The Roman Principate was in a constant state of change. The individual needs of each emperor dictated that they adapt the history of the monarchy to their unique situation. The emperors modified their construction of the past to advertise their program for the future. This disse…
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This is an interdisciplinary essay on New Testament Sociology which applies a sociological model (a theoretical knowledge frame) into the Jesus Movement (Jewish group gathering in Palestine around Jesus of Nazareth and continuing until 70 b.C.). To do this, in the first chapter …
One of the metaphors that the Apostle Paul used to proclaim his understanding of the Christian experience of God's grace was justification, a metaphor taken from his Jewish background. From his understanding of the gospel, Paul needed to adapt the predominant Jewish understandin…
During the first century, Yeshua (Jesus) and the original Christians viewed the temple as God's dwelling place on earth. Informed by the Hebrew Bible, which they saw as the Holy Scriptures, they continued to hold the temple in high regard. The writings of the New Testament displ…
The purpose of this dissertation was to identify the sociological function of the critique of the levitical system in Hebrews and to relate that function to the purpose of the epistle. The thesis defended was that the critique supported the Author's implicit advocacy of an ideal…
The purpose of this study is to carefully examine the “Parable of the Unforgiving Servant” found in Matthew 18:23–35. Specifically this study seeks to show that Matthew presents Jesus' work as bringing an end to the exile which was caused by sin. Those who refused to accept God'…
In the study of the cultural and social matrix of the first century CE in the Galilee scholars have commonly prioritized written sources over archaeological evidence because written sources seem to contribute more directly to an understanding of the religious beliefs and practic…
This dissertation argues against the widespread belief among current scholars that Galilee experienced extensive Hellenization, rapid urbanization, and a socio-economic crisis in the first-century C.E. as a result of major socio-economic changes initiated by Herod the Great and …
This study investigates “the separation of the church and the synagogue in first-century Rome.” We speak of the “church” and the “synagogue” because it is only in their concrete forms that Christianity and Judaism can be investigated historically. We refer to “first-century Rome…
The first-century Middle Eastern church was effective in disciple-making. While some of their disciple-making methods apply primarily to first-century culture, others offer guidance for effective disciple-making in 21st-century North American church culture. Since disciple-makin…
This dissertation analyzes the role of Muslim women as transmitters of religious knowledge from the first to the eighth centuries of Islamic history. Specifically, it focuses on women's transmission of h[dotbelow]adith, reports from and about the Prophet Muh[dotbelow]ammad. The …