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The symbolism of blood in Levitical rites and sacrificesHsu, Yun-Che. January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Th. M.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-133).
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The symbolism of blood in Levitical rites and sacrificesHsu, Yun-Che. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Th. M.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-133).
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Sukkot and the fertility of the earth as background to the interpretation of John 7:37-39 in the context of the water and environmental crisis in South Africa.Thekiso, Mantima Hadiyo. January 2012 (has links)
This thesis provides a theological and exegetical reflection on the water and
environmental crisis in South Africa. The central aim of this thesis is to create a basis for
the formulation of an African contextual hermeneutic of the environment using the text of
John’s Gospel as a resource. This study will formulate and utilize an African contextual
hermeneutic of the environment to interpret John 7:37-39. This reading will focus on the
three poles of a contextual reading of a text, namely my context as a South African reader
concerned with water and the environment; a literary reading of the text against its own
historical context, and a dialogical appropriation of the text in response to the questions
of the South African environmental crisis. Out of this process, the study will identify
points of agreement between the African understanding of nature and Christian
approaches to nature in ways that can help in the formulation of an African Christian
hermeneutic of the environment.
The study conducts an overview of the water and environmental crisis both globally, and
in South Africa. In this area we look at the contributing factors of the rate of
environmental degradation and the possibility of clean water running out. Also we will
look at the African approaches to fertility and rain making and how their ethics towards
the environment can help in creating a Christian ethic of caring for the environment. This
will be linked to a study of the feast of Tabernacles as a background to reading John
7:37-39. in light of my concerns for the fertility of the earth and the assurance of
abundant rains. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.
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Die metafoor "Julle is 'n tempel van God" (1 Kor 3:16) as 'n etiese kernmoment in die raamwerk van 'n Pauliniese leefstylMaré, Pieter Johannes 12 November 2012 (has links)
D.Litt.et Phil. / The world in which the Christian community finds themselves today, is a world that has in many ways spiritually lost its way. This has led to the ethical and moral decay that has as a result, social problems, as well as social and political corruption. The Church is also experiencing a crisis. The Church, until recently was the centre of many people‟s existence, but now increasingly people are removed from the church and churchless. Is there an antidote to counteract this assault on the Christian faith? As per the argument in this dissertation, the answer lies in the lifestyle of the faithful, according to their confession. A way of life that confirms and not renounces the Biblical truths is the only way in which the Church‟s credibility can be restored in a post modern milieu. It is also one of the most important ways in which the decay in society can be counteracted; a Church that can yet again, as a bride of Christ perform her missiological duty as the salt and light of the world. This conclusion has forced the relevance of this research to the forefront. Paul describes the Corinthians as the holy temple of God in which the Holy Spirit resides (1 Cor 3:16-17). Two questions immediately arise: what relevance does this metaphor have on a Christian lifestyle and can a metaphor, applied 2000 years ago to the Christians in Corinthians, have any hermeneutical value, today? Can it serve as an ethical core moment in the post-modern time in which we find ourselves? These are some of the questions addressed in this research. The temple motif is a central theme found throughout the Bible. This is born through God‟s desire to live amidst his people. He instructs Moses to build a tent tabernacle, so that He “can live in their midst” (Ex 25:8). This tabernacle moved with the Israelites, everywhere they went. This was the place where God revealed his special presence, where daily offerings were made as atonement for the people‟s sins and where, once a year on the Great Day of Reconciliation the high priest went into the Most Holy to atone for the sins of the people as well as his own. Everything in and around the tabernacle was characterized by holiness.
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From sign to symbol : re-integrating communion into the common life of Baptists in South AfricaSimms, Ian Melville 06 1900 (has links)
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Practical Theology)
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Ritual functions of the Book of Relevation: hope in dark timesVan Rensburg, Hanré Janse 06 1900 (has links)
Through a critical-functional, rather than literal, reading of the text of Revelation, this dissertation hypothesises a move beyond the paralysing constant reduction of hermeneutic meaning to two conventional poles when discussing hope – the early Christian movement’s hope through reversal, and contemporary nihilism. In order to do so in a responsible manner, it is necessary to study other research done on the topics of eschatology and hope – especially as seen in the book of Revelation. For this reason, the most popular and representative scholars of the Book of Revelation are studied. This overall look at current scholarships' views regarding the Apocalypse will help detect any possible missing elements in our approach to Revelation.
But no study of this topic can be considered near complete if other disciplines are not involved; in this case especially when moving on to a critical-functional reading of Revelation. This thesis thus features an exploratory study of the functioning of ritual and hope within the human psyche; from archaeological to psychological perspectives. This emphasises the importance of, and leads into, the possibilities of a functional reading of the Book of Revelation.
All of the above work leads to a re-evaluation of the success of hope as metanarrative for today. The suggestion is that Christian hope is not imaginary, but is irreducibly imaginative. For “reality is never just the world as it exists; it is the world as it is experienced through the lenses of social perception” (Barr 2010:636). / New Testament / D. Th. (New Testament and Early Christian Studies)
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From sign to symbol : re-integrating communion into the common life of Baptists in South AfricaSimms, Ian Melville 06 1900 (has links)
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Practical Theology)
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Moaning like a dove : Isaiah's dove texts as the background to the dove in Mark 1:10Chamberlain, Peter January 2016 (has links)
There is no consensus regarding the interpretation of the "Spirit like a dove" comparison in Jesus' baptism (Mk 1:10). Although scholars have proposed at least fifty different interpretations of the dove comparison, no study appears to have considered Isaiah's three dove texts as the background for the Markan dove (cf. Is 38:14; 59:11; 60:8). This neglect is surprising considering the abundance of Isaianic allusions in Mark's Prologue (Mk 1:1-15), and the growing awareness that Isaiah is the hermeneutical key for both the Markan Prologue and Jesus' baptism within it. Indeed, Mark connects the dove image inseparably to the Spirit's "descent" from heaven, which alludes to Yahweh's descent in a New Exodus deliverance in Isaiah 63:19 [MT]. Furthermore, each Isaianic dove text uses the same simile, "like a dove" or "like doves," which appears in Mark 1:10, and shares the theme of lament and restoration which fits the context of Mark's baptism account. This study therefore argues that the dove image in Mark 1:10 is a symbol which evokes metonymically Isaiah's three dove texts. So the Spirit is "like a dove" not because any quality of the Spirit resembles that of a dove, but because the dove recalls the Isaianic theme of lament and restoration associated with doves in this Scriptural tradition. After discussing the Markan dove in terms of simile, symbol, and metonymy, the study examines the Isaianic dove texts in the MT and LXX and argues that they form a single motif. Next, later Jewish references to the Isaianic dove texts are considered, while an Appendix examines further dove references in Jewish and Greco-Roman literature. Finally, the study argues that the Markan dove coheres in function with the Isaianic dove motif and symbolizes the Spirit's effect upon and through Jesus by evoking metonymically the Isaianic dove texts.
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