Although the biblical data presented can be properly assessed only by a Hebraist/Old Testament exegete, I have attempted to make the work a little more accessible to linguistic scientists without specialization in Hebrew through provision of English glosses of Hebrew passages (rarely of more than a biblical verse in length). Typically these glosses are from NEB, although where NEB's rendering does not closely match the Hebrew sequence (e.g., if NEB omits certain Hebrew phrases because they would be redundant or cumbersome in English, or adopts substantial emendations of NT, or is, in my opinion, erroneous in respect of a particular translation) I have utilized JB, or, occasionally, AV. Italicized sequences (narking expressions not directly expressed in the Hebrew original) in AV (and in the translation of Rash!) are not thus distinguished in my quotations, and I have used 'Lord' for AV and NEB 'LORD'. NEB has been chosen as the primary source because at a semantic, if not a stylistic, level it provides an 'idiomatic' translation, and because its emendations are easy to trace (through Brockington's work). The few tines that I wish to make a translation point particularly strongly or where I feel none of the forementioned translations to be adequate I provide my own glosses. Such renderings, unlike those quoted from other sources, are not accompanied by a citation of source. Within glosses words representing a collocation or other expression being discussed are capitalized. BHK/S is used as the source of quotations from the Hebrew Bible, although its division of cola is not displayed; the caesura (athnach) is sometimes indicated by the use of a new line, or, if only one line of text is displayed, by a double space within this line. In 'citation-forms' of Hebrew text, we utilize a 'plene' orthography. Chapter and verse references are always to the Hebrew Bible. ...

A strong emphasis has always been placed on the cognitive, conceptual and rational aspects of Religious Education, while in general there has been a lack of recognition of the value of the non-rational aspects of spirituality; and of imagery and art in relation to Religious Education. In this study it is shown that a close relationship exists between seeing, imagery, insight and spirituality. It is argued that although definitions of the words spirit, spiritual and spirituality are often vague and imprecise, those that are successful often reveal something of the spiritual by using linguistic imagery, metaphor and symbol, in a highly visual or iconographic way. The evidence of religious experience indicates the importance of vision and insight and of the significance of the arts as a way of accessing the spiritual. Seventeen dimensions of spirituality are identified and become unifying themes throughout the thesis. It is argued that a powerful relationship exists between art and the spiritual. Through its many layers of meaning, complex range of non-direct, symbolic and metaphorical forms, art helps the spiritual to reveal itself. Through art, ideal spiritual values like truth, beauty and unity can be made visible. Above all, art is silent, inspiring contemplation and reflection. Just as the eye sees the outer-world, the inner-eye of the gaze can glimpse the spiritual. Gazing is an unhurried way of meaningfully seeing, which is free from the constraints imposed by logic, place, time, intentions and purpose. There is a certain sense of stillness, beyondness, at-oneness, mystery and transcendence about the gaze. Art is for the gaze, as the visible world is for sight. Imagination, with its ability to transform images, thoughts, feelings and perceptions, rational and non-rational, plays a vital role in linking spiritual, gaze and art and imagery, and in finding meaning. Later chapters offer a theoretical framework and teaching strategy using artistic imagery for classroom Religious Education, in relation to spiritual awareness; together with a set of worked examples.

This study explores the concept of sainthood in the medieval Islamic tradition. A close reading of the unexplored writings of two 14th C. mystical thinkers, Muh&dotbelow;ammad and `Ali Wafa', shows the presence of at least three distinct currents of thought regarding sainthood. One has been adopted from the Sufi order of the Shadhiliyya, one from the writings of a 9th C. central Asian mystic al-Tirmidhi, and one from the controversial 13th C. thinker Ibn `Arabi. Our study analyses how our Egyptian writers, Muh&dotbelow;ammad and `Ali Wafa', synthesized and elaborated upon these currents to develop a distinct doctrine of sainthood. Although our writers are to be located firmly within the Sunni tradition, it is significant that they felt free to draw on Shi'ite ideas for the construction of their own theory of the final great saint.

Typescript (photocopy) / 300 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Philosophy, 1980

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2006. / (UnM)AAI3207869. Adviser: Graham A. Cole. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-02, Section: A, page: 0602.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Philosophy, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 7, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-07, Section: A, page: 2733. Adviser: Frederick Beiser.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of English, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 24, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-11, Section: A, page: 4339. Adviser: Joan Pong Linton.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Central Eurasian Studies, 2005. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-12, Section: A, page: 4507. Chair: Gyorgy Kara. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 11, 2006).

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Autobiographical sketch. References: p. [73]-74.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Communication and Culture, 2006. / "Title from dissertation home page (viewed July 5, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: A, page: 2791. Adviser: Joan Hawkins.