Search for dissertations about: "judaism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word judaism.

  2. 1. Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy : A historiographical case study of Second Peter and Jude

    Author : Anders Gerdmar; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; New testament; 2 Peter; Jude; Judaism; Hellenism; Hellenistic Judaism; Hegelianism; historiography; dichotomy; Semitisms; rhetorical criticism; midrash; aggadah; Jewish Pseudepigrapha; apocalypticism; cosmology; ethos; soteriology; 1 Enoch; 4 Ezra; Qumran; angelomorphic christology; 2 Peter 1:4; Jewish mysticism; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of modern New Testament exegesis, the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy has been influential as a heuristic tool. However, the concept of Hellenism is ambiguous and its historiographical foundation needs rethinking, having been formed out of Hegelian idealism with a Christian bias. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Round Trips to Heaven : Otherworldly Travelers in Early Judaism and Christianity

    Author : Leif Å Carlsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Teologi; Theology; 3 Baruch.; death-informing; identity-providing; legitimacy; identity; Tradition Group; tradition; Christianity; Judaism; cosmology; otherworldly traveler; heavenly journey; heaven; Apocalyptic; apocalypse; Bible; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : In the beginning of the Common Era, a number of religious texts were written recounting heavenly journey adventures. These narratives have come to constitute a recurring theme in research regarding ancient religions. Round Trips to Heaven features several early Jewish and Christian heavenly journey texts. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reading Romans, Constructing Paul(s) : A Conversation between Messianic Jews in Jerusalem and Paul within Judaism Scholars

    Author : Jennifer Nyström; Bibelvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Messianic Jews; Messianic Judaism; Paul within Judaism; Paul; Rom 11; empirical reception studies; social life of Scripture; Jerusalem; Bible-reading interviews; textual biblical ideology; textual biblical practice; identity; Torah; Relations; Yeshua; Yeshualogy; Land of Israel; post-supersessionism; relevance; eschatology;

    Abstract : “Something is going on in Pauline studies,” Paula Fredriksen said of the recent emergence of the “Paul within Judaism” (PWJ) perspective. Almost in parallel, Messianic Judaism has entered the religious scene. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Messenger of the Lord in Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis

    Author : Camilla Hélena von Heijne; Tord Fornberg; Mikael Winninge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Judaism; early Jewish interpretation; angel of the Lord God; messenger; angelology; angelophany; ambiguous identity; relationship; God; theophany; vision; revelation; dream; anthropomorphism; angel of the Presence; hypostasis; Raphael; Gabriel; Wisdom; Logos; Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; Book of Tobit; Wisdom of Solomon; Philo; Josephus; Rabbinic literature; Midrash; Targum; rewritten Bible; Talmud; type-scene; allusion; Gospel of Luke; annunciation narrative; Gospel of John; Hagar; Jacob Israel; Aqedah.; Old Testament exegesis; Gamla testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the ambiguous relationship between God and ‘the angel of the Lord/God’ in early Jewish interpretations of Genesis, for example, Gen 16:7–14; 22:1–19, and 31:10–13. Although the designation ‘the angel of the Lord’ does not appear in Genesis 32, this text is included because it exhibits the same ambiguity as the explicit ‘angel of the Lord-texts’. READ MORE