Thesis (Ph.D. (Homiletics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

The focus of the present research is to examine Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) use of augmented sixth chords in the Symbolum Nicenum portion of his Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, as structural and theological unifying factors. Previous scholarly research has focused on other composers' settings of the Crucifixus text and detailed the conventions of chromatic harmony that many have incorporated in their works. Analysis of Bach's works dealing with Christ's crucifixion indicates that Bach was aware of both the augmented sixth chord and the conventions such a chord provided in service of Affekt. Further investigation of Bach's placement of these augmented sixth chords in the Symbolum Nicenum suggests that he intended to emphasize specific theological arguments presented in Martin Luther's (1483-1546) Ein Sermon von der Betrachtung des heiligen Leidens Christi ("A Sermon of Meditation on Christ's Holy Passion") written in 1519. In analyzing J.S. Bach's usage of augmented sixth chords in the Symbolum Nicenum, one recognizes his use of this sonority in service of Affekt for Christ's crucifixion related to Lutheran Passion theology.

The word δηθαηνζύλε occurs 92 times in 86 verses in the Greek New Testament. With regard to the four gospels, its incidence is the highest (70%) in Matthew. Among the other synoptic writers, only Luke uses it, and only once. The word δηθαηνζύλε occurs seven times in the Gospel of Matthew, and five of these occurrences are found in the Sermon on the Mount. It is clear that righteousness constitutes an important concept in the Gospel. With the term δηθαηνζύλε as the key element, the Gospel shows a structure in which the Sermon on the Mount with its five occurrences of δηθαηνζύλε is framed by 3:15 and 21:32, each one of these containing δηθαηνζύλε once. Matthew emphasises the enduring validity of the law and its fulfilment, of which the consequence is referred to in 5:20 as righteousness that could be described as more abundant righteousnessi. Therefore, to Matthew the relationship between law and righteousness is indicated by ἐληνιή in 5:19. The righteousness proposed by Matthew must comply with the will of God and the demands of the “kingdom of heaven”. From 6:1, it is clear that this is righteousness before your father. Matthew wants to impress it on the reader that righteousness must not be practised before people but before God eventually. I would appear that Matthew and Paul use the term δηθαηνζύλε in different ways. The aim of this study was therefore to ascertain what meaning Matthew wants to convey by δηθαηνζύλε in the Gospel, and in what way he applies this meaning to his arguments in the Gospel. In Chapter 1, the background and the problem statement are set out. The objective of Chapter 2 was to ascertain if Matthew‟s use of the concept of righteousness was influenced by the situation that gave rise to the Gospel of Matthew coming into being (Sitz im Leben der alten Kirche). It was concluded that Matthew wanted to present a more abundant δηθαηοζύλε to the community in Antioch in order to assist them in defining their identity. In Chapter 3, the meaning of the word δηθαηνζύλε outside the Gospel of Matthew was investigated. It was found that context plays an important role in establishing the meaning of the word. It also became clear that δηθαηνζύλε is a wide concept that comprises both the meanings of “ethical action by man” and “gift of God”. The objective of Chapter 4 was to ascertain what δηθαηνζύλε meant to Matthew. It was concluded that he used the term in an ethical sense. In Chapter 5, the statement that there might be a tension between the Sermon on the Mount and the rest of the Gospel was investigated in order to find out in what way Matthew applied his interpretation of righteousness in his arguments. The conclusion was that there is no tension between the Sermon on the Mount and the rest of the gospel. It was also found that Matthew and Paul do not differ from each other theologically with regard to the meaning of the word δηθαηνζύλε; indeed, they are close to each other in this respect. In Chapter 6, a final conclusion was made regarding the use of δηθαηνζύλε in the Gospel of Matthew, viz. that Matthew and Paul complement each other in their semantic interpretation of the word δηθαηνζύλε in such a way that the result is a comprehensive concept of righteousness. It was found that Matthew‟s presentation of the concept associated with the term δηθαηνζύλε provides important ethical values that could be applied the South African society. / Thesis (MA (New Testament))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

The word δηθαηνζύλε occurs 92 times in 86 verses in the Greek New Testament. With regard to the four gospels, its incidence is the highest (70%) in Matthew. Among the other synoptic writers, only Luke uses it, and only once. The word δηθαηνζύλε occurs seven times in the Gospel of Matthew, and five of these occurrences are found in the Sermon on the Mount. It is clear that righteousness constitutes an important concept in the Gospel. With the term δηθαηνζύλε as the key element, the Gospel shows a structure in which the Sermon on the Mount with its five occurrences of δηθαηνζύλε is framed by 3:15 and 21:32, each one of these containing δηθαηνζύλε once. Matthew emphasises the enduring validity of the law and its fulfilment, of which the consequence is referred to in 5:20 as righteousness that could be described as more abundant righteousnessi. Therefore, to Matthew the relationship between law and righteousness is indicated by ἐληνιή in 5:19. The righteousness proposed by Matthew must comply with the will of God and the demands of the “kingdom of heaven”. From 6:1, it is clear that this is righteousness before your father. Matthew wants to impress it on the reader that righteousness must not be practised before people but before God eventually. I would appear that Matthew and Paul use the term δηθαηνζύλε in different ways. The aim of this study was therefore to ascertain what meaning Matthew wants to convey by δηθαηνζύλε in the Gospel, and in what way he applies this meaning to his arguments in the Gospel. In Chapter 1, the background and the problem statement are set out. The objective of Chapter 2 was to ascertain if Matthew‟s use of the concept of righteousness was influenced by the situation that gave rise to the Gospel of Matthew coming into being (Sitz im Leben der alten Kirche). It was concluded that Matthew wanted to present a more abundant δηθαηοζύλε to the community in Antioch in order to assist them in defining their identity. In Chapter 3, the meaning of the word δηθαηνζύλε outside the Gospel of Matthew was investigated. It was found that context plays an important role in establishing the meaning of the word. It also became clear that δηθαηνζύλε is a wide concept that comprises both the meanings of “ethical action by man” and “gift of God”. The objective of Chapter 4 was to ascertain what δηθαηνζύλε meant to Matthew. It was concluded that he used the term in an ethical sense. In Chapter 5, the statement that there might be a tension between the Sermon on the Mount and the rest of the Gospel was investigated in order to find out in what way Matthew applied his interpretation of righteousness in his arguments. The conclusion was that there is no tension between the Sermon on the Mount and the rest of the gospel. It was also found that Matthew and Paul do not differ from each other theologically with regard to the meaning of the word δηθαηνζύλε; indeed, they are close to each other in this respect. In Chapter 6, a final conclusion was made regarding the use of δηθαηνζύλε in the Gospel of Matthew, viz. that Matthew and Paul complement each other in their semantic interpretation of the word δηθαηνζύλε in such a way that the result is a comprehensive concept of righteousness. It was found that Matthew‟s presentation of the concept associated with the term δηθαηνζύλε provides important ethical values that could be applied the South African society. / Thesis (MA (New Testament))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

This study is an attempt to investigate communicative and effective preaching. It suggests some guidelines for the praxis of communicative preaching for contemporary preachers in the light of Hebrews. Hebrews was written in an elevated rhetorical style and contains one of the longest sustained lines of argumentation in the New Testament. The research is expanded in order to arrive at the answers to the question: • How can a preacher effectively communicate his/her message to his/her audience in their situation in the light of Hebrews? In order to reach this aim, Hebrews and the rhetorical strategies used in this book are investigated to disclose basis-theoretical principles for communicative preaching. Communication principles are investigated in order to extract meta-theoretical principles that can be utilised in communicative preaching. In addition, three published sermons are analysed in order to evaluate the results of this study. After having scrutinised these elements, a final conclusion is deduced. Basis-theoretically, the research reveals the following guidelines: • Communicative preaching should provide the opportunity for hearers to listen to the real speakers, God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, from the Scripture itself. • A preacher should have the ability to interpret and apply the Biblical texts in relation to people's situation and must testify his/her faith in Jesus Christ in his/her daily life. • A preacher should have the specific goal of his/her preaching in mind and use a literary style that is suitable for the level of his/her hearers' understanding. • A preacher must keep in touch with his/her hearers in their real-life situation in order to recognise their real problems and try to solve these in the course of preaching. • A sermon should be well structured by means of logical development. • A sermon should contain a transition or transitions that are created by digressions between two movements of sermon units in order to keep the hearers' attention. • A sermon should persuade the hearers not only by means of logos but also through the example of the preacher's own good character. • A sermon should employ the interplay of positive and negative feelings in order to establish emotional dynamics in the process of preaching. Meta-theoretically, the processes, forms of communication, and the principles of public speaking are investigated in order to understand the principles of communication. This research finds the following guidelines: • Communication is a transactional process in which source and receiver play interchangeable roles throughout the act of communication. • To communicate effectively, a sender has to understand his/her audience and adjust his/her message to the audience because public speaking is an audience-centred process. • A speaker's speech should suit his/her goal. Guidelines that were obtained as a result of the research include the following: • A preacher has to analyse both the Biblical text and his audience. • A preacher has to apply the goal and the theme of the text in relation to his/her audience's situation. • A preacher has to logically organise his/her sermon in order to win his/her audience's attention through the principles of effective communication. • A preacher should persuade his/her listeners not only by means of the logical development of the sermon, but also through the example of his/her own good character. • A preacher should employ emotional appeal to have an impact on his/her listeners. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Homiletics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

There are many discussions about the nature of Father Antonio Vieira s work: some critics try to classify his oratory as a classic, others as baroque; some classify him as culteranist others as conceptist. There is also another debate about his sermons being or not part of the literary canon; this polemical view has been exhausted by various critical approaches. By the same token, concurrent with these questions, there are others of different nature, not yet sufficiently clarified, such as those concerning the nature of the rhetoric present in his work. Among all these questions, there is a peculiar one: if Sermão da Sexagésima would be a small treatise on rhetoric , or to be more precise what kind of rhetoric would Vieira explicit and recommend in this sermon? This question is the main problem of this dissertation. To investigate it, we have manipulated a long bibliography on the issue, consulting the most important authors who have reflected on this topic. Based on a theoretical framework methodology provided with texts on Rhetoric and Hermeneutics, by authors such as Plebe (1978), Curtius (1979), Saraiva (1980), Todorov (1980), Tringali (1984, 1988), Reboul (1998) and Eagleton (1999), we concluded that Sermão da Sexagésima points to a sacred rhetoric , more than to a baroque one. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / Muitas são as discussões sobre a natureza da obra concionatória do Padre Antonio Vieira, tais como, se o autor é um clássico ou um barroco, se é conceptista ou cultista, se é iluminista, ou enfim, se sua obra pertence, ou não, ao cânone literário; discussões que de certo modo estão quase exauridas, por conta da multiplicidade de abordagens já efetivadas sobre essas questões. Por sua vez, concomitantes com esses questionamentos, surgem outros de natureza diversa, ainda não suficientemente esclarecidos, como, por exemplo, aqueles referentes à natureza da retórica vieiriana. E, dentre estes, destaca-se um em particular: se o Sermão da Sexagésima, considerado modelar por alguns autores, seria um pequeno tratado de retórica , ou mais precisamente, qual a verdadeira natureza da retórica vieiriana recomendada e, ao mesmo tempo, explicitada, neste sermão. Este questionamento constitui o problema principal desta Dissertação de Mestrado. Para investigá-lo, encetamos uma longa Revisão Bibliográfica da questão, compulsando os autores mais expressivos que se debruçaram sobre o problema. Auxiliado por um referencial teórico-metodológico, que percorreu os textos sobre Retórica e Hermenêutica de autores como Plebe (1978; 1992), Curtius (1979), Saraiva (1980), Todorov (1980), Tringali (1984; 1988) Reboul (1998) e Eagleton (1999), chegamos à conclusão de que o Sermão da Sexagésima aponta para uma Retórica Sagrada, e não propriamente barroca.

Prediking is 'n dialoog. Dit dompel die preek in 'n direkte krisis. Wat kan die prediker doen om hierdie dialoog te bevorder? Die deelnemers in die erediens word kortliks bespreek. God spreek met die prediker deur die teks. Die prediker moet hierdie teks aan die hoorder in die erediens oordra. Om die oorspronklike teks te verstaan het daar drie hoofstrome in die tradisionele hermeneuse ontstaan: Krities-histories, Tekskrities en Hoorders hermeneutiek. Die probleem is egter nie opgelos nie. Hoe kan die prediker die boodskap effektief aan die hoorder oordra? Daar word voorgestel dat die kreatiewe proses gebruik word in die voorbereiding van die preek. Die breinkaart kan gebruik word om die teks en hoorder van die teks, beter te verstaan. Hulpmiddelle moet gebruik word om die teks aan die hoorder oor te dra. Hier word die gebruik van literatuur en drama bestudeer. / Preaching is a dialogue. This states the current problem of preaching. How can the preacher improve this dialogue in the sermon? The participants in the sermon are shortly discussed: The preacher listens to the text. God speaks through the text. The preacher must communicate this text to the listener in the sermon. Three major streams have evolved in the tradisional hermeneutics: Critical-historical, Textual and Listeners hermeneutics. There is however, still a problem. How does the preacher present this message effectivly to the listener? It is suggested that the creative process must be considered in preparing a sermon. The mind map can be used to understand the text and listener of the text better. More aids can be used to reach the listener effectivly. In this thesis the use of literature and drama in the preparing and delivering of the sermon will be studied. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Practical theology)

The topic of the diploma thesis is A Linguistic Analysis of a Baroque Sermon. The text, written by Václav Ignác Blovský, dates back to 1724. The diploma thesis continues in my bachelor work. It´s aim was to give the analysis of phonetic and morphological features of the same text. The diploma thesis is divided into two parts - the theory and the research. The first one deals with the author´s life and his work, the cult of St. John of Nepomuk and sermons dedicated to this Czech patron saint in general. The analytical part summaries the results of the previous research and includes the syntactic analysis. The aim of the diploma thesis is to find out the level of the Czech language in the early 18th century on the basis of the findings.

Submitted by Fernando Souza (fernando@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2017-10-02T11:13:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1137492 bytes, checksum: d3ed0643fad94fa2c94a2fc96b2fa011 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-02T11:13:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1137492 bytes, checksum: d3ed0643fad94fa2c94a2fc96b2fa011 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The purpose of this paper is to investigate the authorship in sermons of preachers. Therefore, some questions were stablished in order to guide this research: how does a priest, integrant of Religious institutions derived from the Protestant Reform, is author of his statement immersed in a discursive and ideological field full of others‟ discourse? Which are the linguistic, discursive and enunciatively evidences that unveil his authorship? On this basis, this paper aims to analyze the constitution of authorship in religious sermons of protestant preachers. It aimed in particular to describe, analyze and interpret the linguistic, discursive and enunciatively aspects that reveal the constitution of the authorship in the studied sermons. As methodological and theoretic basis, it can be mentioned the dialogic perspective on the language originated by the book Bakhtin e o Círculo,as well as its discursivestudies. The research was from a qualitative-interpretative nature and it can be classified as a descriptive, explanatory and interpretative study. The corpus is composed by 4 religious sermons of protestant preachers collected on Youtube. However, two of them, produced in religious conferences aimed to different publics, are samples analyzed within this paper. After this stage, they continued to be observed by transcription, description, analysis and interpretation of data in order to reach a conclusion. The results pointed out that the preacher 1 summoned simulations of voices of believers and of Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal leaders, with an ironic-comic tone, to deconstruct the concept of faith from Christianity. Amongst stylistic choices that select no construction process of the sermon, we observe terms such as "mystery," "invisible," and "witchcraft." On the other hand, the preacher 2 has conversed repeatedly with biblical discourses, considered in the Christian perspective as a word of God that can not be answered. In the production of the sermon, an authorial instance that uses a tone of rebuke, indoctrination and, at times, threat. Some lexical terms such as "homosexual", "sissies", "bisexuals", "demoniacs" have appeared in the thread of the speech as offensive stylistic choices. In this way, we conclude that the authors/preachers, immersed in a discursive context full of others‟ discourses (OD), while producing their statements, frame and evaluate others discourses (OD) by their “sayings”, while making evaluating stylistic choices and applying (to statements) dialogical criticism nuances, as well as ironic/comic, threatening, reprehensive and other nuances. / Neste trabalho, buscou-se investigar a autoria em sermões religiosos de pregadores reformados. Para isso, partiu-se das seguintes questões de pesquisa: como o sacerdote, integrante das instituições religiosas oriundas da reforma protestante, se constitui autor do seu enunciado imerso em campo discursivo e ideológico permeado por discursos de outrem? Quais os indícios linguísticos, enunciativos e discursivos que revelam sua autoria? Com base nisso, objetivou-se analisar a constituição da autoria em sermões religiosos de pregadores protestantes reformados. Especificamente, visou-se descrever, analisar e interpretar os aspectos linguísticos, enunciativos e discursos que revelam a constituição da autoria nos sermões estudados. Utilizou-se como pressupostos teórico-metodológicos a perspectiva dialógica da linguagem proveniente das reflexões de Bakhtin e o Círculo, bem como os estudos discursivos que se pautam por ela. A pesquisa foi de cunho qualitativo-interpretativista, bem como se caracterizou como um estudo descritivo, explicativo e interpretativo. O corpus foi composto de 4 sermões religiosos de pregadores reformados coletados no site Youtube. Entretanto, 2 deles, produzidos em congressos religiosos destinados para públicos diferentes, se constituíram a amostra analisada nesta dissertação. Após essa etapa, seguiram-se com a transcrição, a descrição, a análise e a interpretação dos dados, a fim de se chegar às considerações finais. Os resultados apontaram que o pregador 1 convocou simulações de vozes de fieis e de líderes pentecostais e neopentecostais, com uma tonalidade irônico-cômica, para descontruir o conceito de fé dessas vertentes do cristianismo. Entre as escolhas estilísticas que selecionou no processo construção do sermão, observamos termos como “mistério”, “invisível” e “feitiçaria”. Já o pregador 2 dialogou, de forma recorrente, com discursos bíblicos, considerado, na perspectiva cristã, como a palavra de Deus que não pode ser contestada. Na produção do sermão, a instância autoral utilizou uma tonalidade de repreensão, de doutrinação e, em alguns momentos, de ameaça. Alguns termos lexicais como “boiolas”, “mariquinhas” “bissexuais”, “endemoniadas” mostraram-se, no fio do discurso, como escolhas estilísticas ofensivas. Dessa forma, concluímos que os autores-pregadores, imersos em seus campos discursivos permeados por discursos de outrem (OD), ao construírem seus enunciados, enquadram e avaliam o discurso de outrem (OD) mediante seu querer-dizer, realizam escolhas estilístico-valorativas e empregam, aos enunciados, uma tonalidade dialógica.

Submitted by Juliana Bardella Fiorot null (ju_fiorot@hotmail.com) on 2016-08-25T23:08:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO JULIANA final.pdf: 2579837 bytes, checksum: 80ed4d7b4fb37bb6824cce5f209fa723 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-08-26T18:10:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 fiorot_jb_me_assis.pdf: 2579837 bytes, checksum: 80ed4d7b4fb37bb6824cce5f209fa723 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-26T18:10:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 fiorot_jb_me_assis.pdf: 2579837 bytes, checksum: 80ed4d7b4fb37bb6824cce5f209fa723 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-04 / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar um estudo acerca do panorama religioso vivenciado pela Galiza durante os séculos V e VI, cuja preocupação central encontra-se na análise das principais formas de religiosidade pré-cristãs praticadas no período, bem como sua importância para a manutenção da ordem cotidiana vivenciada pelos galegos. Para realizarmos tal intento utilizaremos como fonte principal o sermão De correctione rusticorum, escrito por Martinho, bispo de Braga, que elucida as preocupações gerais do clero da Alta Idade Média relativas ao processo de formação e consolidação do cristianismo em um período no qual a antiga religiosidade ainda se mantinha muito viva, ameaçando o projeto hegemônico da Igreja Católica. Para além de nossos objetivos principais, propomos ainda a análise do contexto ao qual nos debruçamos, envolvendo questões que abarcam a criação de mecanismos pela Igreja para ser melhor aceita entre os praticantes destas formas de religiosidade, e as relações estabelecidas entre esta instituição eclesiástica com a Monarquia sueva. / The present work aims to conduct a study about the religious landscape experienced by Galicia during the fifth and sixty centuries, which main concern is the analysis of the main forms of pre-Christian religiosity practiced in the period, as well as its importance for the maintenance of quotidian order experienced by the Galicians. To accomplish this propose we will use as the main source the sermon De correctione rusticorum, written by Martin, bishop of Braga, which elucidates the general concerns of the clergy in the Early Middle Ages on the process of formation and Christianity consolidation in a context in which the ancient religiosity were still very much alive, threatening the hegemonic project of the Catholic Church. In addition to our main objectives, we propose the analysis of the context to which we worked, involving issues that relate to the establishment of mechanisms by the Church to be better accepted among the practitioners of the religiosity, and the relations between this ecclesiastical institution with the Suebian Monarchy.