Bu çalışmada Fransız filozof ve düşünür Paul Ricoeur‘ün hermeneutik anlayışını ele alınmıştır. Ricoeur‘ün felsefesindeki temel amaç beşeri söylemin parçacıklı halinden kurtarılarak bütünleştirilmesidir. Ricoeur bu bütünleştirmenin yorum olmadan başarılamayacağını ifade eder. Dol…
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Trying to make sense of the brutal crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been one of the more controversial tasks of soteriological discourse in Christianity. While always understood within the light of the resurrection, scripture abounds with multiple metaphors that have attempted to…
This dissertation presents a theory of teaching derived from the production and reception of translations, with a particular focus on the neophyte. The neophyte is described as either an individual who through the process of literary translation deepens his or her understanding …
The frequent use of illustrations in Biblical material involving "fruit" can imply complex meanings by the author. Because an author can use a common illustration to express a different meaning than another author (or even her own use in another context), the interpreter cannot …
Thomas Kuhn's typology of scientific paradigm revolutions suggests is a particularly valuable way of mapping the significant points of the paradigm shift process in the Qumran Community's encounter with the Teacher of Righteousness and in Paul's encounter with Jesus of Nazareth.…
This thesis investigates the dialectical nature of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) phenomenon a common buzzword in today’s globalized economy. The emergence of CSR as a significant issue in recent years can be attributed to the expectation in developed countries for busine…
In my earlier work, 'First steps towards a rhetorical hermeneutics of literary interpretation' (2006), I argued that academic reading takes the form of an argument between readers. Four serious weaknesses in that account are its elision of the distinction between reading and dis…
Although relatively rare, encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is nonetheless a major concern within the renal community. Risk of developing EPS is associated with long-term peritoneal dialysis. Surgery now offers better outcomes. Research into EPS continues to focus on imag…
This thesis is a phenomenology of understanding in the context of development practice in East Africa. It is framed by stories of my life and work, experiences rooted in European traditions and provoked and expanded in encounter with African traditions. My question began with me…
The Thesis analyses and evaluates how Gavin Douglas (Eneados, 1513) has refocused Virgil's Aeneid, principally by giving more emphasis to the serial particularity inherent in the story, loosening the narrative structure and involving the reader in its retelling. Chapter I pieces…
The story of Rahab in Joshua 2 has traditionally been interpreted as the account of a foreign woman and low-status prostitute who changes the course of her life when she converts to Yahweh, the God of Moses. In return for her faithful act of saving the spies sent by Joshua to se…
Experience is always seen through embodied eyes. Through a clarified way of seeing called, Anmerkungen or “afterwords”, poetry takes note of the truth inherent to subjectivity as reflected in language. These afterwords challenge the reality of “not yet” [ nocht nichts] seeing fr…
This study explores Luke's use of the Old Testament in light of one of the questions Acts answers: who are the people of God? The surprising inclusion of Gentiles as Gentiles, rather than as circumcised proselytes, into the people of God is defended and explained by Luke's work.…
The thesis of this dissertation is that New Testament authors employ Habakkuk 2:4b in their arguments in a way that is consistent with its original contextual meaning. The main body of the dissertation comprises four chapters. The first of these, chapter 2, examines Habakkuk 2:4…
This dissertation contends for the necessary inclusion of contemporary application in the expository sermon. Furthermore, it seeks to establish the nature of contemporary application that is faithful to the authorial intent of a specific biblical text as derived through a histor…
Since the advent of the "talking cure," (Breuer and Freud, 1893) questions have been raised as to how, specifically, a particular kind of verbal interaction between two individuals is thought to bring about the kinds of change associated with therapeutic outcomes. This essay use…
In the period before and during the English Revolution, Protestants of all stripes began to claim that the Old Testament pointed not only to the New Testament, but also to the events of their own moment. English reformers began to construct images of self, nation, and history in…
The thesis of this dissertation is that the use of Exodus allusions as well as quotations by Auctor reflects the significant explanatory, theological, and hermeneutical role that Exodus played in the development of Auctor's thought. The text-oriented study demonstrates that (1) …
This research project provided an opportunity for reflection among selected Iranian professionals who came to the United States after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Specifically, it studied how, through mediation of past history and current cultural and professional experience, th…