This work traced the trajectories of developing traditions about James the Just in early Christianity. Following clues found in material about James from the first to the fourth centuries, the dissertation was divided into three parts. Part One investigated possible ante- cedent…
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Dimili is an Iranian language, part of the Indo-Iranian subgroup of Indo-European. It is spoken in central eastern Turkey. Our knowledge of the structure of the language had been based exclusively on fieldwork done before 1910 partly due to official policy restrictions in the ar…
This work is a study of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice William Strong (1808-1895). The pervasive influence of family and religion molded him and provided the basis of his legal training and eventually led him to serve two terms in Congress (1846-1850). In 1857, he …
Two avian strains of Pasteurella multocida, strain P1059-1 and its spontaneous mutant P1059-1A, were compared with respect to virulence for adult turkeys and possession of five phenotypic traits possibly related to virulence. The traits examined were: (1) adherence to avian uppe…
The thesis sets out to examine from a musico-liturgical perspective Christian burial practice in England, together with the ritual care of the sick and dying, from the time of the earliest extant ms. sources with musical notation for the burial office (c. A.D. 980) to the eve of…
This study analysed the performance of the New York Times and the Times (London) in covering Iran from 1968 to 1978. The hypotheses were derived from assumptions of media dependence on government "information subsidies" as well as the relevance of foreign news in terms of "natio…
The purpose of this study was to study the costumes of the Il-Khanid, Timurid, and Safavid dynasties between the end of the thirteenth and middle of the sixteenth centuries to (1) establish a chronology of costumes for the three periods, and (2) relate the stylistic changes in c…
It is obvious that in order to evaluate properly the works of Josephus, we must keep in mind his motives--his desires not only to report the past, but also to please patrons, praise friends, attack enemies, publicize his erudition and promote his self-interest. We may do this to…
This study reports some empirical results from examining data on the Iranian military establishment during the Shah's rule, 1953-1979. The preliminary findings suggest an operational definition, a measuring index, and an analytical method for explaining the military component of…
The primary undertaking of this study has been to investigate language change in Gilan, especially during the period from the beginning of the twentieth century until 1979. Data for this study were gathered during two periods of fieldwork in Iran, the first in 1979 and the secon…
The aim of this thesis is to show that, despite a number of critics who either frowned upon or ignored W. B. Yeats's psychical interests, consideration of his mediumistic encounters between 1911 and 1916 is indispensable to the study of his art. Indeed, Yeats's unpublished recor…
This thesis investigates the theory and practice of episcopal government in the English Church between 1603 and 1625. The source material consists of the records of seventeen diocesan archives in the province of Canterbury, in conjunction with primary printed and manuscript sour…
A theoretical study has been undertaken of the phenomenon of non-steady state lubrication of concentrated point and line contacts. This has been based upon a study of the effect of squeeze-film action in both hydrodynamically and elastohydrodynamically lubricated contacts. The w…
Not much is known about the demographic situation of Ethiopia. In the absence of a national census and vital registration system, demographic data is still scanty. The sources for the available data and their limitations are discussed. The country has been experiencing high leve…