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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Jewish literature"”.
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Distant proximities: Whiteness and worldedness in contemporary Jewish literature
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Abraham traditions in Middle Jewish literature : implications for the interpretation of Galatians and Romans.
… Abraham functioned in different types of Middle Jewish works. In several different contexts, Abraham functioned as the ideal Jew. The most popular traditions were that Abraham was the first monotheist and anti-idolater, he was obedient to the Mosaic law, and he was hospitable. In Galatians Paul …
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A Queer Genealogy of "Havruta": Study Partnership as Intimate Relationship Between Men in Jewish Literature
This dissertation traces a literary lineage in Jewish cultural imaginations that associates havruta—an educational method of long-term study partnership that has evolved in a male homosocial context of traditional Judaism as a central pedagogical method and an important religious practice—with …
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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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“Do Not Covet”: The Tenth Commandment In Pauline Ethics
… the Tenth Commandment in the Hebrew Bible, early Jewish literature, and Paul. Over the course of this investigation, it is demonstrated that the Tenth Word plays a more influential role in the ethical thought of Paul than previously recognized. Chapter 1 details the thesis, methodology, and …
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True and false boasting in 2 Cor. 10-13.
… by investigating boasting in Graeco-Roman and Jewish literature. Chapter One examines this theme in Graeco-Roman sources and discusses the rationale behind the practice and limitation of self-praise. In Chapter Two, we explore the theme of boasting in Jewish literature and pay particular …
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A zsidó identitás "üvegszilánkjai", avagy értelmezési kísérletek Chaim Potok A kiválasztott című regényéhez
American Jewish literature is a complex field containing numerous poems, short stories and novels. In my dissertation, I deal with one of the major representatives of the second generation of American Jewish writers, Chaim Potok. Next to his life, my interests go to his works, especially his first …
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Old Testament characters as Christological witnesses in the Fourth Gospel
… for John and the Gospel's indebtedness to the Jewish heritage is also noted. Combining these two aspects, some scholarly attempts to account for Johannine Christology in terms of Jewish hero redivivus theories are reviewed. An important consensus has emerged from German scholarship that sees …
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The German Jewish Post-Holocaust Novel: Narrative and a Literary Language for Loss
… investigates how a constellation of German Jewish post-Holocaust novels confronts the paradox of recovering and recuperating lost stories of Holocaust victims. I analyze how works by Edgar Hilsenrath, Jurek Becker, and Fred Wander reveal a preoccupation with the innumerable stories and …
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The experience of motherhood within the Orthodox Jewish community
… motherhood within north-west London’s Orthodox Jewish community. Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, semi-structured interviews were conducted amongst seven mothers, each with three or more children, the youngest being over the age of one. All participants were religious Orthodox Jews …
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Grace, Obedience, and the Hermeneutics of Agency: Paul and his Jewish Contemporaries on the Transformation of the Heart
… of agency and obedience for Paul and for his Jewish contemporaries. While post-Sanders scholarship has rightly noted the coexistence of grace and works in the Pauline and Jewish literature, it has failed to account for the diverse and sophisticated ways in which those two concepts can coexist. …
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The Topography of utopia : Revelation 21-22 in light of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman utopianism.
… expectations according to Greco-Roman and Jewish literature, and second, to read Revelation 21–22 in light of these utopian expectations. In order to construct a description of ancient utopianism, I survey a large swath of ancient literature and categorize the various forms of utopian …
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Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John
… community in the Apocalypse is informed by Jewish apocalyptic traditions related to wealth in the Second Temple period. Previous studies have attributed the author’s radical stance against wealth and economic participation to an ad hoc response against the idolatry and social injustices of …
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Afterlives: Translations of German Weltliteratur Into Yiddish
… the cultural value placed on German language and literature in Yiddish discourse at significant points of historical transition between 1876 and 1966. I compare German literary texts with their Yiddish translations in the context of contemporary understandings of world literature and Jewish …
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"You are My Son": A Study of Mark's Use of Psalm 2 as Early Christian Theologizing
… interpretations of Psalm 2 found in early Jewish literature. These interpretations are not just of the psalm’s Davidic son of God figure, but also of the psalm’s important themes arising from its basic plotline. Mark gives enough indications in his narrative so that his allusions to Ps 2.7 …
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Working for the Glory of God: The Distinction Between Greed and Self-Interest in the Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul
… between self-interest and greed. The review of literature in chapter 1 reveals that definitions of greed often rely on such terms as “excessive” and “inordinate,” without defining the terms. Chapter 2 shows Paul’s expectation that believers work usefully in the church, home, and marketplace. …
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Idolatry and authority: a study of 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1 in the light of the Jewish diaspora
… the examination of the various relevant Diaspora Jewish literature, inscriptions and papyri, and finally the NT passage. And this reveals that while there is a package of definitions of idolatry, these definitions do not always operate as a package. Jews adopted different definitions and so carved …
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Cosmic conflict and the divine warrior in Paul's letter to the Romans.
… the apostle Paul's adaptation of the pervasive Jewish divine conflict motifs—specifically the image of God as a warrior—found in the Hebrew Bible, the septuagint, and other Jewish literature. In this study, I investigate Paul's use of the image of God as divine warrior in his letter to the …
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Israel's salvation: The meaning of "all Israel" in Romans 11:26
… phrase "all Israel" in the Old Testament, early Jewish literature, and the New Testament. It refers to the covenant people of God in the Old Testament. It does not necessarily include everyone in Israel. In early Jewish apocalyptic literature, the phrase "all Israel" often refers to the faithful …
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According to What Nomos: Understanding Romans 2 in Conversation with Diaspora Jewish Conceptions of Nomos
… 2. On the other hand, Paul appears to have the Jewish law in mind, and there is no consensus about how Paul conceives of the Jewish law in his argument, given the similarities with Greco-Roman conceptions of nomos.</p><p>In this dissertation, I attempt to explain the conception of nomos in …
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