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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Adam and Eve"”.
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"Narration and vision in the Old English ""Genesis B"""
… complex narrative representation of the actions and motivations of Satan, Adam, and Eve, based on a theological understanding of these characters' modes of perception and capacity for spiritual vision. Its narrative concurrently is a description of the biblical events of Adam and Eve's fall, a …
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The Light, for Two Narrators and Chamber Ensemble
… twenty-four minute composition for two narrators and chamber orchestra. The two narrators perform the roles of the Apostle John and Moses. After an overview of the piece and a brief history of pieces incorporating narrators, the essay focuses on my compositional process, describing how …
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Temptation in Shakespeare's Plays
Although temptation appears in all drama, every age defines problems of choice and conscience in unique ways, thus explaining temptation with unique concepts. Although now we analyze problems of moral choice in terms of the modern psychology to which we are accustomed, the Renaissance interpreted …
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"The dreams that snuff is made of: ""Le conte fantastique"" and its lethal implications"
… nineteenth century appear quite contradictory and almost mutually exclusive. One set of short stories seems to indicate that le fantastique is nothing more than (sanctioned) nineteenth century pornography. Another set of short stories indicates that there seems to exist within the male …
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The Promise of Space in Mark Twain's Traveling Narratives
… investigates Mark Twain's use of wilderness and natural space in his texts of travel, including the <italic>Diaries of Adam and Eve</italic>, <italic>Roughing It</italic>, <italic>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</italic>, and <italic>Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians</italic>, through …
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Between Two Worlds
<p>“Original Sin”—evocative and powerful words, but what if they were applied to one of the world’s most popular fairy tales? This thesis explores Snow White in the context of the Seven Deadly Sins and the grand fall of Adam and Eve. The forbidden fruit manifests itself in different ways, pulling …
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He Makes Her Desert Like the Garden of YHWH: A Typological Understanding of the Birth of Isaac as Resurrection from Death
… This typology is author-intended, prospective, and culminates in salvation history in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, resurrection from death as typified by Isaac’s birth is the anticipated means by which YHWH will accomplish his promised destruction of the serpent (Gen 3:15) and …
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The Forbidden Female: Epistemophilia in the Domestic Gothic Tradition
… as mildly rebellious in their characters and behaviors, but ultimately submissive to male characters until eventually returning to domestic circumstances similar to their origins. I join these scholarly conversations about Gothic heroines through my analysis of female curiosity and …
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The Guardian-Priesthood, the Special Presence of God, and Church Discipline: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Priesthood
… God by guarding the holiness of his temple and his people through attending to the Word of God, border management, sacrifice, and mediation. Many scholars present an incomplete picture of the priesthood because they fail to understand its development in light of Scripture’s …
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A Remedy for Death For Mixed Ensemble
… based on the book of Genesis chapter three, when Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, sin entered into this world and human are separated from God. The music portrays the characteristics of sin, which are repetitive, endless and dark. The movement begins with …
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Dear Son of Memory: Milton's Engagement with Shakespeare
… works, as well as echoes of characters, scenes, and themes. It argues that Milton viewed Shakespeare sympathetically, rather than as a rival and it therefore revises the legacy of Harold Bloom’s “anxiety of influence” model, which still dominates scholarship in Milton studies today. More …
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Bound to Sin: New Interpretations of the Fallen Angels in Select Early Christian Fathers
… of the Jewish apocryphal text, 1 Enoch, develops an obscure text from Genesis 6:1-4. Composed circa the 3rd century B.C.E., the narrative tells of the lustful desires of a group of specialized angels known as the Watchers. Driven by their desire to unite sexually with human women, these …
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Milton and romance: vernacular romance and chivalric traditions in Paradise Lost
… romance in Paradise Lost, arguing that such a handling of romance is a provocative realignment of its values according to the poet’s Christian focus. The thesis argues that Milton's use of romance is not simply the importation of a tradition into the poem; it entails a backward judgement on that …