Thesis (M. Div. with Concentration: Old Testament)--Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, Tennessee, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-70).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 2003. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-135).

Six related problems in calendrical study are addressed. In Chapter 2, the West, inheritor of Rome, is seen as solar-calendrical, unfamiliar with Hebrew calendrics apart from the Church's specialised use of a luni-solar calendar for Paschal calculations. Ancient calendars were usually lunar-based, although most periodically synchronised with the seasons (luni-solar). These models are reviewed. In Chapter 3, ANE and Mediterranean calendars show improved international astronomy - historically, the province of priestly astronomers. Yet, in Chapter 4, the third problem is that Mishnaic and Talmudic evidence speaks of strict observance of New Moons and <I>ad hoc</I> intercalation. If mathematical schemes for the lunar month were in operation in the Hebrews' <I>milieu</I> by 380 BCE, why were they so far behind in rabbinical times? The solution is: they deliberately chose to rely on observation. This cannot exclude an earlier, more mathematical tradition (Segal, 1957). The fourth problem, in Chapter 5, is the 364-day solar calendar, associated with Jaubert (1953, 1957), supported by VanderKam (1979), and Davies (1983). By acknowledging the comparative calendrical realism in the <I>Mishmarot</I>, luni-solar and solar evidence is examined in the Primeval History where Creation and Flood evince synchronistic ideas. The fifth problem, in Chapter 6, is the 'Key of Enoch', the idea that Enoch's full age in Gen 5:23 represents 365<I> days</I>. It is shown that <I>Gen 11:10-26 contains a synchronistic calendar of 6 years and 84 years, </I>similar to that hypothesised by Glessmer (1996) for the <I>'Otot</I>. This covert scheme is called Genesis 11 Synchronistic Calendar. The sixth problem, in Chapter 7, is the pre-history of <I>Qumran's</I> synchronistic calendars, which the Genesis calendar illuminates. A failure to recognised the <I>covert calendrical genre</I> was caused by unfamiliarity with ancient calendrics, and a traditional reading of P's genealogies.

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In the past most studies about Proverbs were concerned with the original'form and setting of the text. Very little interest has been shown in the final form' and setting. This thesis is an attempt to study the final form of the text as it stands in the Hebrew Bible. The introductory chapter begins with a brief survey of the study of Wisdom in the past, the aim of the this thesis, the setting of the canonical form of Proverbs, the structure of Proverbs and concludes., _ - with an explanation of the methodology used in, this thesis. In the chapters that follow the Hebrew terms for the participants, teaching methods, style, content, outcome and value of education as portrayed in Proverbs 1-9 are discussed. By using the Semantic Field method the author seeks to establish the meanings of those terms. which related to education in the final form of Proverbs 1-9. The study shows that the meanings of most of them are very different to their original meanings in the context of education. They have lost their initial ethical-neutral characters, and are now charged with religious implication. This study not only provides a new understanding and appreciation to Proverbs as 'it stands, it also illuminates our understanding of education in the Second Temple period.

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Christian University, 2005. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-125).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Grace Theological Seminary, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 246-259).

Thesis--Bonn. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 6-21).

Thesis--Hebrew University. / Added t.p.: Pairs of words in Biblical literature and their parallels in Semitic literature of the ancient Near East.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Calvin Theological Seminary, 1989. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [156]-166).