Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 2001. / Title from title screen (viewed on October 06, 2005).

A chiral vinyl sulfoxide has been developed that undergoes highly diastereoselective Diels−Alder cycloadditions with various substituted furans in excellent yield. The cycloadducts can be stereoselectively transformed into tetrasubstituted tetrahydrofurans via ring-opening metathesis/cross-metathesis or oxidative cleavage and refunctionalization. A partial synthesis of the bioactive diketopiperazine containing natural product gliocladin C was achieved in nine steps, and 13.4% overall yield. The synthesis featured several novel transformations including the construction of the core structure by an elimination and nucleophilic addition sequence, followed by a Lewis acid promoted coupling with indole giving the key quaternary oxindole intermediate. A new protocol for intramolecular reductive coupling of the oxoindole and bis-unsaturated diketopiperazine led to successful construction of the hexacyclic skeleton. / text

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. [317]-331.

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 314-333).

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 314-333).

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. [317]-331.

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 314-333).

AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF BOBBI MASTERS, for the Master of Fine Arts degree in THEATER, presented on May 8, 2017, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: THE ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: DIRECTING VIGILS BY NOAH HAIDLE MAJOR PROFESSOR: Olusegun Ojewuyi The Archeology of Memory…details the process of directing Vigils, which was presented on the Moe Stage at Southern Illinois University from September 15-18, 2016. This document records the process from play analysis through post-production evaluation. This document is chronological in order with a preface which explains my introduction and interest in the play. Chapter one is the pre-production work, including the research and analysis and the theories employed. Chapter two details the process from predesign meetings to the performances. Chapter three is an evaluation of the process and the lessons learned. Appendices include visual and aural research, production documentation and photographs.

During the first half of the nineteenth century (particularly 1820-1845) in Britain a number of laymen and clergymen tenaciously fought against new geological theories. These men became known as the "Scriptural geologists." They held the traditional Christian view that Genesis provided a realiable, historical account of the creation of the universe and the early history of the earth. In particular, they believed that the Noachian deluge was a unique global catastrophe, which produced most of the geological record, and that the earth was roughly 6,000 years old. From this position they responded with equal vigour to the old-earth theories of the uniformitarian and the catastrophist geologists. They also rejected, as misinterpretations of Scripture, the "gap theory", the "day-age theory", the "tranquil flood theory" and the "local flood theory." These writers have received limited scholarly analysis. Gillispie, Millhauser and Yule have given them some attention and are the historians regularly cited by others. Much current research addresses the issue of religion and science in the nineteenth century but none has focused on the Scriptural geologists. They deserve more study because they were "an important irritant and a serious disturbing factor in the scientific geologists' campaign to establish and maintain their own public image as a source of reliable and authoritative knowledge" (Martin Rudwick, 'The Greate Devonian Controversy', 1985, p.43). Also, this thesis demonstrates that they have been seriously misrepresented both by many of the contemporaries and by nearly all later hisotrians. By way of introduction, a brief analysis is given of 1) the intellectual, religious and cultural background leading up the nineteenth century, 2) the history of the interpretation of fossils, sedimentary rocks, and the Genesis account of creation and the flood, 3) a description of the nineteenth century milieu and 4) what constituted geological competence in the early nineteenth century. The central portion of the thesis analyzes the Biblical and geological arguments presented by thirteen representative Scriptural geologists. In the final section, generalizations and conclusions are made about the Scriptural geologists as a group and the nature of the debate with those they opposed.

The Noachic Deluge is often portrayed within Scripture as being a disastrous, death-inducing, catastrophic event that had the power to forever shape and change the world that then was (Matt 24:36-44; Luke 17:26—27; 1 Pet 3:20-21; 2 Pet 3:6). Via “self destructive lawlessness” (חמס(, humanity had the effect of “corrupting” (שחת (the “good” (טוב (earth that God had created, thus leading the Creator to proclaim that he would “destroy” (שחת (and “blot/wipe” (מחה (it out, along with “all flesh” (בשר כל(. Fortunately, “Noah found favour in the eyes of the LORD” and God chose to “establish” or “confirm” (קום (his covenant with him and to preserve a remnant of humanity and all life (Gen 6:18-21; 7:1-3, 7-9, 13-16; 8:16-22; 9:1-17). As such, despite the vivid picture of devastation that the Noachic Deluge account depicts, this study will seek to demonstrate by means of rhetorical analysis that the emphasis of the narrative is on redemption, salvation, deliverance, renewal, and the upholding of life. The Noachic Deluge event functions to recalibrate the kinship relationship of God and humanity that was lost in the Fall via the structure of covenant. In this way, the Noachic Deluge narrative is persuasive. As intellectual, world-view formative rhetoric, the scribe convincingly communicates that God’s intentions for creation, the establishment of order via covenant, will not be thwarted. This includes human beings— as his image-bearers—employing the principle oflex talionis (blood-for-blood). Despite the present scholarship, a lacuna exists concerning the persuasive nature of the Noachic Deluge narrative, its rhetorical function, and a thorough, methodologically rigorous, description of the scribe’s persuasiveness. As such, this work seeks to delineate the scribe’s essential persuasive strategy—noting also his literary artistry—as it engages in a detailed reading ofthis specific portion of ancient Scripture (Gen 6:9—9:29). This study leverages a form of George A. Kennedy’s model of rhetorical criticism: (1) determining the rhetorical units, (2) determining the rhetorical situation, (3) determining the rhetorical strategy, and (4) determining the rhetorical effectiveness. A brief conclusion rounds out the analysis. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)