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This dissertation fills a gap in the scholarly study of Classical Hebrew grammar and syntax with the first comprehensive study of oath formulae. The difficult and elliptical nature of oath syntax, along with the multitude of diverse formulae employed, has often given scholars an…

The political uses of Italian opera during the turbulent decade that culminated in the revolutions of 1848-49 is a familiar topic, but one that in recent years has come under more rigorous and critical scrutiny. This dissertation enters the scholarly conversation by examining th…

From the unique perspective of the oath, this study investigates the entanglements of change in Kenya during the Mau Mau period, 1952-1960. Specifically, it challenges the prevailing Mau Mau narrative, revealing the oath as a complex, adaptive, and rational process ordered aroun…