Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1998. / Title from title page screen, viewed July 6, 2006. Dissertation Committee: John C. Shields (chair), Cynthia Huff, Russell K. Rutter, Ray Lewis White. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-226) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-200).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Depts, of English and American Studies, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 2156. Adviser: John Eakin. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 21, 2007)."

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Οι πληροφορίες που διαθέτουμε για τον πιθανό δημιουργό δύο σημαντικών και μνημειωδών για την ελληνική γραμματεία έργων, είναι απειροελάχιστες. Αυτό οφείλεται αφενός στο γεγονός ότι η «Ιλιάδα» κι η «Οδύσσεια» δεν περιέχουν σχεδόν καθόλου στοιχεία για το βίο του δημιουργού τους (όποιος κι αν είναι) κι αφετέρου στο γεγονός ότι ο ποιητής μας φέρεται να έζησε σε μία χρονική περίοδο, κατά την οποία μόλις είχε αρχίσει η χρήση του φοινικικού αλφαβήτου και κατά την οποία, πέραν των «ομηρικών έργων» δεν φαίνεται να έχει γραφτεί κανένα άλλο αξιόλογο γραπτό κείμενο, που θα μπορούσε να μας παρέχει κάποιες πληροφορίες. Ως εκ τούτου, στην προσπάθειά μας να αντλήσουμε κάποια στοιχεία για το ιστορικό πρόσωπο Όμηρος – εφόσον βέβαια υπήρξε- είμαστε αναγκασμένοι να στραφούμε σε πηγές- κείμενα πολύ μεταγενέστερα, με όλα τα προβλήματα ως προς την αξιοπιστία των πληροφοριών που αυτά μας παρέχουν, ένεκα και της χρονικής απόστασης από την εποχή για την οποία μιλούν. Παρά τις παραπάνω δυσκολίες, σκοπός του παρόντος πονήματος, είναι, αφού παραθέσει όλες τις σημαντικές πληροφορίες που μας παραθέτουν οι διάφορες πηγές μας σχετικά με πολύ σημαντικά ζητήματα που έχουν να κάνουν με το Βίο του Ομήρου, να καταλήξει σε ένα όσο το δυνατόν πιο ασφαλές συμπέρασμα και να ανασυνθέσει κατά το δυνατόν, μια βιογραφία του μεγάλου επικού ποιητή, στηριζόμενο στις πληροφορίες που φαίνονται να έχουν μεγαλύτερη σχέση με την πραγματικότητα. Στην προσπάθειά μας αυτή, θα χρησιμοποιήσουμε στα στοιχεία που αντλήσαμε από εννέα βιογραφίες του Ομήρου. / --

More than two thousand years after his death the words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth are still proclaimed, listened to and believed in. They form a part of the Great Tradition of Christianity in which Jesus is perceived as both "fully human and fully divine". In first century CE Palestine, however, they functioned very differently. In this thesis we seek to re-root Jesus of Nazareth, his teachings and his actions, in his first century Galilean context. In Chapter One of this study, we therefore examine Galilee, its economic, political, religious and social makeup in order not merely to provide a framework for Jesus' ministry, but rather to determine the milieu in which he was socialised and formed. The Galilee into which Jesus was acculturated was not, we conclude, a Hellenised region of trading and opportunity, as some modem scholars have suggested, but a land in which the peasantry struggled to meet their subsistence needs and in which an increasing number were forced into the forfeiture of their patrimonial land. In this light, we turn our attention, in our second chapter, to forms of non-elite resistance to elite oppression. We describe five forms of non-elite response. Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, Social Banditry, The City Mob, Prophecy and Prophet Led Movements and Messiah/Deliverer Led Movements, each of which, we argue, coheres with the values inherent in the little tradition of the peasantry. The Prophet and Messiah Led Movements prove particularly significant in so far as they also provide the categories within which Jesus' social identity could be understood. In Chapter Three we reconsider four of Jesus' parables illustrating the extent to which they reflect the little tradition themes of reversal, abundance and condemnation of an exploitative elite. Similarly, we present his healings as a challenge to the religious elites' manipulation of the purity and debt codes, and his exorcisms as a condemnation of a social system which leaves the marginalised more vulnerable to demon possession. His practice of table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners not only foreshadows the messianic banquet, it also demonstrates the little tradition value of reversal (Chapter Four). In Chapter Five we illustrate that through his action in the Jerusalem temple, Jesus condemns the oppressive behaviour of the socio-religious elite and offers a new vision of the temple as a 'house of prayer' built on the values of the kingdom of God. The trial and crucifixion of Jesus, we present as the elite response (Chapter Six). The words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth and his identification by at least some of his followers with the social role of messiah provoked the ire of the Judean elite. They also, we contend, led the Roman authorities to crucify him as 'King of the Judeans'.

abstract: Examples of new or extended clarinet techniques first appeared early in the twentieth century. By the 1960s, composers and performers began to drastically augment standard clarinet technique, by experimenting with multiphonics and microtones. Subsequently, clarinetists-teachers William O. Smith, Gerard Errante, Ronald Caravan, and others further pushed the limits of sound through their compositions for clarinet. This study explores the important contributions of clarinetist-teacher-composer Eric Mandat to the clarinet repertoire, and presents readers with a detailed biography of Mandat. Additionally, this research paper provides insights into Eric Mandat's instinctive approach to life and considers how this modus operandi translates into success as a composer, as a clarinetist, and as a teacher. Interviews with Eric Mandat comprise the basis for this document; these are supplemented by his writings, articles about Mandat, reviews of his music, and interviews with select colleagues and students. This is the first document to examine Eric Mandat's history and development as a composer, teacher and clarinetist. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2012

This thesis examines the political career of Abdallah bin al-Husayn from 1908 until the creation of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921. The central aim here is to explain how Abdallah was transformed from a Hijazi notable to a major force in the post-war politics of the Fertile Crescent and the founder of the Emirate of Transjordan. Abdallah's political career until 1921 is studied in the context of his family's evolving political ambitions and Anglo-Hashimite and Hashimite-Arab nationalist relations. Abdallah's early political career illuminates the changing character of Arab political leadership in the Arab East between 1914 and 1921. This thesis examines the shaping of Abdallah's political ambitions, the strategies Abdallah, his family and partisans adopted to realize those ambitions and the obstacles Abdallah faced in trying to establish his authority and the legitimacy of his rule, first, in Iraq and, later, in Transjordan. Examining these issues in the context of Anglo-Hashimite and Hashimite-Arab nationalist relations makes it possible to assess Abdallah's contribution to the emergence of new forms of Arab political leadership in the post-war Fertile Crescent, particularly in Transjordan and Iraq, and to the development of Arab nationalism. Chapters one to four analyze the shaping of Abdallah's political ambitions in the wider context of evolving Hashimite ambitions during World Var I. Chapters five to eight treat two closely related subjects: Abdallah's failure to realize his ambition to rule post-war Iraq and his role in the creation of the Emirate of Transjordan.

Prophet, pamphleteer, and hermit, Roger Crab (c.1616-1680) stands out from the sectarian tumult of mid-seventeenth century London as a zealous religious independent and a noteworthy oppositional figure. This study describes Crab's brief publication career as shaping a "rhetoric of reclusion," identifying in his work the distinct patterns of self-representation intended to free a purportedly divine message from the damaging influences of printers and booksellers, hireling ministers, and even the authorial self. Crab writes against the untoward mediation of his own text, but also against such interference with other sacred text. Beyond reclusion, the hermit's task proves one of reclamation. He seeks through publication and public attestation to reclaim the word of God from wayward church interpretation and from sectarian misappropriation.