The hermeneutics of scribal rewriting in Targum Jonathan Ezek 1

This paper examines a number of expansions and rewordings in Tg. J. Ezek 1 that alter or elaborate upon the description of the celestial creatures. The object is threefold: to identify textual cues within the Targum’s Vorlage that sparked expansions or rewordings, to explain the exegetical choices reflected in those expansions and rewordings, and to deduce something about the hermeneutical assumptions under which those choices were made. Along the way, I explain several features of the Targum in new ways, but the principal objects of my inquiry are the scribes responsible for Targum Jonathan and the various ways that they interacted with their Hebrew Vorlage. I propose that the expansions and rewordings never reflect exuberance or whimsy on the part of the targumic scribes. Rather, they represent a disciplined effort to produce an accurate reading of their Hebrew text, undertaken according to certain hermeneutical assumptions, assumptions that are co-extensive with their assumptions about the nature of their source texts as scripture.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Authenticating oral and memory variants in ancient Hebrew literature

A portion of the research for this paper was conducted in 2014 with the support of an Arts and Humanities Research Council fellowshipThe purpose of this essay is to consider the authentication of oral and memory variants in ancient Hebrew literature. I compare types of textual dissimilarity that are associated with scribal errors of hearing or memory with types of dissimilarity that occur regularly in two other types of textual reproduction — quotations and inner-biblical citations. Dissimilarity is the norm with quotations and citations, and the types of dissimilarity generated by quotations and citations are identical to types of dissimilarity that are commonly identified as aural or memory-variants. An author, placing the same utterance in the mouths of two characters (or twice in the mouth of single character) will typically render that utterance with difference. Difference is, if anything, even more characteristic of inner-biblical citations. This serves as a note of caution about too readily drawing conclusions regarding the causes of dissimilarity or the process of recall implied by them and cautions against overestimating the presence and significance of oral and mental features in biblical and Second Temple literature.PostprintPeer reviewe

Shepherding knowledge : a case study of social interactions that support knowledge mobilisation for sepsis care in Scotland

This thesis is about knowledge that interconnects across different domains, and the social interactions that support the mobilisation of such knowledge for clinical practice. These issues are explored in the context of sepsis care in Scotland. Sepsis claims the lives of at least 52,000 people in the UK each year, more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined. While Hippocrates observed the dangers of sepsis well over two thousand years ago, only in the last 25 years has a coordinated research strategy been established to guide modern therapeutic efforts. Yet despite a mounting clinical evidence base, the cause(s), progression, treatment and even the very definition of sepsis remain often unclear and sometimes contested. In care settings, the clinical manifestations of sepsis are frequently subtle and difficult to distinguish from other common conditions, and the lack of a definitive diagnostic test heightens the range of knowledge clinicians depend upon in order to recognise and treat potentially septic patients. Within this context of uncertainty, connecting the domains of research, policy and practice remains an enduring concern in sepsis care, as with many other clinical issues. In particular, there are significant challenges in ensuring that knowledge (and knowing) in each of these domains better connect for continued improvements in patient care. This thesis then contributes to improved understanding of the persistent ‘knowing in practice’ problem: using a knowledge mobilisation framing to capture the development, sharing, and use of knowledge, where these processes are conceptualised as multifaceted and intertwined rather than segmented and detached. With a dual focus on both knowers and their knowledge, this work seeks a closer understanding of the social interactions that contribute to an interconnected ‘knowledge network’, a network that can, in turn, underpin better, safer patient care. Using a qualitative case study design, this study provides a detailed exploration of an interconnected knowledge network (on sepsis care in Scotland) that successfully drew together the research, policy, and practice communities and resulted in improved patient outcomes. Drawing on documentary, observational, and interview data, this work found that knowledge is carefully curated (through social interactions) in order to connect knowledge from the different domains and to support the mobilisation of new actionable understandings for care. Tensions within both what knowledge ‘is’, as well as the social system in which knowledge is employed, are negotiated and nurtured by social practices that have been termed ‘shepherding’. Shepherding practices are those that tend to the social interactions that support the mobilisation of knowledge, and they are in evidence throughout the distributed areas of research, policy and practice. In concluding, this thesis argues that – because knowledge is complex and emergent, and because mobilising knowledge is an ongoing social process – a developmental perspective needs to be taken as the normative frame for the ‘knowing in practice’ problem. The thesis makes two main contributions: • empirically it provides a rich and detailed account of interconnected knowledge and the social interactions that contribute to the mobilisation of that knowledge in sepsis care in Scotland; • theoretically, this work extends the academic literature that explores the diversity, complexity, and interconnectivity of knowledge for practice by emphasising the role of social interactions in supporting knowledge networks; and the study demonstrates the successful use of Soft Knowledge Systems (SKS) and Clinical Mindlines (CM) as a combined ‘relational knowledge systems’ lens to better understand knowledge mobilisation processes."This work was supported by the 600th Anniversary Scholarship provided by the School of Management, University of St Andrews." -- Acknowledgement

Enhancing Post-Adoption Support Services for Adoptive Families

This research paper focuses on the support services that are provided to adoptive families once adoptions have been finalized. To make the transition and assimilation as easy as possible, there are post-adoption support services that are provided to families. The goal of post-adoption support services is to ensure that children and the adoptive families adjust to the new life and environment for the adoption to be successful. Research literature, surveys, key informant interviews and first person observations were used to inform this study in that I learned, the impacts of improving post-adoptive support services to adoptive families. The research was conducted through a mixed method of both qualitative and quantitative data that was gathered through surveys and key informant interviews with SMEs, community-based organizations, and other key adoption support agencies as well as conversations with adoptees. The goal of this study is to analyze post-adoption services and the impacts they have on adoptive families and adoptees

The Servant-Messiah and the Messiah's Servants in Targum Jonathan Isaiah

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The Evolving Economic Impact of Tourism on the Greater Smoky Mountain Region of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina

Tourism is evaluated in the Greater Smoky Mountain Region from the early 19th century to the present. During the modern era of the automobile - after the creation of the national park in the 1930s - the tourist industry has demonstrated itself to be a fairly complex agent of change, not only exhibiting various stages of development but also with a diversity of types and scale of operations. By employing a composite approach this dissertation attempts a broad evaluation of the impact of tourism. The destination life-cycle approach developed by geographers, in which tourists destinations are viewed as evolving through a series of identifiable stages in the process of development, is utilized. Statistical data from local, state, and federal sources are then used to analyze second and third order economic effects as they have changed over time with the development of tourism. Interviews and secondary local sources provide additional data for evaluation. Although tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world and is being embraced by many communities as a means of rapid economic development, this study concludes that it should be adopted with caution because it has significant limitations in bringing about improvement in well being for native residents. While tourism can provide a preferable alternative to no development, controls and planning can help ensure that an inequitable distribution of costs and benefits is kept to a minimum and that the potential for economic diversity is enhanced

Standards of (in)coherence in ancient Jewish literature

In this article, we sketch an anatomy of issues and decisions that must be navigated in any attempt to understand coherence and incoherence in ancient Jewish literature, including: the meaning of »coherence,« its relationship to »unity,« the suitability of modern standards of (in)coherence to ancient texts, and the availability of ancient standards of (in)coherence. We argue that modern perspectival representation and modern standards of literary (in)coherence are not necessarily appropriate to ancient Jewish literature, and we propose that these issues can only be properly approached after undertaking an inductive, comprehensive analysis of the ancient Jewish literature itself, in effect, learning the »ways of the text.«PostprintPeer reviewe

Engaging Children in Healthy Occupations (ECHO) program development plan

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Analysis of the genome of the New Zealand giant collembolan (Holacanthella duospinosa) sheds light on hexapod evolution

Background: The New Zealand collembolan genus Holacanthella contains the largest species of springtails (Collembola) in the world. Using Illumina technology we have sequenced and assembled a draft genome and transcriptome from Holacanthella duospinosa (Salmon). We have used this annotated assembly to investigate the genetic basis of a range of traits critical to the evolution of the Hexapoda, the phylogenetic position of H. duospinosa and potential horizontal gene transfer events. Results: Our genome assembly was ~375 Mbp in size with a scaffold N50 of ~230 Kbp and sequencing coverage of ~180×. DNA elements, LTRs and simple repeats and LINEs formed the largest components and SINEs were very rare. Phylogenomics (370,877 amino acids) placed H. duospinosa within the Neanuridae. We recovered orthologs of the conserved sex determination genes thought to play a role in sex determination. Analysis of CpG content suggested the absence of DNA methylation, and consistent with this we were unable to detect orthologs of the DNA methyltransferase enzymes. The small subunit rRNA gene contained a possible retrotransposon. The Hox gene complex was broken over two scaffolds. For chemosensory ability, at least 15 and 18 ionotropic glutamate and gustatory receptors were identified, respectively. However, we were unable to identify any odorant receptors or their obligate co-receptor Orco. Twenty-three chitinase-like genes were identified from the assembly. Members of this multigene family may play roles in the digestion of fungal cell walls, a common food source for these saproxylic organisms. We also detected 59 and 96 genes that blasted to bacteria and fungi, respectively, but were located on scaffolds that otherwise contained arthropod genes. Conclusions: The genome of H. duospinosa contains some unusual features including a Hox complex broken over two scaffolds, in a different manner to other arthropod species, a lack of odorant receptor genes and an apparent lack of environmentally responsive DNA methylation, unlike many other arthropods. Our detection of candidate horizontal gene transfer candidates confirms that this phenomenon is occurring across Collembola. These findings allow us to narrow down the regions of the arthropod phylogeny where key innovations have occurred that have facilitated the evolutionary success of Hexapoda

Placement of Severely Disabled Persons : Multi-Discipline Team Compared to Rehabilitation Counselors

89 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Howard TraxlerIntroduction. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 has mandated that state vocational rehabilitation agencies prioritize their services to those persons who have a severe disability. In order to effectively place the severely disabled through the use of more sophisticated placement techniques, a few rehabilitation professionals are calling for a new type of professional in rehabilitation. Recognizing that the new placement techniques would involve such things as job modifications and/or adaptations and job accommodations, the need for a rehabilitation worker skilled in engineering was identified. The Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine if the utilization of a multi-discipline team utilizing bio-engineering techniques was efficient as well as cost-effective in placing severely disabled persons when compared to the traditional placement methods of public vocational rehabilitation agencies. Procedure. This study was conducted in five midwestern metropolitan areas. The sample for the study was 28 severely physically disabled persons who were ready for placement. Matched pairs were established between subjects for the multi-discipline team and a control group. Successful and non-successful placements were recorded for each group. Further, cost information was maintained for each subject in their placement activities. A sign test was used to distinguish the differences of the placement rates of the groups. A correlated t test was used to determine the difference in the cost-effectiveness of the two groups. Findings. In testing the research hypotheses at the .05 level, a significant difference was found between the multi-discipline team and the rehabilitation counselors for the placement rates in the placement of severely disabled persons. There was not a significant difference between these two groups in the cost of placement services for severely disabled persons. Conclusion. Two general conclusions were drawn from the finding of this study. 1. The movement of severely disabled persons into productive employment was improved through the use of a rehabilitation team that utilizes low cost bio-engineering techniques. 2. The cost-effectivenss of a specialized rehabilitation team over the traditional placement methods of a state's vocational rehabilitation agency cannot be substantiated