Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Cultic"”.
-
Cultic Niches in the Nabataean Landscape: A Study in the Orientation, Facade Ornamentation, Sanctuary Organization, and Function of Nabataean Cultic Niches
… the Nabataeans placed great importance on these cultic features. However, very little is known about them. The purpose of this study was to find and record Nabataean cultic niches in a field survey and then to interpret these niches as part of a research design that proposed purposes of niche …
-
Substitution in the Hebrew Cultus and in Cultic-Related Texts
… are present in them. We discuss next the cultic legislation found mainly in the book of Leviticus. Since sacrificial substitution attempts to answer the question of the how of expiation, particular emphasis is put on the expiatory sacrifices. The occasions and procedures for these …
-
A Qualitative Exploration of Cultic Experience in Relation to Mental Health Difficulties
The thesis explores the nature of religious cults and the question of what it is about such groups that leads some former members to experience them as producing lasting harm. The methodology of Classical Grounded Theory is identified as the most suitable for this enquiry and two interrelated …
-
The Cultic Motif in Space and Time in the Book of Daniel
… spatio-temporal elements that contribute to a cultic motif in the book of Daniel and to ascertain the impact of that motif on the theology of the book.</p> <p>Chapter 1 investigates the following references and allusions to cult in the realm of space: mountain, sanctuary, temple, throne, and …
-
Cultic Allusions In The Suffering Servant Poem (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
<p>This study investigates the Hebrew cultic allusions in the Suffering Servant Poem (Isa 52:13-53:12) in order to discover the nature or meaning of the suffering of Yahweh's Servant. The survey of literature reveals that the background of the Suffering Servant Poem is to be found in the Hebrew …
-
Ritual threads : cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif.
… not clearly relate textile production to certain cultic activities, broad ancient Near Eastern culture, biblical texts, and contemporary Iron Age Levantine textile industries are informative to retrieve cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif. Ancient Near …
-
A narrative exploration of the lived experience of being born, raised in, and leaving a cultic group: the case of the Exclusive Brethren
… is considerable evidence that experiences in cultic groups can be harmful. Most studies have been on First Generation former members. Second Generation former cultic group members (SGA) are an under-researched population. Multi-Generational former members (MGA), i.e. those born into families …
-
Who am I? Self and identity narratives told by second-generation ex-members of high control cultic groups. A life story narrative inquiry
… having been raised from infancy in high control, cultic groups and who subsequently left. When a person leaves a group of this kind they often do not leave behind just group membership, or a belief system. They can leave behind material provisions such as housing, employment, finance and …
-
The Iron Age I Structure on Mount Ebal: Excavation and Interpretation
… from the Mt. Ebal site and compares it with both cultic and non-cultic materials in order to assess the nature of the site. Chapter 3 considers physical parallels for the Ebal site. Chapter 4 compares each of the physical elements of the Ebal site with biblical and other literary data relevant to …
-
The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
… the relationship between selected Iron Age cultic sites found in the land of Canaan and their material cultures. The resulting data allows the creation of tentative paradigms reflecting the material culture found in Iron Age temples, chapels, votive shrines, and offertory shrines. The …
-
<i>Hoi perì tò hierón</i>: A Study of Sacerdotal Housing at Ancient Greek Sanctuaries
… investigates the occasional phenomenon of cultic personnel residing at or near ancient Greek sanctuaries. It begins with a review of the textual evidence for the activities of cultic personnel at sanctuaries that may have necessitated their residence on site. At the core of the study are …
-
Patriarchal religion as portrayed in Genesis 12-50 : comparison with Ancient Near Eastern and Later Israelite religions
… of this is that the patriarchal religious and cultic practices frequently attested in Genesis have hardly been focused upon, except by a few scholars who have touched upon them only in passing. The present thesis takes its departure both from the scholarly consensus and from the Hebrew Bible's …
-
The Reimagination of the House of God in the Book of Ezra-Nehemiah
… God in the postexilic period: 1) resumption of cultic worship (Ezra 3:1-13; 6:16-22; Neh 10:33-35), 2) provision of priestly dues (Neh 10:36-40; 12:44-47; 13:4-14), 3) observance of the Sabbath (Neh 5:1-19; 10:32; 13:15-22), and 4) prohibition of intermarriage (Ezra 9-10; Neh 10:31; 13:23-29). …
-
The Temple Terracottas of Etruscan Orvieto: A Vision of the Underworld in the Art and Cult of Ancient Volsinii
… as Greek myth, the themes selected for their cultic structures may also have been reflected in numerous locally produced small-scale works, many with ritual connotations which highlights the consistency in the visual language employed by local artists in the service of cult. In this way, the …
-
Modeling the Mechanics of Temple Production in the Middle Kingdom: An Investigation of the Shena of Divine Offerings Adjacent to the Mortuary Temple of Senwosret III at Abydos, Egypt
… temple would have had a shena to provide for its cultic and economic needs. Although there are thousands of temples identified archaeologically from ancient Egypt, no shena have been fully investigated or published from and period of Egyptian history. Currently, all of our understanding of the …
-
Yahweh's 'Priestly Kingdom': A Metaphor for Israel's Priestly Status Function in Exodus 19.6a
… the consecration and ordination of the Aaronic cultic priesthood. Understood in this way, Israel’s hereditary sacral specialists served as the paradigm of priestly conceptions for the entire society to emulate. Macro–textual and cognitive linguistic analysis demonstrate that limiting inputs and …
-
Justice, Cult, And Salvation In Isaiah 56-59: A Literary-Theological Study
… salvation is presented from social, physical, cultic, and moral perspectives. Against this backdrop, assurance of salvation is extended to those who are convinced that they (viz., foreigners and eunuchs) are excluded from it, and this assurance is also extended to God’s people, despite their …
-
Ceramic Architectural Models from the Madaba Plains Region: A Selected Art Historical Analysis
… the iconography, creation, use, and proposed cultic practices of which these objects were part.</p> <p>Results and Conclusions</p> <p>The results of this study have shown that the architectural models and fragments chosen for research were an important part of a thriving cultic life during the …
Page 1 of 3