Search for dissertations about: "gospels"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word gospels.

  2. 1. Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins: An Aspect of His Prophetic Mission

    Author : Tobias Hägerland; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; New Testament; Gospels; historical Jesus; early Judaism; criteria; tradition; sin; forgiveness; christology; ecclesiology; priests; prophets; angels; blasphemy; healing; illness; faith; eschatology; restoration; Isaiah; Messiah; rhetoric; Progymnasmata; chreia; apomnemoneuma;

    Abstract : This study investigates the topic of forgiveness of sins in the mission of the historical Jesus. Gospel material that pertains to the question is authenticated by the use of criteria for historicity and interpreted within the wider context of first-century Judaism as part of a broader reconstruction of Jesus’ career as a healer and prophet. READ MORE

  4. 2. Jesus and Purity Halakhah : Was Jesus Indifferent to Impurity?

    Author : Thomas Kazen; James D. G. Dunn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Bible; New Testament; Jesus; Judaism; Second Temple; purity; impurity; purification; ritual; halakhah; historical reconstruction; quest; authenticity; criteria; gospels; narrative traditions; redaction; law; Torah; conflict stories; Pharisees; expansionist current; miqveh; immersion; stone vessels; food; leper; leprosy; discharge; corpse; rabbinic texts; Tannaim; Dead Sea Scrolls; moral trajectory; John the Baptizer; diversity; am ha-arets; great tradition; little tradition; Galilee; demonology; exorcism; eschatology; kingdom.; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : At the end of the Second Temple period, ritual purity came to play an increasing role in Jewish society. Purity laws were interpreted and expanded, and sources of impurity were generally avoided by many. READ MORE

  5. 3. Christ as example : The imitatio Christi motive in biblical and Christian ethics

    Author : Soon-Gu Kwon; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Jesus; Christ; Imitatio Christi; Bible; New Testament; Gospels; follow; imitate; example; model; ideal; Biblical ethics; Christian ethics; interpretation; monastic; ascetic; political; contextual; feminist; narrative; relational; love; Göran Bexell; Thomas Ogletree; J.I.H. McDonald; Edvin Larsson; H. Dieter Betz; Thomas à Kempis; Sören Kierkegaard; Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Choan-Seng Song; Chung Hyun-Kyung; James McClendon; Stanley Hauerwas; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is (1) to investigate what the imitation of Christ means in Biblical andChristian ethics, (2) to make a critical analysis of some interpretations of the imitation of Christ inChristian tradition, (3) to propose an alternative interpretation of the imitation of Christ, and (4) todiscuss the role of the Bible in Christian ethics. This demands discussion of several problems. READ MORE

  6. 4. Slavonic parchment fragments in Sweden : 2, Gospels : a text edition with glossary

    Author : Siw Wesslén; Stockholms universitet; []
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  7. 5. Mark and Mission : Mk 7:1-23 in its Narrative and Historical Contexts

    Author : Jesper Svartvik; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish-Christian relations; missiology; church fathers; Gospel of Thomas; purity; food; anti-Judaism; third quest; narrative criticism; Judaism; Gospel of Mark; Jesus; Bible; New Testament; rabbinic literature; evil speech; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : Few passages in the New Testament Gospels can compete with Mk 7:1-23 when it comes to the history of influence in biblical scholarship. Generations of scholars have turned to this pericope in order to find the message of the historical Jesus, the theology of early Christianity or even the essence of Christianity. READ MORE