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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Son of God"”.
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"You are My Son": A Study of Mark's Use of Psalm 2 as Early Christian Theologizing
This study investigates the use of Psalm 2 in Mark’s Gospel, particularly as it relates to the central Christological designation “Son of God.” In so doing, it attempts to delineate the development of early theologizing on this major theological load-bearing term. Our thesis is that Mark portrays …
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"Witness" And "Bearing Witness" In The Legal Settings Of The Pentateuch And The Gospel Of John: An Intertextual Study
… witness” in the Pentateuch and in the Gospel of John, and at the same time presents an intertextual connection between these books.</p> <p>The study begins with an introduction in which I present the background and statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, the delimitations and the …
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Religious allegory in Herman Melville's Billy Budd
… an allegorical novel which reiterates the story of Christ's redemption of man from Adam's original sin. To construct the allegory, Melville blended his plot with Biblical connotations and overtones of other religion-related sources, primarily Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Malville …
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Minister to the Body: Richard Greenham and the Other Side of Puritan Pastoral Practice
This dissertation examines the role of the body in the theology and pastoral practice of Richard Greenham (c. 1540-1594). Contrary to those who find in puritanism a Platonizing disdain for the body, Greenham highly values the physical aspect of human nature. He spends much of his time and resources …
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Muslim Messiah: Evangelical Missionaries and the Controversies of Islamic Contextualization
… over their continuing mosque attendance and use of Muslim-targeted Bible translations which had avoided rendering the term "Son of God" literally. The question of whether an indigenous Christianity might be possible within Islam led to a discussion that persisted from the early 1970s to the early …
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"Joining the End to the Beginning" Divine Providence and the Interpretation of Scripture in the Teaching of Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons
… the author argues that Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons in the second century, reads the scriptures as the living proclamation of the Creator by which he creates and forms human flesh and blood. The scriptural narrative originates in God’s creation of all things ex nihilo and traces the movement …
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Jesus' resurrection as the climactic semeion in the Fourth Gospel
The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the scope of the pronoun "these" in the purpose statement of the Fourth Gospel (20:30-31). Chapter 1 sets forth the problem, thesis, method, background of this study. This chapter also deals with five different scholarly understandings on the scope to …
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The Mission Statement of Jesus: Mark 1:15, Mark's Apocalyptically Charged Decision Motif
This dissertation examines the mission statement of Jesus in Mark 1:15: ‘The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel’. The statement will be examined from the perspective of the writer, Mark, who - it will be argued - crafted the statement as a rhetorical …
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The theological role of "signs" in the Gospel of John
The author of the Gospel of John recorded the seven miracle accounts in his book and named them distinctively as shmei/on (‘sign’), while in the Synoptics the miracles are usually called du,namij (‘mighty deed’). This particular term signifies that the miracles of Jesus in this Gospel are …
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Deus in se et Deus pro nobis: The Transfiguration in the Theology of Gregory Palamas and Its Importance for Catholic Theology
… Gregory Palamas' teaching on the uncreated light of the transfigured Christ is best understood when interpreted through the category of theophany, namely, the appearance or vision of God. For Palamas, the Transfiguration is the theophany which manifests the full implications of the hypostatic …
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Journey from the Rainbow Bridge Separated Christian Socialities in an Indigenous Truku Village of Taiwan
‘Christianity’, one of the world’s major religions, refers to the general cosmological understanding centred on the belief in Jesus as the saviour, son of God, and the Bible, yet its nature is heterogeneous. Historically, Christianity has developed distinct forms and spread worldwide through a …
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Journey from the Rainbow Bridge Separated Christian Socialities in an Indigenous Truku Village of Taiwan
‘Christianity’, one of the world’s major religions, refers to the general cosmological understanding centred on the belief in Jesus as the saviour, son of God, and the Bible, yet its nature is heterogeneous. Historically, Christianity has developed distinct forms and spread worldwide through a …
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Augustine of Hippo: On Justification by Faith
<p>This study aims to retrieve Augustine of Hippo’s view of ‘justification by faith’ from his theological writings from the 390s to the end of his career. Significant sources are his early, unfinished commentaries on Paul’s letters to the Romans and his completed commentary on Galatians. In these, …
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Severing the Spirit from the Son: Theological revisionism in contemporary theologies of salvation
… exegesis, and theological conclusions of pneumatological inclusivists and their doctrine of salvation, and then offers a biblical and theological defense of soteriological exclusivism based on the relationship between the Son and the Spirit. Chapter 1 defines the categories of …
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The Trajectory of the "Warrior Messiah" Motif in Scripture and Intertestamental Writings
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the continuity/discontinuity between the Testaments with the Warrior Messiah motif as a test. The intertestamental writings (IW) were also included with their interpretive role to assess the continuity. The approach of "canonical biblical theology" …
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Christus as Hoof van die kerk en die presbiteriale kerkregering
Every system of church government, which declares to be Christian, takes its starting point in the New Testament revelation that Christ is the Head of his body, the church, (Col. 1:18); however each of these systems arrives at vastly different conclusions. The Presbyterian system of church …
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Women in Mark's gospel
This thesis aims to examine the portrayal of women in Mark's gospel in the context of his apocalyptic world-view. Each account that features women characters is interpreted in relation to Mark's definition of discipleship and his understanding of new creation. One of the key characteristics of …
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Ethics as praxis: the convergence of Michel Henry’s phenomenology of life with christianity
… is visible and transcendent. From the standpoint of the phenomenology of life, this appearing is not fundamental enough: Prior to the appearing of consciousness there is the appearing of affectivity, which is the foundation of every form of appearing. Henry is thereby able to discover the hidden …
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Factors Relating to Diminished Confidence in Core Christian Doctrines among Students in Private Colleges and Universities: a Mixed Methods Study
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine areas where students attending private colleges or universities found themselves least equipped to defend core Christian doctrines of the faith to define areas that churches and parents can better partner in equipping young adults with …
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Faith and failure in the gospel of Mark
… characters in Mark’s Gospel are animated and are of fundamental importance in his primary task of presenting the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mk 1:1). Among his key characters are the disciples (including the Twelve) and an array of minor characters, many of whom are portrayed in a …
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