The purpose of God: An exegetical and theological study of Romans 8:28

This study aims to attempt a full treatment of Romans 8:28. First, there are preliminary observations of the verse. Second, there is a detailed word-for-word analysis of it. Third, there is a theological consideration of the relation between Oἱ ἀyαпὣυτες τòυ θεόυ and Oἱ ҡλητοί. Fourth, there is an approach made to it in its first- century setting. Among the major conclusions are these: (1) A chiasmus and a parallelism can be discerned in v. 28. (2) The new evidence in support of the longer text is suggested. The fact that the word order of the shorter text (пἀυτα συυεργεί), which order should normally be "συυεργεί пἀυτα " from its context, is the same as that of the longest text (пἀυτα συυεργεί ό θεός) proves that the longer text lost 6 8e6g for some reason or other and keeps the order of the remaining part of them the same as before. (3) It is pointed out that Paul expresses from both sides purely human and purely divine an act which God leads the elect to do. This two-sidedness which Paul frequently uses is one of Paul's theological features. Human free will for Paul is exercised under the control of God's sovereign will. (4) It is assumed that Paul dared to pick up the common Stoic expression of pantheistic and impersonal optimism and to Christianize it (e.g. by adding ό θεός as expressed subject, replacing ἀρετη with ἀγαθόυ, etc.)

Petrology and mineralogy of the Yamato-86720 carbonaceous chondrite

Phyllosilicate clasts in Yamato-86720 consist mainly of dehydrated serpentine (or chlorite) and sodian talc (or saponite) components, which are the most homogeneous in chemical compositions among those in CM chondrites. They were produced from chondrules by intense hydrous alteration, resulting in the homogeneous composition of the phyllosilicates. Metal spherules and troilite grains in original chondrules have also altered to ovoidal phyllosilicate inclusions and unusual carbonate-phyllosilicates inclusions, respectively. The CaO content of the original chondrules was retained within them as the unusual carbonate-phyllosilicate inclusions, which resulted in the low CaO content of the Y-86720 matrix. The matrix is different in composition from the clast phyllosilicates, suggesting that the two were produced in conditions different from each other. Pyrrhotite grains in clasts and matrix have altered probably to ferrihydrite, which have produced Fe-rich halos around the pyrrhotite grains after the agglomeration of Y-86720 and prior to a heating event. The heating event took place in the final stage of the chondrite formation, resulting in dehydration of phyllosilicates and reduction of ferrihydrite to Co-Ni-poor kamacite

Petrologic subtypes of CM chondrites: Reinvestigation and proposal of subtypes 3.0 to 2.8

The Tenth Symposium on Polar Science/Poster presentations: [OA] Antarctic meteorites, Wed. 4 Dec. / Entrance Hall (1st floor), National Institute of Polar Researc

Faraday Rotation with Single Nuclear Spin Qubit in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity

When an off-resonant light field is coupled with atomic spins, its polarization can rotate depending on the direction of the spins via a Faraday rotation which has been used for monitoring and controlling the atomic spins. We observed Faraday rotation by an angle of more than 10 degrees for a single 1/2 nuclear spin of 171Yb atom in a high-finesse optical cavity. By employing the coupling between the single nuclear spin and a photon, we have also demonstrated that the spin can be projected or weakly measured through the projection of the transmitted single ancillary photon.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure

Development of an Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Textile by Electroless Ni-Based Alloy Plating

A polyester nonwoven textile with Ni-based alloy coating was fabricated, and the effect of electromagnetic wave shielding was evaluated. The Ni-based was coated by electroless plating on the textile. The electromagnetic wave shielding effect of the textile with Ni-B coating was about 99.98% over the induction range of 6-13 GHz. Because the textile has thin, light, flexible, and breathable characteristics, it will be versatile for the various electromagnetic wave shielding applications.ArticleIEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS. 45(10):4173-4175 (2009)journal articl