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Christian Sun Worship and Theurgy in Late Antique Rome
Title
Christian Sun Worship and Theurgy in Late Antique Rome
Author
Sells, Justin
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects
Description
In Late Antique Rome the worship of the sun penetrated into Christian belief and practice. This is usually explained in terms of a type of syncretism, where the sun god in Roman religion during this time (often seen as being at the apex of the pan...
Dating the Teacher of Righteousness and the Floruit of his Movement: An Evaluation of Methods (1952-2010)
Title
Dating the Teacher of Righteousness and the Floruit of his Movement: An Evaluation of Methods (1952-2010)
Author
Rumfelt, Trina
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects, Religion, Judaism--Study and teaching
Description
The Dead Sea Scrolls are Hebrew and Aramaic texts representing more than 800 manuscripts. Found between 1947 - 1956 in 11 caves near an ancient Qumran archaeological site, they consist of copies of books of the Hebrew Bible. The Dead Sea Scrolls h...
Identifying the Voice of the Teacher in the Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot) of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Title
Identifying the Voice of the Teacher in the Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot) of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author
McElveen, Viola
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects, Judaism--Study and teaching, History, Ancient
Description
ABSTRACTVIOLA L. MCELVEEN. Identifying the Voice of the Teacher in the Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot) of the Dead Sea Scrolls(Under the direction of DR. JAMES D. TABOR) The central purpose of my thesis is to attempt to identify the methods and crite...
Mark: A Messianic Post-War Gospel
Title
Mark: A Messianic Post-War Gospel
Author
Beaumont, Jenny
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Area studies, Bible, Theology
Description
The Gospel of Mark, understood as our earliest post-70 CE early Christian/Jewish writing, can provide a new interpretive lens for setting forth the parameters of an understanding of spirituality for Mark’s community in a new era in which Jerusalem...
The Gospel of Luke as Rewritten Mark: Jesus as a Hellenistic "Divine Man"
Title
The Gospel of Luke as Rewritten Mark: Jesus as a Hellenistic "Divine Man"
Author
Melton, Tyler
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects
Description
In a society that reveres "divine men" who typically hold positions of power, it should be no surprise that an author would want the subject of their writings to emulate traits that line up with such a title – even if they are rewriting an earlier...
The Origin and History of the Cenacle on Mount Zion: An Examination of the Textual, Artistic, and Archaeological Evidence
Title
The Origin and History of the Cenacle on Mount Zion: An Examination of the Textual, Artistic, and Archaeological Evidence
Author
Clausen, David
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
History, History--Religious aspects, Archaeology
Description
Scholars have, for nearly a century, theorized about the origins of the building known as the Cenacle on southwestern Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Some suggest that it represents the surviving remnants of either or both of the large-scale churches tha...
This Generation Will Not Pass Away Before All These Things Take Place
Title
This Generation Will Not Pass Away Before All These Things Take Place
Author
Cataldo, Ryan
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
History, Religion, Theology
Description
This study examines the apocalyptic expectation of Jesus’ imminent return from heaven in the early Jesus movement, and how Matthew and Mark respond to its failure by recasting it as fulfilled. Jesus’ return from heaven, also known as the Parousia,...