Search for dissertations about: "bible society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words bible society.

  2. 1. Converging World Views : The European Expansion and Early-Nineteenth-Century Anglo-Swedish Contacts

    Author : Hanna Hodacs; Catherine Hall; György Novaky; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; European identity; nationalism; Evangelicalism; anti-slavery society; Bible society; mission society; school society; temperance society; tract society.; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen;

    Abstract : The nineteenth-century colonial project transformed conceptions of the globe in ways that reflect the increase in European power over the rest of the world. This study investigates a rather neglected aspect of this process: the development of new images of the world within Europe, and specifically in Britain and Sweden, during the first half of the century. READ MORE

  4. 2. Christ as example : The imitatio Christi motive in biblical and Christian ethics

    Author : Soon-Gu Kwon; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Jesus; Christ; Imitatio Christi; Bible; New Testament; Gospels; follow; imitate; example; model; ideal; Biblical ethics; Christian ethics; interpretation; monastic; ascetic; political; contextual; feminist; narrative; relational; love; Göran Bexell; Thomas Ogletree; J.I.H. McDonald; Edvin Larsson; H. Dieter Betz; Thomas à Kempis; Sören Kierkegaard; Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Choan-Seng Song; Chung Hyun-Kyung; James McClendon; Stanley Hauerwas; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is (1) to investigate what the imitation of Christ means in Biblical andChristian ethics, (2) to make a critical analysis of some interpretations of the imitation of Christ inChristian tradition, (3) to propose an alternative interpretation of the imitation of Christ, and (4) todiscuss the role of the Bible in Christian ethics. This demands discussion of several problems. READ MORE

  5. 3. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Study of the History of Interpretations

    Author : Tord Larsson; Lunds universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; New Testament; Johannine writings; Gospel of John; Fourth Gospel; history of interpretations; reception history; Wirkungsgeschichte; hermeneutics; exegetical methods; interpretatory pre¬supposi¬tions; Reforma¬tion exegesis; Martin Luther; John Calvin; Brooke Foss Westcott; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann; Rudolf Bultmann; Raymond E. Brown; God; theology; theology proper; notion of God; revelation of God; love of God; activity of God; glory; doxa; the Father; the Son; Logos; Jesus; Trinity; accommodation; de-accommodation.; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    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

  6. 4. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Investigation of the History of Interpretations

    Author : Tord Larsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Trinity; Jesus; Logos; the Son; the Father; doxa; glory; activity of God; love of God; revelation of God; notion of God; theology proper; theology; God; Raymond E. Brown; Rudolf Bultmann; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann; Brooke Foss Westcott; John Calvin; Martin Luther; Reformation exegesis; interpretatory presuppositions; exegetical methods; hermeneutics; Wirkungsgeschichte; reception history; history of interpretations; Fourth Gospel; Johannine writings; Gospel of John; New Testament; Bible; accommodation; de-accommodation; Bibelvetenskap; General and comparative literature; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    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

  7. 5. Jesus and Purity Halakhah : Was Jesus Indifferent to Impurity?

    Author : Thomas Kazen; James D. G. Dunn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Bible; New Testament; Jesus; Judaism; Second Temple; purity; impurity; purification; ritual; halakhah; historical reconstruction; quest; authenticity; criteria; gospels; narrative traditions; redaction; law; Torah; conflict stories; Pharisees; expansionist current; miqveh; immersion; stone vessels; food; leper; leprosy; discharge; corpse; rabbinic texts; Tannaim; Dead Sea Scrolls; moral trajectory; John the Baptizer; diversity; am ha-arets; great tradition; little tradition; Galilee; demonology; exorcism; eschatology; kingdom.; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    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