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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"yhwh"”.
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La teología sobre YHWH en el Ciclo de Elías (1R 16,29–2R 2,25)
… y cuatro títulos proféticos. Las categorías son YHWH Dios de Israel, YHWH Dios vivo, Palabra de YHWH, Cuidado o protección, y Comer y beber. Los títulos proféticos son profeta, siervo, hombre de Dios y tisbita. Al cierre, la síntesis teológica recoge las seis antinomias de YHWH: muerte-vida, …
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A canonical exegesis of the eighth Psalm : YHWH's maintenance of the created order through divine reversal.
… as the reversal motif; the psalm describes YHWH as making his name great in all of creation by exalting relatively insignificant things over and against seemingly superior things, as is seen most prominently in the exaltation of the human to the role of YHWH's vice-gerent. 2) The motif of …
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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
… Isaac’s birth is the anticipated means by which YHWH will accomplish his promised destruction of the serpent (Gen 3:15) and restoration to life in his presence. To defend this thesis, I argue that Moses inaugurates death and resurrection typology in the Eden narrative (Gen 2:4–3:24) with the …
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Exodus 34:6-7 : a canonical analysis.
… on the intimate covenantal relationship between YHWH and ancient Israel towards an expression of the reign of YHWH over all of creation. The dissertation will also explore the different manifestations of the parallels as found in the canon. Attention will be given to how the different contexts of …
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Tolstoy & Isaiah : an anarchist critique of Isaiah’s revolution. Developing an anarchist hermeneutic within Biblical studies.
… and that Isaiah, in his role as a mediator of YHWH, acts to garner support for the revolution and encourage people to behave according to ideals of the revolution. I chiefly concern myself with how the revolutionary event is to be achieved and how the post-revolutionary society is to be …
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Explaining Ezekiel’s Enigmatic Muteness
… Ezek 11:13, 25; 13–14; 20; 24:18, 20) despite YHWH barring him from speech and from being some sort of “reprover” toward Israel (אִישׁ מוֹכִיחַ; Ezek 3:26) until his release (Ezek 33:22). It also explicates the sign function of Ezekiel’s muteness (מוֹפֵת; Ezek 24:27). I contend that Ezekiel’s …
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“You Only Have I Known”: Social Identity and the Book of Amos
… themselves with the ingroup. In this case, both YHWH and Amos are shown to be prototypical group members. Chapter 4 explores Amos’s use of the past for the purpose of identity-formation. Social memory is introduced as an additional heuristic tool to interpret history as an othering strategy in …
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The Ark of the Covenant as a Material Actant: Adapting New Materialist Concepts for Cause and Effect
… Ark-related passages, it emerges firstly that YHWH invites rather than compels human participation in actions and communities connected with him. Human actants are free to choose how to relate to YHWH and can even reject him from their midst, though this comes with consequences. Secondly, how …
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"See and Read All These Words": the Concept of the Written in the Book of Jeremiah
… of Jeremiah to the words of the prophet and of YHWH. </p><p> To authenticate the book of Jeremiah as the word of YHWH, its tradents present a theological account of the chain of transmission from the divine to the prophet, and then to the scribe and the written page. Indeed, the book of Jeremiah …
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"On this day atonement will be made for you": A theology of Leviticus 16
… of Israel's sin and the continued presence of YHWH in their midst. The writer of Leviticus 16 understands the logical correlation between the purgation of sacred space and the purgation of sacred people. To purge sacred space is to re-declare the status of YHWH, holy and radically independent, …
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Mobile Societies, Mobile Religions: On the Ecological Roots of Two Religions Deemed Monotheistic
… of worship centered around Ahura Mazda and YHWH were affected by similar environmental contexts. The dearth of literature concerning the effects of environments on religions extends to established theoretical and methodological approaches on the topic. The framework for approaching this …
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The Emotion of Joy and the Rhetoric of Reversal in Luke-Acts: A Socio-Rhetorical Study
… provides the reader/auditor with evidence that YHWH has fulfilled or begun to fulfill his promises. Subjectively, the joy theme provides pathos or emotional power that draws the reader/auditor into the narrative and ultimately into the upside-down world. The emotion of joy is one of the primary …
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Christ is God Over All: Romans 9:5 in the Context of Romans 9-11
… assigning to Jesus an Old Testament reference to YHWH as the one who could save. Chapter 7 argues there is no separate way of salvation for Israel and that Jesus is YHWH, the redeemer from Zion, which Israel must join Gentiles in recognizing.
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The Use of Nakedness Imagery as Theological Language in the Old Testament
… creation, the disorder after humans sinned, and YHWH’s grace to repentant people. Nakedness in the legal texts expresses humans’ need for holiness before God and one another. Deuteronomy announces YHWH’s deprivation of his apostate people. Chapter 5 studies the use of nakedness imagery in the …
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The Book of Joshua: its Theme and Use in Discussions of the Israelite Conquest and Settlement and the Relationship of Archaeology and the Bible
… is confirmation of the presence and power of YHWH when the Israelites entered Canaan. Its theme is not conquest, but rather confirmation of YHWH.</p> <p>Archaeology has been seen as an objective measure of the truthfulness of the historical statements of the Book of Joshua. Archaeology, rather …
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Angels and Sub-Divine Supernatural Beings: Their Characteristics, Function, and Relationship to God and Humanity in Deuteronomy-Kings
… 3:2-6, appearances of the Prince of the Host (of YHWH) should be interpreted as theophanies (cf. Daniel 8:10-11). Some “angel of the LORD” passages, such as Judges 6, can also be classified as theophanies. The books of Samuel contain many references to supernatural sub-divine beings, including …
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Ezekiel 5:5-17 and Theodicy: a Theological Investigation of the Character of God
… biblical corpus to ascertain its portrayal of YHWH's character in the light of his harsh and severe judgments.</p> <p>The exegetical examination of Ezek 5:5-17 in the context of Ezek 1-24 has revealed that YHWH is a God who upholds the terms of the covenant. When his people breach the covenant …
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Paul’s Gospel Approach to the Athenians: A Missional Implication for Contemporary Nepalese Hindu Contexts
… of God. God has been revealed in the Bible as YHWH and is not the Hindus' Brahman as described in the Vedas, Gita, Upanishads, Mahabharata, the Law Code of Manu, or in the Puranas. The Biblical God is incredibly different from Brahman and Hindu Trimurti— Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu. Finding the …
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