هدفت هذه الدراسة لتسليط الضوء على منهج الحداثيين العرب في دراسة النص القرآني؛ من خلال دراسة نصر حامد أبو زيد نموذجاً؛ بصفته أحد الحداثيين الذين درسوا النص القرآني رافضاً فكرة وجوده في الأزل، وحاصراً دراسة النص القرآني بالمنهج الأدبي فقط، منطلقاً في طرحه هذا من كونه نصاً لغوياً وأنه من…
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Insofar as Christian theology aims to make truth claims about the nature of reality, it is necessarily involved in the enterprise of metaphysics. Pentecostals, precisely as Christians, are thus obliged to participate. In this study, I begin by showing that few explicit, develope…
Ever since W. M. L. de Wette linked the book of Deuteronomy with Josiah's reforms, OT scholarship has operated with the axiom that Deuteronomy or some significant portion thereof is to be dated in the seventh century BCE. The ensuing historical-critical question of how to distin…
THE END IS THE BEGINNING: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DECREE OF CYRUS IN CHRONICLES Michael Balbier Readers: Stephen J. Bramer, Alexander R. Gonzales, and James E. Allman Various interpretations abound about the meaning of the ending of Chronicles—the decree of Cyrus. These interpretatio…
Some scholars argue that Jesus was a revolutionary messiah and he was no different than other Jewish revolutionaries who opposed imperial Rome. Others argue that Jesus was a pacifist and he was calling his contemporaries to repent from their nationalistic ambitions and warned th…
Throughout the Second Temple period (516 BCE-70 CE), the reading and interpretation of the Jewish scriptures shaped the national consciousness of the Jewish people. Within this setting, the Jesus movement emerged as a Jewish group which also laid claim to the Jewish scriptures a…
This project examines the translation of the biblical book of Deuteronomy into Greek, an undertaking set in 3rd century BCE Alexandria. Characterizing the various translations that make up the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible (the Septuagint) is an important prerequisite to…
In this study, I attempt to reconstruct Paul's pre-epistolary exegesis of Genesis that I hypothesize lies beneath Rom 9. This exegesis goes beyond the discussion of the patriarchs in Rom 9:6–13 and supports the reconfiguration of God's family in Rom 9:24–29. It enables Paul to v…
This study is a fresh analysis of a collection of scrolls and fragments grouped under the rubric, The Community Rule or Serekh ha-Yaḥad. As part of the manuscripts discovered in the Judean Desert, the Community Rule manuscripts are all fragmentary to various degrees, yet attest …
This study proposes a framework in which propositionally governed narrative—modeled by selected narratives proclaimed within the Word of God—is found to be the intersection of phenomenology, homiletics, and hermeneutics. Each of these disciplines contributes to a balanced and bi…
Introduction: Understanding what a ‘good death’ in children might look like is important, as it impacts all stakeholders and promotes tailored support. Existing research indicates that opportunities for play, peer support and assent may be crucial. Our integrative review found m…
Current studies about Spirit-inspired visions are largely descriptive or overshadowed as they are part of a larger examination on Spirit baptism, pneumatology, or eschatology. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion of Spirit-inspired visions and to inspire …
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was saturated in the poetry of Dante, whose presence in his life was mediated by his father's lifelong Dante scholarship. This would be a fraught but defining relationship for Rossetti. As William Michael Rossetti would comment in his Memoir: 'Dante Alighi…
This thesis adopts the case-study approach to explore the interaction between textuality and authority, particularly how aspiring intellectuals used their interpretations of authoritative and credible writings to construct their legitimacy and authenticate their own persuasivene…
This study presents a lost recension of a homiletic Midrash belonging to the Tanhuma family found in the Cairo Genizah. Five vellum fragments with a total of ten sides of text, all originating from the same early manuscript, containing parts of seven homilies on different sedari…
The Christian doctrine of divine Triunity is one of the most intractable and controversial issues in Muslim-Christian relations, prompting Muslims and Christians alike either to resort to hostile polemics or to “agree to disagree” – despairing of any common ground. The polemics …
The continual successional debate revolves around the relevancy of speaking in tongues for the modern Church community. Cessationists academic scholars continue to create theological progress impinging the gift of tongues ceased at the conclusion of the apostolic age. Luke attac…
Previous research on Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) and religious identity has generally focused on psychological conflict and reconciliation. Social scientific studies have examined why queer and trans religious individuals experience identity conflict and how t…
This research focuses on the current trend in isolated New Prophetic Pentecostal Churches (NPPCs) in South Africa to perform certain unusual ritual practices as an expression of their faith. The term “unusual” is not used here as a value judgment, but rather to indicate that the…