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This dissertation explores the relationship between religious practice and religious identity by analyzing representations of the nazirite vow created in one social context--the Eastern Mediterranean in the first six centuries of the Common Era. A nazirite vow, as described in t…

The Hebrew Bible contains numerous injunctions against Israelite involvement in polytheistic worship. While the statements of the prophets and Biblical historiographers speak of rampant polytheism in ancient Israel, and cite disloyalty to YHWH as one of the main factors contribu…

This thesis explores the disorientation that can follow the loss of religious faith, the lingering effects of religious complexes or religious trauma, and a possible path for fulfilling the religious instinct through fostering personal myths. Using psychologists Carl G. Jung, Wi…