Browsing by Author "Jack M. Sasson"
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Williams, Jennifer Johnson (2015-04-09)Department: ReligionAmbiguity, Liminality, and Unhomeliness in the Book of Judges: An Analysis of the Gendered Pairs and Families by Jennifer Johnson Williams Dissertation under the direction of Professor Jack M. Sasson This dissertation ...
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Russaw, Kimberly Dawn (2016-04-12)Department: ReligionRELIGION Dissertation under the direction of Professor Herbert R. Marbury Biblical daughters - female members of the household who are not yet mothers - execute particular tactics to navigate antagonistic systems ...
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McCullough, Lori Theresa (2007-01-26)Department: ReligionStudies of the Solomonic Temple rely on the descriptive account found in 1 Kings 5-9 as the most extensive source available for understanding the form of the ancient temple. Although the description is superfluous by ...
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Davis, Ryan Conrad (2010-04-13)Department: ReligionThis thesis investigates the notion of divine inscrutability as expressed in Wisdom Literature of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia. Working with a definition that Wisdom Literature is a group of texts that advocates a way ...
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Harkins, Robert Justin (2010-04-13)Department: ReligionThis study argues that the story of the book of Jonah may be interpreted as a transformation of a familiar topos in which the protagonist undergoes a rite de passage during a quest that takes him towards a foreign land. ...
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Christian, Mark Alan (2011-12-05)Department: ReligionThis project offers comprehensive theory to explain the origin of certain Pentateuchal passages that though few in number contrast sharply with the dominant traditions regarding the divine revelation at Mt. Sinai/Horeb. ...
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Lerner, Ellen Renee (2014-07-17)Department: ReligionThis study focuses on biblical Manasseh as a tribal entity, a territorial region, and a literary construct to explore facets of ancient Israel’s history and the ways in which it (re)constructed this history in the biblical ...
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Pumphrey, Nicholaus Benjamin (2009-04-10)Department: ReligionSecret names are a common folkloristic concept found in the Ancient Near Eastern society. The thesis examines four stories of various cultures in the Ancient Near East in search of secret names and how they relate to the ...
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Paris, Christopher T (2012-03-31)Department: ReligionNarrative critics of the Hebrew Bible can describe the biblical narrators as “laconic,” “terse,” or “economical.” The narrators generally remain in the background, allowing the story to proceed while relying on characters ...
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Whitcomb, Kelly Ann (2013-04-11)Department: ReligionDissertation under the direction of Professor Douglas A. Knight The story of Esther has a complex history of transmission and interpretation. This project examines the Hebrew (Masoretic Text) and Greek versions (Septuagint ...
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Fisher, Daniel Shalom (2008-07-17)Department: ReligionStructurally and substantively, the two ancient Near Eastern folktales The Poor Man of Nippur and The Eloquent Peasant have a great deal in common. Both tales tell the stories of lower stratum protagonists whose livelihoods ...
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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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Jovanovic, Ljubica (2008-06-06)Department: ReligionThe Hellenistic period witnesses the expansion of ancient science encompassing many diverse schools of thought. Similarly, multiple interpretations of biblical texts thrived, promoting the simultaneous continuation of ...