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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Enoch"”.
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The Book of Enoch and Second Temple Judaism.
… examines the ancient Jewish text the Book of Enoch, the scholarly work done on the text since its discovery in 1773, and its seminal importance to the study of ancient Jewish history. Primary sources for the thesis project are limited to Flavius Josephus and the works of the Old Testament. …
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Joseph Smith, Mormonism and Enochic Tradition
… compared Smith’s extract of the prophecy of Enoch, written in 1830-31, with the pseudeupigraphic 1 Enoch, written prior to the first century CE, and Nibley found numerous parallels. Second, in a seven point argument, Nibley denied that Smith had access to any material related to 1 Enoch, in …
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Tongue of Flesh - Tongues of Fire: Enoch’s Encounter with the Heavenly Court in 1 Enoch 14-16 in Comparison with the Encounters in the Hebrew Bible
<p>The connections between Enoch’s encounter with the heavenly court in 1 Enoch 14-16 has long been connected with the similar encounters of Micaiah ben Imlah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. All four of these encounters depict a meeting between a mortal and the heavenly court, including …
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Where the Shadows Lie : finding the other in the Spatial Depictions of the Underworld in The Book of Enoch, Inferno and Paradise Lost
… Depictions of the Underworld in The Book of Enoch, Inferno and Paradise Lost” answers a question of spatial behaviour in the three texts, in terms of the portrayal of the characters of Fallen Angels, who have been Othered from Heaven, in each text within the spatial context of their …
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Bound to Sin: New Interpretations of the Fallen Angels in Select Early Christian Fathers
… chapters 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, …
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Unveiling wisdom: a literary and theological study of wisdom traditions in the Book of Revelation
… language in apocalyptic writings such as 1 Enoch and 4 Ezra, this thesis focuses on its use in the Book of Revelation. Chapter 1 introduces the topic, and surveys questions concerning the relationship between apocalyptic and wisdom literature in dialogue with modern genre theory. It is …
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The royal priest: Psalm 110 in biblical-theological perspective
… of the authors of the Testament of Levi, 1 Enoch, 2 Enoch, and 11QMelchizedek. Chapter 5 focuses on how the New Testament develops the union of priesthood and kingship in the person and work of Jesus Christ on the basis of Psalm 110. The Gospel of Mark and the epistle to the Hebrews pick up …
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THE RESTORATION OF HUMANITY: Temple Cosmology, Worship and Israel-Nations Unification in Biblical, Second Temple and Pauline Traditions
… Second Temple traditions—including 1 Enoch 10:20–11:2; Tobit 14:3–11; Sibylline Oracles 3:772–95; 1 Enoch 90:28–38; and Josephus’ Antiquities 8.116–117—follow suit, often employing one or more of the above biblical traditions. These early Jewish traditions describe Israel-nations …
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The divine agent in Intertestamental Judaism : the origins of the concept in the Hebrew tradition and its application in the figures of the the "Son of Man" in the Similitudes of Enoch and the "Logos" in the writings of Philo of Alexandria
… These are the "Son of Man" in the Similitudes of Enoch and the "Logos" in the writings of Philo of Alexandria. While the rabbinic and other legal abstractions are not a valid ideal model for understanding Divine Agency, they are nevertheless useful in that they articulate concepts more concisely …
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Kaige and the Early Transmission History of the Bible: A Reassessment
… Bible and deuterocanonical works such as 1 Enoch. This research suggests that kaige revision was concurrent with the standardisation of the proto-Masoretic Text, offering a rare glimpse into the last layers of biblical redaction. Moreover, the thesis situates kaige revision within the …
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The Eschatological Role of the Jerusalem Temple: An Examination of Jewish Writings Dating from 586 BCE to 70 CE
… of a new age. Such a role is indicated in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Pseudo Philo, Tobit, Sirach, 2 Maccabees, and the Temple Scroll.</p>
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Robust Normativity in Complexity Science
… if they’re capable of such). Following David Enoch, I refer to such standards as “robustly normative”. Chapters 1 and 2 show that molecular biologists and neuroethologists reason as though certain kinds of functions and mechanisms, respectively, are robustly normative. Chapters 3 and 4 show …
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Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ: 1 Peter 3:18-22 in Its Tradition-Historical and Literary Context
… human sin and punishment traditions throughout 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Dead Sea Scroll material, and other relevant works that may have played a role in the formative history of 1 Peter 3:18-22. This thesis also attempts, based upon the conflation of previous traditions, to ascertain the identity of …
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The Kent County News: A History and an Era, 1950-1980
… files of the Kent County News housed in the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, Maryland, every issue of the paper from 1950 to 1980 was examined for information on these three issues. Other material used in this study included interviews with editors of the Kent County News, secondary source …
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Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John
… that traditions preserved in the Epistle of Enoch and later Enochic texts have played a formative role in shaping the author’s theological perspective concerning material blessing for the faithful in the present age and the world through which he legitimised the radical stance he imposed on …
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Pentecostalism, Politics, and Development in Nigeria: Understanding Investment in Nigerian Development in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)
… powerful indigenous Pentecostal church. Enoch Adeboye took over the church's leadership in 1981 following the death of Akindayomi, and is largely responsible for developing the church into the global religious movement that it is today. An understudied feature of the RCCG movement is its …
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Accurate Uncertainty Quantification and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Machine Learning Models for Toxicological Risk Assessment
… alerts for covalent DNA binding developed by Enoch et al. (2010) and often where the model assigns a negative label it still correctly identifies the structural alert where applicable.
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Persecution and Cosmic Conflict in Galatians
… the theme in other early Jewish texts (Daniel; 1 Enoch; 4 Ezra; 2 Baruch; Jubilees; 1 Maccabees; 2 Maccabees; 4 Maccabees; 1QS; CD; 1QM). This survey reveals that Paul’s iteration of the theme possesses continuity and discontinuity with other authors. Chapter 5 offers a historical reconstruction …
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Cosmic conflict and the divine warrior in Paul's letter to the Romans.
… Amos, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, along with 1 Enoch, Psalms of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon, the War Scroll (1QM), and 4 Ezra. These Jewish documents offer evidence of the motifs available to Paul as he crafts his articulation of the gospel and provide one means of constructing the "encyclopedia" …
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