This dissertation deals with the study of ancient diseases mentioned in the historical period of the Scriptures in the region of Syro-Palestine. The definition, history, methodology and etymology of the terms relating to ...
This study is devoted to Paul's rhetorical argumentation on sexual issues (`porneia') in Cor-inth, and focuses especially 1. Corinthians 5:1-7:9.
Paul uses `porneia' according to the Jewish tradition as body violation, ...
This dissertation attempts to illuminate the significance of what has been called the "coworkers"
for Paul's mission. At the same time it revises the traditional portrait of Paul as a
"lone ranger", not properly understood ...
In this dissertation I examine the role played by the ancient Near Eastern serpent in apotropaic and prophylactic magic. Within this realm the serpent appears in roles in healing and protection where magic is often employed. ...
The term ‘magic’ conjured up many different feelings for the people of Imperial Rome. For
many magic was something to be feared, for others it was a frivolous waste of time; a further
group were open-minded to magic’s ...
Our perception, of the Omrid kings of the Kingdom oflsrael in the ninth century BCE, is based
on the Books of 1 and 2 Kings in the Hebrew Bible. The Biblical author's concentration, on
Omrid apostasy rather than on their ...
ABSTRACT
(deutsch)
Das Lukasevangelium ist ein literarisches Werk in Form einer Erzählung. Die Pharisäer spielen
darin eine zentrale Rolle als wichtigste Gruppe der Gegenspieler Jesu. Die Methode der narrativen
Exegese ...
This paper traces burials from Iron Age I Canaan that reflect an influence of Philistine culture. This influence can be measured by the presence of Philistine bichrome pottery or other evidence related to this ancient ...
Smith, Anne Marie (Biblical archaeologist)(2012-11)
Phoenician ships in the broadest sense of the word are the focus of this dissertation
and it encompasses the entire period of both Phoenician and Punic seafaring. The
study is quantitative, largely historical and ...
While there is increasing interest in the effect of landscape on ancient imagination, less
attention has been paid to the impact of restless karst hydrology on ancient beliefs. By
identifying shared themes, this study ...
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 ...
Many accounts, both ancient and modern, have maintained that the Julio-
Claudian women had unprecedented influence in their spheres. This
dissertation attempts to determine the degree of autonomy and influence that
the ...
The Mesopotamian inscriptions and collections in ancient Mesopotamia consist of different meanings extended over long time-periods and with social, political, economic and ethnic differences. Scholars in determining whether ...
In agrarian Palestine with Jerusalem as the economic, administrative and religious centre, the
patriarchal family was the nucleus of an androcentric society with honour and shame as
pivotal values. Women were regarded ...
In the Central African Presbyterian Church (C.C.A.P.) women are marginalised in its synods. The Nkhoma Synod has taken the strictest measures in marginalising women in the sense that, unlike the other synods, at the time ...
The present research has been aimed at investigating how imperialism and colonialism are located both in the biblical text (cf. Joshua 1-12) and in present day interpretive postcolonial contexts such as that of the Democratic ...
The thrust of this work is to study Israelite pre-exilic writing of religious literature. The
beginning of literacy is considered from an archaeological perspective; especially, in the
pre-exilic Israelite community. The ...
In die veertigerjare het Robert Gordis aanhalings in die boek Prediker uitgewys. Diethelm Michel en Norman Whybray het die aanhalingshipotese ondersteun, terwyl Michael Fox nie ten gunste daarvan was nie. Whybray het ...
My research methodology for the topic „Prepare the water and add the fat?‟ A re-interpretation of the Yale culinary tablet YOS 11 25, took on a multi-disciplinary approach, which included gastronomy, archaeology, and ...