This study argues that the phrase “righteousness of God” in Rom 1:17 should be understood as a reference to a particular OT concept of God’s righteousness. It engages this widely discussed question by means of an intertextual-communicative approach that is open to the possibilit…
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Most contemporary scholarship affirms that the Christian and Islamic medieval political imperative was about the preservation of order and stability. We considered this characterization insufficient, given the treatment of the concept of religious and political justice by mediev…
Beginning in the early 1700s with the Mississippi and South Sea Companies scandal and continuing to the present day, senior business leaders' flawed ethical judgments have cost society multi-trillions of dollars of losses. The general problem is despite the risks of personal fin…
This dissertation explores the importance of Hebraic righteousness in re-forming narrative and informing character development in Milton’s major poems. Where earlier scholarship has focused on righteousness from a soteriological perspective, I argue that Milton turned instead to…
Readers prize the Psalter for its varied theological landscape, though few have explored the collection’s ethical contours. Four portraits of righteous character (Psalms 15, 24, 34, and 37) highlight the ethical concerns of Book I. The didactic voice in these portraits provides …
This dissertation examines Matt 1:19; 5:32; and 19:9 in light of Matthew's concept of righteousness. The first chapter assesses current views regarding Matthew's concept of righteousness. In addition to providing a lexical analysis of the terms used to communicate the concept “r…
Ancient Israel and Judah developed from an agrarian culture and were often vassals of an extended agrarian empire. The ethos of the Israelites thus reflected or included the worldview of what has been described as the oppressed classes. This ethos became a formative element in t…