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2. 1. Vindicating Vengeance and Violence? : Exegetical Approaches to Imprecatory Psalms and their Relevance for Liturgy

   Author : Elisabet Nord; Bibelvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Förbannelsepsalmer; Psaltaren; Liturgi; tolkningsstrategier; Hermeneutik; exegetik; generisk tolkningsstrategi; tidegärden; kommentarlitteratur; reception; imprecatory psalms; cursing psalms; vengeance; violence; generic interpretative strategy; generic hermeneutical approach; liturgy; Liturgy of the Hours; prayer; hermeneutics; commentary; exegesis; ethics; philosophy; performativity; logic of self-involvement ; Ps 58; Ps 109; Ps 137; Ps 139; prayer books;

   Abstract : Due to their calls for vengeance and violence the so called imprecatory psalms are generally considered ethically difficult and subsequently omitted from liturgy. This becomes particularly evident in breviaries, such as the Roman Catholic Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, where both entire psalms and individual verses have been omitted. READ MORE

4. 2. The office of Saint Olav : A study of chant transmission

   Author : Eyolf Østrem; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Musicology; Oral and written transmission; St Olav; Passio Olavi; Plainchant; liturgy; Scandinavian church history; vellum fragments; Leo Treitler; memory; Musikvetenskap; Music; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; Musikvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of various aspects of transmission of liturgy in the Medieval churches of the Nordic countries, taking its point of departure in an edition and close study of the office of St. Olav, the patron saint of Norway.The first part is historically orientated. READ MORE

5. 3. Creating Holy People and Places on the Periphery. A Study of the Emergence of Cults of Native Saints in the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Lund and Uppsala from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries : Att skapa heliga personer och platser i periferin: en studie om uppkomsten av inhemska helgonkulter i de lundensiska och uppsaliensiska kyrkoprovinserna, ca 1000–1300

   Author : Sara Ellis Nilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cults of saints; native saints; hagiography; liturgy; parchment fragments; conversion; Christianization; loca sanctorum; Middle Ages; Scandinavia; Micro-Christendom; unilocal; multilocal;

   Abstract : Holy people have been venerated in various forms by all religions and ideologies throughout history. Christianity is no exception with the development of the cults of saints beginning shortly after its formation. By the time Christianity reached Scandinavia, saints’ cults had been fully integrated into the Roman administrative structure. READ MORE

6. 4. The Scriptures and the LORD : Formation and Significance of the Christian Biblical Canon. A Study in Text, Ritual and Interpretation

   Author : Tomas Bokedal; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion och teologi; Religious Studies and Theology; Kristendom; Christianity; history of doctrines; Irenaeus; Marcion; tradition; historical criticism; Hans-Georg Gadamer; 20th century theology; early church; Apostles Creed; revelation; christology; Word of God; inspiration; authority; narrative; interpretation; New Testament; Rule of Faith; ritual; liturgy; worship; oral tradition; codex format; nomina sacra; canonical criticism; textuality; text; semiotics; reception; Wirkungsgeschichte; hermeneutics; methodology; canon; Bible; theology; Paleography; bibliology; epigraphy; papyrology; Paleografi; epigrafik; papyrologi; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ; Bibelvetenskap; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia;

   Abstract : This study explores the emergence of the Christian biblical canon and its significance for the early as well as for the contemporary church. Some major challenges to previous research on the biblical canon are presented. READ MORE

7. 5. On the Formation of Cathedral Chapters and Cathedral Culture : Lund, Denmark, and Scandinavia, c. 1060–1225

   Author : A. M. Ciardi; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canon Law; canons; cathedral; cathedral chapter; cathedral culture; Church history; cult of saints; Denmark; education; episcopal election s ; legal history; liturgy; Lund; Middle Ages; monasticism; Scandinavia; textual transmission; ecclesiastical tradition; twelfth century;

   Abstract : The cathedral was one of the most important institutions in medieval Europe. The local as well as ecclesiastical elite gathered around it and its bishop; the liturgy was celebrated day and night, year after year; the cathedral served as educational institution of the clergy. The cathedral chapter, i.e. READ MORE