This thesis is an unconventional history of the interpretation of Day One, Genesis 1.1-5, in Hebrew and Greek texts up to c. 200 CE. Using the concept of ‘intertextuality’ as developed by Kristeva, Derrida, and others, the method for this historical exploration looks at the dynamic interconnectedness of texts. The results reach beyond deliberate exegetical and eisegetical interpretations of Day One to include intertextual, and therefore not necessarily deliberate, connections between texts. The purpose of the study is to gain a glimpse into the textual possibilities available to the ancient reader / interpreter. Central to the method employed is the identification of the intertexts of Day One. This is achieved, at least in part, by identifying and tracing flags that may draw the reader from one text to another. In this study these flags are called ‘intertextual markers’ and may be individual words, word-pairs, or small phrases that occur relatively infrequently within the corpus of texts being examined. The thesis first explores the intertextuality of Genesis 1.1-5 in the confines of the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint. The second half of the thesis identifies and explores the intertexts of Day One in other Hebrew texts (e.g. the Dead Sea Scrolls, Sirach) and other Greek texts (e.g. Philo, the New Testament) up to c. 200 CE. The thesis concludes with a summation of some of the more prominent and surprising threads in this intertextual ‘tapestry’ of Day One. These summary threads include observations within the texts in a given language and a comparative look at the role of language in the intertextual history of Day One.

Biblical and Ancient Studies / M. Th. (Old Testament)

Regarding the structural logic behind Jacob’s death-bed story (Gen 47.28-50.26), biblical scholars historically have seen its enigmatic features as evidence of diachronic development. Those who treat it as an intentionally composed whole typically either simply assume that intention or else argue for it using only basic logical structures (chiasm, parallel). The story’s composition is better explained, however, through the lens of conventional structures, especially that of a Hebrew death-bed type-scene. In the first chapter I overview approaches to the passage in biblical scholarship and evaluate recent synchronic approaches. Structuralist readings of other biblical texts are considered and mostly dismissed as a precedent, though Propp’s method is similar. I then state my reasons for beginning with 47.28, rather than 47.27. In chapter two, I investigate the first of the four Episodes that make up Jacob’s death-bed story: 47.28-31. Specific issues addressed include: evidence of competing chronologies, phrasal similarities with the chosen-line genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11, and the characterization of Joseph as a Worthy Successor, one of four tale-roles taken by characters in death-bed stories. Chapter three deals with 48.1-22, giving special attention to the similarity of verses 3-12 to covenant-initiation forms, the issue of adoption, the conventional characterization of Joseph and his sons as Worthy Successors, and the grammar of verses 13-20. In chapter four I focus on the climactic aspects of the language of verse 28 and the characterization of all twelve sons as Worthy Co-Successors. Chapter five treats the Preparation and Testament sections (49.29-33) of the fourth and final Episode. Certain words and phrases are best understood in a legal register. In chapter six I turn to the extended conclusion of the fourth Episode, or the Epilogue, which encompasses the three short stories in 50.1-26. All three deal with conventional concerns typically addressed in death-bed stories. Furthermore, 50.22-26 is a conventional death-bed story in its own right. This investigation of conventional structures in Jacob’s death-bed story opens up new and more objective ways of understanding long-recognized problems in the passage as intentional elements, regardless of the process of the text’s composition and transmission.

The thesis presents the mythological studies of the German Romantics. The research focuses on the four important mythologists - Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Creuzer, Karl Otfried Müller and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. The analysis of their work leads to their specific concept of the myth. The early enlightenment tendencies, which rejected the myths as stories about gods of the undeveloped men were replaced with the conception of the romantics. They disclosed the symbolic character of the myths and explained the origin and nationalization of the myth on the basis of the symbol theory. At the same time they award truth to the mythological process which the man necessarily goes through. The creation of God in the mind of man is clarified with the philosophy of mythology. This way the romantics contribute to the development of the mythology towards a critical historical science.

This thesis presents a complex of Janáček's opera The Makropulos Affair, covering its origin (and the genesis of opera in general), represents personality of Leoš Janáček from different perspectives and offers a didactic treatment of this theme. The work includes two layers - a theoretical and didactic. If we look at the text from a theoretical perspective, then here are about Janáček operas in terms of ideas, editing, production and inspiration of women. Further information on the general features of the libretto, practice, the role of stage manager, Janáček personality, his creative period, music and speech input field of prose to opera. Didactic point of view we see in the arrangement of this work and in quantities of information. The teacher can use the work as the basis for teaching, including the last chapter, which is dedicated only to the practical challenges and ideas. This thesis should help teachers, who want to focus on the opera or the personality of Leoš Janáček in the classroom.

This dissertation examines the function of subject-before-finite-verb clauses in the book of Genesis based on traditional, understanding. Chapter 1 presents an introduction, thesis, and methodology of the project. The research of this dissertation, following the understanding of traditional grammarians concerning subject-before-finite-verb clauses, furnishes the following thesis: all subject-before-finite-verb clauses render the subject prominent by both emphasis and description. Chapter 2 presents traditional grammarians' view concerning verbal and nominal clauses, including subject-before-finite-verb clauses in particular. They analyze the initial subject as the subject of the entire sentence and the following verb (the predicate) as a verbal clause. Chapter 3 explains that in narrative statements, the subject is usually more described than emphasized (rarely, more emphasized than described), though both description and emphasis are always present. Subject-before-finite-verb clauses may begin, transition/resume, or end a narrative, or they may give general descriptive statements. Emphasis appears stronger than description in some contrastive constructions, emphasis and description are more or less equal in other contrastive constructions, emphasis appears stronger than description with addition of certain particles and/or independent pronouns, after certain introductory formulas, with multiple subjects with modification, and when they continue a narrative. Chapter 4 offers the examination of subject-before-finite-verb clauses in non-narrative statements. The discussion in this chapter follows the same structure as Chapter Three. In non-narrative statements, the subject is usually emphasized (very rarely, more described than emphasized), though again both description and emphasis are always present. Description is stronger when the speaker narrates. Chapter 5 discusses modern attempts to redefine subject-before-finite-verb clauses, as Kautzsch, have confused the distinction between verbal and nominal clauses, which in turn, have perplexed many concerning the proper meaning of verbal and nominal clauses. Moreover, the traditional approach of subject-before-finite-verb clauses assumed a verb-subject for normal word order in Biblical Hebrew. Although Holmstedt has attempted to prove subject-verb as the "basic" word order in Biblical Hebrew, his argument has failed. Hebrew (and Arabic) is a verb-subject language. The traditional approach, therefore, represents the simplest, clearest, most accurate method for analyzing subject-before-finite-verb clauses. / This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from <a href="http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb">http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb</a> or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.

Thesis advisor: O. Ernesto Valiente / Thesis advisor: Andrew R. Davis / Reconciliation is based on a change in the attitude of humans toward one another and toward God. Jacob returns to Canaan to obey an order of God and to fulfill his promise. His encounter with God upsets him. His deference to Esau shows a change of attitude that produces a reciprocal effect on his brother. By sharing his wealth, Jacob recognizes the goodness of God who has filled him, accompanied him on his return and touched Esau to welcome him. Esau, also beneficiary of God's generosity, knows how to forget the past and to show himself in favor of his brother. The two brothers are blessed, and they bless each other. This mutual blessing goes beyond the sharing of material wealth. The forgiveness granted and received constitutes a central piece where each protagonist feels lifted up: Jacob recovers his status of a brother (no longer a target to be destroyed), and Esau’s face reminds the loving face of God. And I think, this is the moment when reconciliation happens between the two brothers. The account of Genesis 32-33 provides us with the (historical) example of a process of reconciliation anchored in a spiritual vision, with the participation of God and human beings. These features of Jacob-Esau process of reconciliation can be built upon to foster reconciliation among the estranged individuals and groups in the Congolese and African context. / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2018. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

Den Hebreiska Bibeln återspeglar en mångsidighet och rikedom av olika handlingar, människor och platser. Narrativens författare använde sig av stilmedel, metaforer och motiv för att förkunna och förmedla Guds vilja för världen. Bibelforskare Yairah Amit (2001, 124) påstående ”The choice of a place is never random” väcker min nyfikenhet. Vad innebär det för två bibliska gestalter som möter Gud i en miljö som beskrivs med det hebreiska ordet midbār (svensk översättning: öken)? Inspirationen till uppsatsens ämne lockades fram under läsningen av Hoseaboken 2 på originalspråk hebreiska. Profeten Hosea tillämpar ett uttrycksfullt metaforiskt språk för att förmedla Herrens hårda anklagelse mot folkets bortvändhet. Från och med vers 16 får Hoseas förkunnelse ett nytt perspektiv. Gud lockar sitt älskade folk ut ur öken för att söka vinna deras hjärtan. Ökenmotivet tillämpas som möjlighet för folkets omvändelse och förvandling. Denna bild för en plats för förnyelse och en annorlunda miljö bortom det kända urbana samhället, har följt med mig sedan jag tillbringade en tid i en kristen kommunitet i Sverige. Verksamhetens program fylldes med så kallade retreatdagar. Dagarna, som beskrevs med en slags ”ökentid” handlade om bön, tystnad, att vända sig inåt och sedan vänder sig utåt igen. Jag påstår att vårt moderna högteknologiska samhälle med pågående informationsöverflöd kräver sådana ökenmiljöer där vi människor stannar upp och lyssnar. Inte minst menar jag att lyssnandet inåt är grundläggande för att se verkligheten som den är. Min ambition med denna uppsats är att bana väg för kommande forskning på temat retreat. Denna uppsats vill utforska det hebreiska ordet midbār, dess betydelse och funktion i den Hebreiska Bibeln. Ökenmotivets betydelse ska undersökas med blick på två gudsmöten i öknen i 1 Kungaboken 19 och Genesis 16.

A relação do homem com a terra é vital em toda cultura e também o é na Bíblia Hebraica. O eixo temático Deus-terra-homem é descortinado em Gênesis 1-9 e as bases para as dinâmicas desse víncolo são estabelecidas. O presente trabalho é uma proposta de leitura microscópica da narrativa, contemplando a terra como um personagem. / The relationship between man and earth, is vital in every culture and in the Hebrew Bible. The main theme God-earth-man is presented in Genesis 1-9 and the foundation for its dynamics are established. The present dissertation is a proposal to read the biblical texts from a narative critcism view, taking the earth as character.

Considerando a importância de cupins como agentes da formação e funcionamento do solo, foram estudados a morfologia, granulometria e alguns parâmetros químicos do solo de um ninho de cupins do gênero Conitermes e de suas adjacências, para identificar e discutir as ações destes animais sobre as suas características e propriedades, principalmente acões sobre a morfologia e a química do perfil. O estudo foi feito por meio de perfis de solo que passaram pelo monte externo de um cupinzeiro e adjacências. Nos perfis foram identificados e descritos os horizontes e suas transições, as propriedades do solo e as organizações (feições de origem biológica) ali existentes, como: canais, câmaras e microagregados A descrição morfológica contemplou os aspectos de cor, textura, macroestrutura e consistência do solo. A descrição química incluiu as determinações do pH, matéria orgânica, alumínio e cátions trocáveis (cálcio, magnésio, potássio e sódio). E a análise granulométrica contemplou as frações argila, silte e areia. Os resultados obtidos mostraram diferenças químicas apreciáveis entre o solo do monte do ninho e solo do entorno, principalmente para os seguintes atributos: conteúdo de matéria orgânica, concentração de alumínio e concentração de cátios trocáveis, principalemente o magnésio e o potássio. Foram encontradas uma série de feições, principalmente câmaras e canais verticais preenchidos, que demonstraram o trabalho realizado pelos cupins no perfil decorrentes dos hábitos construtores. Tais feições comprovaram que os cupins têm importante papel na pedoplasmação da alterita da rocha e na formação de domínios microagregados. / Considering the importance of termites as agents of the formation and functioning of the soil, were studied the morphology, particle size and some soil chemical parameters of a soil nest of termites of the genus Conitermes and its around, to identify and discuss the actions of these animals on their properties, mainly actions on the chemistry and morphology of the profile. The study was done through profiles of soil that passed through the hill of termites nest and around. In profiles were identified and described horizons and their transitions, the properties of the soil and organizations (features of biological origin) there, like: channels, chambers, and microgranular structure. The morphological description included the aspects of color, texture, structure and consistency of the soil. The chemical description included determinations of pH, organic matter, aluminum and cátions (calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium) and the particle size analysis included the clay, silte and sand. The results showed chemicals appreciable differences between the soil of the hill nest and the surrounding soil, mainly for the following attributes: content of organic matter, aluminum concentration and concentration of cátions, mainly the magnesium and potassium. Was found a series of biological features, mainly filled chambers and vertical channels, which showed the work done by termites in the profile derived from the habits builders. Such features shown that termites have important role in pedoplasmation of saprolite zone and important role in the formation of microgranular structure.