Search for dissertations about: "HUMANITIES and RELIGION Religion Theology New Testament exegesis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words HUMANITIES and RELIGION Religion Theology New Testament exegesis.
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1. Jesus and Purity Halakhah : Was Jesus Indifferent to Impurity?
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
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2. Limited and universal salvation : A text-oriented and hermeneutical study of two perspectives in Paul
Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to determine whether the letters of Paul can be said to support or to refute a modern belief in universal salvation. Theoretically many scholars would regard views of limited and universal salvation as mutually exclusive. READ MORE
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3. The True New Testament : Sealing the Heart’s Covenant in al-Tabarî’s Ta’rîkh al-Rusul wa’l-Mulûk
Abstract : This study is an interpretation of the Muslim jurist Abû Ja‘far Muhammad b. Jarîr al-Tabarî’s (d. 923 C.E. READ MORE
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4. Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy : A historiographical case study of Second Peter and Jude
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
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5. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Study of the History of Interpretations
Abstract : This book presents an exhaustive and systematic investigation of six representatives of three important periods of New Testament interpretation: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Brooke Foss Westcott, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Rudolf Bultmann and Raymond E. Brown. READ MORE