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Narrative Tension And Theological Memory As Pedagogy In Three Select Samuel–Kings–Chronicles Parallels: A Textual–Literary–Theological Analysis, Mike Prah

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation examines the function of narrative tension in selected passages of Samuel–Kings and Chronicles and argues that such tension operates as theological pedagogy rather than as narrative difficulty or compositional residue. While modern scholarship often explains divergences between these historiographic corpora through redactional development or ideological reshaping, this study investigates how preserved tensions function within the narrative itself. Focusing on three representative case studies—the Ark sanctity narrative (2 Sam 6:1–19; 1 Chron 13–15), the census–altar episode (2 Sam 24; 1 Chron 21), and the succession complex (1 Kings 1–2; 1 Chron 28–29)—the dissertation demonstrates that narrative tension is intentionally …

Salvation Of The Nations In Isaiah, Isaiah M. Gillette

NEXUS: The Liberty Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

In the book of Isaiah, a key theme that is present is the salvation of the nations. This salvation is in the form of peace on earth, peace in the millennium, and salvation of the soul through the Messiah Jesus Christ. Articles are looked at that discuss specific passages about the salvation of the nations in Isaiah. The passages themselves are also studied to determine what they say about the salvation of the nations. Some authors of the articles argue for different views on certain passages, like that it is of judgment of the nations instead of salvation of the …

‘Remember The Deeds Of The Lord:’ Collective Memory’S Role In A Reasonable Faith, Baily Ray Mcdaniel

Masters Theses

Faith has long been regarded by secular scholars as unreasonable and unjustified. One of the largest issues that Christians face today is working against the notion that faith is blind. Best-selling author Richard Dawkins states, “religious faith is an especially potent silencer of rational calculation, which usually seems to trump all others.” The irrationality of faith is echoed consistently by other scholars including Bertrand Russell. As Kelly James Clark points out, “Bertrand Russell was once asked, if he were to come before God, what he would say to God. Russell replied, ‘Not enough evidence God, not enough evidence.’” The claim …

Women As Ritualistic Agents In The Roman Catholic Church: A Comparative Theological Dialogue, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In sub-Saharan African religious worldview, a woman inhabits the interstitial space of connectedness. She serves as the medium for the birthing of physical and spiritual life. Today, many in the continent have embraced Christianity and many profess the Roman Catholic faith. African Catholics can contribute to the ongoing discourse on the role of women as ministerial agents in the Catholic Church. To do this, they can articulate a theology of ministry that is grounded in the religious worldview of African indigenous religions.

Insights Into The Translation And Interpretation Of The Targum To The Book Of Jeremiah, Meng Loeng Yip

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Stromata Vol. 56, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

2- There’s a Want and There’s a Need by Benjamin Gandy

5- The Meaning of καινὴ κτίσις in Paul’s Epistles by Chungyeol Lim

29- A Wise Woman from Tekoa: Lady Wisdom in the Court of King David? by Doren G. Snoek

41- The Reasons of the Christian Religion: Richard Baxter’s Apologetics in its Seventeenth-Century Context by Shelby Gemmen

61- The Significance of ἀρχή in Colossians 11:8 and Revelation 3:14 in Light of Roman Imperialism by Kyusung Jang

79- Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us by Christine Pohl by Blake Campbell

The Divine Name In Exodus As Promise And Fulfillment, Jeremiah K. Garrett

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Origin Of The Eschatological Feast As A Wedding Banquet In The Synoptic Gospels: An Intertextual Study, Phillip J. Long

Dissertations

The Problem. The problem this dissertation seeks to address is the origins of the wedding banquet imagery in the teaching of Jesus. Frequently, scholars will state that the image of a wedding banquet was a common messianic image in the first century. However, other than Isa 25:6-8, sources for the image of a banquet for the messianic age in the Hebrew Bible are sparse. Yet the image of a banquet clearly appears in the Synoptic Gospels in both the actions of Jesus as well as his teaching. Because the metaphor of a wedding banquet is not found in the literature …

Book Review Panel: When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence In Western Thought, Terryl Givens, James L. Siebach, Dana M. Pike, Jesse D. Hurlbut, David B. Paxman

English Faculty Publications

On October 13, 2011, BYU Studies sponsored a program reviewing Terryl Givens’s important Oxford book on the idea of the premortal existence of souls in various lines of Western philosophy and religion. Because this first volume of its kind covers literature from so many different civilizations, the editors of BYU Studies saw no way to do this book justice without involving a panel of reviewers from several disciplines. After portions of Robert Fuller’s forthcoming review in Church History were read, the program proceeded with reviews, responses, and open discussion.

The Noetic Paschal Anthropos: Genesis 1:27 And The Theology Of The Divine Image In Early Paschal Literature, Dragos Andrei Giulea

Dissertations (1934 -)

This study examines the theme of the heavenly Anthropos in the earliest extant paschal writings: Melito's Peri Pascha, Origen's Peri Pascha, and Pseudo-Hippolytus's In sanctum Pascha. Instead of analyzing these materials through the prism of such classical images as sacrifice and divine Lamb, the study investigates them through the perspective of the categories of heavenly Man and divine Image. The particular method of the study will be tradition criticism and will envision the paschal tradition of the heavenly luminous Anthropos as a development of the theophanic traditions of the Jewish Second Temple. Echoing such ancient passages as Genesis 1:27, Ezekiel …

Menorah Review (No. 67, Summer/Fall, 2007)

Menorah Review

A Poem by Richard E. Sherwin -- Camp Sisters: Women and the Holocaust -- From the Feminist's Corner -- Modern History and Modern Letters -- The Roots of Anti-Semitism -- Noteworthy Books

From Faith To The Text And Back Again: Martin Luther On The Trinity In The Old Testament, Mickey Mattox

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Kerux - Vol. 37, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Kerux

Inside This Issue

• Schedule of Events Page 2
• Sept 11 Commemoration Page 2
• Student Senate Page 3
• Still Waters Page 3
• 20 Years Ago Page 4
• At His Beckoning Page 5
• Chicken Soup Page 5
• Changes Page 6

Theology As Worship: The Place Of Theology In A Postmodern University, Alan G. Padgett

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Menorah Review (No. 53, Fall, 2001)

Menorah Review

Uriah Levy and Monticello -- Prejudice and the Military -- The Feminist's Corner -- Derrida Remembers Levinas -- Tu B'Shvat -- Jerusalem and Tel Aviv -- Noteworthy Books -- Understanding the Holocaust

Volume 9, Number 1, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Winter 1989

Mission: Vol. 16, No. 4

Mission

Mission: Vol. 16, No. 4. The articles in this issue include: "In this Issue," "Standing in the Pulpit," "The Myth of Preaching" by Steven Spidell, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Preaching" by Wesley C. Reagan, "On Preaching" by Roy F. Osborne, "Sitting in the Pew," "My View From the View" by Wilma Holland, "Cactus Plants, Underwear, and 'Love Lifted Me'" by Wilma C. Buckner, "From Where I Sit" by Haldon Arnold, "The Pew Speaks Out" by Mary Lou Walden, "Struggling Together," "Spiritual Maladies" by Roy F. Osborne, "Why I Want to be a Minister" by Bruce Havens, "When the Church …

The Doctrine Of Sanctification As Portrayed In Spener's Pia Desideria In Light Of The Lutheran Confessions, Francis Monseth

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The writer believes there is a need for a fresh study of the doctrine of sanctification. In the area of Christian ethics, a variety of views have found earnest adherents. Though various approaches have been advocated, three main categories are seen by the writer to be able to encompass the present spectrum: antinomianism, legalism, and truly biblical Christian living. The latter is given expression in the Lutheran Confessions. It is marked by pronounced emphasis upon the inseparability of justification and sanctification. Indeed, as A. T. Mollegen has expressed it, the whole of Protestantism in its historic confessions has derived its …

Brief Studies, Walter H. Koenig

Concordia Theological Monthly

Luther As a Student of Hebrew