In the Hebrew Bible, the God of ancient Israel, YHWH, is almost always portrayed metaphorically. He is likened to a warrior, a king, a shepherd, a rock, a bridegroom, a husband, and a master gardener, to name just a few. This study examines the emergence of the conceptual metaph…
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This dissertation seeks first of all to demonstrate the likelihood that the author of the Book of Daniel was familiar with the Histories of Herodotus. Writing in the middle of the second century B.C.E., at a time when the influence of Hellenistic culture was being increasingly f…
This study examines several texts from Assyria and from the Hebrew Bible that describe or refer to the exhibition of divine symbols that have been plundered as part of the spoils of war. The exhibition of divine symbols as trophies of war conveyed messages about power relations …
This dissertation investigates depictions of divine and human radiance in the Hebrew Bible and in Northwest Semitic and Mesopotamian literatures. It focuses specifically on the meanings of the following Akkadian terms: melammu; puluhtu; rašubbatu; namurratu; namrirrū; and šalumm…
This dissertation examines ancient conceptions of Near Eastern deities whose names consistently included geographic epithets, which functioned like last names. In Neo-Assyrian (ca. 900-630 B.C.E.) texts, Ištar-of-Nineveh and Ištar-of-Arbela are often included as divine witnesses…
This dissertation addresses a project implemented to educate and train laity to practice divine healing prayer. The project explores the relationship between Christian identity and the practice of divine healing prayer. Divine healing prayer is defined as looking to God to provi…