Search for dissertations about: "biblical language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words biblical language.

  2. 1. Studies on Juvencus' Language and Style

    Author : Andreas Thor; Gerd Haverling; David Langslow; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Juvencus; biblical epic; poetic language; archaisms; Early Latin; Late Latin; prosaic language; biblical language; variation; Virgil; Latin; Latin;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the language and style used in the poem Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor by the fourth-century Christian poet Juvencus. The poem, a rendering of the biblical story of Jesus in dactylic poetry, initiated a literary genre, which is referred to as biblical epic. READ MORE

  4. 2. Composite Artistry in the Book of Numbers : A Study in Biblical Narrative Conventions

    Author : Josef Forsling; Antti Laato; Göran Eidevall; Teologiska högskolan Stockholm; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bibelvetenskap; Gt; Biblical Studies; Old testament;

    Abstract : The present thesis discusses the coherence or lack of coherence in the book of Numbers, with special regard to its narrative features. The fragmented nature of Numbers is a well-known problem in research on the book, affecting how we approach and interpret it, but to date there has not been any thorough investigation of the narrative features of the work and how they might contribute to the coherence or the lack of coherence in the book. READ MORE

  5. 3. Temporality and the Semantics of the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System

    Author : Ulf Bergström; Göran Eidevall; Sören Holst; John A. Cook; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biblical Hebrew; semantics; temporality; verb; aspect; tense; progressive; resultative; semiotics; Old Testament Exegesis; Gamla testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the semantic factors behind the temporal meanings of the Biblical Hebrew (BH) verbal forms. Four different forms are studied, viz. qotel, yiqtol-L, qatal, and yiqtol-S. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Fallen World in Coleridge’s Poetry

    Author : Agneta Lindgren; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; biblical associations; biblical imagery in poetry; Romantic literary theory; the Fallen World; religion in seventeenth-century poetry; Paradise Lost; Milton; Christianity and literature; Coleridge; religion in Romantic poetry; typology in literature; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : This study examines the motif of the Fallen World in Coleridge’s major poems The Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan . The use of Milton’s Paradise Lost as an intertextual foil throughout allows themes and metaphors inherent in the Fallen World motif to emerge in Coleridge’s poetry. READ MORE

  7. 5. Gilbertus Universalis: Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes Ieremie prophete. Prothemata et Liber I. : A Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Translation

    Author : Alexander Andrée; Gunilla Iversen; Rainer Berndt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gilbert the Universal; Glossa ordinaria; Biblical exegesis; Old Testament; Lamentations; Cicero; rhetoric; loci rhetorici; the school of Laon; the Renaissance of the twelfth century; Paschasius Radbertus; editorial technique; Latin language; Latin;

    Abstract : The Glossa ordinaria on the Bible stands as one of the prime achievements of the period in western intellectual history known as the Renaissance of the twelfth century. In spite of the great number of still extant manuscripts very little is known about the circumstances around its composition. READ MORE