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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Messianic"”.
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The Messianic Jewish Movement and its relation to Torah
Die vorliegende Arbeit zur Messianisch Jüdischen Bewegung und ihrer Beziehung zur Torah erforscht exemplarisch anhand von 10 Interviews mit ausgewählten Jeshua-gläubigen Juden in Leitungsfunktionen die verschiedenen Aspekte der Beziehung zur Torah. Dabei entsteht durch die Auswahl der …
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The "messianic secret" in Mark's gospel: an historical survey
Abstract available: p. 7-8
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Milton, Early Modern Culture, and the Poetics of Messianic Time
… Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben--messianic time. Put in its most basic terms, messianic time is a way of thinking about temporality differently, of calling into question our narratives of how time and history function. The messianic invites us to interrogate the notions of closure, …
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Catastrophic Christianity: an Iconological Study of the Messianic Idea in American Protestant Christianity Circa 1900-1940
… variegated emblem of trust and faith, the messianic idea is the offer of religion to the people for salvation from the coming catastrophe. This dissertation analyzes the messianic idea in "America." The foci of the study are popular messianic figurations that serve as heuristic devices to …
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"By one man's firm obedience fully tried" : Christ the man and messianic misconception in Paradise Regained.
My study of Paradise Regained began with a detailed consideration of the puzzling banquet scene Milton places between the first and second biblical temptations. I soon determined, however, that the banquet is not a temptation concerned with food as an end but as a means. I believe that Milton …
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Sabbatian influences on the Chassidic and Mitnagdic movements : an excursion into messianic Kabbalah and its disseminators in the aftermath of Shabbatai Tzvi
This study hypothesises that as a result of a thorough analysis of the context and content of rabbinic texts, including the known associations of their authors − spanning the periods of Shabbatai Tzvi, the Baal Shem Tov and the Vilna Gaon − the conclusion can be reasonably drawn that the Chassidic …
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A False Messiah? A Holistic Literary and Theological Reading of Isaiah’s use of the Hezekiah Narratives
… that have often been traditionally designated ‘messianic’ (Isaiah 7, 9, 11) and therefore they will be examined in relation to their messianic character and how they relate to the person of Hezekiah. One of the arguments of this study is that there is a connection between the oracles that speak …
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Secrecy Motifs and Messianic Consciousness In the First Gospel: Pre-Easter Tradition and Historicity Vis-A-Vis the Theological Agenda of Mark and the Early Church
… textual evidence for and against an authentic messianic consciousness on the part of Jesus of Nazareth is also presented. The primary thesis of the following discussion is that an historical concealing of Jesus' divine identity would necessarily entail at least some degree of messianic …
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Hope as a Strategy: Messianism in the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas
… method similar to Heidegger's to establish messianic hope as a fundamental human motivation. Throughout Levinas's work, he borrows a religious vocabulary from his Jewish heritage that he resets into a philosophical domain. He takes a religious concept of messianism, specifically Jewish …
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Chabad Lubavitch : the centrality of the Rebbe in the movement during his lifetime and after his death
… the opportunity to study a large, world renown messianic movement that identified its Messiah, namely their Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson only to watch him die shortly after. Two years after the Rebbe's death, the Chassidim (adherents) of this movement continue to grapple with their …
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The Trajectory of the "Warrior Messiah" Motif in Scripture and Intertestamental Writings
… findings of chapter 2 on the OT show: the core messianic ideas already existed from the beginning, rather than gradual developments; earlier biblical material forms the background of the later ones, and not the surrounding ANE texts; the nature of the warfare is universal and cosmic; the divine …
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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
… angle in order to present a three-dimensional messianic portrait. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of this study by overviewing Psalms scholarship, highlighting evidence that supports a canonical approach to reading the Psalter as a unified book, and outlining the study’s methodology and thesis. …
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THE ROLE OF MESSIANISM IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN IDENTITY AND STATECRAFT
… an increasing deployment of several interrelated messianic ideas and notions has been noted in both public and official Post-Soviet discourse, raising the question of how we should understand its persistence and contemporary revival. We first develop a conceptual framework based on insights about …
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Old Testament characters as Christological witnesses in the Fourth Gospel
… function of these patriarchs is to undergird the messianic identity of Jesus. Chapter 3 concerns Elijah in early Judaism and John. The eschatological expectation of Elijah in the former period is marked by his militant subjugation of the gentiles along with the reconciliation ministry. The …
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The Seed in Genesis 3:15 : an Exegetical and Intertextual Study
… in the Hebrew text of Gen 3:15 reveals the Messianic import of this watershed verse. The clash between the serpent and the woman becomes the long-lasting enmity between their respective plural collective seed comprising all human beings. This narrows down into a fatal clash between Satan, …
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"You are My Son": A Study of Mark's Use of Psalm 2 as Early Christian Theologizing
… his distinctive appropriation of eschatological-messianic 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 …
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Jewish Jesus, Gentile church - Jewish meal? The origins and development of the Lord's Supper through a Jewish prism
… in the first place? Secondly, are the Passover, messianic banquet, Last Supper and Lord’s Supper linked through the death of Jesus? Thirdly, was the Lord’s Supper affected by evocations of Jewish celebrations? And finally, to what extent did the Passover influence the ethos of the Lord’s Supper …
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Jodi Calls
… patient in Vietnam War era America who has messianic delusions.</p>
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State power and revolution : toward a strategic-relational analysis of the 1979 revolution in Iran
… the rise and dominance of an innovative, Shi’ite messianic narrative. This was embodied in Khomeini’s role in Iranian politics. Therefore, this study explores the history of Shi’ism and the Shi’a messianic movements to identify the resources and capacities available to Khomeini to promote his …
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