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You Could Say That Again: Examining The Probability Of Parallels Between Stephen And Moses In Acts 6-7, Samuel Cooper Smith

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis posits the idea that the author of Acts intentionally creates a literary parallel between Stephen and Moses. Comparative analysis seemingly confirms that Stephen is being portrayed as a parallel of Christ. However, little scholarly attention has been given to the possibility that the author of Acts 6-7 intentionally creates a connection between Stephen and Moses. Following an attempt to provide an objective foundation for asserting such parallels, the Stephen-Moses connections will be presented. Two implications follow from this parallel which impact the Stephen episode as well as the larger Acts narrative. The pertinent literature involves commentaries on the …

The Joker Is Satan, And So Are We: Girard And The Dark Knight, Charles K. Bellinger

Journal of Religion & Film

This essay comments on The Dark Knight from the point of view of Rene Girard's theory of violence. The notable Girardian resonances of the film are mentioned in connection with such themes as socially mediated desire for money, romantic rivalry, and scapegoating. The Joker is interpreted as a particularly powerful Satan figure, who illuminates Girard's conception of the satanic basis of human culture.

Poetic To Platonic AlēTheia Orality, Literacy, And The Development Of Truth In Greek Poetry And Philosophy, Justin B. Cecil

Institute for the Humanities Theses

In recent years many scholars have dedicated much research to the development of the Orality Problem. In its most general form, the Orality Problem is grounded in the following two questions: 1) is there a difference between spoken and written language and 2) if there is a difference between these two forms of communication what exactly is this difference and how does it operate. Research into these questions has two major sources to draw upon: cross-cultural research between literate and non-literate cultures and textual analysis of written oral records from ancient Greece. According to the mounting research, many scholars now …

'Violence Is Not The Answer'

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Academic Catalog 2009-2010, Luther Seminary

Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Online Course Catalog 2009, Taylor University Fort Wayne

Institute of Correspondence Studies

The 2009 catalog of Taylor University Online at Taylor University Fort Wayne.

Missions History Of The Early Church, Don Fanning

History of Global Missions

No abstract provided.

Brief History Of Methods And Trends Of Missions, Don Fanning

Trends and Issues in Missions

The following trends and issues are faced everyday on the foreign field and need to be analyzed and evaluated before getting involved so as to know how to plan and react. This is a vital area of training for the contemporary foreign missionary.

Quod Erat Demonstrandum: From Herodotus’ Ethnographic Journeys To Cross-Cultural Research, Aikaterini Gari, Kostas Mylonas

IACCP Proceedings of the Biennial International Conferences

A peer-reviewed book based on presentations at the XVIII Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2006, Isle of Spetses, Greece.

(c) 2009, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Nt 510 The Gospel Of Matthew, Keith Brewer

Syllabi

The primary text in this course is the Holy Bible. Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2003 (327 pgs.). Hereafter referred to as BRM. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Rev. ed. Nappanee, Ind.: Evangel, 1994 (128 pgs.). Traina, Robert A. Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982

Development And Decline: Perspectives On Oratory In Early Imperial Rome, John Falter

Theses & ETDs

This thesis uses Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory, Tacitus' Dialogue about Orators, and Petronius' Satyrica to explore the topic of oratorical decline in early imperial Rome. Two opposing opinions on the topic recur throughout these texts, a traditionalist one that believes that the socio-political conditions of the empire have caused oratory to stagnate, and a modernist one that favors the oratory of the empire. This thesis attempts to demonstrate that the debate between the modernist and traditionalist opinions is entrenched in the broader social and cultural context of the early imperial period, correlating with issues of education, social class, and more.

The Homeric Hymn To Hermes And Archaic Iambography, Justin Boner

Theses & ETDs

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is often marginalized in considerations of the Homeric Hymns and archaic Greek poetry in general on the basis of its anomalous diction and content. This thesis aims to restore some centrality to the hymn by situating it in relation to archaic iambic poetry and the archaic Greek concept of blame more generally. This thesis argues that iambic poetry's verbal invective and obscenity account for much of the hymn's non-epic diction and playful tone. The first chapter provides a reconstruction of iambic poetry and details its poets, conventions, and principal characteristics. The second chapter highlights iambic …

The "Life Of Mary" As Told By Contemporary Novelists, François Rossier

Marian Studies

No abstract provided.

Nt 646 Hebrews, David R. Bauer

Syllabi

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Greek New Testament, or Interlinear Greek New Testament. It's Still Greek to Me, by David A. Black An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer

The Greek Language In The Diaspora/ La Langue Grecque En Diaspora, Anastasios M. Tamis

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

Expatriation has been a consistent theme in Greek history since the years immediately after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans (1453) until 1974, when Greece began importing economic migrants and refugees (Tamis, 2005). Greek-speaking communities and clusters of Greek presence were established throughout the world, even in the most remote places. Only recently (post-1974), Greek settlement experience from a socio-cultural and linguistic perspective became a focal point in research for national identity and immigrant studies. During the long periods of settlement in foreign lands, Greek expatriates chose to maintain their ethno-linguistic and religious identity, establishing religious communities and elementary …

The Greek Language In Contact With English In Australia, Anastasios M. Tamis

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

This paper reports a sociolinguistic study of the state of Greek language in Australia as spoken by native-speaking Greek immigrants and their children. Emphasis is given to the analysis of the linguistic behaviour of these Greek Australians which are attributed to contact with English and to other environmental, social and linguistic influences. The paper discusses the non-standard phenomena in various types of inter-lingual transferences in terms of their incidence and causes and, in correlation with social, linguistic and psychological factors in order to determine the extent of language assimilation, attrition, and the content and context and medium of the language-event. …

Nt 502 Comprehensive Greek Ii, Brad Johnson

Syllabi

Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. (BDAG) Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. (ISGM) Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. (LRNTG) Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. (GNT)

Nt 500 Concise Greek, Abson Predestin Joseph

Syllabi

Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993)

Magma In A Beaker: Analog Experiments With Water And Various Salts Or Sugar For Teaching Igneous Petrology, John B. Brady

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

Solutions of water and a salt or sugar make excellent experimental analog magmas for teaching concepts of igneous petrology because of the comparatively low temperatures involved, the simplicity of the apparatus needed, and the responsiveness of familiar chemical systems. Boiling of these aqueous solutions on a hot plate can be used to increase the concentration of a dissolved salt or sugar to levels that may be predicted by steam-saturation curves. Sufficiently concentrated solutions will crystallize, partially or completely, upon cooling to room temperature. Binary temperature–composition phase diagrams for H₂O and KCl, NaCl, MgCl₂, CaCl₂, …

Nt 502 Comprehensive Greek Ii, Brad Johnson

Syllabi

Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. (BDAG) Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. (ISGM) Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. (LRNTG) Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. (GNT)

Nt 640 Exegesis Of General Epistles, Ruth Anne Reese

Syllabi

Green, Joel B. 1 Peter. Two Horizons Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. Jobes, Karen H. 1 Peter. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. Reese, Ruth Anne. Jude, 2 Peter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. Bauckham, Richard. Jude, 2 Peter. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco, TX: Word, 1983. Green, Gene. Jude and 2 Peter. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. Green, Michael. The Second Epistle General of Peter and the General Epistle of Jude. 2nd, ed. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1987. Neyrey, Jerome. 2 Peter, Jude. Anchor Bible. Garden …

Nt 500 Concise Greek, William J. Patrick

Syllabi

Black, David Allen. It's Still Greek to Me. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993). Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1994). BibleWorks (Hermeneutika) [Computer Software]

The Lived Experience Of Adolescents With Dyslexia, Josefine M. Garcia

Master's Theses and Capstones

In this study, interviews with 8 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 were performed to explore how young people with dyslexia experienced school in terms of well-being, educational performance and challenges, self-esteem, peer relations, the roles of teachers and parents, and views on support. The elementary years of school seemed to be the most difficult for interviewees. While peer interactions were often seen as a crucial part of school, all students reported that they had experienced or feared ridicule from peers. Academic and personal self-esteem seemed low for all participants, and while many students saw their problems as …

The Archaeology And Translation Of Greek Tragedy : Tragedy And The Emotions, Daniel Edward Gremmler

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The history of interpreting Greek tragedy and the emotions is a history of logos. Tragedy, however, is poiēsis and speaks the language of muthos. This project approaches popular interpretations of tragedy and the emotions as problems of translation between various discourses: between Greek and English, past and present, historical and transhistorical, logos and muthos. After identifying the ways in which logos clashes with logos from Plato and Aristotle to Hegel and modern classicists, we suggest a new framework through which the emotional effect of tragedy, the tragic pleasure, can be understood: the thaumon and the deinon (wondrous and terrible).

Introduction And Overview, Aikaterini Gari, Kostas Mylonas

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

No abstract provided.

Justification And Good Works: A Study Of The Joint Declaration On The Doctrine Of Justification, Justin Chay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The doctrine of justification tells how the saving grace of God in Christ can be actualized in the believers. Because of the very importance of this doctrine, disputes broke out between Augustine and Pelagius, later in the medieval period, and most importantly during the Reformation period - which led to mutual condemnations and the division of the Western church. The church still does not have a unified voice in interpreting the doctrine despite recent ecumenical dialogues, which culminated in the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in 1999.

Cultural And Intellectual Responses To The Black Death, Brian David Yurochko

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

From the fall of the Roman Empire to the "Age of Translations," Western Europe endeavored to rise above the so-called cultural and intellectual "Dark Ages." That advancement was threatened with the arrival of the Black Death in 1347. Chapter one details the correlation between the spread of the plague and the location of the first universities. It also examines the expansion of the university system throughout the continent in the wake of the plague. The second chapter looks at the cultural, especially religious, explanations of and responses to the Black Death. It examines how medieval society used the religious tools …

Nt 637 Pauline Epistles, David R. Bauer

Syllabi

1. Revised Standard Version of the Bible 2. The Greek New Testament (or Interlinear Greek-English New Testament) 3. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer 4. It's Still Greek to Me, by David A. Black 5. A Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid.

A Systematic Analysis To Identify, Mitigate, Quantify, And Measure Risk Factors Contributing To Falls In Nasa Ground Support Ope, Joylene Ware

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objective of the research was to develop and validate a multifaceted model such as a fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) model that considers both qualitative and quantitative elements with relative significance in assessing the likelihood of falls and aid in the design of NASA Ground Support Operations in aerospace environments. The model represented linguistic variables that quantified significant risk factor levels. Multiple risk factors that contribute to falls in NASA Ground Support Operations are task related, human/personal, environmental, and organizational. Six subject matter experts were asked to participate in a voting system involving a survey where they judge risk …

A Cognitive Behavioral Approach To Occupational Therapy Hippothearpy [I.E.., Hippotherapy] For Children And Adolescents With Mood Disorders, Abby Heaton, Krista Tangen

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Children and adolescents are increasingly being identified with mood disorders. A growing concern is that children and adolescents are not afforded a wide range of interventions to address the symptoms of mental illness. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been identified as a useful treatment method for mood disorders. Hippotherapy has also been utilized in the treatment of mental illness. A literature review was conducted to explore the therapeutic benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy and hippotherapy for children and adolescents diagnosed with mood disorders. Although CBT has been recognized as useful, CBT methods applied to hippotherapy in occupational therapy does not …