Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:21:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ANGELA MARINGOLI KITZINGER CAPA.pdf: 618106 bytes, checksum: 28499952b3e3f0668624b3b6a796f5df (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study analyzes the existing relationship between the subjects dialogued by the writer of the book of Rute (4,1-12) and the books that are part of the composition of the Deuteronomistic History.There were three proposals, each one with its own way to see the situation, the mission and the organization of the people.The first one belongs to Joshua and Zerubbabel (Ezra 3,1-13).The second of Ezra (Ed 9,1-10,44) (Ne 8,1-18) and the third of Nehemiah (5,1-19). It was really a challenge punctuating this pericope in this context. Firstly it was placed at the moment of the History of Israel, living deeply the after-exile, with the return of the deportees from Babilônia during the national restructuration of Judá. Afterwards, the personages were placed in their due social papers. The people of the land stayed in Judah and the surrounding areas. The social injustices were many: the peasants were being dispossessed of its own lands, by the Jewish brothers who had arrived from Babilônia (Ne, 51-5).These same Jewish brothers were those that had loaned money to the people of the land and had charged the payment with usury. The scene was a discouraging one. The problems were endless and of all the types. Poverty and hunger were increasing (Ag 1,6) the poor, the foreigners and the widows survived because of spills (Ruth 2.2) / Esta dissertação analisa a relação existente entre os temas dialogados pelo redator do livro de Rute (4,1-12) e os livros que fazem parte da composição da História Deuteronomística. Havia três propostas, cada uma com a sua própria maneira de ver a situação, a missão e a organização do povo. A primeira é a de Zorobabel e Josué (Ed 3,1-13). A segunda de Esdras (Ed 9,1-10,44) (Ne 8,1-18) e a terceira de Neemias (5,1-19). Como abordar a pericope neste contexto foi realmente um desafio. Em um primeiro momento, ela foi situada no momento da História de Israel, vivenciando o pós exílio, com a volta dos deportados da Babilônia, época de reestruturação nacional de Judá. Em seguida, os personagens foram colocados em seus devidos papéis sociais. O povo da terra ficou em Judá e nos arredores. As injustiças sociais eram muitas: os campesinos estavam sendo desapropriados de suas próprias terras, pelos irmãos judeus que chegaram da Babilônia (Ne 51-5). Esses mesmos irmãos judeus são os que emprestaram dinheiro ao povo da terra e cobraram o pagamento com usura. O cenário era desanimador; os problemas intermináveis e de todos os tipos. A pobreza e a fome eram cada vez maiores (Ag 1,6), os pobres, estrangeiros e viúvas sobreviviam da respinga (Rt 2,2)

Writers tend to exude political views and ideas in their works. Robert A. Heinlein and his works havebeen interpreted from multiple political standpoints, yet almost no such interpretation has beenapplied to his later works. In this paper Lazarus Long, the protagonist in Heinlein’s Time Enough forLove, is interpreted through a libertarian looking glass, focusing on the novel’s societal critique andideas regarding liberty, power, government and economy. This paper is written with the goal ofshowing that the protagonist in Time Enough for Love can be said to be libertarian in perspective andattitude. This is done by using libertarian concepts divided into five categories, these categories beinginterpreted from David Boaz´s primer on libertarianism: societal criticism, governmental criticism,economic criticism, flourishing and observations. Conclusively this paper states that Robert A.Heinlein’s protagonist in the novel Time Enough for Love seems to have many influences by libertarianideals and can be said to be libertarian in perspective and attitude.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002. / Includes abstract and vita. "December 2002" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-116).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002. / Includes abstract and vita. "December 2002" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-116).

Le livre de Ruth conte un récit qu’il situe dès son premier verset à l’époque des Juges. Sa place dans le canon biblique hébraïque, qui le positionne dans le sous-groupe des Écrits (Ketuvim), ainsi que certains traits de la langue utilisée, ont pu faire penser à une rédaction postexilique tardive. L’objectif de ce travail de recherche est d’étudier la formation et l’évolution du rouleau de Ruth et ainsi, ses messages à caractère politique et les mœurs qu’il a su décrire. Le modèle qui se dégage de cette étude montre une formation et une évolution complexes, en plusieurs strates de rédactions, et avec plusieurs auteurs. Par sa taille assez courte, le livre de Ruth permet de faire cette analyse dans des conditions de laboratoire. On peut y observer des styles de langue distants entre eux de plusieurs siècles, avec des tournures caractéristiques d’une langue paléo-hébraïque jouxtant des expressions influencées par l’araméen, des incohérences logiques dans le texte, et enfin des réminiscences d’un culte polythéiste. De cette façon, ce travail nous fait faire un voyage à travers le temps qui débute par une histoire populaire, celle d’une moabite en terre de Judée, datant vraisemblablement du début de la royauté vers l’an -1000 avant notre ère. Ce voyage fait ensuite une halte vers les septième ou sixième siècles avec une première mise par écrit. Il se conclut finalement au cinquième ou quatrième siècle, après le retour de l’exil de Babylone, période où la version du livre de Ruth que nous possédons actuellement avec le texte massorétique est probablement rédigée. / According to the initial verse of the Book of Ruth, the story takes place during the period of the Judges. However, its place in the Hebrew Bible canon, where it is revealed in Writings (Ketuvim), as well as linguistic aspects of the text, has led scholars to believe that the book was composed during a late post-exilic period. The purpose of this study is to learn the development of the Book of Ruth and in particular, the political messages and customs of that precise period. Thanks to the conciseness of the story, an analysis in a laboratory-like environment is possible. The model that results from this study displays a very complex textual construction of several layers of writings and multiple authors. In turn, it enables one to observe various language styles scattered over a period of several centuries. Some of the language expressions are characteristic of Paleo-Hebrew and some are influenced by Talmudic Aramaic. There also appear to be logical inconsistencies within the narrative and reminders of a polytheistic cult. This research takes us on a journey through time that begins as a folktale of a Moabite woman in the land of Judea, probably from the turn of Royalty around the year 1000 BC. The journey halts unexpectedly during the seventh or sixth century BC, as its first writings appear during this period. It finally concludes during the fifth or fourth century BC, with the return to Zion from exile in Babylon, a period in which the Masoretic version of the Book of Ruth was likely written.

The conclusion of this thesis brings an understanding of the deeper meaning of the book of Ruth and its role in the lives of God's followers. The application of the tools of narrative analysis clearly showed that on the background of Naomi and Ruth's deeply human story unfolds another one. It is the story of the Lord who is invisibly directing events and human destinies to present and reveal the work and mission of his Messiah to the whole mankind. The main characters in the story provide an eloquent example of faith to follow and in a very plastic way imply the role of the Redeemer. Thus the story builds up faith of people in the Lord and prepares them to recognize and accept his Messiah. And this may be the mission and function of the book of Ruth in the biblical canon. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Excerpt: Boaz Ganor’s Global Alert: The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic Order provides in its eleven brief chapters an analysis of and prescription for liberal democratic vulnerabilities to present-day Islamist-inspired terrorism.