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The change of collective identity? A content analysis of the texts in second King 22–23 and Ezra 9–10. With the use of modern theories on identity theory, ethnicity and sexuality, apart from content analysis, this paper aims to broaden our knowledge of these ancient texts. In this paper the case is made that what happens in Ezra, with the mixed marriages crises, could be understood according to differences in coping with identity crisis as shown by the two groups in the text, that is a style of Normative processing orientation versus a style of Normative processing orientation. Regarding Josia the case is made that what happens in the text could be understood from the point that the text is addressing different views on the formation and understanding of an early Israelite collective identity.

I uppsatsen undersöks utvalda verser i Rutboken och Esra/Nehemjaboken i syfte att närma sig vardagslivet i Jerusalem på den efterexiliska tiden på 300-talet f.v.t.

Diese Lizentiatsarbeit stellt eine Forschungsgeschichte als Vorarbeit zu einer Dissertation über die Personennamen im Esra/Nehemia-Buch dar. Die Darstellung besteht aus zwei Teilen, einem zu den wesentlichen Fragestellungen in der Erforschung des Esra/Nehemia-Buches und einem zur hebräischen Onomastik. / This is a history of research for a doctoral dissertation about the personal names in Ezra-Nehemiah. It consists of two parts, one to the essential questions in the investigation of the Ezra-Nehemiah-book and one to Hebrew onomastics.

The software plays an important role in the current era of automotive development and the robust functionality of a software can only be achieved by following proper development process. The requirement engineering and the management of requirements are one of the key point in the software development. The requirements help the software developer to validate and verify the designed software. The Knorr-Bremse is one of the leading company in the automotive and locomotive industry which expertise in the area of braking system. The software department has been searching for a new approach in the area of requirement tracing and to evaluate the progress and performance of the complete system. They planned to design a new tool which should be able to trace the requirement and signals which means it should detect the new variation in the project automatically and update the software modules and test cases. Another mandatory functionality of tool is the measurement of progress and performance of complete system/project. The evaluation includes the quality of work of the software developer as well as the recording of milestones which has been achieved. A project has been planned for this master thesis is to develop a tool using various programming languages such as C-sharp, ASCET, ESRA Launcher, Graph-viz and XML. The purpose of this tool is to solve the above stated scientific challenge. The first phase is to design a tool which extracts the specific project data such as requirements and signals from 620 Requirement Specification files and then this data would search for the multi-level trace points in software and test modules based data. Upon successful search, the tool generates graphical representation of trace points for selected level of architecture. The second phase is to enhance the tool for measure the progress and performance of project selected by user. This task has been performed by developing an KPI. The GUI has been developed which represents the previous and current progress of project using famous graphical methods such as histogram, stag bar, bubble chart etc.

Die Untersuchung betrachtet das Verhältnis der Schriften 4., 5. und 6. Esra zueinander. Während die Apokalypse 4. Esra als Referenztext für neutestamentliche Schriften Gegenstand zahlreicher Untersuchungen ist, wurden 5. und 6. Esra bisher lediglich als christliche Hinzufügungen abgetan und nicht in einer bedeutungsvollen Beziehung zu 4. Esra verstanden. Auf Grund der syrischen Tradition, die 4. Esra als geschlossene Schrift überliefert, wird oftmals übersehen, dass in den lateinischen Traditionen 4. Esra ausschließlich im Zusammenhang zu 5. und 6. Esra bezeugt ist. Die Arbeit greift methodische Ansätze aus der alttestamentlichen und Apokryphenforschung auf, um das Verhältnis der drei Schriften zueinander zu beschreiben. Handelt es sich um eine willkürliche Zusammenordnung der Schriften oder lassen sich Ordnungsprinzipen und durchgängige Konzepte erkennen, die eine Lesart als zusammenhängende und aufeinander bezogene Gesamtschrift 2. Esdras nahe legen? Die Arbeit geht dabei auf verschiedenen Ebenen vor: Zunächst werden die mittelalterlichen Manuskripte, die die früheste vollständige Bezeugung der Schriften darstellen, analysiert und ausgewertet. Wesentlich ist hierbei, dass die Schriften zwar immer im Zusammenhang zueinander überliefert wurden, jedoch in sehr unterschiedlichen Anordnungen in den jeweiligen Manuskripten enthalten sind. Auf synchroner Ebene werden zentrale Konzepte der einzelnen Schriften exegetisch herausgearbeitet und zueinander in Bezug gesetzt. Schließlich werden narratologisch und daramaturgisch die Erzählbögen der Einzelschriften analysiert und ausgewertet, ob und wie ein Gesamthandlungsbogen von 2. Esdras erkennbar ist. Gerade an der literarischen Figur des Esra zeigt sich, wie die unterschiedlichen Anordnungen jeweils andere Aspekte der Figur in den Vordergrund rücken. Die literarische Gestalt des Esra selbst wird zur Projektionsfläche für die Intentionen der späteren Tradentenkreise. Daher stellt die jeweilige Anordnung der Schriften einen bewussten und sinnhaften Ausdruck der theologischen Konzeptionen der Tradentenkreise dar. / The study is focused on the relation of 4th, 5th and 6th Ezra. While the Apocalypse 4th Ezra as a reference text for New Testament writings is the subject of numerous studies, 5th and 6th Ezra are normally dismissed as Christian additions and are not understood in a meaningful relationship to 4th Ezra. Due to the fact that the Syriac tradition testifies 4th Ezra as an independent writing, it is often ignored, that the Latin tradition exclusively features 4th Ezra in the context of 5th and 6th Ezra. The study employs methodological approaches from the 361 Old Testament and Apocryphal research to investigate the relation between the three writings. Should it be regarded as a random compilation of writings or are there indications for a structural order or underlying concepts and motifs, which suggest an interrelated reading as a composed writing of 2nd Esdras? The study engages the subject with different approaches of research: first of all the medieval manuscripts representing the oldest complete sources for the writing of 2nd Esdras are evaluated. It is to be considered, that while all three writings are featured, the order of arrangement of the writings varies in the different traditions. In a synchronic exegetical analysis of the texts main themes and concepts are retraced and put in perspective to each other. Finally in a narratologic and dramatic point of view the plots and the arc of suspense of each writing is examined and considered in perspective of an underlying plot and understanding of 2nd Esdras as one story line. Especially in regard to the literary character of Ezra the different arrangements of the text emphasize different theological aspects of the character. The figure of Ezra itself becomes a projection space for the intentions of the later recipients. Therefore each arrangement of the writings can be regarded as a deliberate and meaningful expression of the theological concept of the recipients.