This thesis will consider the possibility of an epistemological process described in the narratives and teaching of the Pentateuch and the Gospel of Mark. The specific nature of this epistemological process will be explored upon the priorities constrained by the texts themselves…
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This study aims to further scholars’ understanding of the complex relationship between Priestly and non-Priestly narrative texts of the Pentateuch. It supports the Documentary Hypothesis’ view that the Priestly and non-Priestly corpora originally enjoyed a compositional independ…
This study examines the laws concerning divination and sorcery which are found in the three major law codes of the Pentateuch, with the goal of shedding fresh light on why there are forbidden to Israel, and how the teaching concerning these practices is related to the overall th…
This dissertation seeks to refine the meaning of [Torah] in Psalms 1, 19, 37, 40, 78, 89, 94, 105, and 119. Through an exegetical analysis of the nine Psalms that utilize the term, the study argues that [Torah] most frequently refers to the written Pentateuch. Chapter 1 introduc…
The apparent absence of secrecy in Israelite religion in early antiquity, in contrast with the Greek mystery schools and the pervasive, structural secrecy of Egypt, is the dissertation's opening problem. The study posits that the First Temple priests crafted a "disaster-proof" t…
Discussions of anthropomorphism in the Hebrew Bible are typically found in three areas of study: ancient Israelite religion, as reflected by the compositions of the Pentateuch; comparisons with ancient Near Eastern religions; and comparison with ancient translation and interpret…
A cursory glance at Hebrews' critique of Israel's fear at Sinai in Heb 12:18-29 suggests that the author has misunderstood or manipulated his sources. In the Pentateuch, the appointment of Moses as Israel's mediator following their unwillingness to stand too close to YHWH receiv…
This dissertation proposes a new understanding of the composition of the Pentateuchal Priestly source (P), arguing that it contains far more poetic text than previous studies have recognized. I identify the poetic material and differentiate it from prosaic texts by observing the…
This dissertation addresses the literary character and function of the principal portraiture of Moses in the Pentateuch. Pentateuchal authors adapted tropes and traditions, well-attested elsewhere in biblical and other ancient Near Eastern sources, to identify Moses as an exalte…
This dissertation is an analysis of the disjunctive clause in the biblical Hebrew portions of the Pentateuch. A disjunctive clause is defined as have three distinct elements. The first element is the conjunction. The second element is a non-verbal, nominal element. The third ele…
The following dissertation utilizes an interdisciplinary methodology through the incorporation of the sociological theory of collective remembering as set forth by Jeffrey Olick. Olick's process-relational perspective will be utilized alongside his counter-concepts of field, gen…
Well-written narratives communicate more than information. What a story communicates is as important as how the story communicates. The narrative flow of a story engages the reader in the action. Narrative conventions assist the reader in connecting prior knowledge or experience…
The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies represent an important witness to 'Jewish Christianity' during the third and fourth centuries, and likely they preserve traditions from an even earlier era. This peculiar body of writings offers a distinct approach to the interpretation of the Pent…
In this dissertation, my primary aims are (1) to acknowledge how hermeneutical and methodological presuppositions affect reading and interpretation of texts and (2) to demonstrate this claim by looking closely at Gen 31-33 from a perspective that is oriented toward the narrative…
References to Egypt are twice as dense in the Pentateuch as elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. This dissertation explored and analyzed the ideological significance of the references to Egypt in the Pentateuch within the historical context of the production of the Pentateuch's final …
This dissertation provides an analysis of the 963 verse entries of Fragment-Targum MS. Vatican Ebr. 440 (Targum V), a Palestinian Targum which contains (at least portions of) only one-sixth of the verses of the Pentateuch. The raison d'etre of the Fragment-Targums is one of the …
This dissertation develops a metaphorical perspective for biblical hermeneutics and applies it to the Pentateuch, analyzing how God as Host extends hospitality toward guests. Methodologically, the philosophical shift evident in the writings of I. A. Richards and Max Black is sig…
In Biblical Hebrew two sets of verb forms are used: indicative and modal. The modal system consists of imperative, jussive and cohortative forms. Only imperative forms constitute a morphologically distinct category. Jussive and cohortative forms are not always morphologically di…
Ever since W. M. L. de Wette linked the book of Deuteronomy with Josiah's reforms, OT scholarship has operated with the axiom that Deuteronomy or some significant portion thereof is to be dated in the seventh century BCE. The ensuing historical-critical question of how to distin…