The purpose of this qualitative research study is to examine how the personality cult that has been built around Donald Trump is being sustained and upheld by Christian prophecies and statements. This has been done by analyzing five books that centers around prophecies and comments made by the evangelical Christian right in America. The study answers two main questions: How is the personality cult around Donald Trump maintained through the use of prophecies and statements by the evangelical conservative right in the USA? What purposes do prophecies for the evangelical right serve in the personality cult of Donald Trump? The result of the study shows that the evangelical right supports the personality cult of Trump by building an image of him as Gods chosen and anointed one, who will lead the nation to a better place. They do this by comparing Trump with biblical leader figures, by asserting that there is an ideological war coming to America where he is the savior, and by presenting him as the defender of conservative Christian values.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Suely Xavier.pdf: 686640 bytes, checksum: b5d5b8b6b625ad3fec20eaa2c2a57773 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-03-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The act of anointing, which the term Messiah comes from, was a custom of ancient Middle East peoples, and it was assimilated by Israel. The Old Testament, however, reinterpreted such act of anointing. At first, The King was titled The Anointed, maxiah;. Accordingly, King David was the one who originated the messianic mentality in Israel. Concernin g messianic theology, the prophet Isaiah became an important exponent. He addressed to the upper classes of Jerusalem and proposed the anointed of Yahweh, in replacement for the king of The House of David. That was so because the messianism had also become a movement of resistance for the fulfilment of justice and rights, which culminated in lack of peace. In his way, Isaiah offers too a new perception of messianism, namely, a rupture with the House of David (7,17). Such a Messiah was not under the human categories of a good, strong warrior king, but rather under the guidance of the Spirit of Yahweh. Therefore, the Messiah could be a child one (7,14; 9,5). The aim of this dissertation is to track along the way from the arising of the anointed, or the act of anointing, to the Isaiah´s conception of messiah. The development of this work will show, in the end, the messianic typology presented by the prophet Isaiah as from the pericopes 7,10-17 and 8,23-9,6.(AU) / O ato de ungir, do qual se origina o termo messias, era um costume dos povos do Antigo Oriente Médio e foi assimilado por Israel. O Antigo Testamento, porém, reinterpretou esta unção. Ele atribuiu ao rei, num primeiro momento, o título de ungido, maxiah;. Nesta perspectiva, o rei Davi foi aquele que deu origem à mentalidade messiânica em Israel. E a respeito da teologia messiânica, o profeta Isaías tornou-se um dos seus expoentes. Ele se dirige à classe alta de Jerusalém e propõe um Ungido de Javé em substituição ao rei da casa de Davi. Isto porque, o messianismo também se tornou um movimento de resistência frente a não observância da justiça e do direito, que culmina com a ausência da paz. Nesse sentido, Isaías apresenta também uma nova percepção do messianismo, a saber, uma ruptura com a casa de Davi (7,17). Este messias não estava sob os critérios humanos de um bom rei, forte e guerreiro, mas sob a direção do Espírito de Javé. Por isso, ele poderá ser um messias criança (7,14; 9,5). Esta dissertação tem, portanto, a finalidade de percorrer o caminho do surgimento do ungido, ou do ato de se ungir, até a concepção isaiânica de messias. Esse desenvolvimento mostrará, ao final do trabalho, a tipologia messiânica apresentada pelo profeta Isaías, a partir das perícopes de 7,10-17 e 8,23-9,6.(AU)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Roberto de Jesus.pdf: 990691 bytes, checksum: 45c590bc6782917477256fbccbf6764a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The book of the prophet Dêutero-Isaiah approaches that Javé comes to console its people exiled in Babylonia. Foreign king Cyrus, in the text of Is 45,1-7 is intitled of Messiahs de Javé. Therefore, this research has as objective to reflect on the messianic heading attribution to king Cyrus, in the context of the Babylonian exile. For this, I analyze some contributions of diverse authors and authors of the Biblical area, exploring the diversity of analyses on this subject. It has many interpretations on the meaning of the messianic heading attributed to the king Cyrus, between them, it has who defines Cyrus as the Messiahs de Javé, that is, Cyrus as liberating of the exiled ones and not as the substitute of the messianic hope in a Messiahs proceeding from the house of David. In this work, I still argue has messianic hope, manifest in the exilic period and after-exilic, detaching the faith that the messianic communities exerted in these periods. At last, I analyze the messianic of the neo-testamentary communities after-macabaicas and in the attempt discovering if Cyrus was one messianic figure, in these periods. / O livro do profeta Dêutero-Isaías aborda que Javé vem consolar seu povo exilado na Babilônia. O rei estrangeiro Ciro, no texto de Is 45,1-7 é intitulado de Messias de Javé. Portanto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo refletir sobre o título messiânico atribuído ao rei Ciro, no contexto do exílio babilônico. Para isto, analiso algumas contribuições de diversos autores e autoras da área bíblica, explorando a diversidade de pesquisas sobre este tema. Há muitas interpretações sobre o significado do título messiânico atribuído ao rei Ciro, entre elas, há quem define Ciro como o Messias de Javé, ou seja, Ciro como libertador dos exilados e não como o substituto da esperança messiânica em um Messias proveniente da casa de Davi. Neste trabalho, discuto ainda a esperança messiânica, manifesta no período exílico e pós-exílico, destacando a fé que as comunidades messiânicas exerciam nestes períodos. Enfim, analiso o messianismo das comunidades pós-macabaicas e neo-testamentárias na tentativa de descobrir se Ciro era uma figura messiânica, nestes períodos.

Les textes qumraniens nous fournissent des témoins de première main pour l’étude du développement du messianisme dans le judaïsme durant la période du Second Temple. L’une des découvertes les plus frappantes dans la bibliothèque de Qumrân est la pluralité des attentes messianiques et l’existence de locutions diverses avec un sens messianique. À l’aide d’une analyse littéraire, ainsi que d’une approche socio-critique, surtout à partir d’une distinction typologique entre un messianisme restaurateur ou utopique, nous nous proposons d’examiner les rapports des textes sectaires messianiques de Qumrân 1) aux données bibliques et extra-bibliques contemporaines, 2) aux façons de conceptualiser les différentes figures messianiques et 3) au contexte socio-politique de l’époque. La recherche présente quatre principaux paradigmes à travers desquels les diverses idées messianiques ont été formulées dans la communauté qumrano-essénienne, tandis que l’interprétation resserre la problématique autour de la typologie restauratrice et utopique. Les analyses dévoilent un aspect des attentes du judaïsme ancien, marqué par la croyance en une pluralité d’agents de salut aux traits messianiques: il s’agit d’un schéma oscillant entre l’aspiration à la restauration des structures religieuses et politiques de l’Israël d’autrefois et l’espérance utopique d’un monde dramatiquement transformé. Malgré qu’il soit difficile d’envisager un développement linéaire, unanime et cohérent sur la base du contenu et de la chronologie des textes messianiques, cette recherche démontre une tendance générale qui jalonne l’évolution historique des idées messianiques de Qumrân. C’est la combinaison de plusieurs dynamiques, soit la critique des prêtres-rois asmonéens, la préoccupation de la pureté rituelle et de l’observance de la Loi, et une perspective apocalyptique entrevoyant une transformation catastrophique conduisant à un renouvellement du monde, qui a généré la ferveur messianique propre à la communauté qumrano-essénienne. / The Qumran scrolls provide us the first-hand sources for the study of development of messianism in Judaism during the Second Temple period. One of the most striking characteristics of Qumran library is the plurality of messianic expectations, as well as the variety of expressions with messianic meaning applied to different figures. Using a literary analysis and a socio-critical approach, especially a typological distinction between restorative and utopian messianism, this dissertation investigates the relationship between Qumranian sectarian messianic texts and 1) biblical and extra-biblical data, 2) the forms through which the various messianic figures are conceptualized, 3) the socio-political context of the period during which these texts were in use. The dissertation presents four major patterns through which the various messianic ideas were formulated in the Qumran-Essene community, whereas the interpretation of the texts focuses on the issues around the restorative/utopian typology. The analyses reveal an aspect of messianic expectations in Ancient Judaism, marked by the belief in a plurality of agents of salvation endowed with messianic attributes, oscillating between the desire for the restoration of religious and political structures of an ideal past Israel, and the utopian hope aspiring to a dramatically transformed world. Although it is difficult to establish an unanimous, consistent and linear development based on the content and the chronology of the messianic texts, this research demonstrates the general tendency of the historical evolution of Qumranian messianic ideas. It is the combination of several dynamics, namely a critical attitude against the Hasmonean priest-kings, a concern for ritual purity and observance of the Law, and an apocalyptic perspective envisioning a catastrophic transformation leading to a renewal world, which generated the messianic fervor of Qumran-Essene community.