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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"BS Y Beibl"”.
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John 4:1-42: Towards a Postcolonial Reading ‘From the Centre’
This dissertation offers a postcolonial reading of John 4:1-42 undertaken ‘from the centre’. ‘From the centre’ means from a position formed by Western theological, ecclesial, and academic traditions, and therefore potentially shaped by the legacy of colonialism. Prompted by the hermeneutical …
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In Pursuit of an Ethics of Biblical Interpretation: Assessing Cheryl Anderson’s Evaluative Process through Interpretations of Romans 1:18-32.
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the possible elements of an ethics of biblical interpretation by critically examining an evaluative process proposed by Cheryl Anderson. The intention of an ethics of biblical interpretation is to ensure that interpreters take responsibility both to …
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The Gift of Living Water: A study of the relationship between water symbolism and the Spirit in the Gospel of John
As an essential element for life, water functions as a key Johannine symbol to reveal progressively that Jesus is the Word Incarnate which brings about transformation and divine revelation. This dissertation examines the extent to which John deliberately develops an increasingly intimate …
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The Spirit in the Book of Revelation and 1 John: a Theological Comparison and Reflections of the Gospel of John’s Pneumatology
This study is an investigation into the theologies of the Spirit contained in the Revelation to John and the first letter of John, two of the five ‘Johannine’ New Testament writings. It seeks to determine whether there is a direct relationship between them by comparing their theological motifs and …
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Anti-Judaism in John’s Gospel: Catholic perspectives after Vatican II Council (1962-65 CE)
Five research questions form the framework of this thesis: Is the Fourth Gospel anti-Jewish? Who are ‘the Jews’ in John’s Gospel? Does John’s Gospel reflect conflict between the Johannine community and ‘the Jews’? Is there a supersessionist Christology in John? And can certain hermeneutical reading …
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Christian Persecution in the Book of Revelation
This dissertation will argue that the persecution of early Christ followers, as referenced in the Book of Revelation, was not a myth. The imagery in the Book of Revelation, as analyzed here, conveys a sense of Christian persecution and a culture of anxiety and animosity during the apostolic age. …
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Themes, Lexemes, and "Mnemes": Composite Allusions in the Gospel of John and other Jewish Literature
This thesis examines composite allusions to the Jewish scriptures in the Gospel of John and compares these to similar phenomena in late Second Temple Jewish literature. Composite allusions are defined in this study as allusions clustered together in a single literary unit that are best interpreted …
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How Might Jesus’ Relationship with the Beloved Disciple Affirm LGBTQ+ Christians in the Twenty-First Century?
This study will consider the loving relationship between Jesus and his Beloved Disciple, as portrayed in John’s Gospel. It will focus on the various passages in which the Beloved Disciple becomes a major character in the Johannine narrative: his engagement with Jesus at the Last Supper (Jn …
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The Reception of Rebekah Within Genesis
The purpose of this dissertation is to critically assess the relationship between the character of Rebekah and her reception history. This dissertation aims to understand how she has been received by scholars and artists in comparison with how Rebekah is literarily portrayed in the biblical text. …
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Faith and failure in the gospel of Mark
… Peter’s confession at Caesarea Philippi, their obstinate misunderstanding of what messiahship means results in blindness preventing them from recognising the way of the cross which the Messiah must traverse and from accepting the full implications of true discipleship. In the narrative, Mark …
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From Irritants to Satisfaction: A Model of a Theory of Meaning Applied to Reading the‘Sabbath of the LORD’ Motif In Exodus 16
The shift in biblical studies since the Age of Enlightenment from the so-called positivist (i.e. modernist) paradigm to the postpositivist (i.e. postmodern) paradigm has become a matter of (de)centralisation of meaning and interpretation. To contribute to the topic, I argue that there is a need for …
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Tolstoy & Isaiah : an anarchist critique of Isaiah’s revolution. Developing an anarchist hermeneutic within Biblical studies.
In light of the current political climate there has been a notable increase in the presence of academic anarchist research. This year saw the second Anarchist Studies Network (ASN) conference hosted by the Centre for the Study of International Governance (CSIG) at Loughborough University. The CSIG …
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The Mission Statement of Jesus: Mark 1:15, Mark's Apocalyptically Charged Decision Motif
This dissertation examines the mission statement of Jesus in Mark 1:15: ‘The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel’. The statement will be examined from the perspective of the writer, Mark, who - it will be argued - crafted the statement as a rhetorical …
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An Analysis of Filial Relations in the Teachings of Jesus and Muhammad from the Perspective of Comparative Ethics and Scriptural Reasoning
… of interreligious dialogue. One reason for the absence of effective Christian-Muslim dialogue on textual tension is the absence of a clear hermeneutical approach that facilitates and promotes mutual understanding between the two religious traditions. The problem of textual tension can be …