Ofer Elior
Biographic Data
| ID | 2832263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ofer Elior |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ofer |
| FAMILY NAME | Elior |
| SIGNATURE | ELIOR O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7448-0081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Student difficulties with discipline-oriented programming of R
The paper discusses difficulties evinced by students, particularly novices, in studying programming. It focuses on the difficulties that arise from Discipline-Oriented Teaching (DOT) of a programming language, where the aim is not to learn the language for its own sake, but rather to provide limited knowledge of it necessary for carrying out domain-specific tasks. The paper begins with a discussion of the DOT of programming in general and the R p…
How to Construct an Isosceles Triangle
In this paper I examine three versions of a case added to Euclid's Elements, Book I, proposition 1, which are found in three late medieval Hebrew texts based on the Elements. The added case explains how to construct an isosceles triangle. Following a brief discussion of this problem and its solutions in the Greek, Arabic, and Latin traditions, I examine the constructions in the Hebrew texts and their peculiarities. In an Appendix I present a part…
The Affinity between Alghazali’s Intentions of the Philosophers and Maimonides’ Philosophy, According to Shalom Anabi
Beginning in the late 13th century, readers of Alghazali’s Intentions of the Philosophers in the Provençal, Spanish and Italian Jewish spheres viewed this treatise as belonging to the same tradition to which the philosophical stances of Maimonides, or at least some of them, belong. Readers who espoused this view were sometimes also of the opinion that the Intentions was the direct source for Maimonides’ ideas. These views, coupled with an underst…
Attitudes toward Science in the Karaite Community of Istanbul
The paper summarizes the current scholarship on how scholars in Jewish Istanbul from the mid-fifteenth century to early sixteenth-century—and specifically Karaite sages—viewed the legitimacy and aims of scientific studies. In addition, the paper discusses a hitherto unexplored testimony by Joseph Beghi, a Karaite scholar active in this milieu, about his own ideas regarding science. The paper demonstrates that Beghi was an enthusiastic advocate of…
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How to Construct an Isosceles Triangle
In this paper I examine three versions of a case added to Euclid's Elements, Book I, proposition 1, which are found in three late medieval Hebrew texts based on the Elements. The added case explains how to construct an isosceles triangle. Following a brief discussion of this problem and its solutions in the Greek, Arabic, and Latin traditions, I examine the constructions in the Hebrew texts and their peculiarities. In an Appendix I present a part…
The Affinity between Alghazali’s Intentions of the Philosophers and Maimonides’ Philosophy, According to Shalom Anabi
Beginning in the late 13th century, readers of Alghazali’s Intentions of the Philosophers in the Provençal, Spanish and Italian Jewish spheres viewed this treatise as belonging to the same tradition to which the philosophical stances of Maimonides, or at least some of them, belong. Readers who espoused this view were sometimes also of the opinion that the Intentions was the direct source for Maimonides’ ideas. These views, coupled with an underst…
Attitudes toward Science in the Karaite Community of Istanbul
The paper summarizes the current scholarship on how scholars in Jewish Istanbul from the mid-fifteenth century to early sixteenth-century—and specifically Karaite sages—viewed the legitimacy and aims of scientific studies. In addition, the paper discusses a hitherto unexplored testimony by Joseph Beghi, a Karaite scholar active in this milieu, about his own ideas regarding science. The paper demonstrates that Beghi was an enthusiastic advocate of…
Student difficulties with discipline-oriented programming of R
The paper discusses difficulties evinced by students, particularly novices, in studying programming. It focuses on the difficulties that arise from Discipline-Oriented Teaching (DOT) of a programming language, where the aim is not to learn the language for its own sake, but rather to provide limited knowledge of it necessary for carrying out domain-specific tasks. The paper begins with a discussion of the DOT of programming in general and the R p…
Philosophy (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Arabic (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)