Stephen Barton has commissioned social scientists, philosophers of religion, feminists, biblical scholars, historians, moral theologians and systematic theologians - international experts from a wide range of theological and related disciplines - to reflect on ""holiness.""The b…
Stephen Barton has commissioned social scientists, philosophers of religion, feminists, biblical scholars, historians, moral theologians and systematic theologians - international experts from a wide range of theological and related disciplines - to reflect on ""holiness.""The b…
Stephen Barton has commissioned social scientists, philosophers of religion, feminists, biblical scholars, historians, moral theologians and systematic theologians - international experts from a wide range of theological and related disciplines - to reflect on ""holiness.""The b…
"The meaning of holiness and how one can speak about it remains an active research question in religious studies and theology. The articles analyze discourses about holiness from the religious cultures of late antiquity. Terminologies, practices, and reflections related to holin…
Was das Heilige ist und wie man darüber sprechen kann, ist eine offene Frage in der religionswissenschaftlichen und theologischen Forschung. Die Beiträge analysieren Diskurse über Heiliges in spätantiken Religionskulturen. Terminologien, Handlungen und Reflexionen in Bezug auf H…
The meaning of holiness and how one can speak about it remains an active research question in religious studies and theology. The articles analyze discourses about holiness from the religious cultures of late antiquity. Terminologies, practices, and reflections related to holine…
In the African American Baptist denomination, Christian education remains vibrant and viable amid the shifting local church contexts in worship, in disciple-making, and in religiously educating congregants in local churches. Through leveraging the relationships between Baptist c…
This dissertation argues that the foundation for the message of the Letter of James is his Jewish theological roots. The project demonstrates that James is a Second Temple Period sage who uses midrash to explicate to his audience a teleological Sitz im Leben that reflects the im…
This dissertation will demonstrate that the increase in understanding of entire sanctification as taught by Metro Praise International church in its discipleship program with new believers has positive benefits in a Christian’s life. The author conducted a six- week course on th…
The primary task of this dissertation is to demonstrate from the Old and New Testaments that given the creation and fall of man, the moral character of God will necessarily express itself in retributive justice so that God will impartially and equitably judge and punish sin. Cha…
This study examines the background and significance of the sabbath frame around the golden calf episode (Exod 31:12-17; 35:1-3). It does so especially in terms of the OT literature itself, but also recognizes that the OT reflects in complex ways elements of its ANE milieu. The s…
Provides a literary reading of Leviticus 19, an investigation that seeks to demonstrate how the relationships outlined in Leviticus 19 provide the basis for the definition of “holy” in the Old (and New) Testament. Focuses on a detailed outline of chapter 19 as the starting-point…
This dissertation explores the ways that "the Holy One of Israel" is used in the book of Isaiah to depict Yahweh, the powerful and unapproachable God, in his personal relationship with Israel. It investigates the actions and character of Yahweh as the Holy One of Israel and the …