Solomon ben Joseph ha-Kohen on Fāṭimid Victory: A Hebrew Ode to al-Mustanṣir Billāh and Badr al-Jamālī Reconsidered

Abstract

This article presents a vocalised edition (on the basis of MS T.-S. Misc. 36.174, Cambridge University Library) and a revised translation of a Hebrew ode written on the occasion of the Fā?imid victory over the invading Saljūq army in Cairo in 469/1077. Elaborating on earlier research on the Cairo Genizah treasures starting with Julius H. Greenstone's 1906 paper, the article first of all aims to present whatever historical data can be obtained about the poet, Solomon ben Joseph ha-Kohen, and about the time period and the circumstances in which he must have written his poem, which is addressed to the Fā?imid caliph al-Mustan?ir Billāh and his vizier Badr al-Jamālī. Other major objectives of the article are the identification of other historical persons and events alluded to in the praise poem, a literary analysis of the ode within the conceptual framework of “martial poetry”, and an examination of its laudatory or propagandistic aspects.     

Perceiving punishment as a contingent of interethnic relations

This study raises the question of whether the perception of punishment is contingent upon ethnic homogeneity or heterogeneity of teachers and students. Eighty Israeli Oriental seventh-grade students were classified into two groups according to their ethnic identification scores. Each was shown one of four films portraying a classroom scene in which a student (Oriental or Western) is punished by either a Western or an Oriental teacher. Results show that the context of interethnic relationships influences the perception of punishment. Compared to low identifiers, the high identifiers perceived punishment as unjust and showed less affection for a Western teacher punishing an Oriental student than for a Western teacher punishing a Western student. In a parallel fashion, the high identifiers assessed more positively an Oriental teacher punishing a Western student than the low identifiers. The results are discussed in terms of interethnic relations and attributional bias.     

Vocabulary learning

This article addresses the question of how to account for the growth in vocabulary knowledge that occurs during the elementary school years. Areas examined include the ways that word meanings are communicated, direct teaching of meanings vocabulary instruction as a part of reading instruction, and deriving and learning word meanings from verbal context. Taken singly, neither direct instruction of meanings nor learning word meanings from context seems to account all that well for the growth in vocabulary that is thought to occur.     

从构造性谈李约瑟难题

从数学的构造性入手,我们剖析了李约瑟难题,并通过论证指出:近代数学是中西结合的产物,中国在近代数学方面落后的重要原因就是没有及时地吸取他国之长。     

A Tentative Analysis of Soft Power and its Usage in US Foreign Policies

The term "soft power" is coined by a noted American scholar Joseph Nye. It means a nation’s ability to get others to do what it wants without either coercive military or economic pressures, or material inducements. It is the attractiveness and seduction, the resources of which include culture, values, political ideas and policies. During the past two decades, the soft power concept has gained widespread acceptance and usage. In a global information age and in a multi-polarized world, the US government has all along attached much importance to the exercise of soft power in foreign policies. It goes to great lengths to advance its universal culture and values, promote public diplomacy, and shape the world order by helping establish the international institutions and norms. The US government draws on the resources of soft power to improve the national image and thus promote its popularity across the world with a view to serving the national interests. The idea of soft power improves the traditional concept of power, enriches the practice of the US diplomacy. However, we shouldn’t fail to see that it is based on US superiority with the ultimate goal of achieving US hegemony. But still we can learn something from the concept and introduce it into our policies.     

美国圣约瑟夫大学教学管理制度及对我们的启示

美国高等教育的质量领先于国际水平,与其管理制度密切相关。本文基于对美国地区类(北部)综合性大学——美国圣约瑟夫大学教学管理制度的调查,认为圣约瑟夫大学的教学管理制度形成了一个综合管理体系,对良好学风的养成、高素质人才的培养等发挥了重要作用。通过比较分析,本文认为可以在教学管理制度、教学业绩评价等方面借鉴圣约瑟夫大学的制度安排,不断提高教育质量。     

论阿Q与K的精神契合

阿Q和K分别是鲁迅《阿Q正传》和卡夫卡《诉讼》中的主人公,本文试图通过各自身份背景、存在哲学、与女性的关系、死亡四方面去把握两者精神上所隐藏的契合。     

荒诞中透视的社会现实

约瑟夫.海勒是美国当代小说家,他的代表作是《第二十二条军规》,被称为"黑色幽默"的典范。"黑色幽默"是一种具有美国特色的文学现象,它的出现给人们带来了一种新的体验,使人们在苦涩的笑声之后陷入深思。     

熊彼特社会主义思想论略

熊彼特曾断言,社会主义社会将不可避免地从同样不可避免的资本主义社会的瓦解中出现。这是国内很多学者用以引证资产阶级学者反对资本主义、主张社会主义的"有力证据"。其实并非如此。他的结论虽与马克思的相同,但得出结论的论据却是截然不同的,他所倡导的社会主义也只不过是垄断资本主义而已,同时又是反马克思主义的社会主义。