This dissertation explores how Matthew's Gospel employs texts drawn from the Hebrew Scriptures in his portrayal of Jesus. Six passages (1:1–2:23; 4:1–11; 5:1–8:1; 8:16–9:38; 17:1–9; 28:16–20) provide the basis. What scriptural texts are selected? What are characteristics of thei…
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Following Napoleon's invasion of Palestine in 1799, up to Mehemet Ali's conquest in 1831, an increasing number of Western Europeans went to explore this long-neglected Holy Land. Many published their travels, but none described the planning needed for such an expedition, nor the…
This dissertation examines the role of Moses in the Fourth Book of the Psalter (Pss 90–106). Chapter 1 sets out a methodology for the dissertation. The methodology is based on a canonical-reader approach in which the final form of the text is used and attention is given to the s…
This study evolved from the question: Do the two major OT collections of miracle narratives associated with Moses/Joshua and Elijah/Elisha have common characteristics that may be distinguished from other more ordinary OT miracle narratives? Then another question arises: What sig…
This dissertation addresses the literary character and function of the principal portraiture of Moses in the Pentateuch. Pentateuchal authors adapted tropes and traditions, well-attested elsewhere in biblical and other ancient Near Eastern sources, to identify Moses as an exalte…
Exodus 34:29-35 contains an ambiguous Hebrew phrase that describes the peculiar condition of Moses' face after his encounter with God on Mt. Sinai. The iconographic tradition of Moses in religious art includes many depictions of him as "horned," yet the early exegetes described …
Perhaps the most widely known episode of a calling is the burning bush experience of Moses, leader of Israel's sojourn to freedom from Egyptian captivity. At present, the phenomenon of being called to a place, vocation, or career has limited social science research. Indeed, prio…
Exodus 32–34 contains a series of dialogues between Moses and God, where Israel's future is negotiated. In these chapters, which begin with Israel making and worshiping a golden calf, Moses convinces God to spare Israel from destruction, asks God to reveal himself corporeally, a…
While studying narratives in the context of its own religious tradition may uncover that religious tradition's doctrines and priorities, this study assumes that a comparative model contributes to a clearer understanding of the uniqueness of each religion's ideas. By comparing re…