Search for dissertations about: "Biblical Studies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words Biblical Studies.

  2. 11. Sacrifice and Symbol : Biblical Shelamim in a Ritual Perspective

    Author : Martin Modéus; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; slmm; Blood; Legitimacy of ritual; Centralization of cult; Glossation; Todah; Neder; Nedabah; Milluim; Zebah; Zebah shelamim; Shelamim; Sacrifice; marking and defining symbols; Legitimizing; Interpretation of ritual; focusing and defining; Causa; Ugarit; the Jerusalem temple; Bible; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : For the sacrifice shelamim in the Hebrew Bible, scholars have suggested a number of different interpretations and uses. This sacrifice also had an ambiguous role in Israelite culture. READ MORE

  4. 12. Peter's legacy in early christianity : the appropriation and use of Peter's authority in the first three centuries

    Author : John-Christian Eurell; Rikard Roitto; James A. Kelhoffer; Outi Lehtipuu; Sverige Stockholm Teologiska högskolan Stockholm Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Peter; Weber; Bourdieu; New Testament; Early Christianity; Authority; Legitimacy; Petrus; Weber; Bourdieu; Nya testamentet; Tidig kristendom; auktoritet; legitimitet; Bibelvetenskap; Nt; Biblical Studies; New testament;

    Abstract : This study combines traditional historical-critical methods with the sociological theories of Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu in order to discuss how Peter’s authority is portrayed and used to create legitimacy in Christian texts from the first three centuries. The New Testament texts that mention Peter are discussed together with other early Christian writings that in one way or another relate to Peter as an authoritative figure. READ MORE

  5. 13. The Purpose of Romans

    Author : Michael Öberg; Jonas Holmstrand; James Anthony Kelhoffer; Samuel Byrskog; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paul; Romans; the Purpose of Romans; the Good News; the Apostolic Call; the Syntactic Structure; Close Reading; Missionary Purpose; Ethical Demands; Apostolic Work in Rome; Biblical Exegesis; Bibelvetenskap; Nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : This study determines the purpose of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, a purpose that does justice to the content and the flow of argument as well as to the syntactic structure of the letter text. The overall approach is to conduct a particularly close reading and detailed analysis of the introductory and concluding parts of Romans. READ MORE

  6. 14. The book and its narratives : a critical examination of some synchronic studies of the book of Judges

    Author : Greger Andersson; Lars-Åke Skalin; Göran Eidevall; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Domarboken; narratologi; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Abstract : During recent decades, there has been a trend among biblical scholars towards applying methods borrowed from literary studies to the familiar texts of the Old and New Testaments. A major reason for this reorientation is the search for a meaningful and interpretable text; hence, it can be seen as a protest against the historical-critical school and its ambition to reconstruct an authentic text by means of a diachronic analysis. READ MORE

  7. 15. Gates and Gods. Cults in the City Gates of Iron Age Palestine. An Investigation of the Archaeological and Biblical Sources

    Author : Tina Haettner Blomquist; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 2 Kgs 23:8; 15-16; 1 Kgs 22:10-12; 22-25; 18-19; 1 Sam 9:12-14; Num 5:11-31; Exod 22:6-11; Yotvata; Horvat Uza; Timna Site 30; Horvat Teman; Horvat Radum; Tell en-Nasbeh; Mezad Hazeva; Megiddo; Lachish; Tell el-Farah North; Dan; Chinnereth; Bethsaida; Beersheba; Palestine; Iron Age; cult; religion; archaeology; Old Testament; Bible; Hebrew Bible; Ezek 8:3; 5; Ezek 16:24; 31.; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : The present study deals with the question of cult locales in city gate contexts in Iron Age Palestine. Both archaeological and biblical sources are analysed in order to determine the presence of gate cult locales and indicate some directions of interpretation. READ MORE