herders Geschichtsphilosophie und die Slawen (Reichenberg: Gebrüder Stiepel, 1929). -
Tanya Sources.Pdf
The Way to the Tree of Life Jewish practice entails fulfilling many laws. Our diet is limited, our days to work are defined, and every aspect of life has governing directives. Is observance of all the laws easy? Is a perfectly righteous life close to our heart and near to our limbs? A righteous life seems to be an impossible goal! However, in the Torah, our great teacher Moshe, Moses, declared that perfect fulfillment of all religious law is very near and easy for each of us. Every word of the Torah rings true in every generation. Lesson one explores how the Tanya resolved these questions. It will shine a light on the infinite strength that is latent in each Jewish soul. When that unending holy desire emerges, observance becomes easy. Lesson One: The Infinite Strength of the Jewish Soul The title page of the Tanya states: A Collection of Teachings ספר PART ONE לקוטי אמרים חלק ראשון Titled הנקרא בשם The Book of the Beinonim ספר של בינונים Compiled from sacred books and Heavenly מלוקט מפי ספרים ומפי סופרים קדושי עליון נ״ע teachers, whose souls are in paradise; based מיוסד על פסוק כי קרוב אליך הדבר מאד בפיך ובלבבך לעשותו upon the verse, “For this matter is very near to לבאר היטב איך הוא קרוב מאד בדרך ארוכה וקצרה ”;you, it is in your mouth and heart to fulfill it בעזה״י and explaining clearly how, in both a long and short way, it is exceedingly near, with the aid of the Holy One, blessed be He. "1 of "393 The Way to the Tree of Life From the outset of his work therefore Rav Shneur Zalman made plain that the Tanya is a guide for those he called “beinonim.” Beinonim, derived from the Hebrew bein, which means “between,” are individuals who are in the middle, neither paragons of virtue, tzadikim, nor sinners, rishoim. -
Interpreting Diagrams from the Sefer Yetsirah and Its Commentaries 1
NOTES 1 Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah: Interpreting Diagrams from the Sefer Yetsirah and Its Commentaries 1. The most notorious example of these practices is the popularizing work of Aryeh Kaplan. His critical editions of the SY and the Sefer ha Bahir are some of the most widely read in the field because they provide the texts in Hebrew and English with comprehensive and useful appendices. However, these works are deeply problematic because they dehistoricize the tradi- tion by adding later diagrams to earlier works. For example, in his edition of the SY he appends eighteenth-century diagrams to later versions of this tenth-century text. Popularizers of kabbalah such as Michael Berg of the Kabbalah Centre treat the Zohar as a second-century rabbinic tract without acknowledging textual evidence to the contrary. See his introduction to the Centre’s translation of the Zohar: P. S. Berg. The Essential Zohar. New York: Random House, 2002. 2. For a variety of reasons, kabbalistic works were transmitted in manuscript form long after other works, such as the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and their commentaries were widely available in print. This is true in large part because kabbalistic treatises were “private” works, transmitted from teacher to student. Kabbalistic manuscripts were also traditionally transmitted in manuscript form because of their provenance. The Maghreb and other parts of North Africa were important centers of later mystical activity, and print technology came quite late to these regions, with manuscript culture persisting well into the nineteenth, and even into the mid- twentieth century in some regions. -
Above the Zodiac. Astrology in Jewish Thought
Above the Zodiac Above the Zodiac ASTROLOGY IN JEWISH THOUGHT MATITYAHU GLAZERSON Translated from by M. Kalish This book was set in 12 pt. Garamond by A-R Editions, Madison, WI. Copyright © 1997 by Matityahu Glazerson. 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Jason Aronson Inc. except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Glazerson, Matityahu. Above the zodiac : astrology in Jewish thought / by Matityahu Glazerson. p. cm. Originally published: Jerusalem : M. Glazerson. 1985. ISBN: 978-1-56821-935-6 1. Jewish astrology. I. Title. BF1714.J4G56 1996 133.5'946—dc21 96-52273 Manufactured in the United States of America. Jason Aronson Inc. offers books and cassettes. For information and catalog write to Jason Aronson Inc., 230 Livingston Street, Northvale, New Jersey 07647. To elevate and remember the souls of my honored parents JULIUS and FAGEL SMOLLAN May peace be upon them and upon my beloved sister LIEBA PEARL who loved and shared her talent for music with all for so many years in Johannesburg, and in appreciation to the management, staff, and voluntary workers and supporters of SANDRINGHAM GARDENS for their dedication and sacrifice in helping the aged and infirm. dedicated by VICTOR JACOB SMOLLAN Contents Preface Introduction: The Practice of Judaism and the Science of Astrology Nissan—Aries (Lamb) Iyar—Taurus (Bull) Sivan—Gemini (Twins) Tammuz—Cancer (Crab) Av—Leo (Lion) Elul—Virgo (Virgin) Tishrei—Libra (Scales) Cheshvan—Scorpio (Scorpion) Kislev—Sagittarius (Bow) Tevet—Capricorn (Goat) Shevat—Aquarius (Pitcher) Adar—Pisces (Fishes) Preface The book Above the Zodiac has been written in the spirit of our previous works, whose purpose was to introduce the reader to those fundamental ideas within Judaism that would serve to enrich the reader’s appreciation of this great tradition. -
251 Chapter IX Revolution And
251 Chapter IX Revolution and Law (1789 – 1856) The Collapse of the European States System The French Revolution of 1789 did not initialise the process leading to the collapse of the European states system but accelerated it. In the course of the revolution, demands became articulate that the ruled were not to be classed as subjects to rulers but ought to be recognised as citizens of states and members of nations and that, more fundamentally, the continuity of states was not a value in its own right but ought to be measured in terms of their usefulness for the making and the welfare of nations. The transformations of groups of subjects into nations of citizens took off in the political theory of the 1760s. Whereas Justus Lipsius and Thomas Hobbes1 had described the “state of nature” as a condition of human existence that might occur close to or even within their present time, during the later eighteenth century, theorists of politics and international relations started to position that condition further back in the past, thereby assuming that a long period of time had elapsed between the end of the “state of nature” and the making of states and societies, at least in some parts of the world. Moreover, these theorists regularly fused the theory of the hypothetical contract for the establishment of government, which had been assumed since the fourteenth century, with the theory of the social contract, which had only rarely been postulated before.2 In the view of later eighteenth-century theorists, the combination of both types of contract was to establish the nation as a society of citizens.3 Supporters of this novel theory of the combined government and social contract not merely considered human beings as capable of moving out from the “state of nature” into states, but also gave to humans the discretional mandate to first form their own nations as what came to be termed “civil societies”, before states could come into existence.4 Within states perceived in accordance with these theoretical suppositions, nationals remained bearers of sovereignty. -
Recherches Sur Diderot Et Sur L'encyclopédie , Uniquement Numérique : Tables Et Index Des Numéros 1 À 48 Tables Des Matières Rde 1 À Rde 52 2
Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Uniquement numérique : Tables et Index des numéros 1 à 48 Tables des matières Rde 1 à Rde 52 Electronic version URL: https://journals.openedition.org/rde/5324 ISSN: 1955-2416 Publisher Société Diderot Electronic reference “Tables des matières Rde 1 à Rde 52”, Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie [Online], Uniquement numérique : Tables et Index des numéros 1 à 48, Online since 04 March 2018, connection on 02 August 2021. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/rde/5324 This text was automatically generated on 2 August 2021. Propriété intellectuelle Tables des matières Rde 1 à Rde 52 1 Tables des matières Rde 1 à Rde 52 Numéro 1 - octobre 1986 1 Jacques CHOUILLET : Présentation 5 2 Abréviations 8 3 Otis FELLOWS : Ma relation avec Diderot 9 4 Yvon BELAVAL : Un philosophe ? 13 5 John LOUGH : Connaissance de l’Encyclopédie : les progrès accomplis et ce qui reste à faire 18 6 Jean VARLOOT : Poète et père de famille 26 7 Georges DULAC : Le discours politique de Pétersbourg 32 8 Hervé GUENOT : Palissot de Montenoy : un "ennemi" de Diderot et des philosophes 59 9 John PAPPAS : La première suppression de l’Encyclopédie dans la correspondance de D'Alembert 64 10 François MOUREAU : Le manuscrit de l'article LUXE ou l'atelier de Saint-Lambert 71 11 Françoise WEIL : L'impression des tomes VIII à XII de l’Encyclopédie 85 12 Robert DARNTON : Les encyclopédistes et la police 94 Chroniques, comptes rendus, documentation, bibliographie 13 L'Année Diderot aux Etats-Unis : quelques publications (P. H. Meyer) 113 14 Diderot et l’Encyclopédie en Allemagne : version contemporaine (J.