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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"biblical texts"”.
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Mutuality and Mark: reading biblical texts with persons with poor mental health
… is explored through the interpretation of six texts from the Gospel of Mark, read in dialogue with groups of people who have variously experienced poor mental health. When juxtaposed next to biblical scholarship, these reading group interpretations offer emphases and expansions on the roles of …
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All Creatures Great and Small: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Function of Animals in Biblical Texts
… them according to their function. Proof texts can be used to justify either an anthropocentric or ecocentric perspective on animals, which is why this dissertation seeks to bring quantifiable data of how animals function in the biblical texts, in order to bring nuance to the complex issue …
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Examination of the Biblical texts that form the basis of evangelical Christian support for Israel, with special reference to the response of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
The thesis is set against a background of growing support for Israel and the Jewish people from the Evangelical Christian world. This phenomena is attracting attention from many quarters, including secular as well as religious parties. This support is all the more pronounced because it is happening …
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The Theology of Flannery O'Connor: Biblical Recapitulations in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor
… stories draw upon and transfigure various biblical texts. With sometimes shocking freedom, she twists open the original stories or references, reworking and redistributing their basic elements. Often reversing the polarity of the original stories, O'Connor's stories dramatize elements of …
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Students' Comprehension of the Almeida Version and a Modern Version of the Bible in Portuguese (A Biblia Na Linguagem de Hoje) In Selected Public Schools of Brazil : A Comparative Study
… technique.</p> <p>Method. Sixteen Bible texts of different literary styles were selected by a panel of Biblical literature experts of the Brazilian Bible Society. The texts were randomly assigned to one of the sixteen forms of the c 1 c t . s test. The cloze tests were randomly assigned …
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Scripture and Its Readers: Readings of Israel’s Story in Nehemiah 9:6 – 37, Ezekiel 20:5 – 31 and Acts 7:2 – 60
… question in the field of contemporary biblical scholarship via sustained exegetical engagement with three biblical texts, namely Nehemiah 9:6 – 37, Ezekiel 20:5 – 32 and Acts 7:2 – 60, which offer three different inner-canonical readings of scripture in the form of three distinctive …
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A Re-Examination of Pentateuchal Hamartiology and Atonement as a Hermeneutical Framework for Interpreting the Laying on of Hands
… discipline is not founded upon premises found in biblical texts, but rather, upon those found in various secular social, philosophical sciences, and other disciplines such as sociology, philosophy, anthropology, literary criticism, and the study of religion. These disciplines often reject major …
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"Frank Martin's ""golgotha"""
… him, and In Terra Pax, his first oratorio on Biblical texts. Writing immediately following World War II, the composer reflects a reaction to the catastrophe of the war years similar to that of other composers who created a sacred work of major dimensions. Although little known in America, …
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Developing a Biblical Deacon Ministry at Grace Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas
This project examines the development of a biblical deacon ministry. Chapter 1 identities four goals that deal with creating understanding among the congregation, qualifying model servants, selecting biblical deacons, and training a deacon group. Included in the context of designing a biblical …
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Reading the Bible Tu'a-wise: Tongan Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation
… the Bible Tu’a-wise: Tongan Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation.” Its key objectives are to theorize some Tongan categories of analysis, to chart some culturally shaped methods of analysis, and to read a selected text using the analytical categories and methods. These objectives do not …
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The idea of sin-impurity : the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of Leviticus
… the insight gained from � the analysis of the biblical texts (particularly Leviticus) I then examine the Dead Sea Scrolls and explore how �the redefined perception of sinimpurity in biblical texts can reshape our understanding of the concept at Qumran. It is being argued that the close analysis …
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Faith's Late Procession: Poems
… subject matter is not limited to working from biblical texts. The poems in this collection discuss the poet's ongoing struggle with faith; his father's gay identity; the difficulties of watching, as a child, his father worsen over time with advancing stages of schizophrenia, and the duality of …
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Compositional Techniques in Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams
… will be examined. Secondly, the treatment of biblical and non-biblical texts will be studied. Therefore, Hodie will be seen to represent a synthesis of compositional techniques based on the unique individuality of the musical style of Vaughan Williams. This project is divided into four …
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If It Wasn’t for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas
… and Wil Gafney’s offerings to the world of biblical scholarship have had a profound impact on Christian faith in the United States. Womanist biblical scholarship is the hermeneutics, ethics, critique, theology, and more, done with a specific lens on Black women and how we are understood …
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Hang 'em High: Humor, Politics, and Gender in Esther
… which examinations of humor and politics within biblical texts can be mutually revealing.
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Whatever Is Done in Secret: A Christian Moral Analysis of a Right to Privacy for a Digital Age
… define this moral good. Chapter 4 focuses on a biblical and theological framework for human dignity and rights grounded in a holistic status-based approach to the imago Dei and draws upon the biblical notion of human individuality and community as seen in key biblical texts. Chapter 5 brings …
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My Eyes Have Seen the King
… message that in worship, God speaks and acts. Biblical texts are employed to persuade the listeners that worship cannot take place without our relationship and response to God. This composition thesis is written for SATB chorus (with occasional divisi ), baritone solo, chamber orchestra, piano, …
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A Theological Comparison Between Social Science Models and a Biblcal Perspective of Servant Leadership
… dissertation examines servant leadership and its biblical antecedents with from specific biblical texts and non-biblical literature. Chapter 1 introduces the research concern that the Bible presents a comprehensive servant theology that is consistent through both Testaments. As well it introduces …
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The testing of our faith: A Pentateuchal theology of testing
… in the context of the history of the problem in biblical interpretation. Chapter 2 establishes the meaning of "testing" in both biblical and nonbiblical contexts. In addition to establishing a semantic field for "testing," this chapter investigates the ways that "testing" is discussed in the …
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Woman to woman : relationships in the Hebrew Bible
… purpose: to probe the representations within the biblical text in order to uncover both the relationships and the women involved in them, as well as to trace the androcentrism of subsequent commentary concerning these relationships. Two groups of commentary are examined: traditional rabbinic-style …
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