Search for dissertations about: "philos"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word philos.

2. 1. A Mediterranean dietary intervention study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

   Author : Linda Hagfors; Gunnar Johansson; Margaretha Haugen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Rheumatoid arthritis; Mediterranean diet; fatty acids; antioxidants; diet history interview; biological markers; doubly labelled water; energy expenditure;

   Abstract : Case control studies have shown that a high consumption of fish, olive oil, and cooked vegetables is associated with a decreased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These foods have a central position in the traditional Cretan Mediterranean diet, and it has been suggested that dietary factors contribute to the low prevalence of RA in Mediterranean countries. READ MORE

4. 2. The Social Life of Ethnic Categories : Three cases of indigeneity, Russia and anthropological knowledge production

   Author : Ulrika Persson-Fischier; Adam Kuper; Sidsel Saugestad; Oslo universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : Examining three cases on indigeneity, Russia and anthropological knowledge production, this thesis investigates indigeneity as a form of ethnic classification. The first case is about the so-called census-war in the Republic of Altai, and who, thus, is allowed to be indigenous. READ MORE

5. 3. The Third Gospel for the First Time: Luke within the Context of Ancient Biography

   Author : Maria Ytterbrink; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; intertextuality.; life cycle; Septuagint; Acts; repertoire; vacancies; gaps; Iser; aesthetic response; Philo; Xenophon; Isocrates; ancient biography; genre; life of Jesus; Luke; Bible; Third Gospel; Bibelvetenskap;

   Abstract : If Luke’s first audience understood the Gospel as a biography, what would their experience of the text have been? This book invites the reader to accompany the first readers or hearers of Luke’s Gospel and to experience the narrative about the life of Jesus alongside them. It utilises Wolfgang Iser’s theory about reading and readers and focuses on gaps and vacancies in the text. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Wrestling with Textual Violence : A Case Study of the Jephthah Narrative in Antiquity and Modernity with Special Regard to Gender

   Author : Mikael Sjöberg; Lars Hartman; Hanna Stenström; David Miller Gunn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Humanities and religion; feminism; feminist exegesis; feminist biblical interpretation; gender; classic; canon; ethics of interpretation; narratology; Jephthah; Judges; Pseudo-Philo; Josephus; Handel; Grant Watson; Amos Oz; HUMANIORA OCH RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : How may readers handle the encounter with violence in a “classical text”? The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the debate on the ethics of biblical interpretation with special regard to feminism. To fulfil that aim, a case study of the narrative of Jephthah is made and its implications are discussed at a more general level. READ MORE