Thesiss

The Bhagavadgītā is an episode in the Mahābhārata when the climactic battle is about to begin. Here, Arjuna refuses to fight, and it is Krsna's counsel that will finally convince him. The issue of Arjuna's transformation has recently attracted some scholarly comment, but most sc…

This dissertation is a linguistic and rhetorical-theological examination of Paul's language of zelos. I examine comparative literary and epigraphical evidence concerning imitation and jealousy/zeal in antiquity (primarily Greek, but also Hebrew and Latin sources). I consider the…