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Ingvild Saelid Gilhus explores the transition from traditional Greek and Roman religion to Christianity in the Roman Empire and the effect of this change on the concept of animals, illustrating the main factors in the creation of a Christian conception of animals. One of the underlying assumptions of the book is that changes in the way animal motifs are used and the way human-animal relations are

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Recent studies have examined martyrdom as a means of constructing Christian identity, but until now none has focused on Stephen, the first Christian martyr. For the author of Luke-Acts, the stoning of Stephen-- even more than the death of Jesus-- underscores the perfidy of non-believing Jews, the extravagant mercy of Christians, and the inevitable rift that will develop between these two social

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"The Psalms of Solomon", the most important early psalm book outside the canonical psalter, reflects the turmoil of events in the last pre-Christian century and gives an apparently eyewitness account of the first invasions of the Romans into Jerusalem. "The Psalm of Solomon" provides the most detailed expectation of the Jewish Messiah before the New Testament. Wright's critical edition is the

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Bart Ehrman, author of the highly popular Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code and Lost Christianities, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene.  What do the writings of the New Testament tell us about each of these key followers of Christ? What

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This heart-stopping story of a young girl hiding from the Nazis is based on Clara Kramer's diary of her years surviving in an underground bunker with seventeen other people. Clara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Becks, a Volksdeutsche (ethnically German) family from

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Alexandru Neagoe examines Luke's writings as an apologetic work, by focusing on the parts of Luke's story where the apologetic overtones seem most prominent--the trial narratives. In analyzing the trials of all major Lukan characters--Jesus, Peter, Stephen, and Paul, Neagoe argues that the narratives are best understood when viewed as part of Luke's apologia pro evangelio, a purpose which is in

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This book brings together the perspectives of apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism to illuminate aspects of New Testament theology. The first part begins with a consideration of the mystical character of apocalypticism and then uses the Book of Revelation and the development of views about the heavenly mediator figure of Enoch to explore the importance of apocalypticism in the Gospels and

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The fifteen essays in this volume, rooted in the work of the Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Christianity Section of the SBL, examine the works of Philodemus and how they illuminate the cultural context of early Christianity. Born in Gadara in Syria, Philodemus (ca. 110-40 BCE) was active in Italy as an Epicurean philosopher and poet. This volume comprises three parts; the first deals with

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This book is the first overall study of the texts and language of the Old Latin Gospels, the versions of the four Gospels that predate the Vulgate of Jerome. Author Philip Burton seeks to cast new light on their origins, translation techniques, and value as a source for vulgar Latin. This book is the first attempt to give a general account of the language and textual history of the Old Latin

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For anyone struggling to understand John s writings in Revelation, this book provides true, Biblically-based answers. Through detailed insight into the letters John wrote to seven churches of his day, you will learn how to avoid the inherent pitfalls of the first Adam mentality to overcome today's trials and tribulations. The more you understand the Book of Revelation, the more you will be

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Publisher: BRILL | 2007 | ISBN 9004155821 | PDF | 294 pages This book examines four texts 1 Enoch, 4Q Instruction, Matthew and 2 Enoch and argues that in each the revealing of wisdom to an elect group inaugurates the eschatological period. This idea leads to the fusion of sapiential and apocalyptic elements. This book arose out of the writer doctoral research on the Gospel of Matthew and I think

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The critical century between the arrival of Constantine and the advance of Alaric in the early fifth century witnessed dramatic changes in the city of Rome. In this book Dr Curran has broken away from the usual notions of religious conflict between Christians and pagans, to focus on a number of approaches to the Christianization of Rome. He surveys the laws and political considerations which

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From the ruins of the ancient seaside city of Acco to the small but archaeologically important town of Yokne˛am, Fifty Major Cities of the Bible provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the ancient cities that played a vital role in the world from which the Bible originated. Included are not only well-known cities such as Jerusalem and Jericho, but also lesser-known towns like Aroer,

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In his vision of the enthroned and exalted Lord, one of the best known passages of the Old Testament, Isaiah the prophet is told to tell his people 'to see and not perceive', and thus harden their hearts, 'lest they repent' (Isa. 6.9-10). Most who read this passage are perplexed. To be sure, we may have found the hardening of Pharaoh's heart a trifle unfair, but there is something about

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Readerly questions are raised when readers are explicitly and programmatically brought into the process of interpreting texts. Traditionally, the reader and readerly interests and identities have been screened out when we have set about interpreting texts, and we have set our sights on attaining an interpretation that should be as 'objective' as possible. We have long recognized that all

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In studying Christianity many questions have been posed as to what text was truly intended to be included in the Bible. What was chosen to be included in the Bible by the Nicene Council is said to be divinely inspired. The Nicene Council was a group of people overseen by Constantine that elected what text was to be chosen to be in the Bible. Throughout times however there has been conflict over

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Philip R. Davies, David J.A. Clines - Among the Prophets: Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings | Free eBooks Download - EBOOKEE!: "Philip R. Davies, David J.A. Clines - Among the Prophets: Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings"

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By John Piper God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 This book is a cry from the heart of John Piper. He is pleading that God himself, as revealed in Christ’s death and resurrection, is the ultimate and greatest gift of the gospel. None of Christ’s gospel deeds

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Jeffrey Vincent Yule There is perhaps more nonsense spoken about science fiction than any othervariety of narrative. —David Hartwell, Age of Wonder There is an old Indian folk tale about four blind men who encounter an elephant and try to identify it. Since each man's vantage point is different, they all describe the elephant differently. One fellow finds the animal's tail and assumes it is a

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W. Alayne Switzer Prior to the collapse of the USSR, Western scholars had limited access to official government archives. The right to access the archives was strictly regulated and subject to the whims of Soviet officials. With the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, scholarly exploration into the extent of Soviet repression expanded at an astounding rate. The opening of official archives to

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ROSEMARY WILLIAM EUSTACE The purpose of this dissertation is to understand the acculturation process of international students by examining the relationships among the concepts depicted in Berry’s (1987) Acculturative Stress model: acculturative stressors, social support and acculturative stress. In addition, specific socio-cultural and demographic characteristics that were present prior to and

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Nancy Seghers "I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story." C.S. Lewis in Beckett, 1999 “All grown-ups were once children”.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I would like to start by giving you something to think about: what do the works on the following list have in common? The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles

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Tommi Ojanperä The number of special names in the Quenta Silmarillion is indeed great. A total of 613 different special names were counted in a work that spans some 220 pages102, which translates to a rough average of 2.75 different special names per page. This is a solid confirmation of what any reader can and will experience firsthand while reading the work in question. Further analysis of the

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CORA LEE NIXON Fictional characters are only fabrications of an author's mental creativity. In the introduction to his novel Cannery Row, John Steinbeck stated that what we call people depends upon the peephole through which we view them. Steinbeck, through his characters' vocabulary, dialogue, idiosyncrasies, and speech habits, literally develops that "peephole" through which the reader sees the

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Chauke, Elesinah. This research is a study in systematic theology with strong implications on the biblical doctrine of anthropology for women. Having said this, it needs to be made clear that it was not the intention of this research to deal with the traditional abstract of theology in all its details. The doctrine however is alluded to, from the perspective of African Women's Theology, in that

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Ngodji, Martin. This thesis contends that the translatability and interpretation theories are what allow the Bible and its message to be accepted by and relevant to all people in the world, including those in the northern belt of Namibia, among Ovawambo and Okavango communities. This thesis deals with the applicability of the translatability theories in the process of the translation of the

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Alokwu, Cyprian Obiora. This research proposes a Nigerian indigenous oikotheology to assist the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) better meet the challenges of the “double earth crisis” of poverty and environmental degradation. The thesis begins by arguing that the crisis of poverty and the crisis of ecology are inextricably linked. It does this by examining the situation globally, in Africa

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Selokela, Oniccah N. This study is an investigation and description of ways in which the Apostolic Faith Mission churchwomen are succeeding in overcoming patriarchy. It also gives a critical evaluation of the extent to which these women are successful in their endeavour to overcome it. Fifteen women from the AFM Church were interviewed using the narrative methodology. This method was chosen to

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Antonie Cornelis van der Valk Thirty years ago the concept of sustainability was still unknown, and its applicability in matters of technological development and care for the environment was but a distant prospect. Today it is a strong guiding principle in global politics and economic affairs. In spite of its frequent use and the normativeweight attached to it, however, a consensus on its meaning

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L.D. DerksenISBN 9053834605 I have described various images of women and ideas concerning roles for women as they are presented by some of the main thinkers in the history of philosophy. For me, the most surprising result of this research is the fact that so much of what has been said about women in the philosophical tradition is "the same". By "the same" I mean that philosophers, when speaking

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André van der ElstISBN 90 9017844 9 In deze studie wordt het denken van de Duitse filosoof Karl Löwith (1897- 1973) benaderd vanuit het probleem van de humaniteit. In tegenstelling tot een aantal andere studies over hem staat niet zijn geschiedfilosofische bijdrage centraal, maar wordt de blik gericht op de vraag naar het menselijke in een verhistoriseerde wereld. Dit probleem krijgt de voor

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Michel Gerardus Heijdra What counts as a Darwinian explanation in biology has varied from time to time and from biologist to biologist (§1.1). On the basis of modern research we have formulated the ideal of a Darwinian explanation in biology (§1.4) that can be used to currently assess the adequacy of a particular example of such an explanation. Central to this ideal are more precise definitions

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Anders Schinkel Doel van dit proefschrift is te komen tot een wijsgerige (filosofische) fundering van gewetensbezwaren. Ook al is de dienstplicht in Nederland opgeschort (niet afgeschaft), gewetensbezwaren hebben mensen ook hier nog steeds, in allerlei verschillende contexten. (En in veel andere Westerse landen bestaat de dienstplicht natuurlijk nog wel.) Deze term, ‘context’, kunnen we op

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dr. Guda H. Borger-KoetsierISBN-13: 978 90 239 2129 5ISBN-10: 90 239 2129 1 The theme of ‘reconciliation between God and man in Christ’ is an important subject in the church not just from a historical perspective, but also as a subject that is relevant for Christian faith and practice. It is striking that the church has never produced a commonly accepted statement on the subject of reconciliation

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Agustinus Marthinus Luther BATLAJERY This study deals with the central question of Calvin‟s opinion concerning the unity of the church, and whether and in what ways, his view will be useful to the churches in Indonesia as they seek unity. To answer this question we will study Calvin‟s ecclesiology, trace the ecumenical journey of the churches in Indonesia under the Communion of Churches in

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Carmelo Álvarez The Evangelical Pentecostal Union of Venezuela (UEPV), an autonomous pentecostal denomination, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States, a Mainline Protestant denomination, established an ecumenical partnership in 1963 that remains a positive force today. The initial steps in establishing this relationship began when Rev. Edmundo Jordán, Puerto Rican

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Jan Pieter Bommel This thesis, with the title Samson in duplicate, an inquity into the history of the origin of Judges 13 – 16, proposes a possible answer to the questions of how and when the Samson cycle was formed. In the Introduction a survey of the Samson cycle is given, followed by the research questions, a review of this study and some highlights on the reception of Judges 13 – 16 in the

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Ji-Youn Cho The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine how the non-honorific language of the Greek New Testament could be translated into the proper AH of the multileveled honorific systems of some languages. In order to find a solution, we first examined the phenomena, function and social factors of Korean AH as the sample language (Ch. 1). Second, we established criteria and a

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Stark, F. This practical-theological study in the field of homiletics deals with the development and present-day meaning of the sermon within the protestant church service. From a theological exploration of the meaning and the intention of the sermon as the Word of God, we have researched current preaching practice within the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. The research question of this

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Siebe Maarten RoozenboomAmsterdam: Vrije Universiteit The title of this study is: Naar een bestaan volkomen (To a perfect existence). The dogmatic motives in the foundation and defence of the ministry of healing by theologians of the charismatic renewal in the Netherlands and the way how to cope with these motives in the Dutch-Reformed and Calvinist theology in the last onehundred and fifty

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Harmen Uco de Vries In the first chapter the aim of this research project was described in the following terms: “Arriving at a first exploration of the possibilities to incorporate the ministry of healing in the pastoral practice of Dutch institutions of healthcare.” The ministry of healing was defined as that branch of ministry which, based on Jesus’ commandment to his disciples: “heal the

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Janssen, A.J. De aanleiding voor deze studie is het oecumenische impasse aangaande een gemeenzaam begrip van het kerkelijk ambt. Dit werk betoogd dat de Nederlandse theoloog A.A. van Ruler (1908-1970) een bijzonder theologisch perspectief geeft dat een plaats verdient in the huidige discussie, en dat een bestudering van zijn denken over het ambt dit begrip plaatst in een theologisch kader dat

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Bene, C.S. Adriaanse and the problem of modern theology – An answer The working thesis of this study is that theology fundamentally is talk about God and more specifically talk about the identity of God. We have submitted our thesis to the test in light of the religious scientific critique of theology. It was meant to compare theology to the scientific demands for an academic discipline. H.J.

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Baskwell, P.J. Summary In the Christian Reformed Church in America in 1924, one of its ministers, Rev. Herman Hoeksema, resisted the adoption of the 'doctrine' of common grace and its being given confessional status within the church. The 'doctrine' maintained that God has a favorable attitude towards to all humanity, particularly in a free offer of the Gospel to all. Common grace also allows

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Adrie Anthonie Alexander Prosman This study attempts to answer the question of how theology has responded to Nietzsche’s nihilism. This question is linked with other questions. What is the connection between Nietzsche’s nihilism and the death of God? Why is God’s death so important to Nietzsche? About the death of which God is he speaking and which conclusions can be drawn from this with

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Robert Patannang Borrong Working as an Indonesian in an Indonesian context I see it as my first responsibility to face the crisis as it is shaped in this country. Therefore I focus first of all on Indonesia. In order to make clear the urgency of a study on ethics in our dealing with environment1 I will shortly display some of the most striking facts. Economic Growth According to Radius Prawiro,

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Bambang Subandrijo Christian-Muslim relations in Indonesia Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. They form about 88 percent of the whole of Indonesia’s population (around 240 million people),1 whereas Christians (consisting of several denominations) make up about eight percent of it.2 The remaining four percent comprises some other such as Balinese Hinduism,

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Boekenstijn-Dronkert, T.C.M. “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!” - Rudyard Kipling, Ballad of East and West In many religions canonical texts, also often

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Pauw, J.C. The work presented here originated as part of a research project on ‘Faith and Ethnicity’ that was carried out by the International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. It was proposed that a study on apartheid would form an important aspect of the research project, since apartheid theology was considered a chief example of how the relationship

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Manavhela, G.F. Factors with a religious or semi-religious background are powerful and influential tools in history. Therefore it is interesting to note how religion and theology has played a major role in society and in the politics of the human race of all times and in most countries. This study will highlight just one example: the development and implementation of Apartheid in South Africa.

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MacSwain, Robert Carroll Although primarily historical in nature, this dissertation in philosophical theology also has modest constructive ambitions. Historically, it traces, analyses, and contextualizes the development of the religious epistemology of Austin Marsden Farrer (1904-1968). Constructively, it concludes by defending an interpretation of at least one phase of this development as still

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Wheaton, Gerald The present work aims to elucidate the role of the Jewish feasts of Passover, Tabernacles and Dedication in the presentation of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. Specifically, I will seek to gain a clearer understanding of John’s appropriation of the symbolic and traditional backgrounds of these feasts by examining pertinent sources from contemporary Judaism and the manner in which John

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Colledge, Gary While the study of Charles Dickens’s religion has produced various results, few would contest that Dickens’s religious views are shaped by his peculiar emphasis on Jesus and the Gospels. As to the precise nature of his views and the degree to which his commitment to the Christian faith extends, however, a much lesser degree of consensus has been established. I attempt to

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Moon, Joshua The struggle to read Jer 31:31-34 as Christian Scripture has a long and divided history. Yet remarkably little has been done to grapple with the depth of this struggle in the Christian tradition from the post-Nicene period to the modern era. This thesis attempts to show the value of the tradition as an interlocutor for contemporary exegetical concerns in Christian readings and use of

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Collett, Donald C This study explores the hermeneutical issues raised by critical approaches to the Book of the Twelve and their implications for the concepts of authorial intent, history, and canon. By means of a critical engagement with the Twelve’s modern reception history it seeks to demonstrate that with few exceptions, recent attempts to come to terms with the peculiar character of the

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Johnson, Trygve David This thesis explores how metaphors of identity shape the practice of preaching and can encourage or limit attempts to witness to Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. It asks the question: Is there an identity that will encourage a faithful homiletic practice by embracing the full range of human capacities and gifts without asking the preacher to rely on him- or herself? It

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Tallon, Philip This work proposes to look at the role of aesthetics within Christian theodicy. Though the recent theodicy literature has often displayed suspicion toward the inclusion of aesthetic criteria, I will argue that theological aesthetics can enrich the theodicy discourse and therefore should be used as a resource in responding to the problem of evil. In Part I, I will attempt to lay a

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Deary, Janice L. Iconoclastic discourse, as a critique of ‘idols’ of various kinds, has been appropriated by a range of different thinkers and traditions – often not always explicitly religious – throughout history. One of the more recent targets of iconoclasm is metaphysics, understood as a way of doing philosophy that appeals to an ideal or transcendent ground that is used to offer a totalising

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Whiteman, Robert D This thesis looks at Blessed are the Poor?, a document presented to the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church that sought to outline Liberation Theology to the Church. In response to this the Synod voted £1,000,000 of its resources to be used specifically in projects in the poorest parts of Scotland. The thesis outlines those projects and the way in which they sought

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Giere, Samuel D. This thesis is an unconventional history of the interpretation of Day One, Genesis 1.1-5, in Hebrew and Greek texts up to c. 200 CE. Using the concept of ‘intertextuality’ as developed by Kristeva, Derrida, and others, the method for this historical exploration looks at the dynamic interconnectedness of texts. The results reach beyond deliberate exegetical and eisegetical

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Hubbard, David Allan "The challenge to undertake the task of studying the literary sources of the Kebra Nagast was issued by the orientalist, Carl Bezold. In the introduction to his text and translation of the KN Bezold observes: "Eine Untersuchung der Quellen dieses Werkes müsste auf Grund von Weit ausgedehnteren und viel tieferen Literaturkenntnissen, als sie mir persönlich zu Gebote stehen,

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Tarrer, Seth Barclay The present study is a history of interpretation. In that sense it does not fit neatly into the category of Wirkungsgeschichte. Moving through successive periods of the Christian church’s history, we will select representative interpretations of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and theological works dealing explicitly with the question of true and false prophecy in an effort to present a

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Wright, Ross M. This thesis consists of an original translation, annotation, and analysis of Karl Barth’s Academic lectures on Ephesians, delivered in Göttingen, winter semester, 1921-1922. The translation is composed from a typescript of Barth’s handwritten manuscript, located in the Karl Barth Archives, Basel, and is annotated for scholarly research, including complete bibliographical

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Blakley, J. Ted The characterization of the Markan disciples has been and continues to be the object of ‎much scholarly reflection and speculation. For many, the Markan author’s presentation of ‎Jesus’ disciples holds a key, if not the key, to unlocking the purpose and function of the ‎gospel as a whole. Commentators differ as to whether the Markan disciples ultimately ‎serve a pedagogical or

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Kilps, Jennifer This thesis explores the role of constituent congregations of Church World Service (CWS) in the process of resettling refugees in the U.S. It is based upon case studies built around a series of interviews conducted with members of three congregations who sponsored African families for resettlement in Minnesota. Reflecting upon the experiences of those interviewed, the discourse

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Donahoe, Kate C. The thesis, entitled “From Self-Praise to Self-Boasting: Paul’s Unmasking of the Conflicting Rhetorico-Linguistic Phenomena in 1 Corinthians,” examines the rhetorical conventions of “boasting” and self-praise among those vying for social status and honor within the Greco-Roman world. While the terminological options for “boasting” and self-praise frequently overlap, a survey of

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Scaringi, Paul A. This project revisits the work of Nikolai Berdiaev, one of the first Russian Silver Age religious philosophers to be widely read in the West. The focus of this research is his thought on freedom and the ‘creative act’. We will argue that Berdiaev’s vision of freedom contains two types of freedom – a freedom understood within the created order and a freedom ‘outside’ of creation.

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Hart, Trevor If from God’s perspective ‘all the world’s a stage’, theology invites one to think and act according to the view afforded from this height. To speak theologically of a ‘world stage’ as many contemporary theologians have done has required rethinking the Church’s long-established antagonism towards the stage. Of late, theology has opened up academic exchange with the drama’s

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Noble, Stuart J. Societies burdened by the deep social and political divisions created by conflict struggle to move on from patterns of division, tension and mutual suspicion. Attitudes and negative beliefs about political opponents are made permanent parts of the social landscape by violence. Political settlements address the mechanics of governance and the organization of society, however,

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Chandler, Christopher N. This dissertation seeks to provide a plausible alternative to the consensus interpretation of Jesus' "do not judge" teaching in Matt 7:1-5. While the overwhelming majority of recent interpreters understand "do not judge" (7:1) and its concurrent sayings such as "take the log out of your own eye" (7:5) to promote a non-judgmental attitude, this monograph seeks to situate

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Hansen, Bruce Paul's citation of an early baptismal tradition in Gal 3:28, 1 Cor 12:13 and Col 3:11 is as notable for its prominence in the Pauline corpus as it is for its ambiguity. A survey of the variety of views as to what Paul is denying and, conversely, affirming by this formula highlights the importance of identifying both the broad mythic vision into which Paul has set it as well as the

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Martin, Shirley Helen This thesis argues that Barth’s asymmetrical structuring of the Trinity in I/1, his doctrine of election in volume II, his concept of the humanity of Christ as the imago Dei in III/2 and his account of the obedience of the Son being reflected in his incarnate life, as detailed in IV/1 and IV/2, are not just coherent but mutually reinforcing. The thesis demonstrates that

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Martinson, Amanda M. The subject of this study is Henry II’s monastic patronage in England 1154-1189. Past studies have examined aspects of Henry II’s patronage but an in-depth survey of Henry’s support of the religious houses throughout his realm has never been completed. This study was therefore undertaken to address modern notions that Henry’s monastic patronage lacked obvious patterns and

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David, Sumithra J. In this study the manuscript transmission, dissemination and reception of Gerald of Wales’ Topographia Hibernica (TH) and William of Rubruck’s Itinerarium ad partes Orientales (Itinerary) in England c.1185-1500 have been explored. The TH and the Itinerary are well known texts and have been carefully examined by modern scholars. Nevertheless, the afterlives of these two medieval

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Zimmern, Matthew This thesis takes the hagiographical texts written in the diocese of Liège between approximately 700 and 980 and examines them in their political, social and cultural context. It analyses the texts by paying particular attention to how the authors expressed their concerns about issues that were important to them through the medium of hagiography and the saints' cults, the

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Mitton, Nancy Leigh Stigand occupied a place in or near power for at least fifty years and yet has only been studied very peripherally and in reference to others. He has been vilified or lauded by historians ever since the Conquest. His wealth and methods of acquisition of wealth as well as his political activity have been used to paint him as an ambitious prelate interested only in power and

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Campbell, William Hopkins The Church was not the only progenitor and disseminator of ideas in medieval England, but it was the most pervasive. Relations between the ecclesiastical and lay realms are well documented at high social levels but become progressively obscure as one descends to the influence of the Church at large on society at large (and vice versa). The twelfth century was a time of

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Roche, Jason T. This thesis aims to revise the established history of the passage of the Second Crusade through the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia in 1147. In particular, it seeks to readdress the ill-fated advance of the army nominally headed by King Conrad III Staufen of Germany towards Ikonion, the fledging Seljuk capital of RÅ«m. The work consists of four mutually supportive parts. Part I

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Robertson, Lynsey E. For every famous author of the twelfth-century renaissance, there are numerous lesser-known writers. Despite being overshadowed by more brilliant scholars or those closer to the centre of important events, their voices add depth to the study of the intellectual history of this period. A founding member of one of the earliest Premonstratensian houses; a highly-educated and

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WELFORD, JUDITH (2010)This thesis explores the place of consumer goods in the culturally changing environment of late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain. It specifically focuses on the production and consumption of consumer goods in Northumberland, Newcastle and Durham between c. 1680 to 1780. It places the region in a national context and analyses how the diffusion of national taste

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SMITH, NICHOLAS,JAMES,CROSBY (2010) The purpose of this study is to re-assess the system of military obligation in England at the earliest time sufficient documents survive to provide an in-depth explanation. It is both an examination of the twelfth-century feudal structure and lordship arrangements as described by these documents, and how they came to be in their twelfth-century forms. This is

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MELLER, PAUL,JONATHAN (2010)There has been a general historiographical concentration on the twentieth century in terms of modern propaganda, much due to the impact of the First World War. However, it is the premise of this thesis that while the First World War was a propagandistic watershed, the sixty years preceding it were of equal importance in terms of the formation of modern propaganda in

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LAMBERT, THOMAS, BENEDICT (2009)The thesis analyses the change in the way that violence was addressed in English law between the late ninth and early thirteenth centuries. It attempts to explain how a system largely based on feud, in which violence was a matter primarily for the parties involved, became one in which all serious violence was punished by the crown as crime. It does so through the

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INGRAM, ANDERS (2009) In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century a large and complex English literature on the Ottoman Turks developed, characterized by its diversity in form, content, opinion and context. This was a literature in the sense of a large body of texts sharing a topic, written in a similar time and place and in similar context, but also in the sense of a discourse, sharing

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WORTHINGTON, JONATHAN,DAVID (2010) God’s creative activity in the beginning is important to Paul. Yet Paul’s care for and interpretation of it is often unrecognized, occasionally denied, typically left underdeveloped, and sometimes interpreted wrongly. This thesis approaches Paul as an interpreter of his sacred scriptural texts concerning creation. It compares his reading of creation in 1 and 2

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WELLS, KYLE, BRANDON (2010)This thesis examines how convictions about gift and grace integrate with conceptions of agency and obedience for Paul and for his Jewish contemporaries. While post-Sanders scholarship has rightly noted the coexistence of grace and works in the Pauline and Jewish literature, it has failed to account for the diverse and sophisticated ways in which those two concepts can

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WAGSCHAL, DAVID, FERGUSON (2010) The present work seeks to explore the nature of law and legality in the Byzantine canonical tradition through a careful reading of the central texts of the Byzantine canonical corpus. The principal topics to be considered include the shape and growth of the corpus as a whole, the content and themes of the traditional prologues, the language, genre and style of the

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MORLAN, DAVID,SCOTT (2010) This dissertation explores the conversion theologies of Luke and Paul. For Luke and Paul conversion played an important role in the early Christian experience and in this dissertation we take a fresh look into how they interpreted this phenomenon. We traverse representative texts in the Lukan and Pauline corpus equipped with three theological questions. What is the

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MATHEWS, MARK,DEWAYNE (2010)  The present study considers the degree to which John’s portrayal of the faithful Christian community in the Apocalypse is informed by Jewish apocalyptic traditions related to wealth in the Second Temple period. Previous studies have attributed the author’s radical stance against wealth and economic participation to an ad hoc response against the idolatry and social

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MATHEW, SUSAN (2010)  The purpose of this study is to investigate the leadership roles of women within the model of mutuality in Pauline churches as specified in Romans 16:1-16. The three major issues focused in this study are the leadership roles of women in the Pauline churches (Romans 16:1-16), the nature of mutuality reflected in the greetings to men and women, and the way in which the

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MASTON, JASON (2009)  Recent scholarship on Second Temple Judaism and Paul has maintained that both held “salvation” to be through God’s grace not human obedience. This study challenges this claim. Based on Josephus’ portrayal of the Jewish schools, the Second Temple period appears more diverse than recent scholarship has claimed. One of the key distinguishing factors, according to Josephus, is

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MASON, COLIN (2009) The thesis establishes that the political liberty proposed by the Levellers during the English Civil Wars of the 1640s was derived from a theological doctrine of Christian liberty, rooted in Christology and Ecclesiology, and informed by various legal and philosophical traditions. The work is structured around an examination of the sources of Leveller political thought and a

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LAI, PAK-WAH (2010) One of the most prevalent features in John Chrysostom’s writings is his numerous portrayals of exemplar figures. In this thesis, we will argue that these exemplar portraits are largely determined by the literary strategies and analytical frameworks propounded by two major traditions: the Greco-Roman tradition of paideia, philosophical ethics, biography and rhetoric, and the

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JIRTLE, JAMES, VERNON  Jeremy Begbie speaks of music as ‘theologically loaded’: as conveying a sense of intrinsic theological significance. This thesis explores the possibility that music is theologically loaded in an epistemological sense: that music is dependent on knowledge of God. Modern epistemologies, in which knowledge is constructed by the individual human mind, pose a challenge to such

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HOLDSWORTH, BENJAMIN, EVANS (2009)  This thesis primarily addresses one question: “To what extent can Romans be heard and understood by a readership in Rome within its religio-economic, socio-political, and ethnic context, especially by non-Judeans?” To address this question, certain presuppositions regarding the audience are re-examined. This first is how the epistle’s audience, as residents of

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GOODRICH, JOHN, KENNETH (2010)  This thesis seeks to elucidate the nature of Paul’s apostleship and apostolic authority by investigating how Paul portrays himself as an oikonomos of God in 1 Corinthians (4.1-5; 9.16-23). Modern studies on the metaphor have failed to ascertain what apostolic attributes are implied by the image and how Paul utilised the metaphor to meet his rhetorical and

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FARRIMOND, SARAH, LUCY (2009)  Contemporary wedding ritual is a little-explored area of both the Christian theology and the English social reality of marriage. As persistently important rituals in contemporary England, weddings are of great interest in any attempt to describe and account for the place of ritual in contemporary life. As events which are simultaneously acts of Christian worship,

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CIRILLO, SALVATORE (2010)  Mormon scholar Hugh Nibley (1910-2005) claimed to have developed an argument, in two parts, that proved the bona fides of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844). First, Nibley compared Smith’s extract of the prophecy of Enoch, written in 1830-31, with the pseudeupigraphic 1 Enoch, written prior to the first century CE, and Nibley found numerous parallels. Second,

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CHOI, JACOB HEANGKWON (2010)  Augustinian interiority is a way of deifying ourselves in order to attain true happiness(i.e., teleology). Augustine approaches deification chiefly in terms of the ‘image of God’, from the perspectives of ontology and teleology. Ontologically, we are created inthe image of God and this image is indestructible as long as God sustains our life. Teleologically, the

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CHARLTON, SARAH, LOUISE (2009)  This thesis is a theological and practical reflection on the practice of adoption in contemporary Britain, as it affects Christian adoption agencies, Christian social workers, Christian parents and adopted children. The first three chapters set the background context to the research by examining the history, theology, legal and sociological context. This enables

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