Browsing by Author "David J. Wasserstein"
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Murrell, William Stephen Jr. (2018-06-20)Department: HistoryMy dissertation project asks a simple question: how did the invading Franks navigate the multifaceted language barrier when they conquered, settled, and ruled Syria in the era of the crusades? This project explores the ...
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Tamber-Rosenau, Caryn (2015-04-06)Department: ReligionIn recent decades, feminist exegesis has had a profound and wide-ranging effect on biblical studies. Many scholars have treated the accounts of Jael in Judges 4 and 5 from a feminist perspective, examining the interplay ...
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Kars, Aydogan (2016-03-23)Department: ReligionThis dissertation examines the formations, historical developments, and contextual regulations of negative speech (apophasis) in pre-modern Sufism, and its contemporary representations in Islamic Studies. The dissertation ...
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Wheat, David (2009-06-02)Department: HistoryThis dissertation explores African and Portuguese roles in the rise of the Spanish Caribbean's most important port cities, with particular emphasis on Cartagena de Indias and Havana. During the late sixteenth and early ...