This thesis has two primary goals: (1) to analyze the countours and extent of the generic category of deity in the Hebrew Bible, and (2) propose a semantic base for the term. It begins with a description of the fields associated with cognitive theory, and particularly cognitive …
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The introduction establishes the main purpose of the dissertation as an investigation of the use of debt as a metaphor for sin in the Gospel of Matthew, particularly in the exegesis of the Lord's Prayer (Matt 6:9-15), the teaching on anger (Matt 5:21-26) and the parable of the u…
Although lexical priming is claimed to provide a way 'forward' for textual critical discourse analysis (CDA) to update its paradigm (Hoey, 2004), not many priming CDA studies have yet been undertaken. Recent CDA research has just begun to appreciate the phenomenon but failed to …
Because the controversy over open theism finds itself within evangelicalism, theologians have turned to the Bible. Although the situation seems to be improving, there is a noticeable paucity of careful exegesis. The main contribution of this dissertation is to offer exegetical e…
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1111- 1058) occupies an important position in Islamic intellectual history. He is considered to be the “renewer” (mujaddid) of the 5th century of the Islamic calendar. His works have been studied from various perspectives, but not in terms of modern critica…