Search for dissertations about: "ancient biography"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words ancient biography.

2. 1. The Third Gospel for the First Time: Luke within the Context of Ancient Biography

   Author : Maria Ytterbrink; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; intertextuality.; life cycle; Septuagint; Acts; repertoire; vacancies; gaps; Iser; aesthetic response; Philo; Xenophon; Isocrates; ancient biography; genre; life of Jesus; Luke; Bible; Third Gospel; Bibelvetenskap;

   Abstract : If Luke’s first audience understood the Gospel as a biography, what would their experience of the text have been? This book invites the reader to accompany the first readers or hearers of Luke’s Gospel and to experience the narrative about the life of Jesus alongside them. It utilises Wolfgang Iser’s theory about reading and readers and focuses on gaps and vacancies in the text. READ MORE

4. 2. Jesus the True Leader : The Biographical Portrait of Jesus as Leader in the Gospel of Matthew

   Author : Daniel Hjort; Bibelvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jesus; Gospel of Matthew; leader; ancient biography; genre; portrait; biographical-narrative method; virtues; character; leadership; influence; model; imitation; leadership roles; characterization; narrative criticism; leadership terms; Isocrates; Xenophon; Philo; Plutarch; Evagoras; Agesilaus; Moses; Numa;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to understand and clarify how Jesus is presented as a leader in the Gospel of Matthew. The usage of common leadership terms in reference to Jesus early in the story, the biographical genre of Matthew, and the consistently negative portrayal of other leaders in the story give good reasons for the inquiry. READ MORE

5. 3. Sempronia's Song : Attitudes to Women's Music-making in Ancient Rome

   Author : Erika Lindgren Liljenstolpe; Gunnel Ekroth; Gullög Nordquist; Hillevi Ganetz; Gunhild Vidén; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Rome; Roman; Music; Music-making; Women; Gender; Patriarchy; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : This study explores attitudes towards women’s music-making in ancient Rome (c. 120 BC–130 AD), as expressed in love poetry, satire, letters, historiography, biography, rhetoric and philosophy. The texts are studied from an intersectional perspective considering gender, social status, age and ethnicity to explain various attitudes. READ MORE

6. 4. Herodes Atticus Reflected in Occasional Poetry of Antonine Athens

   Author : Foteini Skenteri; Grekiska (antik och bysantinsk); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Grekiska språket; Greek language; Humaniora; Humanities; ancient rhetoric; Menandros Rhetor; Kephisia; Avlona; Marathon; Triopion; epigraphy; inscriptions; occasional poetry; Antonine Athens; Herodes Atticus; Second Sophistic; Greek literature; Grekisk litteratur;

   Abstract : The occasional poetry of the Antonine period relating to the wealthy sophist and important second century AD political personality in Athens, Herodes Atticus, is studied. Some of the functions of poetry are illustrated, as it is used by one of the leading personalities of the Second Sophistic. READ MORE