The Exodus is most commonly associated with the black experience in America because its narratives of freedom and movement resonate with both Emancipation and the Great Migration. The use of the Exodus narrative to understand historical and political changes reverses Noah’s curs…
The purpose of this project was to discover the elements of belonging to God and within Christian community for disciples of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, in the city of Columbus, Ohio. The assessment survey tool contained demographic information, thirty-two Likert scale questions,…
This dissertation asserts that in the epistle to the Colossians, Paul taught with an understanding of the source, nature, and purpose of wisdom, rooted in the Old Testament which affirms wisdom as a gift of God characterized by love unto salvation, thus providing a guide for Chr…
According to some, God chose who would be saved and where they would spend eternity before the world's foundations were laid. Some theologians accept these concepts, known as Election and Predestination, while others reject them. A variety of groups, including Five-point Calvini…
The issue of Eternal Security has Christians divided on both sides; especially when it comes to the warning in chapter six of the book of Hebrews. It is a controversial book that has been debated for centuries due to its intense contents. This thesis will present the contentious…
Modern interest in Theodore of Mopsuestia has focused on three main projects: a reappraisal of his Christology, which the Fifth Ecumenical Council condemned as Nestorian; an attempt to make sense of his Anthropology and Soteriology, which critics and admirers both ancient and mo…
This dissertation is intended to reveal how Paul expresses God's salvific activity by using the concept of power as a soteriological framework of his gospel message. This study shows that Paul manifests the gospel as God's saving power that liberates humanity from the bondage of…
This Ph.D. dissertation is the first English examination of the life and writings of Erich Sauer and his relationship to American Dispensationalism. The first chapter introduces the subject matter and its importance. The purpose and methodological limits for the dissertation are…
The author argues that the mosaic of Justinian and Constantine offering gifts to the enthroned Virgin and Child in the southwest vestibule of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, presents the viewer with an image of salvation. Previous interpretations of the mosaic focused on the offerings o…
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the place of the nations in the book of Isaiah, particularly focusing on the prophecies that deal with the gentile nations positively in relation to salvation on Mount Zion. This work argues the thesis that the book of Isaiah presen…
This dissertation examines the substantive aspects of Isaiah 40–55 concerning the salvific program of Israel and the nations through the multidimensional studies of texts and concepts. It has been an ongoing issue of discussion whether the theology of Isaiah 40–55 portrays unive…
The purpose of this research was to investigate how the concepts of universalism and nationalism in the Book of Isaiah can be reconciled. The process of the analysis involved using canonical and rhetorical methodology to answer the research question and examine the hypothesis. T…
The objective of the dissertation is to probe Ezekiel's perspective of judgment and deliverance in the light of temple ideology. The focus of the investigation is the role of the temple in the formation of the theology of judgment and deliverance in the temple visions of Ezekiel…
This dissertation seeks to find out what Paul means when he writes, “and so all Israel will be saved” in Romans 11:26. Does the phrase “all Israel” refer to the ethnic Israel, the elect Israel, or the church? What is Paul's view of salvation of Israel in the epistle of Romans? C…
A post-radical literary investigation of this type reveals aspects of Paul's thought in Rom 9–11 and its context that have not been recognized in the section's long history of exegesis. Most notably, “Israel”, as a collective term, has the meaning of either “whole Israel” or “al…