Thesiss

My dissertation, "Building Houses and Planting Vineyards: The Inner-biblical Discourse of an Ancient Israelite Wartime Curse," explores the inner-biblical discourse that developed around a prominent ancient Israelite curse. The curse threatens the livelihood of ancient Israel in…

This work examines the concept of blessing in the first three books of Psalms. It examines the psalms in which the roots ברך (bless) and אֶ֫שֶׁר (blessed) appear, and it compares this information with the Brazilian Prosperity Theology (PT) understanding of blessing. First, an explor…