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The Elder Son’s quandary and the Rich Man’s fate : moral formation, characterization, and rhetoric in Luke 15:11-32 and 16:19-31.
(2018-03-29)In this dissertation, I engage the interrelated topics of characterization, rhetorical techniques, and moral formation as a way to interpret the Parable of the Prodigals (Luke 15:11-32) and the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke ... -
The foreign kings and the Jewish sages : reading the narratives in Daniel 1–6.
(2018-07-11)This study examines the portrayal of foreign kings in Dan 1–6, suggesting a new interpretive approach to these narratives and drawing out the implications of this portrayal for the unity and theme of the book of Daniel. ... -
The West face of Judges : Greek influence on early Israelite Bat-Jephthah, Samson, Deborah and Jael.
(2018-04-05)The traditions in the Hebrew Bible (HB) were not created in a vacuum. Israel’s stories grew out of a larger ancient eastern Mediterranean context, and were influenced by the surrounding world including the Aegean. When ... -
The Topography of utopia : Revelation 21-22 in light of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman utopianism.
(, 2012-08-08)In this dissertation, I set out to achieve two primary goals: first, to construct a detailed description of ancient utopian expectations according to Greco-Roman and Jewish literature, and second, to read Revelation 21–22 ... -
The topos of divine testimony in Luke-Acts.
(2010-02-02)This dissertation addresses the concept of authoritative testimony in Luke-Acts. Specifically, the dissertation argues that ancient audiences would have understood particular elements in the narrative of Luke-Acts to be ... -
Toward a Protestant theology of celibacy: Protestant thought in dialogue with John Paul II's Theology of the Body.
(2006-05-27)This dissertation examines the theology of celibacy found both in John Paul II's writings and in current Protestant theology, with the aim of developing a framework and legitimation for a richer Protestant theology of ... -
Transforming views of Baptist ecclesiology : Baptists and the New Christendom model of political engagement.
(2008-10-02)While most twentieth century commentators on Baptist distinctives note well the commitment to religious liberty, the context of the discussion typically treats religious liberty as a natural right secured through the ... -
Understanding the world better than it understands itself: the theological hermeneutics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
(2008-10-02)This dissertation argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s work is best understood as a consistent project of theological hermeneutics with an ecclesial focus. The project examines Bonhoeffer’s life and writings with the intention ... -
We believe in the Communion of Saints: a proposed Protestant reclamation of the doctrine.
(2006-10-26)The corrective theology of the Reformation broke the historic union, at least in Europe, among all members of the kingdom of God. Perhaps the most serious Protestant loss—one still not satisfactorily recovered—is the ... -
The wise man among the Corinthians : rethinking their wisdom in the light of ancient stoicism and studies on ancient economy.
(, 2012-08-08)Against recent trends, this dissertation argues that the divisive “wisdom” addressed in 1 Corinthians can be characterized most nearly as a Christian development of Stoic philosophy, espoused mainly by a few individuals ... -
A word fitly spoken: poetic artistry in the first four acrostics of the Hebrew psalter.
(2006-05-27)This dissertation explores the occurrences and the functions of various poetic devices within the four alphabetic acrostic psalms found in Book I of the Psalter. These psalms are: Pss 9/10; 25; 34; and 37. These acrostics ... -
"YHWH, remember!" : place, memory, and ritual in Psalms 120-137.
(2017-08-04)This dissertation examines the collection of psalms with the superscription šîr hamma‘ălôt (120-134) along with the triad of psalms, 135-137, that follows the collection. The project begins with a history of scholarship ...