Zechariah 9–14

Abstract

This commentary and new translation of Zechariah 9-14 continues the appraoch adopted in the authors' 1987 Anchor Bible volume (25B) on Haggai and Zechariah 1-8. Authors Carol and Eric Meyers are perhaps uniquely qualified for this work because of their backgrounds in biblical archaeology and the social sciences. Employing the highest standards of pilological, literary, and historical research, they shed light on many enigmatic passages and offer an entirely new perspective on the history of Israel and its religion in the Persian period. Whereas many scholars have viewed this point in the history of Israel as a time of deterioration of the beliefs and practices of biblical religion, the Meyerses paint a picture of an innovative and vibrant community struggling to maintain its identity within a rapidly changing world dominated by the mighty Greeks and Persians. In the face of this the author of Zechariah 9-14 makes extensive and transformative use of earlier biblical writings and of the sayings of previous prophets, and articulates a radically new view of Israel's future. The Meyerses are the first modern commentators to see in these ancient texts the central role played by the Greco-Persian Wars in shaping the postexilic Restoration Community of Israel and its views of an expansive and glorious future. And althought Zechariah 9-14 is often regarded as the swan song of biblical prophecy, the Meyerses clearly demonstrate that the new modes of prophetic discourse found within this text helped biblical religion to meet one of the greatest challenges in its long history.

Spatial Glass Transition Temperature Variations in Polymer Glass: Application to a Maltodextrin–Water System

“…Hence, spatial glass transition temperatures may differ from "mean" or "average" glass transition temperatures for the entire object. As Meyers et al 28 argue, thermal methods, such as DSC, suffer from the limitation that they provide sample-averaged responses without information on local variations within the sample. Nevertheless, in this study we explore the use of DSC to determine spatial glass transition temperature distributions in nonequilibrated amorphous carbohydrate particles.…”

Thermomechanical Manipulation of Aromatic Peptide Nanotubes

“…By varying the resistance of the circuit, the temperature of the heater can be controlled up to 500 °C. Following thermal calibration of the probe, , when the heated tip is brought into contact with a sample surface the deflection of the cantilever is recorded versus temperature, and a thermal plot can be generated. Variations in the cantilever deflection reveal the occurrence of thermal phase transitions, melting or glass transitions of the material, as well as the nature of a material (amorphous versus crystalline). , The thermal conductivity of a material can also be mapped and the topography of a surface imaged using the thermal probe. , …”

Interfacial Mobility and Bonding Strength in Nanocomposite Thin Film Membranes

“…34 Unlike inorganic crystals, semicrystalline polymers have proven to provide reliable calibration with good agreement with conventional bulk thermal analysis. 30,36 Calibration of the HT-AFM probe was completed as follows. After a topography scan of the sample was performed, the probe was positioned on a suitable surface location and the SPM feedback controller disabled.…”

“…Earlier micrometer-scale Wollaston wire probes were successfully calibrated using a series of crystalline inorganic melt standards; however, this approach has not been successful for silicon levers . Unlike inorganic crystals, semicrystalline polymers have proven to provide reliable calibration with good agreement with conventional bulk thermal analysis. , …”