This study focuses on the degree to which three religious rituals--Sabbath observance, fasting, and circumcision--took on a particular shape for ancient Israel during the period of the Babylonian exile (ca. 6th cent. B.C.E.), and influenced the final shape of the covenant narrat…
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The following dissertation utilizes an interdisciplinary methodology through the incorporation of the sociological theory of collective remembering as set forth by Jeffrey Olick. Olick's process-relational perspective will be utilized alongside his counter-concepts of field, gen…
The purpose of this study was to provide a theoretical framework based on a review of the literature of the practice of Sabbath-keeping to determine whether this practice promotes psychological health and spiritual well-being. Psychological health and spiritual well-being were d…
The idea for this study arose out of an investigation into the meaning of John 5:17, where Jesus states, “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.” The narrative casts this work as Sabbath work. The question is, What background evidence is there for God's working on…
This study examines the background and significance of the sabbath frame around the golden calf episode (Exod 31:12-17; 35:1-3). It does so especially in terms of the OT literature itself, but also recognizes that the OT reflects in complex ways elements of its ANE milieu. The s…
The Sabbath as the central commandment of the Law relates all of Judaism to God, to creation, to redemption, and to the final fulfillment of the promises in the eternal Sabbath of the end-time. However, early in the inception of Christianity, Sunday replaced the Sabbath as the d…
The project facilitator sought to encourage married pastors and their spouses to implement four weekly Sabbaths into their lives. The pastors are all in full-time weekend ministry and their spouses are in full-time secular careers. The facilitator met with each couple for two ho…
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