This dissertation intends to demonstrate that Karl Barth's doctrine of the Trinity, in that it is determined to be faithful not only to the apostolic, but also the prophetic witness to the God of Israel, provides the church with a different and highly-valuable approach to the do…
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Biblical scholarship has reached a consensus with respect to the presence of a divine assembly of gods in Israel's faith. Prior to the sixth century B.C.E., Israelite religion underwent an evolution from an initial polytheism to a firm monolatry, where the other gods of the divi…
This thesis will identify and analyze a complex set of interrelations in the book of Ezekiel involving the representation of Yahweh, the differentiation of Yahweh from other deities, and the relationship of Yahweh to Israel in exile. The unifying element of these three concerns …
The worship of Christ in the Apocalypse of John seems contradicted by the guiding angel's emphasis that only God should be worshiped (19:10; 22:8-9). The dissertation is an attempt to explore this problem against the background of "angel worship" in Early Judaism. An examination…
This work presents that the God of the Old Testament, who enacted great deeds through the people of Israel to bring fame to the name of JHVH, underwent a name transformation in the salvific events of the New Testament. In Old Testament times, JHVH's name was "called"over or asso…
This dissertation examines Paul's statement in Romans 9:5 within the context of Romans 9-11. The thesis of the dissertation is that in the Christological passages in Romans 9-11, Paul spoke of Jesus in a manner that suggests that in Romans 9:5 he meant that Christ is God over al…
Despite the ceaseless flood of publications on the origins of monotheism, and its alleged "refinement" in the exilic period (especially Deutero-Isaiah), attention to the varieties and functions of monotheistic discourse in the Persian/early Hellenistic period literature is scant…
The female body has historically been a site of struggle in western society. The dualism of the mind and the body, or flesh and spirit, has generally associated the female body with lesser nature or matter while associating the male body with the higher spirit and mind. These du…