Search for dissertations about: "Nehemiah"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Nehemiah.

  2. 1. The Outsider in Our Midst : A Study of Language and Norms Concerning the “Outsider” in Persian Period Yehud

    Author : Karin Tillberg; Göran Eidevall; Mikael Larsson; Katherine Southwood; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Persian period; Nehemiah; Deuteronomy; Pentateuch; Isaiah; Trito-Isaiah; Bourdieu; doxa; capital; agents; fields; Derrida; hospitality; eunuchs; exile.; Gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : The topic for the present study concerns how values and norms are conveyed through language. I explore two texts set in the Persian period—Isaiah 56:1–8 and Nehemiah 13:1–3, 23–31—and how these texts discuss those literary figures described as not belonging to the community. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Origins of the Synagogue : A Socio-Historical Study

    Author : Anders Runesson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ritual; archaeology; city gate; secondary state; Nehemiah; Ezra; Deuteronomy; ideology; Babylonia; Egypt; Palestine; cult centralisation; Artaxerxes I; Darius; Cyrus; administration; Persian imperial politics; origin; church; temple; Synagogue; proseuche; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : In the first century CE, synagogues existed not only in the land of Israel but in all parts of the Roman Empire where Jews lived. Although incorporating a number of activities, the most characteristic features of this institution were the public reading and teaching of torah, making the synagogue an unparalleled institution in the ancient world. READ MORE