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Liu, Peter Lap-Ming. "Devotional application in Puritan biblical interpretation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
Full textCama-Calderon, Ahida Emperatriz. "Pragmatic linguistic methodology for biblical interpretation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
Full textVillage, Andrew. "Biblical interpretation among Church of England lay people." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/63960063-1dc5-475f-ba8b-e1c67a0c237f.
Full textHowell, Kenneth James. "Copernicanism and biblical interpretation in early modern Protestant Europe." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309018.
Full textFulford, B. M. "Biblical interpretation in Gregory of Nazianzus and Hans Frei." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599255.
Full textParris, David. "Reception theory : philosophical hermeneutics, literary theory, and biblical interpretation." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12110/.
Full textSchumacher, Walter K. "Adverbial participles and contours the interpretation of [katertismena] in Romans 9:22 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
Full textDines, Jennifer Mary. "The Septuagint of Amos : a study of interpretation." Thesis, Heythrop College (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283911.
Full textElliott, Mark 1948. "Archaeology, Bible and interpretation: 1900-1930." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288877.
Full textHurley, Robert J. (Robert Joseph). "Biblical interpretation in the Viens vers le Père catechetical series." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41618.
Full textFrom a hermeneutical perspective, the thesis offers an exercise in metacriticism. The thesis suggests an alternative to the exploitation of the Bible and the experiences of the audience as a means to clarify doctrine. It concludes that catechesis should engender a dialogue between the scriptural world and the child's world in hopes of an encounter which would elucidate both.
Brownlee, Victoria Margaret Roberta. "Reforming figures : biblical interpretation and literature in early modern England." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580119.
Full textCowley, Roger W. "Ethiopian biblical interpretation : a study in exegetical tradition and hermenentics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.598090.
Full textForey, Madeleine. "Language and revelation : English apocalyptic literature 1500-1660." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241302.
Full textCurtis, Andrew John. "Re-reading the Gospel of Luke today : from a first century urban writing site to a twentieth century urban reading site." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57946/.
Full textMeir, Amira. "Medieval Jewish interpretation of pentateuchal poetry." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28842.
Full textThe effort begins by defining Pentateuchal poetry and discussing a range of its presentations by various ancient writers. Subsequent chapters examine its treatment by Rabbi Saadia Gaon of Baghdad (882-942), Abraham Ibn Ezra of Spain (1089-1164), Samuel Ben Meir (1080-1160) and Joseph Bekhor Shor (12th century) of Northern France, David Kimhi of Provence (1160-1235), and Obadiah Sforno of Italy (1470-1550).
While all of these commentators wrote on the poetic passages, none differentiated systematically between Pentateuchal prose and poetry or treated them in substantially different ways. Samuel Ben Meir, Ibn Ezra, Bekhor Shor, and Kimhi did discuss some poetic features of these texts. The other two men were far less inclined to do so, but occasionally recognized some differences between prose and poetry and some phenomena unique to the latter.
Anum, Eric Bortey. "The reconstruction of forms of African theology : towards effective biblical interpretation." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1999. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3466/.
Full textMinamino, Hironori. "Interpretation of the Biblical First Creation Account within the Japanese Context." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2005. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU236888.
Full textPeetoom, Jacobus. "John Owen's biblical interpretation as illustrated by his exposition of Hebrews." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
Full textErasmus, Shirley. "Challenging Biblical boundaries: Jeanette Winterson’s postmodern feminist subversion of Biblical discourse in Oranges are not the only fruit (1985) and Boating for beginners (1985)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/59121.
Full textNegrov, Aleksandr I. "Biblical interpretation in the Russian orthodox church a historical and hermeneutical perspective." Tübingen Mohr Siebeck, 2001. http://d-nb.info/971325502/04.
Full textLatham, Roger Allonby. "Talking with strangers : towards a Christian, postmodern, academic model for biblical interpretation." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2006. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14077/.
Full textRussell-Jones, Amanda Barbara. "The voice of the outcast : Josephine Butler's Biblical interpretation and public theology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5801/.
Full textBriggs, Richard. "Speech act theory and biblical interpretation : toward a hermeneutic of self-involvement." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10958/.
Full textLai, Barbara Mei Leung. "Prophetic pathos in Isaiah : reading as a Chinese-Canadian woman." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1997. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3446/.
Full textKeefer, Arthur. "The didactic function of Proverbs 1-9 for the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285705.
Full textMcBay, Susannah E. "The divine warrior and cosmic catastrophe : the impact of the Sibylline Oracles on interpretation of Mark 13:24-25." Thesis, University of Chester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620873.
Full textShipley, Steven F. "Belief, false or true? an appeal for consistent interpretation of Biblical soteriological terminology /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
Full textSinclair, David Ian. "The influence of power and class on the Biblical interpretation of church members." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30760.
Full textRutledge, David. "Commentary from the margins : on the necessity of deconstruction in feminist Biblical interpretation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20164.
Full textDotterweich, Michael. "Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg the task of biblical interpretation amidst an emerging historical consciousness /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
Full textJudd, Andrew Donald. "Playing with Scripture: Reading Contested Biblical Texts with Gadamer and Genre Theory." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27200.
Full textChoi, Seungnack. "Exegesis and systematic theology : issues of hermeneutics, method, and language." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313201.
Full textBreimaier, Thomas Andrew. "Cross in the Tabernacle : Charles Haddon Spurgeon & Biblical hermeneutics." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31377.
Full textOvadis, Alyssa. "Abstraction and concretization of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil as seen through biblical interpretation and art." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92337.
Full textWitts, Mary Elizabeth. "Devising Biblical drama to inhabit proposed worlds : enabling Ricoeurian interpretation in orally focused church communities." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2016. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/devising-biblical-drama-to-inhabit-proposed-worlds(1203831c-4198-41a7-bbcf-00534ebdb4d1).html.
Full textByers, John Bruce. "A study of Biblical interpretation in the Warrack lectures on preaching, from 1940 to 1975." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14069.
Full textFolan, Peter Michael. "Matters of Interpretation: Biblical Methodology in the Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue on the Doctrine of Justification." Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108577.
Full textWith explicit roots in the Pauline letters, and an initial propositional formulation that traces back to Augustine of Hippo, the doctrine of justification is among the most ancient ways that the church has taught about the salvation offered to humankind through Jesus Christ. To say the very least, though, the doctrine, both its content and its place in the treasury of the church’s teachings, has not been without conflict. In fact, in the sixteenth century, disagreements over justification contributed to a major division in the church, one that remained trenchant until some measure of healing was brought to it when representatives of the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) in 1999. This dissertation argues that, among the factors contributing to the sixteenth century discord over justification, were the different biblical hermeneutics adopted by Martin Luther and the Council of Trent. It argues as well that the ecumenical achievement that the JDDJ represents owes in part to the shared way of interpreting Scripture that Lutherans and Catholics embraced in the twentieth century. Ultimately, this dissertation uses the justification debates of the sixteenth and twentieth centuries as a test case to propose a framework for using Scripture more effectively in ecumenical dialogue, especially when that dialogue concerns a disputed church doctrine
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology
Yi, Dongkwan. "Judgement and salvation : socio-rhetorical interpretation of Jeremiah 1." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52903.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an attempt to address the problem of the relationship between the Jeremianic judgement and salvation oracles, to prove our hypothesis that Jeremiah 1 functions as a theological introduction to the whole book of Jeremiah, and that references to judgement and salvation form a theological whole. Vernon Robbins's socio-rhetorical approach has been utilized. In Chapter 1, we present a general survey of Jeremianic study, and show the scholarly tendency towards a diachronic or synchronic approach. By doing so, we justify our application of the holistic socio-scientific method to study the book more comprehensively. Our hypothesis about the relationship between judgment and salvation in the book of Jeremiah is then presented and the methodology described. In Chapter 2, we offer a rhetorical analysis. According to our analysis, the centre of the prophetic call in the book of Jeremiah is the commission (Jer. 1:10) where the thematic phrase of judgement and salvation is highlighted. We identified passages containing this thematic catchphrase (Jer. 12:14-17; 18:7-10; 24:6; 31:28; 31:38-40; 42:10; 45:4; etc.) and Chapter 3 discusses each one. The reoccurrence of that catchphrase in different circumstances was the reconfirmation and recontextualisation of the Leitmotif of Jer. 1:10. In Chapters 4-6, a social scientific approach has been utilised to explore a considerably rich text which contains many diverse aspects of the social, cultural, political and theological environment. We identify diverse interest groups to whom Jeremiah addressed his message of judgement and salvation. They are "reformist", "conversionist", "revolutionist" and "thaumaturgical" from the social perspective, and "pro-Babylon", "pro-Egypt" and "autonomistic" from the political perspective. We next examine the intense controversy between Jeremiah and these groups, from social, cultural, ideological and theological perspectives. In the conclusion (Chapter 7), we summarise what we have studied and present the prospect for a wider use of the socio-rhetorical method.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling ondersoek die vraagstuk rondom die verhouding tussen Jeremiaanse oordeel en verlossingsorakels, Daar word gepoog om die hipotese te bewys dat Jeremia 1 dien as teologiese inleiding tot die res van die boek en dat die verwysings na oordeel en verlossing 'n teologiese geheel vorm. Vernon Robbins'se sosio-retoriese benadering word gebruik. In Hoofstuk 1 gee ons 'n oorsig van Jeremiaanse navorsing en wys hoe vakkundiges neig tot of 'n diakroniese of 'n sinkroniese benadering. Deur ons gebruik van die sosio-retoriese metode poog ons om die boek meer volledig te bestudeer. Ons hipotese oor die verhouding tussen oordeel en verlossing in Jeremia word dan aangebied en die metodologie beskryf. In Hoofstuk 2, bied ons 'n retoriese analise, waarvolgens die kern van die profetiese roeping in die boek geidentifiseer word as die opdrag (Jer. 1:10) wat die temas van oordeel en verlossing beklemtoon. Dan identifiseer ons die verse wat hierdie temas bevat (Jer. 12:14-17; 18:7-10; 24:6; 31:28; 31:38-40; 42:10; 45:4; etc.) en bespreek elkeen in Hoofstuk 3. Die herhaaldelike voorkoms van die temas in verskillende kontekste is die herbevestiging en herkontekstualisering van die Leitmotifvan Jer. 1:10. In Hoofstuk 4-6, word 'n sosiaal-retoriese benadering gebruik om 'n komplekse teks - wat diverse aspekte van die sosiale, kulturele, politiese en teologiese omgewing insluit - te ondersoek. Ons identifiseer verskeie belangegroepe tot wie Jeremia sy boodskap van oordeel en verlossing rig. Uit die sosiale perspektief, IS die groepe "hervormers", "bekeerders", "rewolusionere'', en "thaumaturge", en vanuit 'n politiese perspektief, "pro-Babilon", "pro-Egipte" en "autonome" groepe. Dan ondersoek ons die intense struweling tussen Jeremia en hierdie groepe, vanuit sosiale-, kulturele-, ideologiese- en teologiese perspektiewe. In die slotsom (Hoofstuk 7) lewer ons 'n opsomrning van die studie, en bied die verwagting vir 'n breer gebruik van die sosio-retoriese metode.
Yoo, Philip Young. "Ezra and the second wilderness : the literary development of Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8-10." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0c8e430c-aa5f-4334-9040-b69a7f70b598.
Full textVillecco, Joseph Anthony. "The seed of Seth: John Cassian's conferences and the interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:105015.
Full textBroyles, Stephen Edward. "The prophecy of Joel in the Pentecost speech of Acts a study in early Biblical interpretation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
Full textLeneman, Helen Frances. "The scroll of Ruth re-told through librettos and music biblical interpretation in a new key /." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2004. http://dare.uva.nl/document/76794.
Full textEvans, John Frederick. "An inner-biblical interpretation and intertextual reading of Ezekiel's recognition formulae with the book of Exodus." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50569.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the most striking literary phenomena in the entire Old Testament, Ezekiel's recognition formula is repeated over seventy times. According to S. R. Driver that refrain, "You shall know that I am Yahweh," strikes the keynote of the prophecy. Though one might expect to find many monographs and journal articles treating at length the formula's literary and theological function in Ezekiel, the only substantial work on the subject comes from Walther Zimmerli and is nearly fifty years old. More recent scholarly discussion has tended to be oblique, occasional, or subordinate to other interests. Brevard Childs has suggested that Ezekiel shows a "preoccupation with Scripture." Applying this insight, the dissertation at hand argues the thesis that the seventy-odd recognition formulae in Ezekiel mark a theological nexus and intertextual relationship between the prophecy and the book of Exodus (in some recensional form), and that those formulae are best interpreted alongside the numerous recognition formulae in Exodus. Interpreted intertextually, Ezekiel's formula points readers of the oracles to know Yahweh as the God of the Exodus, who still acts, in covenant, to judge and to deliver. Here the term intertextuality is used in a broader sense to include both a more diachronic "intertextuality of production" (Ellen van Wolde), in which a text can only be written in relationship to other texts, and a more synchronic "intertextuality of reception," in which a text can be read only in relationship to other texts. With regard to methodology, the approach of innerbiblical interpretation is employed to explore the text-production angle and the questions which emerge concerning the re-use and re-presentation of Scriptural "traditions." Also appropriate is a synchronic intertextual approach which inquires how Exodus and Ezekiel texts-in particular the recognition formulae-may be read together from a text-reception angle. Both approaches used together reveal a large number of parallels between Exodus and Ezekiel and indicate how well the recognition formulae may be read together. This study contributes to scholarship by offering an extensive review of past scholarship on the formula; a fresh exegetical research of the formula's use in Ezekiel and in other Bible books, with comparisons drawn; a study of the socio-historical and religious context addressed by Ezekiel's oracles and the formula; and a theological interpretation of the recognition formulae in Ezekiel alongside those in Exodus. There are many strong conjunctions (or continuities) between the formulae in Ezekiel and Exodus: a covenant stress; no positive use of the formula when spoken to the nations; an unbreakable link to announcements of Yahweh's mighty acts in history; etc. Yet there is also a jarring disjunction (or discontinuity) between the formulae in Ezekiel and Exodus: the prophecy repeatedly declares that Israel "shall know that I am Yahweh" in judgment. This is "a radical inversion of its former usage" (Carley); elsewhere in Scripture the formula always sounds a positive note when spoken to Israel.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Een van die mees opvallende .literere kenmerke van die hele Ou Testament, is Esegiel se gebruikmaking van die erkenningsformule - meer as 70 maal! Volgens S.R. Driver vorm hierdie refrein, "JulIe sal weet dat Ek Jahwe is", die kern van die profesie. Hoewel 'n mens sou verwag dat talle monografiee en tydskrifartikels aan hierdie formule gewy sou word, is dit slegs Walther Zimmerli wat byna 50 jaar gelede grondige navorsing in die verband gedoen het. Meer onlangse navorsing was ondeursigtig en ondergeskik aan ander oorwegings. Brevard Childs het voorgestel dat Esegiel 'n "preoccupation with Scripture" vertoon. Teen hierdie agtergrond argumenteer hierdie proefskrif dat die erkenningsformules in die boek Esegiel die teologiese kern aandui en dat daar 'n intertekstuele verb and tussen die profesie van Esegiel en die Eksodusboek bestaan. Wanneer die erkenningsformule in Esegiel intertekstueel verstaan word, dan ontstaan daar 'n verband tussen die godsprake en Jahwe as die God van die Eksodus, wie steeds binne verbondsverband as Regter en Redder optree. In die verband word die begrip "intertekstualiteit" in 'n bree sin verstaan en dit sluit in 'n meer diakroniese "intertextuality of production" (Ellen van Wolde). Hiervolgens kan 'n teks slegs in verhouding tot ander tekste geskryf word. In dieselfde asem moet daar ook na die meer sinkroniese "intertextuality of reception" verwys word, waarvolgens 'n teks slegs gelees kan word in verband met ander tekste. Op metodologiese vlak word "innerbiblical interpretation" benut om ondersoek in te stel na teksproduksie en die vrae wat ontstaan na aanleiding van die hergebruik en hervoorstelling van Bybelse "tradisies". Dit is verder ook van toepassing om 'n sinkroniese intertekstuele benadering te gebruik wat vrae stel oor hoe Eksodus en Esegiel (veral die erkenningsformules) in samehang gelees kan word indien dit vanuit 'n teksresepsie hoek benader word.. Beide benaderings kan deur saam gebruik te word, 'n groot aantal parallele tussen Eksodus en Esegiel ontdek en aantoon hoe die erkenningsformules saam gelees kan word. Hierdie proefskrif se bydrae tot die vakgebied behels 'n omvattende oorsig van bestaande navorsing oor die erkenningsformule; 'n vars eksegetiese ondersoek en vergelyking van die erkenningsformule se gebruik in Esegiel en in ander boeke van die Bybel; 'n studie van die sosio-historiese en godsdienstige konteks wat deur die godsprake en erkenningsformule in Esegiel aangespreek word; asook 'n teologiese interpretasie van die erkenningsformules in Esegiel en in samehang met die formules in Eksodus. Daar is opvallende voorbeelde van sterk verbande tussen die formules in Esegiel en Eksodus: die klem op die verbond; geen positiewe gebruik van die formules wanneer dit met die vreemde nasies in verband gebring word nie; 'n onlosmaaklike band met die aankondigings van Jahwe se magtige dade in die geskiedenis; ens. Tog is daar ook 'n mate van steurende diskontinu'iteit tussen die formules in Esegiel en Eksodus: die profesiee wat telkens herhaal dat Israel juis binne die oordeel "sal weet dat Ek Jahwe is". Dit behels 'n radikale omkeer van die bestaande gebruik (Carley); omdat daar elders in die Bybel slegs voorbeelde is waar die erkenningsformules in 'n positiewe manier ten opsigte van Israel uitgespreek word.
Miller, Shem. "The angel story : a study of the interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4 in the Jewish literature of the Second Temple period." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83195.
Full textNicholson, Sarah L. "Three faces of Saul : an intertextual approach to Biblical tragedy." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15228.
Full textShute, Dan. "Peter Martyr and the Rabbinic Bible in the interpretation of Lamentations." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39872.
Full textShuve, Karl Evan. "Song of Songs in the Early Latin Christian tradition : a study of the Tractatus de Epithalamio of Gregory of Elvira and its context." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5525.
Full textCooper, Linda Laurance. "The Book of Job : foundation for testimony in the writings of Gustavo Gutierrez, Elie Wiesel, Archibald Macleish and Carl Gustav Jung." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:266fa61c-e136-4066-975e-3097bd761122.
Full textJones, Nelson Alissa. "Job in dialogue with Edward Said : contrapuntal hermeneutics, pedagogical development, and a new approach to biblical interpretation /." St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/790.
Full textSchmid, John David. "Explore the Bible : from text to sermon a self-study workbook in Biblical interpretation and sermon development /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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