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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Literary structure"”.
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The Literary Structure of the Genesis Creation Story
… Recently, under the influence of contemporary literary studies, attention has been drawn to the validity of the synchronic approach, and more and more scholars have thus become aware of the importance of the liteary structure of this text. The latter has been dissociated from the thematic …
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The Contribution of Terminological Patterns to the Literary Structure of Leviticus
… dissertation is to investigate both the microstructure and macrostructure of Leviticus on the basis of terminological patterns.</p> <p>The first chapter deals with the method of analysis and the scope of the study. Aiming at detecting thestructural outline, it is concerned only with …
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A call to covenant love: Text grammar and literary structure in Deuteronomy 5-11
… applies a textlinguistic approach to discern literary structure and agenda. Chapter 1 summarizes a number of contemporary literary studies devoted to Deuteronomy 5-11, noting the tendency toward stylistic analysis that gives little thought to the formal, macrosyntactic features of a text's …
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The Literary Structure of the Fifth Book of the Hebrew Psalter: A Structural Analysis and Canonical Reading of Psalms 107–150
… thesis. Chapter 2 then argues for the tripartite literary structure of Psalms 107–150, and also discusses the fifth book’s eschatological orientation. Next, chapters 3–5 respectively analyze Psalms 107–118, 118–136, and 136–150, devoting particular attention to the way in which the fifth book’s …
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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
… and Rachel (Gen 29:31) together with the macro-literary structure of Genesis further support the connection between barrenness and death and between birth and resurrection in the book of Genesis. The interpretive perspectives of both the prophet Isaiah and the author of Hebrews, among several …
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An evaluation of the cumulative value of the theories regarding the temporal priority of either Ezra or Nehemiah
… thesis addresses the issues arising from literary structure. text, and from external or indirect evidence. The individual points in these areas are covered in three chapters, but in independent sections. A brief summary of the conclusions of each section, and how they interrelate with the …
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Scepticism and ironic correlations in the joy statements of Qoheleth?
… 9.7-9; 11.8-9) in order to understand their literary nature and effects. The thesis question which this dissertation attempts to answer is: Can scepticism and ironic correlations be found in the joy statements of Qoheleth? After examining the thesis question, the conclusion was drawn …
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Historiography and Extra-Biblical Sources Related to Daniel
… source and analyzes its historical reliability, literary structure, biases, and relevance for Daniel. The next two chapters include analysis of this kind. The fourth chapter analyzes the Persian texts. These sources also exist in Akkadian but are heavily pro-Persian. Cyrus and his administration …
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Antonius Scandellus, the Third Kantor of the Lutheran Church at the Saxon Electoral Court Chapel in Dresden: His Liturgical Music With an Emphasis on the Motets
… setting of this text), and more motets. The literary structure and liturgical function of these are described, and forty-seven motets are singled out for musical analysis, eight of which are transcribed and receive the most thorough attention. Of twenty-one hymn motets, Vom Himmel hoch is …
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The "Lamb of God" Title in John's Gospel: Background, Exegesis, and Major Themes
… also examined. Second, the study analyzes the literary structure of John 1, includes an exegesis of John 1:29-34, and discusses the Lamb of God title as well as other titles of Jesus found in the pericope. In addition, this discussion provides an overview of the diverse contributions offered by …
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Truth and Terror: a Text-Oriented Analysis of Daniel 8:9-14
… text-oriented analysis that utilizes linguistic, literary, and intertextual procedures.</p> <p>In chapter 1, an overview of modern text-oriented approaches and the review of recent literature on Dan 8 pave the way for a description of this study's methodology, which consists of a combination of …
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The concept of holiness in the book of Ezekiel.
… This has the added benefit of highlighting those literary features that are particularly important for the interpretation of the passages being studied. The next four chapters present the main argument of the thesis. Chapter 2 examines Ezek. 20:5-26 for its literary structure and thence deduces …
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The Laws of Clean and Unclean Animals of Leviticus 11: their Nature, Theology, and Rationale (an Intertextual Study)
… laws. Chapter 3 examines the context and the literary structure of Lev 11 and demonstrates on exegetical grounds various links among Pentateuchal passages (Gen 1-2, Gen 3, Gen 7-9, Lev 11, and Deut 14:2-21). Chapter 4 describes these dietary regulations in the broader perspective of a theology …