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Apostolos In The New Testament, James Maynard Bragg
Apostolos In The New Testament, James Maynard Bragg
Graduate Thesis Collection
In this study we will attempt to discover the background of [apostolos] among its pagan ancestors. In addition to this area, we will also be concerned with the Jewish background which exerted a formative influence on the meaning of the word. Finally, an attempt will be made to see the result of this combination of backgrounds as it came to be reflected in the New Testament.
A Semantic Study Of Ecclesia Before 100 A.D., Harold Edwin Cline
A Semantic Study Of Ecclesia Before 100 A.D., Harold Edwin Cline
Graduate Thesis Collection
In studying the background and origin of meaning for this word [ecclesia], this paper will seek to investigate the pagan, the Jewish, and the Christian literature in this order. Of couse, as the preliminary discussion has so far indicated, the primary weight and burden of study will be upond the Septugintal influence. The three stages to be developed are reminiscent of the comment of R.C. Trench in his opening comments concerning ecclesia. He named them as heathen, Jewish, and Christian. The development of these stages will be united and brought together to make some pertinent conclusions in the final chapter …