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A pie in a very bleak sky? : analysis and appropriation of the promise sayings in the seven letters to the churches in Relevation 2-3Wilson, Mark W. 11 1900 (has links)
This study of the promise sayings elucidates the motif of victory as the book's macrodynamic
theme. Through intentional examination, the thesis finds the issue epitomized throughout Revelation
on two levels-formally (re structure) and materially (re content). Jesus as Victor over death
and the dragon desires the Asian believers to be prepared for his soon coming. The victors are
promised eschatological rewards if they overcome various internal and external threats.
In mapping out the dramatic scenario Chapter 1 explores afresh such background issues as
authorship and audience. The pagan religious environment, represented by the Artemis and emperor
cults, is demonstrated to be adversarial. Chapter 2 looks at four situations in Revelationthe
rhetorical, historical, apocalyptic, and prophetic. Their composite exigences point to an early
dating in the late 60s. Chapter 3 postulates that chiasmus is Revelation's macrostructure, and a
chiastic model is proposed. Chapter 4 examines several proposed forms for the seven letters,
such as edicts, oracles, and epistles. We conclude that they are a mixtum compositum-best
called prophetic letters.
Chapter 5 explores the sociological significance of victory in the Greco-Roman world.
Through the use of language such as vLKaw and images like the palm branch, John motivates his
audience toward the ideal of victory. Chapter 6 investigates the text of the promises and their cotexts
as reflected intertextually in traditions of biblical literature. Local references are also determined
to contribute to a multivalent interpretation of the promise imagery. Chapter 7 surveys the
eschatological fulfillment of the promises, especially in the new Jerusalem. The rewards of spiritual
provision, heavenly place, and divine person serve to incite the saints to victory. Chapter 8
investigates the appropriation of the promises for the time and the text world of Revelation. A multiplicity
of functions for the promise sayings is established.
This study shows that the promises function as prophetic parenesis to help the saints endure
the coming tribulation. The possibility and reality of such a fulfillment and the appropriation of the
promises allow us to postulate that these promises to the victors are not vain pies in a very bleak
sky! / Hierdie studie oor die belofte uitsprake in die briewe aan die sewe gemeentes in Openbaring 2-
3 lig die motif van oorwinning toe as die sentrale tema van makrodinamiese omvang in
Openbaring. Deur middel van 'n doelgerigte ondersoek bevind die studie dat die saak van oorwinning
die twee brandpunte in die boek Openbaring vorm, naamlik, op formele vlak (re metode
en struktuur van Openbaring en van die studie), en materieel (d.i. inhoudelik).
Jesus as oorwinnaar oor die dood en oor die draak, koester die sterk begeerte dat die gelowiges
van Asie gereed meet wees vir sy spoedige advent. Netsoos die profete van die Ou
Testament waarsku Johannes die gemeentes oor die netelige situasie waarin hulle hulself
bevind ten opsigte van die sosiale, politieke en religieuse situasie. In hierdie konteks word aan
die oorwinnaars bepaalde beloftes van eskatologiese belonings gemaak as hulle die interne
bedreigings van valse leringe en van vervolgings van buite sou oork6m.
Deur vrugbare gebruikmaking van die perspektief van intertekstualiteit word die siening gesubstansieer
dat Johannes se gehoor/lesers daarvan kennis meet neem dat hulle situasie
geensins verskil van die lotgevalle van God se volk ender vorige vreemde onderdrukkers socs
die Babiloniers nie.
Hoe sal die gelowiges hierdie uur van toetsing deurstaan?
Ten einde hierdie hele dramatiese scenario uit te stippel, ontgin Hoofstuk 1 opnuut die
velde van agtergrond socs outeurskap, eerste gehoor/lesers, en hulle religieuse omgewing. Dit
word gestel dat die heidense religieuse omgewing, socs verteenwoordig deur die Artemis en
keiserkultus, baie vyandiggesind van aard is. Hoofstuk 2 bekyk en interpreteer vier situasies
wat in Openbaring teegekom word, naamlik, die retoriese, historiese, apokaliptiese, en profetiese.
Die samegestelde aard van hierdie noodsituasie wys heen na 'n vroee datering van
Openbaring, naamlik, in die laat sestiger jare van die eerste eeu, v66r die verwoesting van Jerusalem. In Hoofstuk 3 word beredeneer dat chiasme die mees geskikte beskrywing vir
die struktuurvorm van Openbaring is. Met chiasme as heuristiese instrument kan aangetoon
word dat die beloftes en hulle vervulling in Openbaring 2-3 ·n beduidende rel in die struktuur
van die boek speel. Hierop volg Hoofstuk 4 waarin moontlike literatuurvorms vir die sewe
briewe voorgestel word, naamlik, edikte, orakels, en epistels/briewe. Daar word voorgestel dat
dit beskou meet word as mixtum compositum wat goedskiks profetiese briewe genoem kan
word en wat sewe samestellende uitsprake omvat.
Hoofstuk 5 ontsluit die sosiologiese beduidenis van die idee en verskynsel van oorwinning
in die Grieks-Romeinse wereld. In Openbaring hou dit in dat Johannes beide verbaal (re die
gebruik van die Griekse werkwoord VLKaw) en beeldsprakig (re 'palmtak') sy gehoor ge-inspireer
het ten opsigte van die ideaal van oorwinning. Hoofstuk 6 ontleed die teks van die belofte uitsprake,
en die ko-tekste soos wat dit intertekstueel weerspieel word in bybelse tradisies.
Plaaslike verwysings word oak in ag geneem ten einde tot 'n polivalente interpretasie van die
belofte-beeldspraak by te dra. Hoofstuk 7 gee 'n analitiese oorsig van die vervulling van die
eskatologiese beloftes, veral ten opsigte van die nuwe Jerusalem. Die belonings van geestelike
voorsiening, 'n hemelse woonplek, en van 'n goddelike persoon dien om die heiliges aan te
spoor tot oorwinning oar die verbete vyande. Hierop volg Hoofstuk 8 wat die toe-eiening van
die beloftes binne die boek Openbaring en vir die tyd en tekswereld van die boek self ondersoek.
'n Veelvuldigheid van funksies, wat verkry word uit 'n multidissiplinere eksegetiese metodiek,
word vir die belofte uitsprake vasgestel en beskryf.
Hierdie studie toon aan dat die beloftes van oorwinning aan die sewe gemeentes in KleinAsie
funksioneer as profetiese vermanings, waarvan die beeldspraak ontleen is aan 'n verskeidenheid
van bybelse tradisies. Die vervulling hiervan kan reeds al in Openbaring 19-22 gesien
word. Dit toon verder aan dat, anders as in die geval van die gevalle Rome, die heilige
stad genaamd Jerusalem op die oorwinnende bruid sal wag. Die moontlikheid en werklikheid
van die vervulling en toe-eiening van die beloftes van Openbaring 2-3 regverdig dit om te postuleer
dat hierdie beloftes beslis nie ydele 'koeke vir die hiernamaals' (d.i. "pies in the sky") is
nie! Nee, die Openbaring aan Johannes was bedoel om 'n profesie van troos vir die volk van
God te wees en dit funksioneer beslis as sodanig / Biblical and Ancient Studies / Thesis (D. Litt et Phil.)--University of South Africa, 1996.
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La figure de l'enfant et la symbolique du lait dans le logion 22 de l'EvTh et dans la tradition paléochrétienneGagné, André January 2008 (has links)
Thèse numérisée par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal.
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La figure de l'enfant et la symbolique du lait dans le logion 22 de l'EvTh et dans la tradition paléochrétienneGagné, André January 2008 (has links)
Thèse numérisée par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal
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Jesus the Jew : eschatological prophet, Galilean Hasid or cynic sage?Myburgh, Jacobus Adriaan 10 1900 (has links)
The diversity of Jesus images that resulted from historical Jesus research poses the single most pressing problem of the research endeavour. Diverse historical images lead one to ask questions about historiography. It is a fact that we do not have bruta facta in history but only interpretations of what might have happened.
The problem of diverse images is taken up in this thesis. Three different images that are the result of different points of departure and different methods of research are closely scrutinised. The images are: Eschatological prophet, Cynic sage and Galilean Hasid. After close·examination of each of these images one has to conclude that each of them is a viable image. One may question the proponents of each of these images on methodological aspects as well as their presuppositions. This line of questioning would not solve the problem. One would also expand the problem if one were to seek yet another image. A way out of this impasse would be to try to understand the diversity. Is there an image that could explain the diversity? The modem diversity of Jesus images is a continuation of an ancient diversity that one could find in the ancient texts at our disposal. From this we could deduce that Jesus was understood differently by different people from the onset. The challenge is to find an image that would clarify the diversity. What sort of Jesus would have been understood in so many ways? We have reason to take Jesus to be a Jew from Galilee. If we could find a Galilean Jewish image that would
explain the diversity, we would be very near the historical Jesus. The image of the Galilean Hasid is a very promising option. Some of the kingdom sayings, that are most probably authentic, were taken as test cases to see
whether they could have been uttered by a Galilean charismatic and later interpreted as Cynic and/or eschatological. The conclusion is that the image of Galilean charismatic would open up new avenues to approach the diversity of images of the historical Jesus. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / Th. D. (New Testament)
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A pie in a very bleak sky? : analysis and appropriation of the promise sayings in the seven letters to the churches in Revelation 2-3Wilson, Mark W. 11 1900 (has links)
This study of the promise sayings elucidates the motif of victory as the book's macrodynamic
theme. Through intentional examination, the thesis finds the issue epitomized throughout Revelation
on two levels-formally (re structure) and materially (re content). Jesus as Victor over death
and the dragon desires the Asian believers to be prepared for his soon coming. The victors are
promised eschatological rewards if they overcome various internal and external threats.
In mapping out the dramatic scenario Chapter 1 explores afresh such background issues as
authorship and audience. The pagan religious environment, represented by the Artemis and emperor
cults, is demonstrated to be adversarial. Chapter 2 looks at four situations in Revelationthe
rhetorical, historical, apocalyptic, and prophetic. Their composite exigences point to an early
dating in the late 60s. Chapter 3 postulates that chiasmus is Revelation's macrostructure, and a
chiastic model is proposed. Chapter 4 examines several proposed forms for the seven letters,
such as edicts, oracles, and epistles. We conclude that they are a mixtum compositum-best
called prophetic letters.
Chapter 5 explores the sociological significance of victory in the Greco-Roman world.
Through the use of language such as vLKaw and images like the palm branch, John motivates his
audience toward the ideal of victory. Chapter 6 investigates the text of the promises and their cotexts
as reflected intertextually in traditions of biblical literature. Local references are also determined
to contribute to a multivalent interpretation of the promise imagery. Chapter 7 surveys the
eschatological fulfillment of the promises, especially in the new Jerusalem. The rewards of spiritual
provision, heavenly place, and divine person serve to incite the saints to victory. Chapter 8
investigates the appropriation of the promises for the time and the text world of Revelation. A multiplicity
of functions for the promise sayings is established.
This study shows that the promises function as prophetic parenesis to help the saints endure
the coming tribulation. The possibility and reality of such a fulfillment and the appropriation of the
promises allow us to postulate that these promises to the victors are not vain pies in a very bleak
sky! / Hierdie studie oor die belofte uitsprake in die briewe aan die sewe gemeentes in Openbaring 2-
3 lig die motif van oorwinning toe as die sentrale tema van makrodinamiese omvang in
Openbaring. Deur middel van 'n doelgerigte ondersoek bevind die studie dat die saak van oorwinning
die twee brandpunte in die boek Openbaring vorm, naamlik, op formele vlak (re metode
en struktuur van Openbaring en van die studie), en materieel (d.i. inhoudelik).
Jesus as oorwinnaar oor die dood en oor die draak, koester die sterk begeerte dat die gelowiges
van Asie gereed meet wees vir sy spoedige advent. Netsoos die profete van die Ou
Testament waarsku Johannes die gemeentes oor die netelige situasie waarin hulle hulself
bevind ten opsigte van die sosiale, politieke en religieuse situasie. In hierdie konteks word aan
die oorwinnaars bepaalde beloftes van eskatologiese belonings gemaak as hulle die interne
bedreigings van valse leringe en van vervolgings van buite sou oork6m.
Deur vrugbare gebruikmaking van die perspektief van intertekstualiteit word die siening gesubstansieer
dat Johannes se gehoor/lesers daarvan kennis meet neem dat hulle situasie
geensins verskil van die lotgevalle van God se volk ender vorige vreemde onderdrukkers socs
die Babiloniers nie.
Hoe sal die gelowiges hierdie uur van toetsing deurstaan?
Ten einde hierdie hele dramatiese scenario uit te stippel, ontgin Hoofstuk 1 opnuut die
velde van agtergrond socs outeurskap, eerste gehoor/lesers, en hulle religieuse omgewing. Dit
word gestel dat die heidense religieuse omgewing, socs verteenwoordig deur die Artemis en
keiserkultus, baie vyandiggesind van aard is. Hoofstuk 2 bekyk en interpreteer vier situasies
wat in Openbaring teegekom word, naamlik, die retoriese, historiese, apokaliptiese, en profetiese.
Die samegestelde aard van hierdie noodsituasie wys heen na 'n vroee datering van
Openbaring, naamlik, in die laat sestiger jare van die eerste eeu, v66r die verwoesting van Jerusalem. In Hoofstuk 3 word beredeneer dat chiasme die mees geskikte beskrywing vir
die struktuurvorm van Openbaring is. Met chiasme as heuristiese instrument kan aangetoon
word dat die beloftes en hulle vervulling in Openbaring 2-3 ·n beduidende rel in die struktuur
van die boek speel. Hierop volg Hoofstuk 4 waarin moontlike literatuurvorms vir die sewe
briewe voorgestel word, naamlik, edikte, orakels, en epistels/briewe. Daar word voorgestel dat
dit beskou meet word as mixtum compositum wat goedskiks profetiese briewe genoem kan
word en wat sewe samestellende uitsprake omvat.
Hoofstuk 5 ontsluit die sosiologiese beduidenis van die idee en verskynsel van oorwinning
in die Grieks-Romeinse wereld. In Openbaring hou dit in dat Johannes beide verbaal (re die
gebruik van die Griekse werkwoord VLKaw) en beeldsprakig (re 'palmtak') sy gehoor ge-inspireer
het ten opsigte van die ideaal van oorwinning. Hoofstuk 6 ontleed die teks van die belofte uitsprake,
en die ko-tekste soos wat dit intertekstueel weerspieel word in bybelse tradisies.
Plaaslike verwysings word oak in ag geneem ten einde tot 'n polivalente interpretasie van die
belofte-beeldspraak by te dra. Hoofstuk 7 gee 'n analitiese oorsig van die vervulling van die
eskatologiese beloftes, veral ten opsigte van die nuwe Jerusalem. Die belonings van geestelike
voorsiening, 'n hemelse woonplek, en van 'n goddelike persoon dien om die heiliges aan te
spoor tot oorwinning oar die verbete vyande. Hierop volg Hoofstuk 8 wat die toe-eiening van
die beloftes binne die boek Openbaring en vir die tyd en tekswereld van die boek self ondersoek.
'n Veelvuldigheid van funksies, wat verkry word uit 'n multidissiplinere eksegetiese metodiek,
word vir die belofte uitsprake vasgestel en beskryf.
Hierdie studie toon aan dat die beloftes van oorwinning aan die sewe gemeentes in KleinAsie
funksioneer as profetiese vermanings, waarvan die beeldspraak ontleen is aan 'n verskeidenheid
van bybelse tradisies. Die vervulling hiervan kan reeds al in Openbaring 19-22 gesien
word. Dit toon verder aan dat, anders as in die geval van die gevalle Rome, die heilige
stad genaamd Jerusalem op die oorwinnende bruid sal wag. Die moontlikheid en werklikheid
van die vervulling en toe-eiening van die beloftes van Openbaring 2-3 regverdig dit om te postuleer
dat hierdie beloftes beslis nie ydele 'koeke vir die hiernamaals' (d.i. "pies in the sky") is
nie! Nee, die Openbaring aan Johannes was bedoel om 'n profesie van troos vir die volk van
God te wees en dit funksioneer beslis as sodanig / Biblical and Ancient Studies / D. Litt. et Phil.
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An annotated translation of the manuscript Irshad Al-MuqallidinʾInda Ikhtilaf Al-Mujtahidin (Advice to the laity when the juristconsults differ) by Abu Muhammad Al-Shaykh Sidiya Baba Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Shinqiti Al-Itisha- I (D. 1921/1342) and a synopsis and commentary of its dominant themesGamieldien, Mogamad Faaik 06 1900 (has links)
Text in English and Arabic / In pre-colonial Africa, the Southwestern Sahara which includes
Mauritania, Mali and Senegal belonged to what was then referred to as
the Sudan and extended from the Atlantic seaboard to the Red Sea. The
advent of Islam and the Arabic language to West Africa in the 11th
century heralded an intellectual marathon whose literary output still
fascinates us today. At a time when Europe was emerging from the dark
ages and Africa was for most Europeans a terra incognita, indigenous
African scholars were composing treatises as diverse as mathematics,
agriculture and the Islamic sciences.
A twentieth century Mauritanian, Arabic monograph, Irshād al-
Muqallidīn ʿinda ikhtilāf al-Mujtahidīn1, written circa 1910/1332, by a
yet unknown Mauritanian jurist of the Mālikī School, Bāba bin al-Shaykh
Sīdī al- Shinqīṭī al-Ntishā-ī (d.1920/1342), a member of the muchacclaimed
Shinqīṭī fraternity of scholars, is a fine example of African
literary accomplishment.
This manuscript hereinafter referred to as the Irshād, is written within the
legal framework of Islamic jurisprudence (usūl al-fiqh). A science that
relies for the most part on the intellectual and interpretive competence of
the independent jurist, or mujtahid, in the application of the
methodologies employed in the extraction of legal norms from the
primary sources of the sharīʿah. The subject matter of the Irshād deals
with the question of juristic differences. Juristic differences invariably
arise when a mujtahid exercises his academic freedom to clarify or resolve
conundrums in the law and to postulate legal norms. Other independent
jurists (mujtahidūn) may posit different legal norms because of the
exercise of their individual interpretive skills. These differences, when
they are deemed juristically irreconcilable, are called ikhtilāfāt (pl. of
ikhtilāf).
The author of the Irshād explores a corollary of the ikhtilāf narrative and
posits the hypothesis that there ought not to be ikhtilāf in the sharīʿah.
The proposed research will comprise an annotated translation of the
monograph followed by a synopsis and commentary on its dominant
themes. / Religious Studies and Arabic / D. Litt. et Phil. (Islamic Studies)
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Challenges and potentials of channeling local philanthropy towards development and aocial justice and the role of waqf (Islamic and Arab-civic endowments) in building community foundationsDaly, Marwa El 16 May 2012 (has links)
Diese Arbeit bietet eine solide theoretische Grundlage zu Philanthropie und religiös motivierten Spendenaktivitäten und deren Einfluss auf Wohltätigkeitstrends, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und einer auf dem Gedanken der sozialen Gerechtigkeit beruhenden Philanthropie. Untersucht werden dafür die Strukturen religiös motivierte Spenden, für die in der islamischen Tradition die Begriffe „zakat“, „Waqf“ oder im Plural auch „awqaf-“ oder „Sadaqa“ verwendet werden, der christliche Begriff dafür lautet „tithes“ oder „ushour“. Aufbauend auf diesem theoretischen Rahmenwerk analysiert die qualitative und quantitative Feldstudie auf nationaler Ebene, wie die ägyptische Öffentlichkeit Philanthropie, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Menschenrechte, Spenden, Freiwilligenarbeit und andere Konzepte des zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagements wahrnimmt. Um eine umfassende und repräsentative Datengrundlage zu erhalten, wurden 2000 Haushalte, 200 zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen erfasst, sowie Spender, Empfänger, religiöse Wohltäter und andere Akteure interviewt. Die so gewonnen Erkenntnisse lassen aussagekräftige Aufschlüsse über philanthropische Trends zu. Erstmals wird so auch eine finanzielle Einschätzung und Bewertung der Aktivitäten im lokalen Wohltätigkeitsbereich möglich, die sich auf mehr als eine Billion US-Dollar beziffern lassen. Die Erhebung weist nach, dass gemessen an den Pro-Kopf-Aufwendungen die privaten Spendenaktivitäten weitaus wichtiger sind als auswärtige wirtschaftliche Hilfe für Ägypten. Das wiederum lässt Rückschlüsse zu, welche Bedeutung lokale Wohltätigkeit erlangen kann, wenn sie richtig gesteuert wird und nicht wie bislang oft im Teufelskreis von ad-hoc-Spenden oder Hilfen von Privatperson an Privatperson gefangen ist. Die Studie stellt außerdem eine Verbindung her zwischen lokalen Wohltätigkeits-Mechanismen, die meist auf religiösen und kulturellen Werten beruhen, und modernen Strukturen, wie etwa Gemeinde-Stiftungen oder Gemeinde-„waqf“, innerhalb derer die Spenden eine nachhaltige Veränderung bewirken können. Daher bietet diese Arbeit also eine umfassende wissenschaftliche Grundlage, die nicht nur ein besseres Verständnis, sondern auch den nachhaltiger Aus- und Aufbau lokaler Wohltätigkeitsstrukturen in Ägypten ermöglicht. Zentral ist dabei vor allem die Rolle lokaler, individueller Spenden, die beispielsweise für Stiftungen auf der Gemeindeebene eingesetzt, wesentlich zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung beitragen könnten – und das nicht nur in Ägypten, sondern in der gesamten arabischen Region. Als konkretes Ergebnis dieser Arbeit, wurde ein innovatives Modell entwickelt, dass neben den wissenschaftlichen Daten das Konzept der „waqf“ berücksichtigt. Der Wissenschaftlerin und einem engagierten Vorstand ist es auf dieser Grundlage gelungen, die Waqfeyat al Maadi Community Foundation (WMCF) zu gründen, die nicht nur ein Modell für eine Bürgerstiftung ist, sondern auch das tradierte Konzept der „waqf“ als praktikable und verbürgte Wohlstätigkeitsstruktur sinnvoll weiterentwickelt. / This work provides a solid theoretical base on philanthropy, religious giving (Islamic zakat, ‘ushour, Waqf -plural: awqaf-, Sadaqa and Christian tithes or ‘ushour), and their implications on giving trends, development work, social justice philanthropy. The field study (quantitative and qualitative) that supports the theoretical framework reflects at a national level the Egyptian public’s perceptions on philanthropy, social justice, human rights, giving and volunteering and other concepts that determine the peoples’ civic engagement. The statistics cover 2000 households, 200 Civil Society Organizations distributed all over Egypt and interviews donors, recipients, religious people and other stakeholders. The numbers reflect philanthropic trends and for the first time provide a monetary estimate of local philanthropy of over USD 1 Billion annually. The survey proves that the per capita share of philanthropy outweighs the per capita share of foreign economic assistance to Egypt, which implies the significance of local giving if properly channeled, and not as it is actually consumed in the vicious circle of ad-hoc, person to person charity. In addition, the study relates local giving mechanisms derived from religion and culture to modern actual structures, like community foundations or community waqf that could bring about sustainable change in the communities. In sum, the work provides a comprehensive scientific base to help understand- and build on local philanthropy in Egypt. It explores the role that local individual giving could play in achieving sustainable development and building a new wave of community foundations not only in Egypt but in the Arab region at large. As a tangible result of this thesis, an innovative model that revives the concept of waqf and builds on the study’s results was created by the researcher and a dedicated board of trustees who succeeded in establishing Waqfeyat al Maadi Community Foundation (WMCF) that not only introduces the community foundation model to Egypt, but revives and modernizes the waqf as a practical authentic philanthropic structure.
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