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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The development of the witness motif in Luke - Acts.

Kelly, David J. January 1972 (has links)
No description available.
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The green ears of Xanthicus : calendrical interpretations of Exodus 12:1-2 in Jewish and Sectarian sources from the biblical through medieval periods

Lobel, Andrea Dawn January 2004 (has links)
This historical survey traces the interpretation of Exodus 12:1--2, the Bible's first calendrical commandment, through Jewish and sectarian writings from the biblical verses themselves through the medieval era. It explores both the history of the interpretation of these verses and their application in developing a calendar traced along a historical arc spanning carefully chosen sources. / These include the Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha, as well as numerous antique and early medieval Jewish sources---the Tannaim, Amoraim, and Jewish sectarian groups such as the Qumranites, Samaritans, and Karaites. The end point of this survey is the middle of the fifteenth century, prior to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, which led to a shift in Jewish migration and settlement patterns and the development of new literatures of religious expression.
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From here to eternity and back: locating sacred spaces and temple imagery in the Book of Daniel

Sulzbach-Beyerling, Carla January 2010 (has links)
This dissertation offers a reading of sacred spaces and temple imagery in the Book of Daniel using critical spatial theory. It is argued that the idea of sacred space is, in fact, one of the main concerns in Daniel and forms a running theme within the narrative. Because the allusions are often vague and buried deep within the individual stories a methodology has been chosen that foregrounds the notion of the spatial. Unlike other methodologies used to define sacred space, this approach is pre-eminently equipped to perform a depth analysis of the text. Although some elements from older models are incorporated, these have been reformulated and reconfigured into a new context, which goes beyond the traditional binary model that sharply and uncompromisingly juxtaposes the sacred and the profane. Critical spatial theory adds to the traditional historical and societal vantage points the spatial view, creating a trialectic which, rather than ending up with mutually exclusive opposites, results in an integrated system able to expose the sub-narrative underlying the actual text. Thus, the concepts of 'exile', 'kingdom', and 'dreamscape' that are usually understood in a more temporal and abstract sense are now studied as primarily spatial phenomena and brought into each other's orbit. Therefore, by adding the spatial component, new insights will be gained that show how the narrative past and future bear on what are the true present concerns 'on the ground' for those who produced the text. Furthermore, it correlates the concrete and abstract realms that are described in the text and it exposes the various power relations they contain. The notion that space is socially produced, and consequently defined through the ways it is acted upon, thought about, and moved in, is one of the key concepts of critical spatial theory. / The point of departure for the argumentation in this study is the consensus view that although the finished text is a product of the mid-second century BCE, especially the court tales contain older materials that may go back to the late Persian or early Hellenistic Period. The proposed spatial analysis will be applied on three levels. The first is the world that forms Daniel's narrative frame, i.e., that of the Exile, because this was obviously meaningful to the editors. In doing so, full notice will be taken of the ancient Near Eastern realia that made up the world that is described. This is followed by the implied world of the Hellenistic era especially in Judea, which directly concerned the editors of the text. This, then, brings us to the world that remains wholly within the narrative, namely the alternate realities of the heavenly realm and dream worlds, which contain the hopes and ideals of those responsible for the text. In conclusion it will be assessed what effect these three worlds have on each other and how this relationship may contribute, in the minds of the Daniel group, to producing a fully restored world in which the human and divine both have their fixed places and space. / Cette dissertation offre une interprétation de l'espace sacré et les images du temple dans le Livre de Daniel, en utilisant la théorie critique d'espace. C'est affirmé que l'idée de l'espace sacré est une des préoccupations centrales de Daniel, un thème qui existe à travers la narration. Puisque les allusions sont souvent imprécises et sont bien cachées dans les histoires individuelles, une méthode a été choisie qui souligne l'idée de l'espace. Contrairement aux autres méthodes utilisées pour définir l'espace sacré, cette approche est particulièrement bien equipée pour une analyse dans les moindres détails du texte. Bien que quelques éléments sont incorporés des modèles plus anciens, ils ont été reformulés et reconfigurés dans un contexte nouveau, qui transcend le modèle traditionnel binaire dans lequel le sacré et le profane sont juxtaposés nettement puis d'une manière intransigeante. La théorie critique d'espace rajoute un point de vue spatial aux points de vue historiques et sociétaux traditionnels, créant une trialectique qui, au lieu de finir par les contraires qui s'excluent mutuellement, a pour resultat un système intègre, capable de révéler la sous-narration à la base du texte. Ainsi, les concepts d' « exil, » de « royaume, » et de « scène a l'intérieur du rêve »—normalement compris dans un sens plus temporel et abstrait—sont ici compris essentiellement comme phénomènes spatiaux et se sont rapprochés. Donc, l'ajout de l'élément spatial amène un regard neuf, où le passé et le futur narratif atteignent les vrais soucis présents pour ceux qui ont produit le texte. De plus, il fait une corrélation entre les champs concrets et abstraits décrits dans le texte, en exposant leurs dynamiques de pouvoir. La notion que l'espace se construit socialement—et donc est défini par les manières par lesquelles il est influencé, considéré, et utilisé—est un des concepts clés de la théorie critique / Le point de départ de l'argumentation de cette étude est l'accord général que même si le texte final est un produit du milieu du deuxième siècle avant JC, les récits de la cour contiennent des données plus anciennes qui pourraient dater de l'époche Perse ou bien de la première époche hellénistique. L'analyse spatiale proposée va être appliquée à trois niveaux. Le premier, c'est le monde qui comprend la structure de la narration de Daniel, i.e., celle de l'exil, car c'était évidemment significatif aux rédacteurs. De cette façon, l'attention sera faite aux artéfacts Proche-Orientaux Anciens qui formaient le monde décrit. Ceci est suivi par le monde implicite de l'époche hellénistique, surtout en Judée, question des rédacteurs du texte. Ensuite, nous sommes rendus au monde qui reste entièrement dans le récit, c'est à dire les réalités alternatives du royaume des cieux et le monde des rêves, qui contiennent les espoirs et les idéaux de ceux qui étaient derrière le texte. En conclusion, nous allons évaluer quel est l'effet de ces trois mondes les uns sur les autres, et comment cela pourra concourir à—dans les têtes du groupe Daniel—produire un monde complètement régénéré, dans lequel l'humain et le divin ont, tous les deux, leurs espaces fixes.
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A world in which things are not as they should be: How the Deuteronomistic ideology is reinforced in the book of judges by the portrayal of women and domestic space

Sommers, Luke January 2011 (has links)
This thesis argues that the presentation of women and domestic space in the book of Judges supports the Deuteronomistic ideology and intention for the book. The first chapter provides an overview of scholarship on the Deuteronomistic History and the role of the book of Judges within this history. The book of Judges is shown to clearly communicate the dangers of idolatry and improper worship, and the necessity of strong central government by depicting pre-monarchic Israel as a chaotic and dangerous society, a world in which things are not as they should be. The second chapter examines the social background of women and domestic space in ancient Israel. By presenting a reading of the female characters of the book of Judges, the third chapter demonstrates how these social roles are challenged and contravened constantly and in diverse ways, especially in the stories of Judg 4; 11; 16; and 19. Thus, the portrayal of women and domestic space in the book of Judges is one way pre-monarchic Israel is demonstrated to be a world in which things are not as they should be. In this way the Deuteronomistic ideology is reinforced. / Cette thèse soutient que la présentation des femmes et de l'espace domestique dans le livre de Juges confirme l'idéologie et l'objectif deutéronomiste du livre. Le premier chapitre donne un aperçu d'historiographie deutéronomiste et du rôle du livre de Juges au cours de l'histoire. Le livre de Juges communique les dangers de l'idolâtrie et de culte impropre et la nécessité d'un gouvernement central fort en représentant l'Israël pré-monarchique comme une société chaotique et dangereuse, un monde dans lequel les choses ne sont pas comme elles devraient l'être. Le deuxième chapitre examine le milieu social des femmes et espace domestique de l'Israël antique. En présentant une lecture sur les caractères féminins du livre de Juges, le troisième chapitre examine comment ces rôles sociaux sont défiés et enfreints constamment et de différentes manières, surtout les histoires de Jug 4; 11; 16; et 19. Ainsi, le portrait des femmes et de l'espace domestique dans le livre de Juges est une façon de démontrer que l'Israël pré-monarchique est un monde dans lequel les choses ne sont pas comme elles devraient l'être. De cette manière l'idéologie deutéronomiste est renforcée.
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Jameson and Jeroboam : a Marxist reading of 1 Kings 11-14, 3 Eeigns 11-14 and 2 Chronicles 10-13

Boer, Roland, 1961- January 1993 (has links)
In this dissertation I apply the literary and cultural theory of Fredric Jameson to some biblical texts. In the first chapter I present Jameson's theory as a complex relationship between an effort to account for the pluralism of methods and interpretations (metacommentary) and a specific Marxist method, comprising three phases of interpretation. In chapter two I apply metacommentary and the Marxist method to 1 Kings 11-14, moving from a formal and ideological analysis to questions of class and economics in an imperial context. In chapter three the method is similarly applied to two reinterpretations of the Kings passage: 3 Reigns 11-14 and 2 Chronicles 10-13. Here I argue that while the Reigns text is formally and ideologically concerned with moving away from a Judean focus, by contrast the Chronicles text constructs a utopian community in Judea. The conclusion considers the implications of these results.
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Prospection, retrospection, and emotive effect: suspense, surprise, and curiosity in Matthew's Gospel

McDaniel, Karl Jeffrey January 2011 (has links)
This examination explores ways in which the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew elicits and develops the emotions of suspense, surprise, and curiosity within its readers. The dream narrative (common in Greek literature) found at the beginning of the Gospel sets up expectation for Jewish salvation (Matt 1:21; 2:6) though this fails to be realized in the narrative given the salvation requirements set forth in Jesus' discourses and parables. This narrative of failure brings about increasing suspense related to the characters in the plot (leaders of the people, crowds, disciples, and Peter). The narrative ends with the commission to the Gentiles (Matt 28:19-20), as a surprise for the reader given the initial expectation of Jewish salvation. This surprise, however, invokes curiosity, calling readers back to the narrative's beginning. Upon rereading with a retrospective view, the reader discovers that the Gentile mission was foreshadowed throughout the narrative via ironic quotations and echoes of Isaiah (Matt 1:23-24; 4:14-16; 8:17; 12:18-21; 20:28; 21:33-45; 26:28) that now take on universal interpretation. / Cette thèse explore des façons dans lesquelles le récit de l'Évangile de Matthieu provoque et développe pour ses lecteurs les émotions de suspense, surprise, et curiosité. Le récit de rêve (une notion littéraire commune dans la littérature grecque) au début de l'Évangile construit pour le lecteur une attente au salut juif (Matt 1:21 ; 2:6). Par contre, si on tient compte des conditions de salut décrits dans les discours et les paraboles de Jésus, cette attente ne se concrétise jamais dans le récit. Ce récit d'échec augmente le suspense lié aux caractères du complot (les dirigeants spirituels des citoyens, les foules, les disciples, et Pierre). Le récit se termine avec la mission aux gentils (Matt 28:19-20) et considérant l'attente initiale au salut juif, ce passage surprend les lecteurs. Par la suite cette surprise invoque une curiosité qui invite les lecteurs à retourner au commencement du récit. En le lisant de nouveau avec une rétrospective, le lecteur découvre qu'à travers le récit, les citations et les échos ironiques d'Esaïe (Matt 1:23-24; 4:14-16; 8:17 ; 12:18-21; 20:28 ; 21:33-45; 26:28) laissent présager la mission aux gentils. Une interprétation universelle de ces passages devient maintenant nécessaire.
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'And I will surely hide my face:' Pseudo-writing in LXX Esther and Second Maccabees

Robins, Madison January 2010 (has links)
The Septuagint, a collection of Greek-Jewish literature initially composed of faithful translations of the Hebrew Pentateuch and later expanded to include Greek translations of the entire biblical corpus, plus ‘apocrypha,' contains two books whose derivative character is explicitly acknowledged: LXX Esther (F:11) and Second Maccabees (2:19-32). In this thesis, I will be applying methodologies borrowed from Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS) to these texts with the assumption that they represent ‘pseudo-translations,' compositions which claim to be direct translations from a source text, but which incorporate original material under disguise. By describing the product, exploring the process, and situating the position of these texts within their target-culture, that of Greek-speaking Egyptian Jews, the models which influenced their composition and the success of their repertoire in shaping Hellenistic Jewish cultural experience and production can be assessed. I argue that LXX Esther and Second Maccabees demonstrate a historical understanding of violence and persecution where God's wrath against his people is turned to mercy by proper behaviour, devout prayer, and willingness to die on the part of exemplary Jewish heroes and heroines. This narrative structure, imposed upon existing treatments of the historical events in question by the adaptors of LXX Esther and Second Maccabees, influenced the understanding and recording of violent experiences by Jews in the Graeco-Roman period. / La Septante, un canon de la littérature greco-juive d'abord composé des traductions fidèles du Pentateuque hébreu, et plus tard élargi pour inclure la traduction grecque de l'ensemble du 'corpus' biblique, plus 'apocryphe,' contient deux livres dont le caractère notoire dérivé est explicit: LXX Esther ( F:11) et le deuxième livre des Machabées (2:19-32). Dans cette thèse, et pour ces textes, je me servirai de méthodologie empruntée des Études Descriptives de la Traduction (EDT) avec l'hypothèse que ces textes représentent des 'pseudo-traductions' (des compositions qui prétendent être des traductions directes à partir d'un 'texte source'), mais qui incorporent des documents originaux en vertu de 'déguisements.' En décrivant le produit, en explorant le processus, et en situant la position de ces textes au sein de leur culture-cible, c'est a dire celle des Juifs égyptiens qui parlent le Grecque, les modèles qui ont influencé leurs compositions et le succès de leurs répertoires dans l'élaboration de l'expérience et la production culturelle juive hellénistique peut être évaluée. Je soutiens que LXX Esther et le deuxième livre des Machabées demontrent une compréhension historique de la violence et de la persécution, où la colère de Dieu contre son peuple est transformé en miséricorde par un comportement approprié, la prière dévote, et la volonté de mourir a l'exemplarité des héros et héroïnes juifs. Cette structure narrative, imposée aux traitements existants des événements historiques en question par les adaptateurs de LXX Esther et le deuxième livre des Machabées, a influencé la compréhension et l'enregistrement des expériences de violences qu'ont subit les Juifs dans la période gréco-romaine.
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The prophetic wedlock texts, the poetics of origins, and the axiom of natural order

Duperreault, Danielle January 2011 (has links)
Informed by social theorist Pierre Bourdieu's work on fields of cultural production, the purpose of this thesis is to explore the competing ways in which scribal agents have attempted to shape and lay claim to the wedlock trope for the purpose of legitimating their theopolitical interests. The wedlock trope speaks to a very real and authoritative conception of order in the ancient world. Scribes considered this order self-evident and 'natural.' The wedlock trope participates in this underlying world-view of order. The doxa of natural order—always already self-evidently true—is a theoretical construct in the articulation of monolatry (Hos 1:2). Wedlock is only subsequently troped as history (Hos 2:5 and 16-17; Jer 2:2; Eze 16:1-8). Origins are contested sites. Indeed, the figuration of the historical marital / covenantal 'event' is precisely what is at stake in scribal struggles to impose the dominant definition of theological 'truth.' The wedlock trope is the ideal theological marketing strategy: it does not need to be explained, authorized, or legitimated. The stability of natural order itself is what underlies the scribal struggle to legitimate, appropriate, and / or transform competing histories. / Informé par les travaux du sociologue Pierre Bourdieu concernant les champs de production culturel; le but de cette thèse est d'explorer les voies concurentielles dans lesquelles les agents scribes ont tenté de modeler et de s'approprier le trope mariage dans le but de légitimer leurs intérêts théopolitiques. Le trope mariage s'adresse à une conception très réel et autoritaire d'ordre dans le monde ancien. Les scribes consideraient cet ordre manifeste et naturel. La doxa de l'ordre naturel, toujours déja a priori vraie, est une construction théorique dans l'articulation de la monolâtrie (Os 1:2). Le mariage est seulement par la suite troper comme histoire (Os 2:5 et 16-17; Jer 2:2; Eze 16:1-8). Les origines sont des sites contestés. En effet, l'événement historique mariage / alliance est précisément ce qui est en jeu dans les luttes scribes pour la légitimité dans le champ littéraire. Le trope mariage est idéal comme stratégie de marketing théologique: il n'a pas besoin d'être expliqué, autorisé, ou légitimé. La stabilité de l'ordre naturel même est ce qui sous-tend les tentatives concurentielles des scribes afin de légitimer, approprier, et / ou transformer les prises de positions vis à vis les origines.
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With friends like these : turning points in the Jewish exegesis of the biblical book of Job

Kalman, Jason January 2005 (has links)
This dissertation examines Jewish exegesis of the book of Job to two ends. First, it explores four topics previous generations of scholars left unstudied or incompletely examined. Second, it uses the results of these studies to describe the history of the Jewish tradition of Job exegesis from the period of the Talmud until the present. / Chapter 1 provides a review of the scholarly literature treating various aspects of Job exegesis from antiquity to the post-Holocaust period and highlights a number of issues in need of further study. / Chapter 2 argues that Wertheimer's reconstruction of Midrash Iyov, although unlikely an accurate presentation of a rabbinic original, preserves a number of authentic rabbinic sources. In contrast to the known tradition these preserve a laudatory view of Job that appears to have been suppressed. / Chapter 3 contextualizes the rabbinic exegesis of Job. Earlier scholars argued that the rabbinic interpretation of Job was shaped by anti-Christian and anti-Gentile attitudes, and that it responded to Christian exegesis. These studies were challenged because historical evidence for this Jewish-Christian discussion was lacking. In response to this challenge, this chapter provides additional evidence and argues that the discussion did take place. The two participants were the fourth century Babylonian Jewish sage Rava and his Christian contemporary Aphrahat. A comparison of their comments on Job establishes a relationship between the two and substantiates earlier scholarly claims. / Chapter 4 explores the relationship between the Zohar's exegesis of Job and that of Maimonides and Nahmanides. The research concludes that the Zohar's interpretation is a weaving of these two scholars' views and presents Job as one who suffered because he was ignorant of mystical secrets. / Chapter 5 examines the interpretation of Job in the post-Holocaust period. It argues that in contrast to the pre-Holocaust tradition, which blamed Job for what happened to him, post-Holocaust thinkers have not allowed the victim to be blamed. These thinkers have preferred to challenge God rather than Job. / Concerned with the second objective of the present study, chapter 6 provides an outline of the major trends in Jewish Job exegesis. In the Second Temple period Job was described as a pious figure to be emulated. The earliest rabbis maintained this view. By the late third or early fourth centuries, Christian valorization of Job led to Jewish negation of his importance. This led to the depiction of Job as a blasphemer deserving of divine punishment. The view of Job as a less than innocent victim was preserved but modified in various ways in the middle ages (by mystics, philosophers, and peshat exegetes), and was perpetuated through the mid-twentieth century. Only the Holocaust forced a reevaluation of this view. Job was able to have his righteousness restored in an age when interpreters understood, by virtue of their own experiences, that the innocent could truly suffer unjustly.
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Jesus as mediator: A study of the cultural understanding of the role of mediator in first century Asia Minor and its implications for the interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:1--7

Gill, Malcolm J. Unknown Date (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006. / (UMI)AAI3255587. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: A, page: 1026. Adviser: W. Hall Harris.

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