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In this work I explore the interrelationships between metaphors, techno-cultural environments and... more In this work I explore the interrelationships between metaphors, techno-cultural environments and theories in the life sciences. Essentially, the thesis of the Metaphoric Body deals with a multi-directional interactive metaphor. Technologies, according to the main theme of this thesis, are prostheses that are modeled on the body, and at the same time they redesign the body perceptually, conceptually, theoretically and physically.
Human perception depends on grand-metaphorical frameworks: on the one hand, techno-cultural environments are created by metaphorical thinking; on the other hand, the same techno-cultural environments reshape the metaphorical perception. Science is an integral part of this process, both as an important factor in the development of techno-culture and as a field of knowledge which is influenced by techno-culture.
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The article traces the sociopolitical and rhetorical aspects of the discourse in biblical archaeo... more The article traces the sociopolitical and rhetorical aspects of the discourse in biblical archaeology in contemporary Israel. Through the article I will show that research and theoretical interpretations cannot be separated from identities and socio-political biases. Generally, Zionist archaeologists are much less skeptical towards the bible than Palestinian archaeologists, pro-Palestinian minimalists or Israeli post-Zionists. Since the 1990s, a new school from Tel Aviv University has been developing and promoting a new paradigm of Low Chronology, which denies the existence of a United Monarchy in the days of the Judahite Kings David and Solomon. Despite the success of the new paradigm, a conservative school, whose prominent representatives come from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, challenges the new paradigm and tries to protect or update the old paradigm of High Chronology. The most controversial excavation sites today are the City of David site and the ancient city excavated at Khirbet Qeiyafa. The article analyzes the struggle between the schools about the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as it reflects in articles, books, lectures, presentations, interviews and heated debates in the media.
The Tables examine the development of the body-machine metaphor in different eras and techno-cult... more The Tables examine the development of the body-machine metaphor in different eras and techno-cultural orders.
In this article I will define, examine and expand the thesis of the Metaphoric Body. The thesis i... more In this article I will define, examine and expand the thesis of the Metaphoric Body. The thesis is based first and foremost on the ideas of Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980). In his work McLuhan focused on the study of media and technology and their impact on human perception and society. He identified the Man-made environment as an extension or prosthesis of the body and studied the interaction between the two domains, the body and the Man-made environment, as a bidirectional, metaphoric interaction.
The interaction can be defined as follows: (a) technology is modeled on the body, i.e., we reshape the environment and design artificial environments as functional extensions of the body (b) the body is modified perceptually, conceptually, theoretically and even physically due to the interaction. This interaction is manifested in the body machine metaphor, whose development I examine using McLuhan’s insights.
Damqatum. CEHAO Newsletter. by Shimon Amit
Israel vs. Judah, 2022: The Socio-Political Aspects of Biblical Archaeology in Contemporary Israel, 2021
An updated version, with small modifications and an epilogue (2022), of the same paper from 2016.... more An updated version, with small modifications and an epilogue (2022), of the same paper from 2016. The article traces the sociopolitical and rhetorical aspects of the discourse in biblical archaeology in contemporary Israel. Through the article I will show that research and theoretical interpretations cannot be separated from identities and socio-political biases. Generally, Zionist archaeologists are much less skeptical towards the bible than Palestinian archaeologists, pro-Palestinian minimalists or Israeli post-Zionists. Since the 1990s, a new school from Tel Aviv University has been developing and promoting a new paradigm of Low Chronology, which denies the existence of a United Monarchy in the days of the Judahite Kings David and Solomon. Despite the success of the new paradigm, a conservative school, whose prominent representatives come from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, challenges the new paradigm and tries to protect or update the old paradigm of High Chronology. The most controversial excavation sites in the last decade are the City of David site and the ancient city excavated at Khirbet Qeiyafa. The article analyzes the struggle between the schools about the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as it reflects in articles, books, lectures, presentations, interviews and heated debates in the media. (Damqatum The CEHAO newsletter, N. 17| 2021)
Damqatum, 2021
p.03. Tacitus, the Reign of Tiberius and the Parthian Empire / Daryn Graham p.17. Byzantium and t... more p.03. Tacitus, the Reign of Tiberius and the Parthian Empire / Daryn Graham
p.17. Byzantium and the Pre-Islamic Arabs: A Selection of Secondary Sources on their Religious, Monastic and Ecclesiastical Interaction (part 2, N-Z) / Maria Vaiou
p.28. Nuevo proyecto de investigación: Formas de organización e interacción sociopolítica y económica en las culturas del Cercano Oriente Antiguo.
p.29. El CEHAO en el mundo: estadía académica en Francia
p.30. Israel vs. Judah, 2022: The Socio-Political Aspects of Biblical Archaeology in Contemporary Israel / Shimon Amit
p.74. Conference: “Animals of the Past: Human-non-Human Animal Interactions and the Ancient Near East”
p.75. Coloquio: “Textos e imágenes en el Cercano Oriente Antiguo”
p.76. Presentación de los nuevos miembros del CEHAO
p.77. CEHAO Scholarly Participation.
In this work I explore the interrelationships between metaphors, techno-cultural environments and... more In this work I explore the interrelationships between metaphors, techno-cultural environments and theories in the life sciences. Essentially, the thesis of the Metaphoric Body deals with a multi-directional interactive metaphor. Technologies, according to the main theme of this thesis, are prostheses that are modeled on the body, and at the same time they redesign the body perceptually, conceptually, theoretically and physically.
Human perception depends on grand-metaphorical frameworks: on the one hand, techno-cultural environments are created by metaphorical thinking; on the other hand, the same techno-cultural environments reshape the metaphorical perception. Science is an integral part of this process, both as an important factor in the development of techno-culture and as a field of knowledge which is influenced by techno-culture.
The article traces the sociopolitical and rhetorical aspects of the discourse in biblical archaeo... more The article traces the sociopolitical and rhetorical aspects of the discourse in biblical archaeology in contemporary Israel. Through the article I will show that research and theoretical interpretations cannot be separated from identities and socio-political biases. Generally, Zionist archaeologists are much less skeptical towards the bible than Palestinian archaeologists, pro-Palestinian minimalists or Israeli post-Zionists. Since the 1990s, a new school from Tel Aviv University has been developing and promoting a new paradigm of Low Chronology, which denies the existence of a United Monarchy in the days of the Judahite Kings David and Solomon. Despite the success of the new paradigm, a conservative school, whose prominent representatives come from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, challenges the new paradigm and tries to protect or update the old paradigm of High Chronology. The most controversial excavation sites today are the City of David site and the ancient city excavated at Khirbet Qeiyafa. The article analyzes the struggle between the schools about the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as it reflects in articles, books, lectures, presentations, interviews and heated debates in the media.
The Tables examine the development of the body-machine metaphor in different eras and techno-cult... more The Tables examine the development of the body-machine metaphor in different eras and techno-cultural orders.
In this article I will define, examine and expand the thesis of the Metaphoric Body. The thesis i... more In this article I will define, examine and expand the thesis of the Metaphoric Body. The thesis is based first and foremost on the ideas of Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980). In his work McLuhan focused on the study of media and technology and their impact on human perception and society. He identified the Man-made environment as an extension or prosthesis of the body and studied the interaction between the two domains, the body and the Man-made environment, as a bidirectional, metaphoric interaction.
The interaction can be defined as follows: (a) technology is modeled on the body, i.e., we reshape the environment and design artificial environments as functional extensions of the body (b) the body is modified perceptually, conceptually, theoretically and even physically due to the interaction. This interaction is manifested in the body machine metaphor, whose development I examine using McLuhan’s insights.
Israel vs. Judah, 2022: The Socio-Political Aspects of Biblical Archaeology in Contemporary Israel, 2021
An updated version, with small modifications and an epilogue (2022), of the same paper from 2016.... more An updated version, with small modifications and an epilogue (2022), of the same paper from 2016. The article traces the sociopolitical and rhetorical aspects of the discourse in biblical archaeology in contemporary Israel. Through the article I will show that research and theoretical interpretations cannot be separated from identities and socio-political biases. Generally, Zionist archaeologists are much less skeptical towards the bible than Palestinian archaeologists, pro-Palestinian minimalists or Israeli post-Zionists. Since the 1990s, a new school from Tel Aviv University has been developing and promoting a new paradigm of Low Chronology, which denies the existence of a United Monarchy in the days of the Judahite Kings David and Solomon. Despite the success of the new paradigm, a conservative school, whose prominent representatives come from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, challenges the new paradigm and tries to protect or update the old paradigm of High Chronology. The most controversial excavation sites in the last decade are the City of David site and the ancient city excavated at Khirbet Qeiyafa. The article analyzes the struggle between the schools about the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as it reflects in articles, books, lectures, presentations, interviews and heated debates in the media. (Damqatum The CEHAO newsletter, N. 17| 2021)
Damqatum, 2021
p.03. Tacitus, the Reign of Tiberius and the Parthian Empire / Daryn Graham p.17. Byzantium and t... more p.03. Tacitus, the Reign of Tiberius and the Parthian Empire / Daryn Graham
p.17. Byzantium and the Pre-Islamic Arabs: A Selection of Secondary Sources on their Religious, Monastic and Ecclesiastical Interaction (part 2, N-Z) / Maria Vaiou
p.28. Nuevo proyecto de investigación: Formas de organización e interacción sociopolítica y económica en las culturas del Cercano Oriente Antiguo.
p.29. El CEHAO en el mundo: estadía académica en Francia
p.30. Israel vs. Judah, 2022: The Socio-Political Aspects of Biblical Archaeology in Contemporary Israel / Shimon Amit
p.74. Conference: “Animals of the Past: Human-non-Human Animal Interactions and the Ancient Near East”
p.75. Coloquio: “Textos e imágenes en el Cercano Oriente Antiguo”
p.76. Presentación de los nuevos miembros del CEHAO
p.77. CEHAO Scholarly Participation.