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“And it rushed in”: A new proposal for interpreting GJudas 57,24
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 09-2021
Abstract: The present argument proposes a new interpretation for GJudas 57,24, a famously difficult passage in which someone enters a luminous cloud. While scholarship is ided over whether the phrase ⲁϥϥⲱⲕ applies to Judas or Jesus, there is a previously overlooked third option that is syntactically close to hand: it is Judas’s star. This translation, further, fits with important themes in the Gospel of Judas, both theological and narratological.
A multivariate analysis of physiological and antioxidant responses and health hazards of wheat under cadmium and lead stress
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-11-2018
DOI: 10.1007/S11356-018-3605-7
Abstract: Soil contamination with heavy metals is a global issue confronting the environmental pollution and human/animal health. Much work has been done on physiological and antioxidant responses of wheat in hydroponic experiments and health risks from in idual heavy metal contamination to human, but limited information is available on their combined application in soil. Therefore, this pot study delineates the uptake of lead and cadmium, as well as physiological responses of wheat and associated health risks under different levels of alone and combined Cd and Pb treatments. Metal uptake increased with their increasing applied levels. The highest Cd (4.24, 1.38, and 0.92 mg kg
Arsenic Level and Risk Assessment of Groundwater in Vehari, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-10-2017
Paul's rhetoric of knowledge : the OYK OIδATE question in 1 corinthians
Publisher: Brill
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341426
Abstract: The force of the question “do you not know?” is often taken for granted in contemporary scholarship on 1 Corinthians. However, the rhetorical force of the question is closely linked with its referential value, neither of which is straightforward in every case. This article begins by surveying the use of the “do you not know?” question in 1 Corinthians, noting indications that the Corinthians may not in fact know what Paul is asking. Following that is a survey of the use of “do you not know?” in Greek sources ranging from the 5th century bce to the 4th century ce . It is demonstrated that the relationship between the question “do you not know?” and the audience’s actual knowledge is not invariable the speaker may use the question to draw on actual knowledge or to introduce elements into the discussion that the interlocutor genuinely did not know. After this survey, some conclusions are drawn with relation to Paul’s use of “do you not know?” in 1 Corinthians.
When cicero and St Paul agree: Intra-group litigation among the luperci and the corinthian believers
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 18-03-2013
DOI: 10.1093/JTS/FLT013
Clement and the Catechumenate in the Late Second Century
Publisher: De Gruyter
Date: 05-05-2020
Kerygma, Catechesis and Other Things We Used to Find
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2012
Abstract: Inquiry into the content of the preaching and teaching of the early Church was commonplace in the first part of the twentieth century. Such research was carried out under a number of different headings – kerygma, catechesis, etc. – and pursued with the form-critical tools of the day. However, these reconstructions encountered serious criticism and since the 1970s such inquiries have been more reserved. Today the field is ided, if sparse, with some employing the methods and results of earlier scholarship and others all but ignoring the question entirely. The present article examines this history of scholarship from Alfred Seeberg into the twenty-first century.
(Not) Baptizing Thecla
Publisher: Brill
Date: 08-05-2017
DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341303
Abstract: This piece reconsiders Paul’s deferral of Thecla’s baptism in light of internal initiation themes and in connection with broader historical efforts to understand Paul’s statement in 1 Cor 1:17a (“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel”). To this end, the article surveys previous explanations for this deferral of baptism, proposing to integrate several previous insights into a reading of Thecla as initiate, locates this reading on the spectrum of ancient interpretations of 1 Cor 1:17 from Tertullian to John Chrysostom and finally considers other baptismal material in the Acts of Paul .
Synergistic effects of bismuth coupling on the reactivity and reusability of zerovalent iron nanoparticles for the removal of cadmium from aqueous solution
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2019.03.062
Abstract: Removal of cadmium (Cd
The Reception of Paul and Early Christian Initiation
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 28-03-2019
Reading with a Forger: Christoph Pfaff and the Reception of Colossians 2:16
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature/SBL Press
Date: 2019
Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions and groundwater using agricultural biowastes-derived biosorbents and biochar: a column-scale investigation
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-03-2019
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2018.1501340
Abstract: In this study, column-scale laboratory experiments were performed to evaluate the arsenic (As) removal efficiency of different agricultural biowastes-derived biosorbents (orange peel, banana peel, rice husk) and biochar, using As-containing solutions and As-contaminated groundwater. All the biosorbents and biochar efficiently removed (50-100%) As from groundwater (drinking well water). Arsenic removal potential of biosorbents varied with their type, As concentration, contact time, and As solution type. After 1 h, the As removal efficiency of all the biosorbents was 100%, 100% and 90% for 5, 10, and 50 µg/L As-contaminated groundwater s les, respectively and it was 50%, 90%, and 90% for 10, 50, and 100 µg/L As solutions, respectively. After 2 h, all the biosorbents and biochar removed 100% As from aqueous solutions except for 100 µg/L As solution. This showed that the biosorbents and biochar could be used to reduce As contents below the WHO safe limit of As in drinking water (10 µg/L). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy indicated possible role of various surface functional moieties on biosorbents/biochar surface to remove As from solution and groundwater. This pilot-scale column study highlights that the biosorbents and biochar can be effectively used in remediation of As-contaminated groundwater, although the soluble salts in groundwater increased after treatment with biochar.
Health risk assessment of drinking arsenic-containing groundwater in Hasilpur, Pakistan: effect of sampling area, depth, and source
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-02-2018
DOI: 10.1007/S11356-018-1276-Z
Abstract: Currently, several news channels and research publications have highlighted the dilemma of arsenic (As)-contaminated groundwater in Pakistan. However, there is lack of data regarding groundwater As content of various areas in Pakistan. The present study evaluated As contamination and associated health risks in previously unexplored groundwater of Hasilpur-Pakistan. Total of 61 groundwater s les were collected from different areas (rural and urban), sources (electric pump, hand pump, and tubewell) and depths (35-430 ft or 11-131 m). The water s les were analyzed for As level and other parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, cations, and anions. It was found that 41% (25 out of 61) water s les contained As (≥ 5 μg/L). Out of 25 As-contaminated water s les, 13 water s les exceeded the permissible level of WHO (10 μg/L). High As contents have been found in tubewell s les and at high s ling depths (> 300 ft). The major As-contaminated groundwater in Hasilpur is found in urban areas. Furthermore, health risk and cancer risk due to As contamination were also assessed with respect to average daily dose (ADD), hazard quotient (HQ), and carcinogenic risk (CR). The values of HQ and CR of As in Hasilpur were up to 58 and 0.00231, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed a positive correlation between groundwater As contents, pH, and depth in Hasilpur. The current study proposed the proper monitoring and management of well water in Hasilpur to minimize the As-associated health hazards.
Biogeochemical behavior of nickel under different abiotic stresses: toxicity and detoxification mechanisms in plants
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-03-2019
DOI: 10.1007/S11356-019-04540-4
Abstract: Nickel (Ni) is a ubiquitous and highly important heavy metal. At low levels, Ni plays an essential role in plants such as its role in urease, superoxide dismutase, methyl-coenzyme M reductase, hydrogenase, acetyl-coenzyme A synthase, and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase enzyme. Although its deficiency in crops is very uncommon, but in the past few years, many studies have demonstrated Ni deficiency symptoms in plants. On the other hand, high levels of applied Ni can provoke numerous toxic effects (such as biochemical, physiological, and morphological) in plant tissues. Most importantly, from an ecological and risk assessment point of view, this metal has narrow ranges of its essential, beneficial, and toxic concentrations to plants, which significantly vary with plant species. This implies that it is of great importance to monitor the levels of Ni in different environmental compartments from which it can enter plants. Additionally, several abiotic stresses (such as salinity and drought) have been reported to affect the biogeochemical behavior of Ni in the soil-plant system. Thus, it is also important to assess Ni behavior critically under different abiotic stresses, which can greatly affect its role being an essential or toxic element. This review summarizes and critically discusses data about sources, bioavailability, and adsorption/desorption of Ni in soil its soil-plant transfer and effect on other competing ions accumulation in different plant tissues essential and toxic effects inside plants and tolerance mechanisms adopted by plants under Ni stress.
Jews and Christians – Parting Ways in the First Two Centuries CE?
Publisher: De Gruyter
Date: 09-08-2021
Justin Martyr without the “Parting” or the “Ways”
Publisher: De Gruyter
Date: 09-08-2021
Chrysostom's Use of Origen: Interpreting 1 Corinthians 4:6, Gospel Proof-Texts, and a Case for Direct Dependence
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 05-03-2019
DOI: 10.1093/JTS/FLZ005
Aphrahat and Pauline Reception: 1 Corinthians 7 and Baptismal Reasoning in East and West
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 03-06-2021
DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000047
Abstract: In studies of Pauline reception, most scholars limit themselves to works in the second or early third century (often ending with Irenaeus or the Acts of Paul) and to material from the Latin West and Greek East. Although later Syriac sources are rarely engaged, those who do work on this material have long recognised the importance of Paul's letters for that material. The present argument aims to help broaden the dominant discourse on Pauline reception by attending to early Syriac sources, principally the work of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. I focus in particular on his discussion of baptism and marriage in Dem. 7.18–20, which has confounded scholars over the years. This passage displays a kind of Pauline ‘logic’ indebted to 1 Cor 7.20, which can be discerned among other early Christian applications of that passage in similar contexts, in both East and West.
Hydrogeochemical and health risk evaluation of arsenic in shallow and deep aquifers along the different floodplains of Punjab, Pakistan
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Persuasion and Force in 4 Maccabees: Appropriating a Political Dialectic
Publisher: Brill
Date: 14-02-2017
DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12341137
Abstract: The present study explores the themes of persuasion and force in Greco-Roman political thought and their appropriation in 4 Maccabees. I argue that among Greco-Roman political writers, stretching from Plato to Plutarch, the problem of balancing persuasion and force and their relationship to civic virtues cut to the heart of the varied constitutional theories and proposals. While persuasion was preferred in ideal situations, force was recognized to be an important corollary for the masses (§1). Turning to 4 Maccabees, a good ex le of the Jewish appropriation of the dominant political philosophy, I demonstrate that the political persuasion/force dynamic is foundational both to the philosophical prologue and the martyr narrative (§2).
Amelioration of saline–sodic soil with gypsum can increase yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice–wheat cropping system
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-01-2017
Iron oxide nanoparticles doped biochar ameliorates trace elements induced phytotoxicity in tomato by modulation of physiological and biochemical responses: Implications for human health risk
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.CHEMOSPHERE.2021.133203
Abstract: Use of untreated municipal wastewater (WW) contains toxic trace elements that pose a serious threat to the soil-plant-human continuum. The use of biochar (BC) is a promising approach to minimize trace element induced toxicity in the ecosystem. Therefore, the present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of BC derived from wheat straw and iron oxide nanoparticles doped biochar (IO-BC) to reduce trace element buildup in soil and plants that consequently affect tomato plant growth and physiological activity under WW irrigation. The BC and IO-BC were applied at four levels (0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5%) in WW irrigated soils. The results indicated that the addition of WW + BC and WW + IO-BC resulted in significant reduction in trace element mobility in soil. Interestingly, the application of WW + IO-BC (1.5%) was more effective in reducing trace element mobility and bioavailability in soil by 78% (As), 58% (Cr), 46% (Pb) and 50% (Cd) compared to WW irrigation, and thus reduced trace element accumulation and toxicity in plants. Results revealed that WW irrigation negatively affected tomato growth, fruit yield, physiology and antioxidative response. Addition of WW + BC and WW + IO-BC ameliorated the oxidative stress (up to 65% and 58% in H
The Reception of Paul, Peter, and James in the Apostolic Fathers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 31-05-2021
Hermogenes the smith and narrative characterisation in the acts of Paul: A note on the reception of 2 Timothy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 08-12-2018
DOI: 10.1017/S0028688517000248
Abstract: The figures of Demas and Hermogenes in the Acts of Paul are puzzling for their ambiguous relation with figures by the same name in 2 Timothy (and, for Demas, in Philemon and Colossians). The purpose of the present article is to question what personal biographical details present in the Thecla narrative contribute to larger issues of literary dependence, focusing in particular on the notice that Hermogenes is a ‘coppersmith’. Although several scholars explain this passing reference in terms of a confused literary dependence on previous Pauline traditions, it is rarely approached as a meaningful narrative feature. This personal detail, however, should be read for its contribution to the Thecla narrative in light of the wider early Christian view of ‘smiths’, running from the New Testament texts into the third century and later. When these elements are taken into account, the smith-notice is highlighted as characterising Hermogenes (and, by extension, Demas) negatively.
Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees and Trypho: Jewish leadership and Jesus traditions in Justin’s construal of Christian and Jewish identity
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Date: 2021
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University Of Oxford
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'Tilling The Soul Of The Catechumen: Appropriating Paul As Catechist In The Early Church'
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 2018
Funder: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
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