Despite the numerous works of literature on leadership, our societies’ incomprehension of shepherd leadership and skills remains obfuscated. The discussion examined how the Shepherd Motif in 1 Peter 5:1-4 functioned as a descriptor of leadership. In addressing the research quest…
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This dissertation suggests that Ralph Waldo Emerson’s sermons may be fruitfully read as Christian mystical texts in light of Bernard McGinn’s discussion of Western Christian mysticism. More specifically: Emerson’s sermons, read systematically with McGinn’s historical survey in m…
This dissertation examines to what extent the transmission history of Codex Bezae's Greek text of Acts shows awareness of the explicit quotations' Old Testament origin, and to what extent this awareness played a role in the final formation of this manuscript's text. The disserta…
Four oracles appear in Jeremiah 21:11-23:8 detailing the failure and future of the final kings in Judah, also known as the King Collection. The final oracle against Jehoiachin (he also appears with the names Coniah / Jeconiah) precedes the announcement of the unnamed new Davidid…
The aim of this work is to analyze and explore both the meaning and purpose of Matthew's quotation of Hosea 11:1, in Matthew 2:15. Ultimately, this thesis will prove that in quoting Hosea 11:1 as fulfilled in the life of Jesus, Matthew placed himself within a theological and int…
This dissertation argues that with respect to structure, the prologue of Judges is a single introduction covering Judges 1:1-3:6, which has a five-stage plot structure: exposition (1:1-2), complication (1:3-36), change (2:1-10), resolution (2:11-3:4) and ending 3:5-6). Four flas…
Dialogue is a uniquely human practice. Questions, especially open-ended questions, display the inherent fallibility of dialogue. Religious language, alternatively, seems to break into and interrupt the conversation we are with infallible monological proclamations. Moreover, thos…
The topic of metaphor has stimulated production of scholarly works since the 1970s when several philosophers began to formulate various theories regarding this difficult subject. In the field of biblical studies, some scholars and exegetes have investigated metaphors in the Hebr…
Jesus promised those who were born into His kingdom would gain the abundant life or the blessed life. He pointed out that while entry into this kingdom is granted by grace made possible through His own merit on the cross and via the resurrection, life inside this kingdom would r…
The cosmic mystery of Mary draws attention to what the Roman Catholic Church celebrates as her heavenly reign, an aspect of which is the proliferation of Marian apparitions and manifestations around the world particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries. This dissertation undersc…
This dissertation examines temporal frames in the Gospel of John and the Johannine letters and traces the ways that these texts and those who received them constructed and employed temporality to shape belief in Christ. Building on existing scholarship on Johannine literature an…
This dissertation investigates the various portrayals of 'Īsā b. Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) in the thought of the Andalusian mystic Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-'Arabī (d. 1240) and later Sufism, specifically the teachings of two celebrated North African mystics, 'Abd al-'Azīz al-Dabbāgh…
This thesis contains a translation into Turkish of Athanasius’ On the Incarnation along with an introduction to the work. The introduction contains four sections. In section one, I present the historical context of the work and the background of the debates about the nature of t…
In ministerial conversations, discipleship and leadership are two common themes of discussion. The twenty-first century church must be intentional about developing a plan to help parishioners grow in their relationship with Christ and become healthy leaders. This task requires t…
This project juxtaposes the ministry and call narratives of randomly selected women in ministry ("WIM") of the Atlanta North Georgia Annual Conference ("ANGAC") and Amanda Berry Smith, a nineteenth century evangelist of the AME Church. Her ministry is important to the study of c…
This study will demonstrate that the speech of Elihu in the Book of Job functions as a bridge between the theology of the three friends and the theology of Yahweh by exegetically examining Elihu’s theology of creation and how it compares with that of the other characters. The wo…
The Pauline corpus comprises a large percentage of the New Testament. These epistles contain some of the richest doctrinal teaching found in the Bible. One of the doctrines explained in Paul's writings is the doctrine of God's punitive retribution. God's retribution stems from H…
This work demonstrates that the concept of faith in Hebrews 10:32-12:3 is multifaceted, integrating themes related to theology and Christology, eschatology, and soteriology for the author's pastoral purpose. God's word and His accompanying promises awaken faith in the believer t…
The thesis of this dissertation is that one purpose of church discipline is to serve as a declaration of potential eschatological judgment both to warn offenders of their need to repent, and, by implication, to exhort the church members to persevere in their faith. It argues fro…