The purpose of this dissertation is to examine God's intentions for the nations in the eschaton as depicted in Isaiah 40-55 and to delineate Israel's role in that plan. First, what is the extent of God's redemptive promises? Second, what is Israel's role in any provision of divi…
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The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the place of the nations in the book of Isaiah, particularly focusing on the prophecies that deal with the gentile nations positively in relation to salvation on Mount Zion. This work argues the thesis that the book of Isaiah presen…
An intertextual analysis of the Apostle Paul's Torah theology in the light of other early Jewish Torah theologies. The thesis is that when Paul wrote negatively about Torah (Jewish Law) he was not addressing Torah per se, but rather a particular mode of envisioning Torah that is…
This dissertation argues that through the use of rhetorical criticism, Paul's argument in Romans 9–11 can be understood as both literarily and theologically coherent. This study argues against such positions as that the coherence of Romans 9–11 is not demonstrable, or that one c…
This study is an attempt to understand what the author of the letter says about the relationship between Jews and Gentiles in Eph 2:11–22. More specifically, it deals with (1) the occasion that prompted the author's concern with the relationship between Jews and Gentiles, and (2…
The characterization of the Markan disciples has been and continues to be the object of much scholarly reflection and speculation. For many, the Markan author's presentation of Jesus' disciples holds a key, if not the key, to unlocking the purpose and function of the gospel as a…
The goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate that the narrative structure of a historical account gives significance to particular historical events in the narrative, using the death of Paul as a case study. The first narrative analyzed in this study is the Martyrdom of Paul,…