Faith Versus Greed,
2013
Seton Hall University
Faith Versus Greed, Lawrence Frizzell
Department of Religion Publications
Cycle C liturgical readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 4, 2013: Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23; Ps 95; Col 3:1-5, 9-11; Lk 12:13-21. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.
To The Jew First: A Socio-Historical And Biblical-Theological Analysis Of The Pauline Teaching Of `Election' In Light Of Second Temple Jewish Patterns Of Thought,
2013
Liberty University
To The Jew First: A Socio-Historical And Biblical-Theological Analysis Of The Pauline Teaching Of `Election' In Light Of Second Temple Jewish Patterns Of Thought, Anthony Thornhill
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Paul's "doctrine" of election has remained a controversial and enigmatic topic for centuries. Few studies, however, have approached Paul's doctrine through the context of Second Temple Judaism. This study examines Paul's view of election through the lens of Second Temple Jewish texts written prior to 70 CE. In doing so, it is argued that the best framework through which to view Paul's discussion of election is through a primarily corporate model of election. While such a model is rooted in Judaism, Paul departs from his Jewish contemporaries in arguing that the locus of election is in God's Messiah, Jesus.
Brundibár: Confronting The Misrepresentation Of Resistance In Theresienstadt,
2013
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Brundibár: Confronting The Misrepresentation Of Resistance In Theresienstadt, Anna Catherine Greer
Masters Theses
Brundibár, a children’s opera written by Czech composer Hans Krása (1899-1944), routinely appears in Holocaust musical scholarship as a depiction of “thriving” Jewish cultural activity during the Holocaust. First performed clandestinely in a Prague orphanage in 1942, the work was ultimately co-opted by Nazi authorities in Theresienstadt. Under the jurisdiction of the Freizeitgestaltung (Leisure Time Activities), the opera came under control of the camp administration and became part of several propaganda schemes, including the 1944 Nazi propaganda film, Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt (The Führer Gives a City to the Jews). In preparation for the International Red …
Truth And Memory In Two Works By Marguerite Duras,
2013
Portland State University
Truth And Memory In Two Works By Marguerite Duras, Rachel Deborah Hunter
Dissertations and Theses
Published in 1985, Marguerite Duras' La Douleur is a collection of six autobiographical and semi-autobiographical short stories written during and just after the German Occupation. Echoing the French national sentiment of the 1970s and 1980s, these stories examine Duras' own capacity for good and evil, for forgetting, repressing, and remembering. The first of these narratives, the eponymous "La douleur," is the only story in the collection to take the form of a diary, and it is this narrative, along with a posthumously published earlier draft of the same text, that will be the focus of this thesis. In both versions, …
A Comparative Study Of The Apocalyptic Kingdom Of God In Second Temple Jewish Literature And The Teachings Of Jesus In Matthew,
2013
Liberty University
A Comparative Study Of The Apocalyptic Kingdom Of God In Second Temple Jewish Literature And The Teachings Of Jesus In Matthew, Jeremiah Stallman
Masters Theses
The apocalyptic kingdom of God is a common theme in Second Temple Jewish literature. This kingdom is often presented differently in the various literary works of this era. This first chapter of this thesis considers the various aspects of the kingdom in relation to God's coming judgment and the coming messiah who is often seen as the one bringing judgment and setting up the kingdom of God. The second chapter elaborates upon Jesus' teachings about the apocalyptic kingdom of God and compares and contrasts them with the teachings of the kingdom in His day as understood through the Second Temple …
A House Divided: The Development Of The Ideological Divide Of American Jewry And Its Influence On The American Response To Nazi Germany 1933-1943,
2013
Union College - Schenectady, NY
A House Divided: The Development Of The Ideological Divide Of American Jewry And Its Influence On The American Response To Nazi Germany 1933-1943, Daniel Gross
Honors Theses
This thesis examines the response from the different American Jewish groups during Hitler’s rise to power and the subsequent Holocaust, and how the ideological divide that formed between Zionists and non-Zionists ultimately shaped the ultimately limited their ability to exert political influence toward policies to aid European Jewry. The main groups that were analyzed were the American Jewish Committee, the Joint Distribution Committee, B’nai B’rith, the American Jewish Congress, the World Jewish Congress, and the Zionist Organization of America. For purposes of analysis and clarity, the groups can be divided along the lines of extreme Zionist, which included the two …
Rearranging The Gods In Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty,
2013
University of Pennsylvania
Rearranging The Gods In Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty, Spencer L. Allen
Spencer L Allen
The arrangement of divine names in the curse section of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (SAA 2 6:414–465) defied D.J. Wiseman’s expectations. Subsequent scholars have claimed the arrangement is based on the traditional divine hierarchy of the Assyrian pantheon or the lexical godlists tradition, but such explanations are only partially adequate. This paper argues that the list of gods in ll. 414–465 (and especially ll. 419–430) was instead based upon an ancient Mesopotamian curse tradition, as Moshe Weinfeld observed, common to the Laws of Hammurapi and several other Neo-Assyrian treaties. This paper also reveals the Assyrian scribe’s specific motives underlying his innovations …
Literatura Judía Latinoamericana Contemporánea: Una Antología = Literatura Judaica Latino-Americana Contemporânea: Uma Antologia = Contemporary Jewish Latin American Literature: An Anthology,
2013
Northeastern University
Literatura Judía Latinoamericana Contemporánea: Una Antología = Literatura Judaica Latino-Americana Contemporânea: Uma Antologia = Contemporary Jewish Latin American Literature: An Anthology, Stephen Sadow
Stephen Sadow
LITERATURA JUDÍA LATINOAMERICANA CONTEMPORÁNEA: UNA ANTOLOGÍA es un compendio de poesía y prosa escritas por judíos latinoamericanos. Viendo de comunidades judías dispersas por la inmensidad de las Américas al sur de los Estados Unidos, estos escritores proveen una riqueza de descripciones y modos de entenderá esta frecuentemente ignorada población de unas 450.000 almas. También hay obras de escritores, quienes por razones políticas, económicas o sionistas viven fuera de los países natales. Sin embargo, a pesar de las distancias geográficas entre estos escritores y las distintas culturas que los rodean, todos crean poemas y narrativas que son profundamente judías-- la liturgia, …
Coyote Made Me,
2013
University of New Orleans
Coyote Made Me, Whitney Mackman
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Intersections In Immanence: Spinoza, Deleuze, Negri,
2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Intersections In Immanence: Spinoza, Deleuze, Negri, Abigail Lowe
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The connection between French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and Italian political theorist Antonio Negri has drawn attention in academic publications over the last decade. For both thinkers, the philosophical concept of immanence is central to how both respectively conceptualize the world. However, in order to consider their work with regard to a metaphysical grounding, one may benefit from turning to each thinker’s engagement with Jewish Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza whose immanent ontology, or monism, was indeed his Ethics. This essay concentrates on drawing out an ontological distinction between the philosophical projects of Deleuze and Negri by way of a close reading …
When Kashrut Is Not "Kosher": The Post Postville Struggle Over Eating, Ethics And American Jewish Identity,
2013
Macalester College
When Kashrut Is Not "Kosher": The Post Postville Struggle Over Eating, Ethics And American Jewish Identity, Rebecca Z. Hornstein
Religious Studies Honors Projects
On May 12, 2008, the United States Government conducted a massive immigration raid within the country’s largest kosher meatpacking plant. The raid and ensuing revelation of worker’s rights violations within the plant sparked an intense intra-Jewish debate over the extent to which unethically produced food could be considered kosher. This thesis analyzes the perspectives and actions of the debate’s major participants and argues that the discourse surrounding ethical kashrut in the context of the Postville immigration raid revealed that American Jewish communities have entered into a period of flux. Through this instability, many American Jews are challenging the once …
Holocaust Cinema,
2013
Ghetto Fighters House Museum
Holocaust Cinema, Beth Dotan
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema, by Robert C. Reimer and Carol J. Reimer. (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2012), and “Holocaust Movies,” by Guy Matalon, in The Bloomsbury Companion to Religion and Film, edited by William L. Blizek. (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013). Previously published as The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film, 2009.
Deviance Or Making Do: Seder In The Institution,
2013
Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Deviance Or Making Do: Seder In The Institution, Jordan Mathurin
Academic Symposium of Undergraduate Scholarship
Deviance or Making Do: Seder in the Institution, compares the institution of Jewish religion and the traditions that go along with the holiday of Pesach, Passover, against one impromptu Passover Seder held at a rehab clinic and mental health hospital. It shows how in many ways and to many of the Jewish faith this event could be viewed in such a way that it is labeled as deviant, but in the end how far does it actually stray from the true heart of a Seder?
We Survived … At Last I Speak,
2013
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
We Survived … At Last I Speak, Leon Malmed
Zea E-Books Collection
This is Leon Malmed’s true story of his and his sister Rachel’s escape from the Holocaust in Occupied France. When their father and mother were arrested in 1942, their courageous and heroic French neighbors volunteered to watch their children until they returned. Leon’s parents were taken first to Drancy, then to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and they never returned. Meanwhile their downstairs neighbors, Henri and Suzanne Ribouleau, gave the children a home and family and sheltered them through subsequent roundups, threats, air raids, and the war’s privations. The courage, sympathy, and dedication of the Ribouleaus and others stand in strong contrast to the …
Interacciones Narrativas Árabe, Cristiana Y Judía: Convivencia Literaria En El Medievo Peninsular,
2013
The University of Western Ontario
Interacciones Narrativas Árabe, Cristiana Y Judía: Convivencia Literaria En El Medievo Peninsular, David Navarro
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This dissertation develops a critical study based on identity theory, intergroup relations, and social discourse of the cultural symbiosis forged between the three religious communities of the Medieval Iberian Peninsula - Christians, Jews and Muslims - as reflected in four books written during this period, from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. In the case of Medieval Iberian literature, Semitic culture and traditions were absorbed along with Christian traditions in the development of a future Spanish identity that was reflected in the literary framework. Through this analysis and this theoretical framework it was possible to determine how intergroup contact affected …
The Gatekeepers,
2013
University of Nebraska at Omaha
The Gatekeepers, William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Gatekeepers (2013) directed by Dror Moreh.
Fill The Void,
2013
Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa
Fill The Void, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Fill the Void (2012) directed by Rama Burshtein.
Jesus As Servant And Teacher,
2013
Seton Hall University
Jesus As Servant And Teacher, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.
Reverend Lawrence E. Frizzell, S.T.L., S.S.L., D.Phil.
Cycle C liturgical readings for the Baptism of the Lord, January 13, 2013: Is 42:1-7; Ps 29; Acts 10:34-38; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22.This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.
Gratitude For God’S Gift,
2013
Seton Hall University
Gratitude For God’S Gift, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.
Reverend Lawrence E. Frizzell, S.T.L., S.S.L., D.Phil.
Cycle C liturgical readings for the Epiphany, January 6, 2013: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-6; Mt 2:1-12.This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.
"Il Signor Mengele Di Bolzano": L'Alto Adige Come Via Di Fuga Dei Criminali Nazisti (1945-1951),
2013
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
"Il Signor Mengele Di Bolzano": L'Alto Adige Come Via Di Fuga Dei Criminali Nazisti (1945-1951), Gerald Steinacher
Department of History: Faculty Publications
Il tecnico altoatesino Richard Klement, il meccanico bolzanino Helmut Gregor: apparentemente semplici cittadini emigrati in Argentina dopo le devastazioni della seconda guerra mondiale. Ma questi nomi ne celano altri ben più noti: Adolf Eichmann e Josef Mengele. Sono solo due delle migliaia di nazisti che dopo la sconfitta, attraverso l'Alto Adige e il porto di Genova, riuscirono a raggiungere terre più sicure come Spagna, Sudamerica, Medio Oriente. Eichmann e Mengele si erano avvalsi per la loro fuga oltreoceano nel 1950 di documenti rilasciati loro in Alto Adige dopo aver assunto una nuova identità. Perché il prototipo del "burocrate dello sterminio" …
