Rejoice, dear Zion! : Hebrew construct phrases with "daughter" and "virgin" as nomen regens / / Magnar Kartveit

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463657903321
• Autore: Kartveit Magnar <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 3-11-030915-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Collana: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; ; Volume 447
• Disciplina: 792.4/554
• Soggetti: Construct state (Grammar); Hebrew language - Noun; Women in the Bible; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Signs of Zion -- Chapter 2: Does "Daughter of Zion" Refer to a Collective or an Individual? -- Chapter 3: "Daughter (of) Zion" in Recent Research -- Chapter 4: The Genitive and the Construct State in Semitic Languages -- Chapter 5: Semantic Analysis of the Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and/or "Virgin" -- Chapter 6: Can Nomen Regens in Biblical Hebrew be a Metaphor Applied (in Apposition?) to Nomen Rectum? -- Chapter 7: Dear Zion -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The phrase "Daughter of Zion" is in recent Bible translations often rendered "Daughter Zion". The discussion behind this change has continued for decades, but lacks proper linguistic footing. Parlance in grammars, dictionaries, commentaries and textbooks is often confusing. The present book seeks to remedy this defect by treating all relevant expressions from a linguistic point of view. To do this, it also discusses the understanding of Hebrew construct phrases, and finds that while there is a morphological category of genitive in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac do not display it. The ; use of this term as a syntactical category is unfortunate, and the term should be avoided in Hebrew grammar. Metaphor theory and the use of irony are also tools in the discussion of the phrases. As a result of the treatment, the author finds that there are some Hebrew construct phrases where nomen regens describes the following nomen rectum, and the description may be metaphorical, in some cases also ironical. This seems to be the case with "Daughter of Zion" and similar phrases. This understanding calls for a revision of the translation of the phrases, and new translations are suggested.

Chaotic transitions in deterministic and stochastic dynamical systems : applications of Melnikov processes in engineering, physics, and neuroscience / / Emil Simiu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827211303321
• Autore: Simiu Emil
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 0-691-05094-5; 1-4008-3250-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Collana: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics
• Disciplina: 515/.352
• Soggetti: Differentiable dynamical systems; Chaotic behavior in systems; Stochastic systems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS -- Chapter 2. Transitions in Deterministic Systems and the Melnikov Function -- Chapter 3. Chaos in Deterministic Systems and the Melnikov Function -- Chapter 4. Stochastic Processes -- Chapter 5. Chaotic Transitions in Stochastic Dynamical Systems and the Melnikov Process -- PART 2. APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 6. Vessel Capsizing -- Chapter 7. Open-Loop Control of Escapes in Stochastically ; Excited Systems -- Chapter 8. Stochastic Resonance -- Chapter 9. Cutoff Frequency of Experimentally Generated Noise for a First-Order Dynamical System -- Chapter 10. Snap-Through of Transversely Excited Buckled Column -- Chapter 11. Wind-Induced Along-Shore Currents over a Corrugated Ocean Floor -- Chapter 12. The Auditory Nerve Fiber as a Chaotic Dynamical System -- Appendix A1 Derivation of Expression for the Melnikov Function -- Appendix A2 Construction of Phase Space Slice through Stable and Unstable Manifolds -- Appendix A3 Topological Conjugacy -- Appendix A4 Properties of Space ∑2 -- Appendix A5 Elements of Probability Theory -- Appendix A6 Mean Upcrossing Rate τu-1 for Gaussian Processes -- Appendix A7 Mean Escape Rate τ∊-1 for Systems Excited by White Noise -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The classical Melnikov method provides information on the behavior of deterministic planar systems that may exhibit transitions, i.e. escapes from and captures into preferred regions of phase space. This book develops a unified treatment of deterministic and stochastic systems that extends the applicability of the Melnikov method to physically realizable stochastic planar systems with additive, state-dependent, white, colored, or dichotomous noise. The extended Melnikov method yields the novel result that motions with transitions are chaotic regardless of whether the excitation is deterministic or stochastic. It explains the role in the occurrence of transitions of the characteristics of the system and its deterministic or stochastic excitation, and is a powerful modeling and identification tool. The book is designed primarily for readers interested in applications. The level of preparation required corresponds to the equivalent of a first-year graduate course in applied mathematics. No previous exposure to dynamical systems theory or the theory of stochastic processes is required. The theoretical prerequisites and developments are presented in the first part of the book. The second part of the book is devoted to applications, ranging from physics to mechanical engineering, naval architecture, oceanography, nonlinear control, stochastic resonance, and neurophysiology.