The memory of the Temple and the making of the rabbis [[electronic resource] /] / Naftali S. Cohn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463749203321
• Autore: Cohn Naftali S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013
• ISBN: 0-8122-0746-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Divinations: rereading late ancient religion
• Disciplina: 296.4/91
• Soggetti: Rabbis - Office; Judaism - History - Talmudic period, 10-425; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Notes on Usage -- Introduction. The Narration of Temple Ritual as Rabbinic Memory in the Late Second or Early Third Century -- Chapter 1. Rabbis as Jurists of Judaean Ritual Law and Competing Claims for Authority -- Chapter 2. The Temple, the Great Court, and the Rabbinic Invention of the past -- Chapter 3. Narrative form and Rabbinic Authority -- Chapter 4. Constructing Sacred Space -- Chapter 5. The Mishnah in the Context of a Wider Judaean, Christian, and Roman Temple Discourse -- Conclusion: The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis -- Appendix A: The Mishnah's Temple Ritual Narratives and Court-Centered Ritual Narratives -- Appendix B: Mishnaic Narratives in Which a Rabbi or Rabbis Issue an Opinion with Respect to a Case -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: When the rabbis composed the Mishnah in the late second or early third century C.E., the Jerusalem Temple had been destroyed for more then a century. Why, then, do the Temple and its ritual feature so prominently in the Mishnah? Against the view that the rabbis were reacting directly to the destruction and asserting that nothing had changed, Naftali S. Cohn argues that the memory of the Temple served a political function for the rabbis in their own time. They described the Temple and its ritual in a unique way that helped to establish their ; authority within the context of Roman dominance. At the time the Mishnah was created, the rabbis were not the only ones talking extensively about the Temple: other Judaeans (including followers of Jesus), Christians, and even Roman emperors produced texts and other cultural artifacts centered on the Jerusalem Temple. Looking back at the procedures of Temple ritual, the rabbis created in the Mishnah a past and a Temple in their own image, which lent legitimacy to their claim to be the only authentic purveyors of Jewish tradition and the traditional Jewish way of life. Seizing on the Temple, they sought to establish and consolidate their own position of importance within the complex social and religious landscape of Jewish society in Roman Palestine.

Digital audio broadcasting : principles and applications of DAB, DAB+ and DMB / / editors, Wolfgang Hoeg and Thomas Lauterbach

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020111003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2009
• ISBN: 9786612188886; 9781282188884; 1282188887; 9780470746202; 0470746203; 9780470746196; 047074619X
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HoegWolfgang; LauterbachThomas
• Disciplina: 621.384
• Soggetti: Digital audio broadcasting; Digital communications
• 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: List of contributors -- Prefaces -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- 1 ; Introduction -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Radio in the Digital Age -- 1.3 Benefits of the Eureka 147 DAB Systems Family -- 1.4 History of the Origins of DAB -- 1.5 International Standardisation -- 1.6 Relations to Other Digital Broadcasting Systems -- 2 System Concept -- 2.1 The Physical Channel -- 2.2 The DAB Transmission System -- 2.3 The DAB Multiplex -- 2.4 Conditional Access -- 2.5 Service Information -- 3 Audio Services and Applications -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Audio Coding and Decoding -- 3.3 Characteristics of DAB Audio Coding -- 3.4 DAB+ Coding Schemes -- 3.5 Programme-associated Data -- 3.6 Multichannel Audio with DAB -- 3.7 Other Advanced Audio Application -- 3.8 Quality of Service -- 3.9 Audio Levels -- 4 Data Services and Applications -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Data Application Signalling and Access -- 4.3 The Multimedia Object Transfer Protocol -- 4.4 Standardised MOT User Applications -- 4.5 Text Based Services -- 4.6 Traffic Information Services and Navigation Aids -- 4.7 Other Data Transmission Mechanisms -- 5 Provision of Services -- 5.1 The DAB Service Landscape -- 5.2 Use of Existing Infrastructures -- 5.3 Need for New Infrastructure -- 5.4 Relationship between DAB Data Services and RDS -- 5.5 Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) for DAB -- 5.6 Possible New Audio Services -- 6 Collection and Distribution Networks -- 6.1 General -- 6.2 The Collection Network -- 6.3 The Distribution Network -- 6.4 Example of Implementation -- 7 The Broadcast Side -- 7.1 General -- 7.2 Introduction to DAB Networks -- 7.3 Particularities of Single Frequency Networks (SFNs) -- 7.4 DAB Transmitters -- 7.5 Radio Frequency Propagation Aspects -- 7.6 Coverage Planning -- 7.7 Coverage Evaluation and Monitoring of SFNs -- 7.8 Frequency Management -- 8 The Receiving Side -- 8.1 General -- 8.2 RF Front-end -- 8.3 Digital Baseband Processing -- 8.4 Audio Decoder -- 8.5 Interfaces -- 8.6 Integrated Circuits for DAB -- 8.7 Receiver Overview.; 8.8 Receiver Features -- 9 Mobile Television and Multimedia -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 DAB - DMB -- 9.3 DAB- IPDC -- 9.4 Application Standardisation -- 9.5 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 DAB Parameters for Modes I, II, III and IV -- Appendix 2 Frequencies for Terrestrial and Satellite DAB Transmission -- Appendix 3 DAB System Protocol Stack -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Revised with the latest standards and updates of all new developments The new digital broadcast system family is very different from existing conventional broadcast systems. It is standardised in a large number of documents (from ITU-R, ISO/IEC, ETSI, EBU, and others) which are often difficult to read. This book offers a comprehensive and fully updated overview of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB, DAB+) and Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), and related services and applications. Furthermore, the authors continue to build upon the topics of the previous editions, including audio coding, data services, receiver techniques, frequencies, and many others. There are several new sections in the book, which would be otherwise difficult to locate from various sources. Key Features: . The contents have been significantly updated from the second edition, including up-to-date coverage of the latest standards . Contains a new chapter on Digital Multimedia Broadcasting . “Must-have” handbook for engineers, developers and other professionals in the field This book will be of interest to planning and system engineers, developers for professional and domestic equipment manufacturers, service providers, postgraduate students and lecturers in communications technology. Broadcasting engineers in related fields will also find this book insightful.