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2. 1. Biblical Allusion in Three Charles Dickens Condition-of-England Novels

   Author : Yuanyuan Zhu; Åke Bergvall; Anna Swärdh; Dominic Rainsford; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; biblical allusion; Charles Dickens; Condition-of-England novels; social critique; satire; Bleak House; Hard Times; Little Dorrit; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study investigates how Charles Dickens employs biblical allusion in three Condition-of-England novels: Bleak House (1852–53), Hard Times (1854), and Little Dorrit (1855–57). Drawing on the concepts of dialogism and stratification defined by M. M. Bakhtin and rhetorical situation by Lloyd F. READ MORE

4. 2. The Messenger of the Lord in Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis

   Author : Camilla Hélena von Heijne; Tord Fornberg; Mikael Winninge; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Judaism; early Jewish interpretation; angel of the Lord God; messenger; angelology; angelophany; ambiguous identity; relationship; God; theophany; vision; revelation; dream; anthropomorphism; angel of the Presence; hypostasis; Raphael; Gabriel; Wisdom; Logos; Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; Book of Tobit; Wisdom of Solomon; Philo; Josephus; Rabbinic literature; Midrash; Targum; rewritten Bible; Talmud; type-scene; allusion; Gospel of Luke; annunciation narrative; Gospel of John; Hagar; Jacob Israel; Aqedah.; Old Testament exegesis; Gamla testamentets exegetik;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the ambiguous relationship between God and ‘the angel of the Lord/God’ in early Jewish interpretations of Genesis, for example, Gen 16:7–14; 22:1–19, and 31:10–13. Although the designation ‘the angel of the Lord’ does not appear in Genesis 32, this text is included because it exhibits the same ambiguity as the explicit ‘angel of the Lord-texts’. READ MORE