Göbekli Tepe is an ancient site in upper Mesopotamia recognised as an artificial mound by K Schmidt in 1994. Circles comprising large monolithic stones, described as T-pillars, were interpreted by Schmidt as ‘monumental’ ...
Zimbabwe has witnessed a socio-economic and political crisis since the dawn of the 21st century.
The Zimbabwean nation that was for several decades under British colonial subordination is once again subjected to a native ...
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Funktion der Familie Jakobs im Buch
Genesis, konkret in der Jakobserzählung. Dazu wird narratologisch untersucht, welche
Bedeutung den familiären Strukturen in der Erzählung ...
The Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes are three groups within the history of Second
Temple Judaism that carry importance which cannot be ignored. They carry religious,
social and political characteristics that are intertwined ...
The motivation and purpose of this research revolved around the goddess Anat and the possible influence or effect that she might have had on the religion of the ancient Israelites.
This led, to the ancient city of Ugarit, ...
The Sumerian Temple Hymns are a genre that hymns temples seen as cosmic houses in ancient Sumer. The concept of a normal house lay behind the thought process that leads to the building of temples. The ancient people of ...
This study is a comparative analysis of the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) with John’s Apocalypse. It is conducted along the lines of discursive comparison, with a focus on the literary and ideological theme of Holy War. The study ...
My interests lie in the occurrence of rosettes found in many places and cultures in the ancient Near East. My aim was to research and interpret the various iconographic instances where the rosette symbol is depicted within ...
This project considers a liberationist meaning of the concept of ר דה (rādāh) found in
the Priestly material of Genesis 1:1-2:4a. The study starts from a presupposition that
the South African history of biblical ...
The emergence of ramparts in the Early Bronze Age in ancient Palestine has been debated, whether they
were built to counter siege warfare or not. Many wars from the Late Bronze Age into the Iron Age are
against walled ...
The thesis examines the nature of violence in entertainment in the socio-historical context of the ancient Roman world, from the 1st century BCE to the late 3rd century CE and interrogates the presentation of such entertainment ...
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 ...
This research was inspired by the rich examples of the treasure of the 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Tutankhamun who reigned during the New Kingdom period of Ancient
Egypt.
The content of this tomb was found by Howard Carter in ...
Maps and worldviews are so intertwined that a study of ancient maps would not be complete
without equal focus being on worldviews. The need for maps has been with humanity since
antiquity, but not all of these maps have ...
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 ...
At the beginning of the second century C.E., Christian churches exhibited varied and diverse
ecclesiologies. Out of this diversity comes the voice of Ignatius of Antioch, whose seven letters to the
churches in Asia Minor ...
Source-criticism of the Pentateuch suggests that the priests (Source P) alone authored the
Holiness Code – the premise being that Source P forms one religious, literate and elite group
of several. Through the endeavor ...
Due to the nature of war, persons are killed with various types of weapons.
Throughout the history of humanity, weapons were used in this regard and these
weapons left injuries on the victims that are distinguishable. ...
John Henry Newman maak in sy outobiografiese geskrifte 'n aantal belangrike verwysings na
sy toewyding aan Johannes Chrysostomos. Is dit bloot 'n kwessie van vroomheid, of dui dit op
'n dieper verband met die punt dat ...
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 ...