Browsing HDS Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "Religion, Biblical Studies"
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“Be You as Living Stones Built Up, a Spiritual House, a Holy Priesthood”: Cistercian Exegesis, Reform, and the Construction of Holy Architectures
(2015-09-22)The development of the Cistercian Order in the twelfth century came as a product of a number of eleventh-century reforms. These reforms affected all strata of society, and they impacted the way in which medieval European ... -
"Earn the Grace of Prophecy": Early Christian Prophecy as Practice
(2016-09-27)This dissertation explores discussions of prophecy in early Christianity focusing on Origen of Alexandria’s works. It argues that Origen engages the contested terms of prophetic activity to persuade his audience(s) toward ... -
Empire and Ekklēsia: Mapping the Function of Ekklēsia Rhetoric in the Book of Revelation
(2015-05-19)This dissertation explores the function of ekklēsia rhetoric in the Book of Revelation, and demonstrates its role in addressing various issues within the seven ekklēsiai and their inscribed rhetorical situation, including: ... -
The Origins of the Apocalypse of Abraham
(2016-05-17)The Apocalypse of Abraham, a pseudepigraphon only extant in a fourteenth century Old Church Slavonic manuscript, has not received much attention from scholars of Ancient Judaism, due in part to a lack of readily available ... -
The Rhetoric of PIETAS: The Pastoral Epistles and Claims to Piety in the Roman Empire
(2015-05-11)This dissertation reads the Pastoral Epistles alongside imperial propaganda, monumental inscriptions, and philosophical writings of the Roman period to determine how claims to piety (Greek: εὐσέβεια, Latin: pietas) advanced ... -
Sanctifying a Darke Conceit: Seeing the Bible in the Faerie Queene
(2015-05-11)Approaching the poem from the perspective of reception history, the present dissertation seeks to show that the Bible’s role in The Faerie Queene is far more pervasive than has usually been recognized. Rather than see the ... -
The Use of Slaves in Early Christianity: Slaves as Subjects of Life and Thought
(2017-07-24)Early Christianity emerged within an empire built on the backs of slaves. Christians likewise participated in the slaveholding practices of the Roman Empire. Christians owned slaves, were slaves, and made use of enslaved ... -
Violence and the Survival of Israel in the Book of Esther
(2015-07-21)The book of Esther stands in a complex relationship to the Christian tradition. Accepted as canonical by ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity, the book nonetheless is known in the Church not for its powerful narrative ...