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Compositional strategy of the book of Judges: an inductive, rhetorical study
Under historical critical scholarship, the book of Judges is generally
considered a composite work comprising three distinct and essentially unrelated
sections. The central section (2:6-16:31), redacted out of traditional source material,
is believed to be originally a part of the larger Deuteronomistic History that runs
from Deuteronomy to Kings. The prologue (1:1-2:5) and epilogue (17:1-21:25), on
the other hand, are seen as independent compositions that are only artificially
appended onto the central section at a later stage of the book's redactional history.In the last two decades, there has been an increasing tendency for the book to
be read synchronically as an integrated whole. Although synchronic scholars have
drawn attention to the presence of thematic links that connect the different sections
of the book, they have yet to justify their integrative approach by exploring whether
such links are established by design, and if so, whether they imply compositional
unity for the book as a whole in its current canonical form. The present thesis thus
seeks to remedy this lack.In Chapter 1, the present thesis is placed in its historical context as
scholarship on Judges in the past century is critically surveyed. In Chapters 2-4,
rhetorical links between the prologue and the epilogue, the epilogue and central
section, and the prologue and central sections are respectively examined in detail. As
the evidence seems to suggest that such links are established by conscious design, the
implication is that at the compositional level, a closer relationship than has been
recognised thus far may indeed exist between the three sections.Recognising that any claim of compositional unity for Judges would
inevitably have to answer questions regarding apparent discrepancies in viewpoints
within the book, in Chapter 5, the issue of kingship, concerning which critical
scholars have discerned divergent voices within the book, is explored. Specifically,
it is argued that the "king" referred to in the allegedly pro-monarchic refrain cannot
be a reference to the Israelite monarchy to come, but is more likely a reference to
YHWH's kingship over His people. Such an understanding would therefore
eliminate the problem of divergent viewpoints within the bookIn the final chapter, the various observations and conclusions drawn in
previous chapters are brought together, and a case is put forth that the person
responsible for the selection and arrangement of the material in the central section
must have been the very same person who composed the prologue and epilogue of
Judges. This means that the current canonical form of Judges may indeed be a
unified piece of composition that can justifiably be read as an integrative whole.
Moreover, based on the rhetorical concerns discernible through the various links, it is
also possible to identify the implied rhetorical agenda of the book as a call for the rerecognition
of the kingly authority of YHWH. This would constitute an implied
solution to the progressive deterioration witnessed throughout the book, both at the
national and leadership level
Electrostatic solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using molecular dynamics with density functional theory interactions
Determining the solvation free energies of single ions in water is one of the
most fundamental problems in physical chemistry and yet many unresolved
questions remain. In particular, the ability to decompose the solvation free
energy into simple and intuitive contributions will have important implications
for models of electrolyte solution. Here, we provide definitions of the various
types of single ion solvation free energies based on different simulation
protocols. We calculate solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using
density functional theory interaction potentials with molecular dynamics
simulation (DFT-MD) and isolate the effects of charge and cavitation, comparing
to the Born (linear response) model. We show that using uncorrected Ewald
summation leads to unphysical values for the single ion solvation free energy
and that charging free energies for cations are approximately linear as a
function of charge but that there is a small non-linearity for small anions.
The charge hydration asymmetry (CHA) for hard spheres, determined with quantum
mechanics, is much larger than for the analogous real ions. This suggests that
real ions, particularly anions, are significantly more complex than simple
charged hard spheres, a commonly employed representation.Comment: 28 pages, 5 figure
Real single ion solvation free energies with quantum mechanical simulation
Single ion solvation free energies are one of the most important properties
of electrolyte solutions and yet there is ongoing debate about what these
values are. Only the values for neutral ion pairs are known. Here, we use DFT
interaction potentials with molecular dynamics simulation (DFT-MD) combined
with a modified version of the quasi-chemical theory (QCT) to calculate these
energies for the lithium and fluoride ions. A method to correct for the error
in the DFT functional is developed and very good agreement with the
experimental value for the lithium fluoride pair is obtained. Moreover, this
method partitions the energies into physically intuitive terms such as surface
potential, cavity and charging energies which are amenable to descriptions with
reduced models. Our research suggests that lithium's solvation free energy is
dominated by the free energetics of a charged hard sphere, whereas fluoride
exhibits significant quantum mechanical behavior that cannot be simply
described with a reduced model.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Non-Supersymmetric Seiberg Duality, Orientifold QCD and Non-Critical Strings
We propose an electric-magnetic duality and conjecture an exact conformal
window for a class of non-supersymmetric U(N_c) gauge theories with fermions in
the (anti)symmetric representation of the gauge group and N_f additional scalar
and fermion flavors. The duality exchanges N_c with N_f -N_c \mp 4 leaving N_f
invariant, and has common features with Seiberg duality in N=1 SQCD with SU or
SO/Sp gauge group. At large N the duality holds due to planar equivalence with
N=1 SQCD. At finite N we embed these gauge theories in a setup with D-branes
and orientifolds in a non-supersymmetric, but tachyon-free, non-critical type
0B string theory and argue in favor of the duality in terms of boundary and
crosscap state monodromies as in analogous supersymmetric situations. One can
verify explicitly that the resulting duals have matching global anomalies.
Finally, we comment on the moduli space of these gauge theories and discuss
other potential non-supersymmetric examples that could exhibit similar
dualities.Comment: 45 pages, 1 figur
Curvature Corrections to Dynamics of Domain Walls
The most usual procedure for deriving curvature corrections to effective
actions for topological defects is subjected to a critical reappraisal. A
logically unjustified step (leading to overdetermination) is identified and
rectified, taking the standard domain wall case as an illustrative example.
Using the appropriately corrected procedure, we obtain a new exact (analytic)
expression for the corresponding effective action contribution of quadratic
order in the wall width, in terms of the intrinsic Ricci scalar and the
extrinsic curvature scalar . The result is proportional to with the
coefficient given by . The resulting form of the ensuing dynamical
equations is obtained in terms of the second fundamental form and the
Dalembertian of its trace, K. It is argued that this does not invalidate the
physical conclusions obtained from the "zero rigidity" ansatz used in
previous work.Comment: 19 pages plain TeX, 2 figures include
The Influence of Formulation, Buffering, pH and Divalent Cations on the Activity of Endothall on Hydrilla.
Endothall has been used as an aquatic herbicide for more
than 40 years and provides very effective weed control of
many weeds. Early research regarding the mechanism-of-action
of endothall contradicts the symptomology normally associated
with the product. Recent studies suggest endothall
is a respiratory toxin but the mechanism-of-action remains
unknown. To further elucidate the activity of endothall, several
endothall formulations were evaluated for their effects
on ion leakage, oxygen consumption and photosynthetic oxygen
evolution from hydrilla shoot tips. The influence of pH,
buffering and divalent cations was also evaluated. (PDF contains 6 pages.
Higher-dimensional resolution of dilatonic black hole singularities
We show that the four-dimensional extreme dilaton black hole with dilaton
coupling constant can be interpreted as a {\it completely
non-singular}, non-dilatonic, black -brane in dimensions provided
that is {\it odd}. Similar results are obtained for multi-black holes and
dilatonic extended objects in higher spacetime dimensions. The non-singular
black -brane solutions include the self-dual three brane of ten-dimensional
N=2B supergravity and a multi-fivebrane solution of eleven-dimensional
supergravity. In the case of a supersymmetric non-dilatonic -brane solution
of a supergravity theory, we show that it saturates a bound on the energy per
unit -volume.Comment: 27 pages, R/94/28, UCSBTH-94-35 (Comments added to the discussion
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Torsion matrices over commutative integral group rings
Let ZA be the integral group ring of a finite abelian group A, and n a positive integer greater than 5. We provide conditions on n and A under which every torsion matrix U, with identity augmentation, in GLn(ZA) is conjugate in GLn(QA) to a diagonal matrix with group elements on the diagonal. When A is infinite, we show that under similar conditions, U has a group trace and is stably conjugate to such a diagonal matrix
Full-Field, Carrier-Less, Polarization-Diversity, Direct Detection Receiver based on Phase Retrieval
We realize dual-polarization full-field recovery using intensity only
measurements and phase retrieval techniques based on dispersive elements.
30-Gbaud QPSK waveforms are transmitted over 520-km standard single-mode fiber
and equalized from the receiver outputs using 2X2 MIMO
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