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How To Create Things With Words: Identifying The Performative Speech Acts Of God’S Spoken Words In The Genesis 1 Creation Account, Ivan C. Yu Apr 2024

How To Create Things With Words: Identifying The Performative Speech Acts Of God’S Spoken Words In The Genesis 1 Creation Account, Ivan C. Yu

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Speech Act Theory is a branch of linguistics that explores not only how language is used to convey meaning, but also how it is used to perform actions or functions. In recent decades, it has been applied as a viable hermeneutical tool to aid biblical interpretation and defend the inerrancy of Scripture. Identifying the speech acts of the biblical author or speakers in the biblical narratives can be useful to understand the meaning and intention of the utterances, phrases, and words spoken. In the Genesis 1 creation narrative, God spoke words to create the universe. While adopting a canonical approach …


Echoes Of Creation And Salvation By The Triune God In John 9, Jungeun Lee Sep 2023

Echoes Of Creation And Salvation By The Triune God In John 9, Jungeun Lee

Masters Theses

This thesis aims to solve the enigmatic narrative of Jesus’ healing of a man blind from birth at Siloam in the Gospel of John 9, with a particular focus on verses 6–7. Within the context of intertextual connections, this story resonates with numerous narrative patterns and echoes found throughout the Bible. These intertextual connections provide important keys for interpreting this passage. By discerning the intertextual connections between this narrative and other parts of the Bible, readers will gain insight into the broader themes of Creation, Salvation, and the Trinity that are interwoven into this story. It means that this passage …


The Greatest Conceived Being: A Trinitarian Response To Islamic Objections, Sherene Nicholas Khouri Apr 2022

The Greatest Conceived Being: A Trinitarian Response To Islamic Objections, Sherene Nicholas Khouri

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The Islamic golden age under the Abbasids opened up the opportunity for Christian thinkers to present several apologies for the doctrine of the Trinity in Islamic context. This study examines the status of the Arabic church in the eighth to tenth centuries, especially the trinitarian apologies of John of Damascus, Theodore Abū Qurrah, and Yaḥyā Ibn ‘Adi against Islamic misunderstanding of the Trinity and its probable cause, in order to come up with trinitarian apologetics that answer Islamic objections and that will be useful for the present day. While both Christians and Muslims agree that human beings will never be …


The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (N-S), Harold Willmington Apr 2018

The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (N-S), Harold Willmington

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The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (A-M), Harold Willmington Apr 2018

The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (A-M), Harold Willmington

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The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (X), Harold Willmington Apr 2018

The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (X), Harold Willmington

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The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (Y-Z), Harold Willmington Apr 2018

The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (Y-Z), Harold Willmington

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The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (V-W), Harold Willmington Apr 2018

The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (V-W), Harold Willmington

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The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (T-U), Harold Willmington Apr 2018

The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit (T-U), Harold Willmington

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El, The Basic Hebrew Name For God, Harold Willmington Apr 2018

El, The Basic Hebrew Name For God, Harold Willmington

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The Doctrine Of The Father, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Doctrine Of The Father, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Ultimate Evil Eye, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Ultimate Evil Eye, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Two Gates, Two Goals, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Two Gates, Two Goals, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Facts On Fasting And Feasting, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Facts On Fasting And Feasting, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Solid Rock Versus The Shifting Sand, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Solid Rock Versus The Shifting Sand, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Never Put The New On Or In The Old, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Never Put The New On Or In The Old, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Sower, The Seed, And The Soil, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Sower, The Seed, And The Soil, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Mighty Mustard Seed, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Mighty Mustard Seed, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Finding A Fortune In A Field, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Finding A Fortune In A Field, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Price Paid For A Pearl, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Price Paid For A Pearl, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Sorting Out A Sea Catch, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Sorting Out A Sea Catch, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: On Being A Winner At The Banquet Dinner, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: On Being A Winner At The Banquet Dinner, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: What The Godless Can Teach The Godly, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: What The Godless Can Teach The Godly, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: When Our Best Is But The Least, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: When Our Best Is But The Least, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: A Widow And A Weary Judge, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: A Widow And A Weary Judge, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Fig Tree And The Future, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: The Fig Tree And The Future, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Watch And Work, For We Know Not When, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Watch And Work, For We Know Not When, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Two Sons, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Two Sons, Harold Willmington

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The Parables Of Jesus Christ: A Traveler, Three Stewards, And Eight Talents, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: A Traveler, Three Stewards, And Eight Talents, Harold Willmington

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The Miracles Of Jesus Christ: Healing A Paralytic, Harold Willmington Mar 2018

The Miracles Of Jesus Christ: Healing A Paralytic, Harold Willmington

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