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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Book of Genesis"”.
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The book of Genesis and the Genesis Apocryphon : a literary and thematic comparison
… main focus in this thesis is the understanding of Genesis 12: 1- 13: 4 and its development in the Genesis Apocryphon, one of the re-written Bible text, dealt with in this dissertation. Reading the Genesis Apocryphon, it draws your attention to firstly find out why, and secondly, to see how the …
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Chaucer's 'Book of Genesis' in 'The Canterbury Tales': The Biblical 'Schema' of The First Fragment
… in DSpace on 2014-12-08T22:38:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6808035.pdf: 23901197 bytes, checksum: 07f6678ca814f8f6a1d0a8419b56b8ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 1967
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A study of the main unifying themes in the Hebrew text of the book of Genesis
During the last two centuries, the majority of academic studies relating to the Pentateuch have concentrated on questions about source analysis and the traditio-historical development of the text. Recently, however, there has been increasing interest in studies that deal holistically with the final …
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Tour of my bedside cabinet
This thesis, Tour of my Bedside Cabinet, is a collection of poems about the speaker’s relationship with religion, queer identities, and sex/BDSM. The collection is split into sections, each of which begin with a retelling or reimagining of the creation story found in the book of Genesis. These …
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Language Contact and Inner-Syriac Developments: Lexical Study of the Peshitta Genesis
This thesis argues in favour of a corpus-based lexical analysis of the Peshitta by identifying language contact (Aramaic-Greek-Syriac) and corpus contact (LXX-P, T-P) on the one hand, and inner-Syriac developments on the other. Using case studies from Peshitta Genesis, the thesis responds to …
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A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Genesis
The aim of this project is to present an updated critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments for the book of Genesis. The reconstruction, nevertheless, will not be presented in its columnar order, which Origen originally organized. This reconstruction will follow the project format that has been …
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Revisiting Babel : sport and poetry
This work is a hermeneutic of sport as if it were poetry. The inspiration for the dissertation is to be found in a reading of the myth of the tower of Babel (Book of Genesis: 11,1-9). It is an extended and multi-pieced argument exploring an analogy between the truly strong sport performer and the …
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HUNTERS IN THE GARDEN: YUP’IK SUBSISTENCE AND THE AGRICULTURAL MYTHS OF EDEN
Yup’ik writers and Yup’ik subsistence offer valuable challenges, parallels, and alternative models to mainstream nature writing’s discourse surrounding human relationships to the land, a discourse that carries an inherent agricultural bias. An introduction to western Alaska’s Nunivak Island …
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HUNTERS IN THE GARDEN: YUP’IK SUBSISTENCE AND THE AGRICULTURAL MYTHS OF EDEN
Yup’ik writers and Yup’ik subsistence offer valuable challenges, parallels, and alternative models to mainstream nature writing’s discourse surrounding human relationships to the land, a discourse that carries an inherent agricultural bias. An introduction to western Alaska’s Nunivak Island …
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Vernacular Adaptations of Genesis in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Ireland and England
This PhD considers how the Book of Genesis was adapted to the vernaculars of Ireland and England in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. This discussion will be divided into five chapters, examining different aspects of vernacular translations of Genesis. Chapter One will outline the …
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A Study of the Development and Significance of the Idea of the 'Image of God' from its Origins in Genesis through its Historical-Philosophical Interpretations to Contemporary Concerns in Science and Phenomenology
… investigates the development and significance of the idea of the human being as made in the 'image of God', from its origin in the book of Genesis through its historical and philosophical unfolding. There are, however, many interpretations of what this means, giving rise to problems regarding …
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The composition of anonymity: Toward a theory, history, and pedagogy
<p>In keeping with its recognized function of non-identity through the suppression of proper name recognition, anonymity is not recognized as "essential" to nominalist consciousness or to intersubjective action through language. The founding philosophical discourses of identity, authority, and …
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The Battle of Good and Evil in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel published by Oscar Wilde. The novel is considered to be one of the most controversial literary works of the 19th century. In his novel Wilde uses his three main characters to reflect the battle of good and evil that exists in every man. The conflict of …
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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 dissertation argues that the birth of Isaac from Sarah’s barren womb typifies 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 …
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New Psalms for S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B. Chorus, A Capella
The Book of Psalms in the Old Testament is a collection of 150 ancient lyrical poems intended for prayer and worship of the Jehovah God. The title is derived from the Greek word Psalmoi, which stands for “words sung to a stringed instrument.” In a broader sense it also stands for ‘songs of praise’. …
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Jerome's sources in his translation of the Hebrew Bible
… present the Vulgate as Jerome’s translation of the Hebrew Bible. Jerome himself, who produced this Latin translation between the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth century CE, argued that it followed the Hebrew Bible, which in his view conveyed the “true” meaning of Scripture …
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A Remedy for Death For Mixed Ensemble
… mixed ensemble, which is inspired by the love of God in the bible. The first movement, “The Fall of Man”, is 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. …
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The Seed in Genesis 3:15 : an Exegetical and Intertextual Study
… seeks to ascertain the meaning and referent of the “seed” and its related pronouns in Gen 3:15.</p> <p>The Purpose</p> <p>The meaning and referent of “seed” and its related pronouns in Gen 3:15 have been discussed throughout the history of Jewish and Christian interpretation. This …
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The Beginning of the End: The Eschatology of Genesis
<p>Abstract</p><p>This dissertation examines the book of Genesis as a functioning literary whole, orienting</p><p>post-exilic Persian-era Judeans toward their ideal future expectations. While many have</p><p>contrasted Genesis' account of origins with the prophetic books' account of the future, …
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Ammon in the Hebrew Bible: a Textual Analysis and Archaeological Context of Selected References to the Ammonites of Transjordan
<p>The study of the Transjordanian Iron-Age (ca. 1200-550 BC) state of Ammon is important to students of the Bible because of the numerous references to the Ammonites (bene 'ammon) included in the historical and prophetic sections of the Hebrew canon. The book of Genesis traces the ancestry of the …
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