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Relating the Gospels: Memory, Imitation, and the Farrer Hypothesis by Eric Eve

Reviewed by: Relating the Gospels: Memory, Imitation, and the Farrer Hypothesis by Eric Eve Daniel Glover eric eve, Relating the Gospels: Memory, Imitation, and the Farrer Hypothesis (LNTS 592; London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021). Pp. viii + 247. $115. Eric Eve's Relating the Gospels is a new study on the Synoptic Problem, arguing in favor of the Farrer Hypothesis. E. proposes that offering attention to memory and the scribal and authorial practices of imitation in the ancient world help to demonstrate the plausibility of Luke's use of Matthew and Mark. He dialogues with recent advances in memory studies and scribal compositional practices to argue in seven chapters for the plausibility of Luke's use of Matthew. The first chapter introduces the book and specifies that E. has confined this study to "comparing the viability of the Farrer hypothesis with that of its principal competitor, the Two Document Hypothesis" (3). It is somewhat disappointing that the more recent Matthean [End Page 356] Posteriority Theory did not feature prominently in this book. While no book can do everything, even a surface level engagement with this recent literature in the footnotes would have been desirable. The next two chapters supply the book's method. In chap. 2, E. establishes different models of engagement with memory studies in relation to the Synoptic Problem and how these models can help support the assumption of Marcan priority. Most interesting here is the discussion of scribal composition. E. offers evidence that scribes had a profound capacity for memory and the memorization of texts. The literary elite valued not only rote memorization of lines of text for recitation but also creative memory, which allowed for an interaction with texts even amid their performance. The best scribes could recite passages from a given text that shared a theme, word, or character, rework passages around other and different themes, sometimes recite a narrative in reverse order, and all of these on demand. Those interested in composition would often practice the same sorts of recollecting techniques just described but in combination with other literary works in order to produce a new, creative retelling or reworking of those older sources. These sorts of practices of creative rewriting, therefore, challenge Alan Kirk's argument (Q in Matthew [LNTS 564; London: T&T Clark, 2016]) that the Gospel authors would have been restrained by the logical ordering of written materials. (E. helpfully complicates this argument by pointing out that whatever rearranging would be necessary on Luke's use of Matthew, would also be necessary on Matthew's use of Q.) To be sure, E. does not attribute to the Gospel authors the same level of ability as those elite scribes, but he takes for granted that they would have had access to some of these same practices. In chap. 3, E. places this vision of scribal practice into conversation with recent work on ancient paideia. E. suggests that, while progymnastic exercises of reordering and rearrangement cannot account for every instance of Luke's use of Matthew, they do help the reader to anticipate the types of changes Luke would have made to Matthew, especially once one considers Luke as engaging in typical scribal practices of creative memory. The next three chapters wade "into the weeds" as close, comparative, and exegetical studies of the double and triple tradition. In chap. 4, E. discusses and evaluates significant similarities between Matthew and Luke, especially in the sayings material, but also between the first few chapters of Matthew and Luke. E. himself lists eight thematic and verbal parallels that are difficult to explain without some sort of literary dependence. He finds much the same sort of information in their narratives of John the Baptist, the temptation, and the resurrection. Luke's scribal creativity manifests throughout his Gospel, but E. observes the significance of Luke's imitative rewriting of the narrative of Samuel's infancy narrative in the composition of Jesus's birth and early years. There we find an analogue for the kind of creative alterations to Luke's Septuagintal source that we may observe in Luke's Matthean source under the Farrer Hypothesis. Eve's last two chapters deal with problem passages in Luke, including...

The Forging of One’s Self: Inauthentic Signatures and the Privacy of Handwriting

The article examines the ambiguous relationship between the handwritten signature and privacy. Read as an expression of individuality, the signature serves as a means of (public) representation and documentation; at the same time, its appearance is said to be connected to a person’s character and their specific manners that are developed and acted upon most freely in private. Based on the examples of Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s autograph collection and Thomas Mann’s designs for the signatures of two characters from his novel Die Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, this article explores inauthentic signatures—signatures displaying a name other than the signatory’s—as a practice of performing individuality through writing. It concludes that the relationship between individuality and handwriting is not dependent on notions of authenticity, but instead is established through diverse practices involving (among others) posing and imitation. Thus, privacy not only provides a space for the enactment of “authentic” self-expression, but also for the exploration of personality through playful and imaginative practices.

Stanford Medicine Partners journey in creating an IDHE strategic plan

Inclusion, Diversity, and Health Equity (IDHE) are important strategies that healthcare organisations must address to ensure that the communities they serve are heard, well represented and cared for in the most appropriate way. At Stanford Medicine Partners (SMP), a medical foundation founded by Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Health Care (SHC), we embraced and committed to having a diverse workforce through creation of a culture of inclusion, professional fulfilment and respect. In caring for a diverse population throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, we are unified by excellence as the standard of care, and, together, we are healing humanity through science and compassion one patient at a time. We recognised the importance of creating a clear roadmap and development of a strategic plan to set the foundation, practical vision and strategies needed to advance IDHE initiatives. This paper will share our strategies of elevating IDHE as a Strategic Priority; Positioning the Organisation as an IDHE Thought Partner; Investing in Our People; and Measuring for Accountability and Success and in Creating New Ways to Seek a Balanced Input on Solving IDHE Matters and Developing Mechanisms to Measure the IDHE Culture. These four strategies have guided us in co-creating an action plan with specific measurable accomplishments related to each strategy. Learnings have centred around developing progressive, inclusive processes; advancing continuous, comprehensive learning and development; providing effective and meaningful IDHE events and activities; implementing an IDHE dashboard tool; creating IDHE leadership programmes for under-represented staff; and forming strategic partnerships to address medical disparities. And we have seen the value and benefit of incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion into the organisation’s values through a creative strategic planning process and three-year plan.

A sustainable vision for general practice: Addressing the challenges

The systemic problems and challenges of general practice within the health system require systemic solutions. Noting the complex adaptive natureof health, illness and disease, and its distribution within communities and general practice work, this article suggests a model for general practice thatallows the full scope of practice to bedeveloped while creating seamlessly integrated general practice colleges that support general practitioners on their journey to 'mastery' in their chosen discipline. The authors discuss the complex dynamics underpinning knowledge and skills development throughout doctors' careers, and the need for policy makers toevaluate health improvement andresourcing based on their interdependencies with all societal activity. To succeed, the profession would have to adopt the principles that form the foundation of generalism and complex adaptive organisations to strengthen its ability to successfully interact with all itsstakeholders.

A sustainable vision for general practice: Understanding the challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the full extent of the crisis in general practice, which has emerged as nothing more than the tip of the iceberg of a health system in crisis. This article introduces the systems and complexity thinking that frame the problems affecting general practice and the systemic challenges inherent in redesigning it. The authors show how embedded general practice is in the overall complex adaptive organisation of the health system. They allude to some of the key concerns that need to be dissolved in its redesign to achieve an effective, efficient, equitable and sustainable general practice system within a redesigned overall health system to achieve the best possible desired health experiences for patients.

Beyond social equity: Talking social justice in public administration

Public Administration ReviewVolume 83, Issue 2 p. 229-240 EDITORIAL Beyond social equity: Talking social justice in public administration Camilla Stivers, Camilla Stivers Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USASearch for more papers by this authorSanjay K. Pandey, Sanjay K. Pandey Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USASearch for more papers by this authorLeisha DeHart-Davis, Leisha DeHart-Davis School of Government, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USASearch for more papers by this authorJeremy L. Hall, Corresponding Author Jeremy L. Hall jeremy.hall@ucf.edu School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA Correspondence Jeremy L. Hall, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. Email: jeremy.hall@ucf.eduSearch for more papers by this authorKathryn Newcomer, Kathryn Newcomer Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USASearch for more papers by this authorShannon Portillo, Shannon Portillo School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USASearch for more papers by this authorMeghna Sabharwal, Meghna Sabharwal Public and Nonprofit Management Program, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USASearch for more papers by this authorEiko Strader, Eiko Strader Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USASearch for more papers by this authorJames Wright II, James Wright II Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USASearch for more papers by this author Camilla Stivers, Camilla Stivers Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USASearch for more papers by this authorSanjay K. Pandey, Sanjay K. Pandey Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USASearch for more papers by this authorLeisha DeHart-Davis, Leisha DeHart-Davis School of Government, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USASearch for more papers by this authorJeremy L. Hall, Corresponding Author Jeremy L. Hall jeremy.hall@ucf.edu School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA Correspondence Jeremy L. Hall, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. Email: jeremy.hall@ucf.eduSearch for more papers by this authorKathryn Newcomer, Kathryn Newcomer Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USASearch for more papers by this authorShannon Portillo, Shannon Portillo School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USASearch for more papers by this authorMeghna Sabharwal, Meghna Sabharwal Public and Nonprofit Management Program, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USASearch for more papers by this authorEiko Strader, Eiko Strader Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USASearch for more papers by this authorJames Wright II, James Wright II Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 26 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13620 *Editor-in-Chief's Note: PAR Editorials seek to raise the salience of important public administration themes. Social justice is one of the defining themes of our times and in this editorial statement, we clarify some basic issues and offer a vision for future scholarship and practice. This statement is co-authored with notable public administration scholars, many affiliated with the Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars (CORGES). I am especially grateful to Cam Stivers, Sanjay Pandey, and Leisha DeHart-Davis for their leadership in crafting this editorial statement. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume83, Issue2March/April 2023Pages 229-240 RelatedInformation

LQR based optimal co-design for linear control systems with input and state constraints

This paper considers a constrained co-design problem for linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. With a practical vision of real-world problems, constraints on the control signal and system states are involved in the proposed algorithm. The main goal is to design a sub-optimal controller by simultaneously obtaining the control policy and the model parameters. To this end, the conventional problem of solving the Hamiltonian-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation is transformed into a nonlinear non-convex optimisation problem. Then, by reformulating the constraints of the optimisation problem, it is relaxed into a convex Semi-Definite Programming (SDP). By presenting an iterative method, the control cost, the performance, and the number of iterations are improved compared to conventional methods, and a closer result to the optimal solution is obtained. The performance and efficacy of the proposed algorithm are investigated through a case study on the physical load positioning system.

Special Report: Measurement-Based Care—Using Data to Augment Psychotherapy

Special Report: Measurement-Based Care—Using Data to Augment Psychotherapy

Restorative Justice, Civic Education, and Transformative Possibilities

Around the country, schools are using restorative justice circles as an approach to conflict resolution among students. This group work focuses on listening and speaking, knowledge sharing, and problem solving; and as such, it serves as an ideal space for civic education. I offer a vision of restorative justice practice in schools that emphasizes its potential to create social networks that are foundational to civic education. I draw on my experience as a restorative justice theorist and practitioner and on data collected from a midwestern high school that trained students in restorative justice theory and practice to show how restorative justice processes can be leveraged to support civic education. I posit that if learning communities practice fidelity to restorative justice theory and circle processes, they can support youth in becoming agents of civic change with experience as active community stakeholders, reflective listeners, and leaders.

Les nouveaux mots dans le Petit Robert de la langue française 2021

The language dictionary does not only propose to make a description of the lexicon in the verbal performances of the speaking subjects, but also that of the attitudes of these speakers with regard to the types of spoken or written verbal behaviours. The dictionary is a place of reference, it describes its judgments of acceptability according to a cultural norm. The lexicographers of Le Petit Robert de la langue française 2021 insist on the evolution of the language that each new edition of the dictionary must take into account. They lead a fight against single thought and impoverished expression by offering a very broad vision of French practices ranging from abstract thought and contemporary techniques to the spontaneous expression of language uses. This article focuses on the new words present in the 2021 version of this dictionary. If we study the neologisms added to this glossary, we can see quite clearly in which directions the lexicon of the French language is evolving. Neology works on the new basis of a certain number of rules which are characterized by their greater or lesser productivity.

ON THE INNOVATION OF THE TRAINING MECHANISM OF NEW LAW TALENTS BASED ON THE BALANCE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND

China's legal education shoulders the historical mission of transporting talents for the comprehensive rule of law. The fundamental demand for the cultivation of legal talents comes from the implementation of the strategy of rule of law. The rule of law aims to promote the construction of national development layout, and the cultivation of legal talents should fully respond to the construction needs of the five in one overall layout. At present, China's legal education is limited to the path dependence of vocational education and the lack of practice in cultivating compound and innovative talents, which leads to the imbalance between the supply of legal talents and the national demand. Under the guidance of the new concept of law, we should highlight the paradigm of knowledge system construction of field law, enhance the depth of interdisciplinary integration, and build the "curriculum ideological and political" of law courses. In the undergraduate education stage of law, the core courses of this major are refined into basic courses and basic development courses, and the field law courses are opened according to the actual situation of the University, to expand the vision of practice. The postgraduate education focuses more on the cultivation of compound and innovative legal talents, and should adopt the project system of collaborative innovation, and carry out all-round reforms such as enrollment and training.

Understanding factors affecting implementation success and sustainability of a comprehensive prevention program for cardiovascular disease in primary health care: a qualitative process evaluation study combining RE-AIM and CFIR.

Our aim was to evaluate the implementation process of a comprehensive cardiovascular disease prevention program in general practice, to enhance understanding of influencing factors to implementation success and sustainability, and to learn how to overcome barriers. Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors are the world's leading cause of mortality, yet can be prevented by addressing unhealthy lifestyle behavior. Nevertheless, the transition toward a prevention-oriented primary health care remains limited. A better understanding of factors facilitating or hindering implementation success and sustainability of prevention programs, and how barriers may be addressed, is needed. This work is part of Horizon 2020 project 'SPICES', which aims to implement validated preventive interventions in vulnerable populations. We conducted a qualitative process evaluation with participatory action research approach of implementation in five general practices. Data were collected through 38 semi-structured individual and small group interviews with seven physicians, 11 nurses, one manager and one nursing assistant, conducted before, during, and after the implementation period. We applied adaptive framework analysis guided by RE-AIM Qualitative Evaluation for Systematic Translation (RE-AIM QuEST) and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). Multiple facilitators and barriers affected reach of vulnerable target populations: adoption by primary health care providers, implementation and fidelity and intention to maintain the program into routine practice. In addition, our study revealed concrete actions, linked to implementation strategies, that can be undertaken to address identified barriers. Prioritization of prevention in general practice vision, ownership, and shared responsibility of all team members, compatibility with existing work processes and systems, expanding nurse's roles and upskilling competence profiles, supportive financial and regulatory frameworks, and a strong community - health care link are crucial to increase implementation success and long-term maintenance of prevention programs. COVID-19 was a major barrier to the implementation. RE-AIM QuEST, CFIR, and participatory strategies are useful to guide implementation of prevention programs in primary health care.

Assessing threatening uncertainties: Counterterrorism and everyday practices of preemptive policing in Ghana

The preemptive turn in counterterrorism has turned future uncertainties into key objects of contemporary security governance. From an empirically grounded perspective, this article contributes with novel insight into the everyday practices of preemptive politics. Focusing on Ghana as a unique case through which to trace how the mobilization of affect accelerates the transnational proliferation of counterterrorism measures and the commodification of future uncertainty, it shows how the global War on Terror has shaped the emergence of counterterrorism in a context characterized by the absence of terrorist attacks on home soil. Exploring how preemption animates outreach activities, simulation exercises, and nighttime patrols, it shows how police officers attempt to make uncertain futures tangible and actionable through practices of imagination and performance. Aimed at assessing terrorist threats that have not (yet) materialized, the article argues that preemptive policing practices cause a conflation of ordinary crime and extraordinary terror that inflates already existing uncertainties and subverts the institutional security logics of preemption.

Nightgown parties

‘Nightgown parties’ is an experimental visual essay featuring a new fairy tale and previously unpublished images, a three-way collaborative ‘party’ between an artist, writer and curator. The curator, Catriona McAra, begins with a compact, comparative preface for the imaginative practices of the artist and writer which intersect at the lost moment of fairy-tale costume. Writer Kate Bernheimer has prepared a new story, ‘The Crown of Stars’ about a found photograph from artist Samantha Sweeting’s childhood, Golden Crown, in which the 4-year-old artist wears fancy dress and appears to be dancing with abandon. McAra argues that, for both, the fairy-tale costume functions as primary matter, with close reference to well-known tales that feature articles of clothing such as Charles Perrault’s ‘Peau d’Âne’ (‘Donkeyskin’), ‘Cinderella’, and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. McAra’s context for this new tale and image brings together fairy-tale scholarship and costume studies.

교외 활동 연계 성찰글쓰기 수업 기법의 제안

The purpose of this study is to suggest a method to help learners understand the world differently than before by activating their communication skills. This technique improves communication skills needed for freshmen rather than improving academic writing skills. And this technique doubles the efficacy of reflective writing, which is naturally raised in the process. The key to this technique is to have them design a ‘one-day group trip’ and go to the actual destination. This method was derived from the process of linking Kyung Hee University's 'Writing for Me' technique (focused on reflective writing activities) with Kangwon University's 'Writing and Speaking' (focused on creativity and communication). Learners who have visited the travel destination designed by themselves write a new feling with themselves. As a result, they understand themselves and the world in a different way than before. This goes beyond the limitations of reflective writing, which has been focused on imaginative practice.

‘I want to die on my own terms’: Dominant interpretative repertoires of ‘a good death’ in old age in Dutch newspapers

RationaleThere is a paucity of empirical studies exploring how death and dying in old age are actually represented and debated within the Dutch society. ObjectiveThis study examines the discourse used in Dutch newspapers on the good death and dignified dying. It analyses how different types of social actions and positions are construed, thereby describing how death and dying in old age are portrayed in newspaper media. Methods173 newspaper articles between 2010 and 2020 were selected from five Dutch national newspapers. Data were thematically coded and scrutinised for discursive patterns in order to identify interpretative repertoires and their functions. ResultsFour interpretative repertoires of good death and dying in old age were identified, all drawing on the assisted dying debate: Choice, Risk, Care, and Complexity. Each repertoire constructs a particular image of death and dying, varying from it being a personal choice; a last resort; a joint journey; to a contingent quest. The different repertoires imply distinct identities and actions. The Choice-repertoire construes older people as active subjects who autonomously determine their own death. The Risk- and Care-repertoires both construe older people primarily as passive and acted upon: either threatened by illness, decline and death; or protected and cared for by others and society. The Complexity-repertoire construes older people's situation as an object of reflection. Discussion and conclusionThe strong prevalence of the Choice-repertoire in Dutch newspapers construes good death and dignified dying in old age in a salient way, unrepresentatively highlighting assisted dying as the preferred imagined practice. It is hypothesised that reimaging the Care- and Complexity-repertoires in such a way that they construe older persons in a more active subject role could help depolarise the debate on death and dying in old age.

Robot Drama: Investigating Frictions between Vision and Demonstration in Care Robotics

Roboticists are faced with a striking discrepancy between vision and demonstration of care with robots. On the one hand, research funders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs expect robots to become a panacea to impending demographic change. On the other hand, efforts to demonstrate that vision in care practice have largely remained unfulfilled. In this article, I investigate how roboticists manage and deal with this discrepancy between high expectations toward robotics research and what robots are capable of doing in practice. I will offer an extensive analysis of the efforts by roboticists and others to install, repair, stage, and, surprisingly, suspend robot dramas. Robot dramas comprise an ambivalent mix of experimental practices that seek to stage visions of care robotics while at the same time testing precarious phenomena of human–robot interaction. This relates two prominent but still largely disconnected strands of research in Science and Technology Studies: works on techno-scientific demonstrations, and on high and low expectations. Here, robot dramas are a crucial site for studying the conflicting interrelation between the theatrical performativity of demonstrations and the interplay of high and low expectations.

Book Review: Freeing Congregational Mission: A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-development

Book Review: Freeing Congregational Mission: A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-development

Application of AHP and G-TOPSIS for prioritizing capabilities and related practices for a mature and resilient supply chain during disruption

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize capabilities and practices to ensure a resilient supply chain during an unexpected disruption. In addition, this study ranks maturity factors that influence the main capabilities identified.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is conducted in three stages. First, capabilities and practices are extracted through a literature review. Second, capabilities and practices are ranked using the analytical hierarchical process method. Third, a gray technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution method is used to rank maturity factors influencing capabilities.FindingsThe findings indicate that responsiveness, readiness, flexibility and adaptability are the most important capabilities for supply chain resilience. Also, commitment and communication are the highest maturity factors influencing resilience capabilities.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings provide a hierarchical vision of capabilities and practices for industries to increase resilience. Limitations of the paper are related to capabilities, practices and number of experts consulted.Practical implicationsThis paper highlights the importance of high-maturity practices in resilience capability adoption. The findings of this study will encourage decisions-makers to increase maturity practices to build resilience against disruption.Originality/valueThe paper reveals that developing powerful capabilities, good practices and a high level of maturity improve supply chain resilience.

Envisager l’idéologie et l’utopie depuis une phénoménologie du pâtir et de l’agir

I pursue here a wish of Ricœur: to analyze ideology and utopia from a genetic phenomenology, in the sense of Husserl in the Cartesian Meditations, which “strives to dig under the surface of apparent meaning to the most fundamental meanings.” A single innovative interest guides my proposal between two contrasting phenomenologies of the imagination in Michel Henry and Paul Ricœur: to root, on the one hand, the dialectical mediation of ideology and utopia in the living immanence of the affective imagination and, on the other hand, to inscribe the power of its expression as well as its power to act in the social and cultural field require to hold together the affective immanence of life, the figuration of the social reality and the socio-cultural and historical praxis. The psychoanalytical interpretation of the cultural imaginary to the bending of the affect and the language and the micro-history of the social practices of the representations serve here as “forks caudines,” under which the immanent phenomenology of the affective imagination is led to a hermeneutics of the imaginative practices of the discourse and the action.