Search for dissertations about: "Bible"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 84 swedish dissertations containing the word Bible.

  2. 16. John Wesley and the Bible : a psychological study

    Author : Thorvald Källstad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

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  4. 17. Isaiah's Alleged Social Critique. A Foreign-Political Reading of Passages Such as Isaiah 5:8-24 and 10:1-4

    Author : Olof Bäckersten; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rhetoric; Prophecy; God; Hezekiah; Ahaz; Assyrian crisis; Military alliances; Anti-Assyrian policy; Woe-Oracle; Ethics; Social critique; Isaiah 1-39; Isaiah; Bible; Old Testament; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : Scholars have traditionally identified two fundamental, and somewhat separate, discourses in Isaiah 1?39. In what might be labelled the social-critical discourse, we supposedly encounter a prophet who condemns the Jerusalemite elite for their complacent attitudes and decadent life-style in general, and for their more or less systematic oppression of the less fortunate in particular. READ MORE

  5. 18. 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. 19. Traditions as Rhetorical Proof: Pauline Argumentation in 1 Corinthians

    Author : Anders Eriksson; Birger Olsson; Lauri Thuren; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; New Testament; Bible; Bibelvetenskap; argumentation; inventio; rhetorical criticism; rhetoric; tradition; 1 Corinthians; Paul; New Testament exegesis; Nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : Previous historical critical research has studied the pre-history of the traditions found in Paul's letters. This study investigates the rhetorical function of these confessions, acclamations and liturgical formulae in Paul's argumentation. READ MORE

  7. 20. A Passing Power : An Examination of the Sources for the History of Aram-Damascus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century B.C

    Author : Sigurdur Hafthorsson; Stig Norin; Dag Oredsson; Hans Barstad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biblical studies; 1 Kings; 2 Kings; Adad-idri; Adad-nirari III; Ahab; Aram; Aramaic; Aram-Damascus; Arslan-Tash; Ashtaroth; Assyriology; Bar-Hadad; Ben-Hadad; Bethsaida; Bible; biblical archaeology; bit-hilani; Black Obelisk; empire; Damascus; Hazael; Hazor; hegemony; Iron Age II; Melqart; Old Testament; Ramoth Gilead; Shalmaneser III; Tel Dan; Zakkur; Bibelvetenskap exegetik; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : Much has been written about the kingdom of Aram-Damascus, and if one considers the scarcity of the source material, one could almost say: too much! One of the results of this study is that our historical sources do not support such an extensive history of this kingdom as some scholars have written. The study is a thorough examination of both textual and archaeological sources for the history of the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. READ MORE