Browsing Theses/Dissertations - Religion by Title
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The characterization of Jesus in the book of Hebrews.
(, 2012-08-08)This dissertation accomplishes three things. First, it identifies the literary and rhetorical devices that the author of Hebrews uses to construct his characterization of Jesus. Second, it reconstructs the portrait that ... -
The characterization of the Christ as ideal king in Ephesians.
(2010-06-23)Lack of consensus regarding an historical situation that occasioned the writing of Ephesians has led to a recent trend in research, which seeks to read the letter as addressing more broadly the related issues of identity ... -
Characterizing Jesus : a rhetorical analysis on the Fourth Gospel's use of Scripture in its presenation of Jesus.
(2011-01-05)This dissertation explores how the Fourth Gospel's use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus. Utilizing literary-rhetorical criticism, it approaches the Gospel in its final form, paying particular ... -
Church and secondary societies in Korean ecclesiology and the Christocentric perspective of Karl Barth.
(2011-05-12)My purpose is to critically map out the relationship between Church and society in the current Korean context in light of three models: difference, identity, and harmony, and to propose a better relationship between Church ... -
Congregational dynamics in the early tradition of independency.
(2006-12-06)This study investigates the nature of congregational care within the membership of the earliest congregational-style churches in England during the period 1550-1689. The purpose of this research is to analyze the causes ... -
The contours of Donatism : theological and ideological diversity in fourth century North Africa.
(2008-04-22)It has been tempting for many historians of fourth century North Africa to view the Donatist church as a monolithic movement. This is not, however, an accurate picture. Donatism exhibited varied contours during its period ... -
The death of Judas : the characterization of Judas Iscariot in three early Christian accounts of his death.
(2011-05-12)Three different accounts of the death of Judas Iscariot are preserved in Matthew 27:3–10, Acts 1:18–20, and fragments of Papias. The present study will argue that in the milieu of the ancient Mediterranean such death-accounts ... -
Drunk and disorderly : a Bakhtinian reading of the banquet scenes in the book of Esther.
(2009-04-01)This dissertation advocates a reading of the book of Esther through the lens of Mikhail Bakhtin’s literary concepts dialogism, chronotope, and carnival. The specific focus of the dialogical interactions in the book of ... -
"Feed my lambs" : the spiritual direction ministry of Calvinistic British Baptist Anne Dutton during the early years of the evangelical revival.
(2010-02-02)This dissertation contends that Anne Dutton (1692-1765) contributed a transatlantic ministry of spiritual direction to the Evangelical Revival in the early 1740s. The first chapter provides a historiographical review of ... -
Fidelity to God: perseverance in Hebrews in light of the reciprocity systems of the ancient Mediterranean world.
(2006-07-25)The primary focus of this dissertation is to demonstrate how Hebrews represents, in view of its historical and religious context, human fidelity to God. Reciprocity was one primary dynamic in the ancient Mediterranean ... -
Figuring Jesus : the power of rhetorical figures of speech in the Gospel of Luke.
(2010-06-23)This dissertation examines Luke's use of rhetorical figures of speech on the lips of Jesus as a means of persuading his audience to accept a role-reversing message that challenged the social, religious, economic and political ... -
Good queen mothers, bad queen mothers : the theological presentation of the queen mother in 1 and 2 Kings.
(, 2011-12-19)The regnal formulas in 1-2 Kings list the name of the mother of the king for Judah, signaling an importance on the part of the queen mother and her place within the theological presentation of the books. This dissertation ... -
An historical reconstruction of Edomite treaty betrayal in the sixth century B.C.E. based on Biblical, epigraphic, and archaeological data.
(2008-06-09)This study seeks to reconcile all relevant categories of data around a basic thesis of Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth-century B.C.E. Preliminary discussions include the sixth century as the origin for the ... -
"I will gather the nations" : the fate of the nations on the day of Yahweh in the Book of the Twelve.
(2011-05-12)This study explores the correlation between pronouncements of judgment against specific nations on the day of Yahweh and accusations of aggression by those nations toward Israel or Judah in the Book of the Twelve. This ... -
In heaven as it is on earth : the development of the interpreting angel motif in biblical literature of the neo-Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods.
(, 2013-05-15)The motif of angelic interpretation of symbolic visions is a major feature of late prophetic and apocalyptic literature, yet the development of this literary motif has remained largely unexplored within biblical scholarship. ... -
An interpretation of Isaiah 6:1-5 in response to the art and ideology of the Achaemenid Empire.
(2008-04-22)This dissertation is an interpretation of Isa 6:1-5. Imperial art, policies, and ideology are a significant part of the context according to which this interpretation is done. The thesis of this dissertation is that in ... -
Interweaving innocence : a rhetorical analysis of Luke's passion narrative.
(, 2014-01-28)At least three issues remain unsettled with regard to the interpretation of Luke’s passion narrative: (1) the sources that Luke employed when composing his narrative; (2) how best to translate δίκαιος in 23:47 and how this ... -
Jacob and the divine Trickster : a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle.
(2010-10-08)The book of Genesis portrays the character Jacob as a brazen trickster who deceives members of his own family: his father Isaac, brother Esau, and uncle Laban. At the same time, Genesis depicts Jacob as YHWH's chosen from ... -
Jean Daniélou's doxological humanism : Trinitarian contemplation and humanity's true vocation.
(2010-02-02)In the first half of the twentieth century there arose a loose conglomeration of theologians that were pejoratively dubbed la nouvelle théologie. Initially known for the monumental debate with the Dominican Thomism of the ... -
The kingship of Yahweh and the politics of poverty and oppression in the Hebrew Psalter.
(2011-01-05)This dissertation is a rhetorical critical analysis of the Hebrew Psalter's use of language connoting poverty to portray Yahweh, ancient Israel, and foreign nations and to structure the literary relationships between them. ...