Thesis (M. Div.)--Columbia International University, 2004. / Abstract. "May, 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [86]-94).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Grace Theological Seminary, 1983. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-92).

Texte remanié de: Doctoral dissertation--Sheffield--University, 1993. Titre de soutenance : Abraham traditions in Middle Jewish literature : implications for the interpretation of Galatians and Romans. / Bibliogr. p. 145-163. Index.

Thesis (doctoral)--Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, 2004. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-420) and index.

La thèse vise à démontrer que l'imprimeur Abraham Verhoeven n'a pas publié de gazette à partir de 1605, et qu'il n'a donc pas publié le premier journal au monde, ni le premier journal illustré. Par contre, il a publié : à partir de 1605, des planches d'actualité; à partir de 1609, des occasionnels; à partir de 1617, des nouvelles imprimées; à partir de 1620, des occasionnels en série, datés avec plus ou moins de précision (signés en continu en 1620, puis numérotés); à partir du 27 juin 1629, un journal irrégulier mais très fréquent, la VVekelijcke Tijdinghe; à par- tir du début 1632 et jusqu'en 1634, un autre journal irrégulier moins fréquent, le Courante uyt...

Since his death in 1607, Abraham Fleming has never been completely forgotten about. This thesis covers all aspects of Fleming's life. It begins with his time at Cambridge and the relationships he forged there. It studies his varied and sometimes groundbreaking contributions to the books associated with him (with a focus on his English texts and translations). It also covers his ordination into the Church of England and subsequent career as a chaplain to Charles Howard, earl of Nottingham. It also elucidates his previously unknown life as a curate in the parish of St Nicholas, Deptford and as a deacon and priest St Pancras, Soper Lane, and finally his sermons at Paul's Cross in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral. Fleming's legacy of at least 52 printed books, which includes original godly protestant treatises, English translations of Latin and Greek classical works, and books commemorating unusual occasions, have ensured that his name lived on in bibliographic catalogues. Since the 1950s a few scholars have considered Fleming's work on Holinshed's Chronicles as significant contributions to the text. However, the subsequent articles that have been written about him have been narrow in scope and at times unreliable. Recent studies of Fleming have considered him only as a minor writer, yet this thesis demonstrates that he was a literary figure of considerable significance. Fleming made an important contribution to the emerging public sphere, as foregrounded by Jurgen Habermas, that was lauded by his contemporaries but he has largely slipped from view. Before this doctoral research little was known about Fleming's career as a preacher in the Church of England, a career in which he proved just as diligent as when he was a “learned corrector” of books. The aim of this thesis has been to throw fresh light on the multi-faceted career of Abraham Fleming and establish him as a leading figure in late-Sixteenth century political and print culture.

At the heart of this study is my interest in the way in which a religious community establishes its sense of identity and its boundaries in relation to other groups. I explore the case of Israel's attitude towards her eastern neighbours, the Moabites and Ammonites, as portrayed in Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. Most commentary from the last one hundred years privileges one particular view of Moab and Ammon as traditional enemies of Israel. I aim to show the validity of readings of the biblical accounts that reveal a more complex relationship between Israel and her neighbours. Tanakh exhibits a dialectic between eirenic and hostile viewpoints. The stories of Abraham and Lot, who are presented as ancestors of Israel and of Moab and Ammon, to some degree represent Israel’s understanding of her neighbours. Conventional commentaries take for granted the accepted orthodoxy of Judaism, Christianity and Islam concerning Abraham and his significance in terms of faith and righteousness and blessing and covenant. As none of these notions is specifically linked to Lot at any point, he is treated as a pathetic figure and remains secondary in conventional commentary. Many commentaries denigrate the character of Lot, often in direct comparisons with Abraham. My reading of the texts of Genesis attempts to free the story of Lot from the constraints imposed by the way the story of Abraham functions. A careful reading of the Genesis account shows that Lot and Abraham exhibit similar elements of moral ambiguity, and Genesis contains no statement that condemns Lot on moral or religious grounds. Genesis 19, the single narrative in which Lot appears independently of Abraham, participates in the dialectic elsewhere in Tanakh. On the basis of a consistent pattern of action and speech throughout the first portion of Genesis 19, I advance my own original conception of the eirenic viewpoint of the narrator concerning Lot and his relationship to the divine. I attempt to demonstrate ways in which the story of Lot critiques or deconstructs the dominant ideology centred upon Abraham. My conception of the particular interests of the compiler of Genesis 19 is supported by several intertextual studies. These include the traditions of Sodom and of Zoar, the story of hospitality in Judges 19, the story of the deluge (Genesis 6-9) and stories of women who, like Lot’s daughters, act to continue the family line. In a treatment of the history of Lot traditions, I find evidence to separate the story of Lot from the work of the Yahwist. I consider whether the stories of Lot have a derivation east of the Jordan and whether the stories were of particular interest to the Deuteronomists. In the final chapter of this study, I focus on the main themes of the narratives concerning Lot and Abraham, and Moab and Ammon and Israel. The question of social boundaries arises in regard to many of these themes, such as the interaction of female and male, the role of wealth, the relation of city and country, kinship, and rights to land settlement. In this way, the treatment of Lot and Abraham in Tanakh and in subsequent traditions offers a perspective upon the formation of identity in the contemporary world of religious plurality.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät--München--Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 1997. / Bibliogr. p. 300-329.

Thesis--Johns Hopkins University, 1897. / "Reprinted from the Journal of Germanic philology, vol. 11, no. 4." Catalogue of dramas and poems on the subject of David: p. 16-23, 47-50.

Thesis--Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1910. / Lebenslauf. Includes bibliographical references.