Thesis (D.Lit.(Antieke tale, Grieks)--Universiteit van Pretoria, 2005) / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-173).

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Drawing on insights from sociolinguistics, the thesis investigates the relationship between speech patterns and social context in three ancient Greek narratives: the Acts of the Apostles, Acts of John, and Acts of Philip. The thesis explores how characters’ speech patterns correlate with their Christian status, and with the Christian status of their addressees. The relationship between speech patterns and gentile/Jewish identity is also assessed. Linguistic variables include plural forms of address and third-person references to Jesus and the Christian god. The thesis shows that Christian characters are portrayed as speaking differently amongst themselves than when addressing non-Christian characters. It also demonstrates that parameters of sociolinguistic variation in each text point to differing understandings of Christian identity. It is argued that attention to sociolinguistic relationships highlights the importance of ascetic practices and baptism in the Acts of Philip, the gradual nature of Christian conversion in the Acts of John, and the close relationship between Jewish and Christian identity in the Acts of the Apostles. The thesis also examines characterization and implied audience, and argues that attention to social context is necessary to appreciate the full significance of an author’s choice of words.

Este trabalho analisa alguns diálogos entre o livro La literatura nazi en América, do escritor chileno Roberto Bolaño (1953 2003), e a tradição literária do apócrifo. Para tanto, recortamos uma linha de escritas apócrifas que relaciona o factual com o fictício, a memória e a imaginação para tramar uma narrativa feita a partir de experiências de leitura, criatividade e a dissolução dos conceitos de biografia e história. Nessa perspectiva, num primeiro momento, resgatamos de modo panorâmico uma linhagem de obras que constitui uma família literária dentro de uma tradição mais ampla: Vidas Imaginárias, de Marcel Schwob; Retratos reales e imaginarios, de Alfonso Reyes; Historia universal de la infamia, de Jorge Luís Borges; e La sinagoga de los Iconoclastas, de Rodolfo Wilcock. Num segundo momento, focamos a obra de Jorge Luis Borges, visando um estudo mais detalhado de alguns de seus textos e os de Bolaño. A partir do rearranjo de formas emprestadas da tradição literária, Bolaño desenvolve procedimentos de escrita que são aprimorados em toda a sua obra, fortalecendo o diálogo com seus precursores numa escrita que se configura como fruto de um contínuo exercício de revisão e de reelaboração. / This essay analyzes some dialogues between Roberto Bolaño´s La literatura nazi en América and the literary tradition of the apocryphal. To do so, we selected a line of apocryphal writings that relate the factual with fiction and memory to shape a narrative made out of reading experiences, imagination and the dissolution of some rigid concepts of Biography and History. From this perspective, we start rescuing in a panoramic way a lineage of works that constitutes a literary family inside a wider tradition: Vidas Imaginarias, by Marcel Schwob; Retratos reales e imaginarios, by Alfonso Reyes; Historia universal de la infamia, by Jorge Luís Borges; and La sinagoga de los Iconoclastas, by Rodolfo Wilcock. Then, we proceed selecting Jorge Luis Borges´s work, for a more detailed study. Starting with the reorganization of forms borrowed from the literary tradition, Bolaño develops writing procedures that are improved in his whole works, strengthening the dialogue between his precursors and his own work configured as the result of a continuous exercise of revision and rewritings.

This thesis is divided into three distinct yet related chapters. The first chapter deals with the question of the actual calendar which is used in Jubilees. The work criticizes scholarly opinions concerning the calendar which have gone relatively unchallenged since the Qumran discovery. The chapter concludes that while the calendar question is difficult and many calendars can be detected as functioning in the work, it is the 28-day month which is dominant and not months of 30, 30 and 31 days. In the second chapter which deals with the genealogy of the patriarchs, the attention of the reader is directed to the names of the wives of the patriarchs. The question which the thesis raises at this point is related to the function of these women in the narrative in relation to the etymology of their names. The conclusion reached is that the narrative and the etymology of the names are clearly related. For example, when the etymological meaning of a woman is favourable, the narrative at that point is positive and vice versa. Chapter Three deals with chronology which is in close proximity to both calendar and genealogy. The question the thesis asks is how the chronology of Jubilees relates to the chronologies of MT, LXX and SP and also raises the question as to which chronology that of Jubilees is dependant upon for its structure. It is determined that Jubilees and SP are most closely related. The structure itself of the chronology of Jubilees is examined and it is concluded that the design is more concerned with past history than future history. The implications of the thesis on the questions of date and authorship are considered. The conclusion is reached that the author is a member of an unnamed conservative-pietist sect who wrote at a time later than Antiochus IV.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 284-294). Also available via World Wide Web.

Este trabalho tem por finalidade apresentar uma leitura contrastiva entre os escritos de cunho religioso do escritor português José Saramago, O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo e Caim, e os escritos tidos como sagrados pela cultura judaico-cristã: a Bíblia. A pesquisa visa, dessa forma, contribuir com uma leitura inovadora às análises já existentes das obras do autor. Além disso, procura evidenciar a relação entre Literatura e Religião, fazendo uso das teorias da Teopoética. A análise feita partiu do pensamento do próprio autor acerca do Romance, Literatura, História e Religião, mas também se remete à infância do autor em busca da compreensão do ambiente vivido por ele, bem como da educação por ele recebida. Logo, constata-se a ocorrência do sagrado em sua obra, mediante a aplicação do ateísmo ético e a associação ao conceito de apocrifia frente aos escritos religiosos. Em seguida, traça-se a evolução histórica da Bíblia, bem como sua relação com as teorias de Tradução e as possíveis ocorrências de desvios doutrinológicos sob o ponto de vista religioso, sob a observação de conceitos hermenêuticos e exegéticos. Na obtenção dos resultados, ressalta-se que alguns já eram esperados devido às leituras prévias realizadas; contudo, a maior parte deles é surpreendente do ponto de vista histórico-tradicional. Enfim, acredita-se na validade desta pesquisa, pois ela possibilita ao leitor, além de um comparativo, uma reflexão em busca da sua verdade pessoal. / This thesis intends to present a contrastive reading among the writings with religious nature of the Portuguese writer José Saramago, The Gospel according to Jesus Christ and Cain with the writings consider sacred by the Jewish and Christian cultures: the Bible. The search aims, in this way, to contribute with an innovative reading to the analysis previous done about the author’s books. Besides, let us seek to point the relation between Literature and Religion, using the theories of Theo-poetic. The analysis done started by the author’s thoughts about Novel, Literature, History and Religion, but it also comes back into the author’s childhood trying to comprehend his family environment, as well as the education received by him. Next, let us find the occurrence of the sacred in his work by applying the ethical atheism influenced by the humanistic philosophies and the association to the concept of apocryphal books in front of religious writings. After, let us present the historic evolution of the Bible, as well as, its relation with the Translation theories and the possible occurrence of doctrinal deviations from the religious point of view, under the observation of hermeneutical and exegetical concepts. In achieving the results, let us highlight that, some of them were expected due to the previous readings performed, however, most of them are surprising under the historical and traditional point of view. Finally, we believe in the validity of this research because it allows the reader, in addition to a comparison, a reflection in search of his personal truth.

Este trabalho tem por finalidade apresentar uma leitura contrastiva entre os escritos de cunho religioso do escritor português José Saramago, O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo e Caim, e os escritos tidos como sagrados pela cultura judaico-cristã: a Bíblia. A pesquisa visa, dessa forma, contribuir com uma leitura inovadora às análises já existentes das obras do autor. Além disso, procura evidenciar a relação entre Literatura e Religião, fazendo uso das teorias da Teopoética. A análise feita partiu do pensamento do próprio autor acerca do Romance, Literatura, História e Religião, mas também se remete à infância do autor em busca da compreensão do ambiente vivido por ele, bem como da educação por ele recebida. Logo, constata-se a ocorrência do sagrado em sua obra, mediante a aplicação do ateísmo ético e a associação ao conceito de apocrifia frente aos escritos religiosos. Em seguida, traça-se a evolução histórica da Bíblia, bem como sua relação com as teorias de Tradução e as possíveis ocorrências de desvios doutrinológicos sob o ponto de vista religioso, sob a observação de conceitos hermenêuticos e exegéticos. Na obtenção dos resultados, ressalta-se que alguns já eram esperados devido às leituras prévias realizadas; contudo, a maior parte deles é surpreendente do ponto de vista histórico-tradicional. Enfim, acredita-se na validade desta pesquisa, pois ela possibilita ao leitor, além de um comparativo, uma reflexão em busca da sua verdade pessoal. / This thesis intends to present a contrastive reading among the writings with religious nature of the Portuguese writer José Saramago, The Gospel according to Jesus Christ and Cain with the writings consider sacred by the Jewish and Christian cultures: the Bible. The search aims, in this way, to contribute with an innovative reading to the analysis previous done about the author’s books. Besides, let us seek to point the relation between Literature and Religion, using the theories of Theo-poetic. The analysis done started by the author’s thoughts about Novel, Literature, History and Religion, but it also comes back into the author’s childhood trying to comprehend his family environment, as well as the education received by him. Next, let us find the occurrence of the sacred in his work by applying the ethical atheism influenced by the humanistic philosophies and the association to the concept of apocryphal books in front of religious writings. After, let us present the historic evolution of the Bible, as well as, its relation with the Translation theories and the possible occurrence of doctrinal deviations from the religious point of view, under the observation of hermeneutical and exegetical concepts. In achieving the results, let us highlight that, some of them were expected due to the previous readings performed, however, most of them are surprising under the historical and traditional point of view. Finally, we believe in the validity of this research because it allows the reader, in addition to a comparison, a reflection in search of his personal truth.

Este trabalho tem por finalidade apresentar uma leitura contrastiva entre os escritos de cunho religioso do escritor português José Saramago, O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo e Caim, e os escritos tidos como sagrados pela cultura judaico-cristã: a Bíblia. A pesquisa visa, dessa forma, contribuir com uma leitura inovadora às análises já existentes das obras do autor. Além disso, procura evidenciar a relação entre Literatura e Religião, fazendo uso das teorias da Teopoética. A análise feita partiu do pensamento do próprio autor acerca do Romance, Literatura, História e Religião, mas também se remete à infância do autor em busca da compreensão do ambiente vivido por ele, bem como da educação por ele recebida. Logo, constata-se a ocorrência do sagrado em sua obra, mediante a aplicação do ateísmo ético e a associação ao conceito de apocrifia frente aos escritos religiosos. Em seguida, traça-se a evolução histórica da Bíblia, bem como sua relação com as teorias de Tradução e as possíveis ocorrências de desvios doutrinológicos sob o ponto de vista religioso, sob a observação de conceitos hermenêuticos e exegéticos. Na obtenção dos resultados, ressalta-se que alguns já eram esperados devido às leituras prévias realizadas; contudo, a maior parte deles é surpreendente do ponto de vista histórico-tradicional. Enfim, acredita-se na validade desta pesquisa, pois ela possibilita ao leitor, além de um comparativo, uma reflexão em busca da sua verdade pessoal. / This thesis intends to present a contrastive reading among the writings with religious nature of the Portuguese writer José Saramago, The Gospel according to Jesus Christ and Cain with the writings consider sacred by the Jewish and Christian cultures: the Bible. The search aims, in this way, to contribute with an innovative reading to the analysis previous done about the author’s books. Besides, let us seek to point the relation between Literature and Religion, using the theories of Theo-poetic. The analysis done started by the author’s thoughts about Novel, Literature, History and Religion, but it also comes back into the author’s childhood trying to comprehend his family environment, as well as the education received by him. Next, let us find the occurrence of the sacred in his work by applying the ethical atheism influenced by the humanistic philosophies and the association to the concept of apocryphal books in front of religious writings. After, let us present the historic evolution of the Bible, as well as, its relation with the Translation theories and the possible occurrence of doctrinal deviations from the religious point of view, under the observation of hermeneutical and exegetical concepts. In achieving the results, let us highlight that, some of them were expected due to the previous readings performed, however, most of them are surprising under the historical and traditional point of view. Finally, we believe in the validity of this research because it allows the reader, in addition to a comparison, a reflection in search of his personal truth.