Search for dissertations about: "Persian period"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Persian period.

2. 1. Persian Writing on Music : A study of Persian musical literature from 1000 to 1500 AD

   Author : Mehrdad Fallahzadeh; Bo Utas; Anders Hammarlund; Jean During; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Iranian languages; Persian literature; writings on music; religious and non-religious approaches; music theory; samā‘; topic; periodization; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an attempt to understand and map the development of Persian writings on music, focusing on their various approaches and variations of topics from the beginning of the 11th century to the end of the 15th century which can be called the classical period of Persian writing on music. The rise of Persian musical literature as a part of Persian learned literature was a result of the political and cultural decentralization of the Abbasid Caliphate. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Jews and Gentiles in Early Jewish Novels

   Author : Hedvig Larsson; Tord Fornberg; Anders Hultgård; Angela Standhartinger; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Judaism; Hellenistic period; novels; Jews and non-Jews; type scenes; irony; idol-parody; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with Jewish novels from the late Persian, Hellenistic and early Roman periods. The five texts chosen for this study are the Books of Ruth, Judith, Esther, Daniel and Joseph & Aseneth. Focus is on how the Jewish narrators describe non-Jews and non-Jewish religion, and on the relations between Jews and non-Jews. READ MORE

6. 4. A study of European, Persian and Arabic loans in standard Sorani

   Author : Jafar Hasanpoor; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; borrowing; purification; language contact; standard Sorani Kurdish; Mukri dialect; norm conflict; Silemani dialect; modernisation; standardisation; nationalism; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines processes of lexical borrowing in the Sorani standard of the Kurdish language, spoken in Iraq, Iran, and the Kurdish diaspora. Borrowing, a form of language contact, occurs on all levels of language structure. READ MORE

7. 5. 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