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Kunin, Seth Daniel. "A structuralist analysis of Hebrew mythology." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272384.
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Aitken, James Keltie. "Studies in the Hebrew and Greek text of Ben Sira, with special reference to the future." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251979.
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Adang, Camilla Patricia Wilhelmina Maria. "Muslim writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible from Ibn Rabban to Ibn Ḥazm /." Nijmegen, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb356041308.
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Beach, Maxine C. "Edom among the nations: the roles of Edom in the Hebrew Bible." Thesis, Boston University, 1994. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/37118.
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This dissertation examines the roles Edom played in the Hebrew Bible. The oracles against the nations included in the prophetic books anticipate the complete destruction of the Edomites by Yahweh and connect that destruction to the divine plan for the restoration of Israel. The goal of the dissertation is to determine how Edom became cast in this role. The approach of this study is first to review the archaeological data that have been used to recreate Edom's history. Early research was biased by a desire to fit the results to the Hebrew Bible. Evaluation of the data shows the close development of these two nations. It also reveals an Edomite presence in the Negev late in the monarchy and during the restoration after exile. The place of Edom in the biblical "histories" is analyzed. I then show how the oracles against Edom transform motifs introduced in the histories, such as the theophany from Sier. Edom was held responsible for participating in the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 587 B. C. E. This event created a theological crisis since Edom was spared and Israel was destroyed. This crisis was dealt with in the oracles against Edom by anticipating that Edom will be eliminated. I conclude that Edom is remembered by Israel as unique amongst the nations. The postexilic period produces oracles against Edom to assist the community to deal with the difficulties of restoration. As the oracles move toward the apocalyptic, the divine plan includes the destruction of Edom.
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Paul, Eddie. "Shibboleth into silence : a commentary on presence in the Hebrew Bible." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61113.
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In the Hebrew Bible, literary patterns of revelation and concealment are based on humanity's initial encounter with God in the Garden of Eden. God asks the question "Where are you?" Adam and Eve reveal themselves by articulating their concealment behind the fig leaf. This paradox effects their exile from Eden, and their progeny must henceforth mediate this paradox in their future verbal intercourse with God.It is the intention of this work to suggest how in certain textual passages, this paradox is defined and structured according to a literary dichotomy of language and silence. After the exile, biblical characters proclaim their presence before God by uttering a password ("Here I am") which is, in effect, an existential utterance of dialogic reconstruction. Through various literary devices, I hope to show how this "vertical" dialogue is re-established by Adam and Eve's progeny, and how the biblical narrator(s) uses language to show silence as a "phenomenon" of the word.
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Jordan, David John. "An Offering of Wine: An Introductory exploration of the role of wine in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism through the examination of the semantics of some keywords." University of Sydney. Department of Semitic Studies, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/482.
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The significance of wine to the residents of ancient Palestine is demonstrated by the large number of archaeological sites where a wine making installation has been identified and the role wine plays in the Hebrew Bible, the major work of literature to survive from ancient Palestine. The role of wine in the Hebrew Bible has generated a large volume of material, although this has been partly driven by the ongoing temperance debate. Despite this there has been little or no thorough research as to which words and thus passages should be investigated to comprehensively examine wine in the Hebrew Bible. In addition those studies which do exist do not demonstrate any in-depth knowledge of wine production and its implications in translating and interpreting the Hebrew Bible. This work aims to address these two issues. The origin of wine demonstrates that wine was known in Palestine during the Biblical period. Agriculture and Diet provide information as to the value and context of wine production. Semantic tools detail the linguistic information for examination of the ancient Hebrew words related to wine. The styles and production methods of wine and other alcoholic beverages in the ancient world set limits for the identification of beverages. All other information must be considered in the light of these four areas. The core of this work is an examination of the key words related to wine: the likely members of the ancient Hebrew semantic field of wine the key words for grape, vine and vineyard and three words identified as installations used in wine production. It is only after such detailed examination that any in-depth study of wine in the Hebrew Bible should be considered.
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Williams, Benjamin James. "Commentary on Midrash Rabba in the sixteenth-century : the Or ha-Sekhel of Abraham ben Asher." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:316c6192-8bcd-48f0-af2c-12f6a4830e78.
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The Or ha-Sekhel of Abraham ben Asher (Venice, 1567) is of great importance in the history of the study of midrash because it is the first book in which Genesis Rabba was accompanied by commentaries, one spuriously attributed to Rashi and the other written by Abraham ben Asher himself. The composition of a commentary on a midrash was something of a novelty in the mid-16th-century; immediate precedents are hard to identify. Yet, several such commentaries and a large number of prints of Midrash Rabba were published at this time, suggesting that the status of this ‘anthology of midrashim’ was undergoing a period of transition. The need for a correct text and the explanation of obscure vocabulary was foremost in the minds of interpreters such as Issachar Berman of Poland. However, the increasing importance of midrash in the sermons of the Iberian immigrants to the Ottoman Empire also inspired the composition of more discursive commentaries. The homiletic nature of Abraham ben Asher’s expositions suggests that they should be seen in this context. His incorporation of an earlier commentary falsely attributed to Rashi into the Or ha-Sekhel might be understood as an effort to ground his innovative presentation of Genesis Rabba as a text requiring thorough study and the guidance of learned commentators in the work of Rashi himself. Understanding the way Abraham ben Asher has compiled these texts in the Or ha-Sekhel sheds new light on the pervasive interest in midrash in the 16th-century and the outpouring of commentaries on Midrash Rabba at this time.
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Francisco, Edson de Faria. "Masora Parva Comparada: Comparação entre as Anotações Massoréticas em Textos da Bíblia Hebraica de tradição Ben Asher em Isaías, capítulos de 1 a 10." Universidade de São Paulo, 2002. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8152/tde-12062003-225729/.
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A atividade massorética surgiu aproximadamente no século VII na Babilônia e chegou ao seu auge por volta do século X, com os trabalhos dos massoretas de Tiberíades, Israel, principalmente com o último massoreta da família Ben Asher, Aarão ben Moisés ben Asher. A tradição tiberiense do ramo Ben Asher, entre outras tradições, nunca conheceu uma forma absolutamente uniforme e fixa que não pudesse apresentar algum tipo de divergência ou contradição, seja na vocalização ou na acentuação. A Massorá também apresentava suas próprias diferenças e contradições. Esta pesquisa pretende analisar notas massoréticas divergentes da Masora Parva nos dez capítulos do livro de Isaías em três textos de tradição Ben Asher: o Códice de Alepo A, o Códice de Leningrado B19a (L) e a Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS). Os dois primeiros são os principais manuscritos massoréticos que seguem a tradição Ben Asher e os mais relacionados entre si e além disso, são frutos da atividade massorética ocorrida nos séculos X e XI. A BHS, a principal edição crítica do texto bíblico hebraico surgida no século XX, é baseada no texto e na Massorá de um dos manuscritos Ben Asher, o Códice L. Ao analisar as diferenças nas notas mencionadas, este estudo pretende discutir a razão das divergências das notas massoréticas e os métodos de composição de tais notas por parte dos dois massoretas responsáveis por cada um dos dois manuscritos mencinados, o Códice A e o Códice L. Será analisada também a forma de composição empregada na Massorá da BHS cujo editor, Gérard E. Weil, teve como objetivo fazer um comentário massorético menos contraditório e mais detalhado. O método adotado por Weil é analisado tendo em vista a prática empregada pelos massoretas por volta dos séculos X e XI.The masoretic activity appeared in circa VII century in Babylon and its pinnacle was in circa X century, with the works of Tiberias masoretes in Israel, especially with the last of the Ben Asher family, Aaron ben Moses ben Asher. The Tiberian masoretic tradition of the Ben Asher branch, amongst other traditions, never had an exact and uniform pattern that would avoid divergence and contradiction both in the vocalization and the marking with accents. The Masorah itself shows its differences and contratitions. This work aims at analysing divergent masoretic notes from Masora Parva in the first ten chapters of the book of Isaiah in three texts of Ben Asher tradition, namely Alepo Codex A, Leningrad Codex B19a (L) and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS). The first two texts are the most correlated and the main masoretic manuscripts that follow Ben Asher tradition. Furthermore, they are the outcome of the masoretic activity that took place in the X and XI centuries. BHS, the most important critical edition of the Hebrew biblical texts dates from XX century and is based in the text and in the Masorah of one of Ben Asher manuscripts, the Codex L. Analysing the differences in the above-mentioned sources, this work intends to discuss the reasons of the divergences and contraditions in the masoretic notes and the methods of composition of the notes used by two of the main masoretes in charge of the Codex A and the Codex L. The composition of the Masorah of BHS whose editor, Gérard E. Weil, aimed at making a more detailed and less contradictory masoretic commentary will also be analysed. The method adopted by Weil is analysed focusing on the practice of the masoretes in circa X and XI centuries.
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Rudavsky-Brody, Miriam. "Solomon ibn Gabirol and Samuel ibn Naghrela: An Examination of Life and Death." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374014712.
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Key, Andre Eugene. "What's My Name? An Autoethnography of Ethnic Suffering and Moral Evil in Black Judaism." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/147090.
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This study examines the problem of ethnic suffering and moral evil in Black Judaism. Black Judaism has been traditionally studied along anthropological and sociological lines, as a result, the core beliefs and theological issues which animate the faith tradition have not been the subject of critical study. This dissertation uses an African-American centered theoretical perspective and a black theology methodological approach to produce an autoethnography of my experiences living as a member of the Hebrew Israelite community. This study suggests that Black Judaism is best understood through an examination of the problem of black theodicy meaning the belief in an omnipotent and benevolent deity while acknowledging the historical oppression of African Americans. Black Judaism articulates a belief in black theodicy which asserts that African Americans are victims of divine punishment and must "repent" in order to experience liberation from ethnic suffering and moral evil in the form of anti-Black racism and white supremacy. This belief in deserved punishment has led Black Judaism into a state of mis-religion. By engaging in the process of gnosiological conversion I will identify the oppressive features of Black Judaism and offer corrective measures. Finally, this dissertation will discuss ways in which Black Judaism can conceive of liberation without the need for appeals to redemptive suffering. Concomitantly I will discuss the articulation of a Hebrew Israelite ethno-religious identity which is not predicated on the belief of redemptive suffering. Instead, I propose the basis for a restructuring of the core beliefs of Black Judaism based on humanocentric theism.
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Da, Cunha Evandro Luiz. "Estudio comparativo de los términos חָד אֶ(ʾěḥāḏ) y יָחִיד (yāḥîḏ) en la biblia hebrea." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/403949.
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Esta tesis es el resultado de un estudio comparativo de dos términos hebreos de la Biblia: ehad (uno) y yahid (único). El objetivo ha sido demostrar cómo estos vocablos están relacionados en el aspecto étimo-semántico hasta el punto de poder ser usados, en algunos casos, prácticamente como sinónimos, mientras que en otros casos la ideología de los lectores y exégetas ha hecho una interpretación interesada de ellos. La intención de esta investigación, pues, es la de proveer de unas herramientas filológico-lingüísticas a los estudiantes del monoteísmo tanto de la tradición judía como de la cristiana y a los estudiosos en general para una mejor comprensión del texto bíblico hebreo.These thesis is the result of a comparative study of two Biblical Hebrew terms: echad (one) and yachid (unique). The objective has been to show how these terms are related in the etymon-semantic aspect to the point of being used, in some occasions, almost as synonyms, whereas in other cases the ideology of the readers and interpreters have done a biased interpretation of these terms. The intention of this research, then, is to provide the students of monotheism within the Jewish and Christian traditions, as well as the researchers in general, with some philological-linguistic tools to a better understanding of the Hebrew biblical text.
Questa tesi è il risultato di uno studio comparatistico di due termini ebraici della Bibbia: ehad (uno) e yahid (unico). L’obiettivo consiste nel dimostrare come questi due vocaboli sono collegati fra loro nell’aspetto etimo-semantico fino al punto di poter essere usati, in certi casi, praticamente come sinonimi, mentre in altri casi l’ideologia dei lettori e degli esegeti ne ha causato un’interpretazione interessata. L’intenzione di questa ricerca, dunque, è di fornire strumenti filologico-linguistici agli studenti del monoteismo sia nella tradizione ebraica, che in quella cristiana e agli studiosi, in generale, per una migliore comprensione del testo biblico ebraico.
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Cook, L. Stephen. "Jamnia a survey of its history and an appraisal of its influence on Judaism regarding the canon of Hebrew scriptures /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Tower, Mervyn. "The use of Hebrew scriptures in the dialogue of Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) with Jews and Judaism." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.685068.
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Goldberg, Scott J. "The relationship between English (l1) and Hebrew (l2) reading and externalizing behavior amongst Orthodox Jewish boys /." Ann Arbor, Mich. : Xerox University Microfilms, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3110997.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- New York University, 2004. Xerox of original typescript, Ph.D thesis, The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University 2004.Publication no. AAT 3110997 New York University.
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Durdin, Andrew. "The Spectacle of the Sotah: A Rabbinic Perspective on Justice and Punishment." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07202007-192056/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007.Title from file title page. Kathryn McClymond, committee chair; Timothy Renick, Louis Ruprecht, William Gilders, committee members. Electronic text (71 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 12, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71).
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Pasṭernaḳ, Nurit. "Be-yaḥad u-leḥud : kitve-yad ʻIvriyim be-Firentseh ba-meʼah ha-ḥamesh-ʻeśreh : ʻeduyot le-mifgash ben Yehudim le-Notsrim, melekhet ha-sefer, ha-tsarkhanim, ha-tsenzurah /." [Yerushalayim] : [ḥ. mo. l.], 2009. http://primage.tau.ac.il/libraries/theses/humart/free/002196084.pdf.
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Jordan, David J. "An offering of wine an introductory exploration of the role of wine in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism through the examination of the semantics of some keywords /." Connect to full text, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/482.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2003.Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 28, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Semitic Studies, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2003; thesis submitted 2002. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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Casals, i. Parés Jordi. "Els viatges per Orient i Occident de Śaśon Ḥay de la casa de Yehuda Castiel, jueu istambuliota dels s.XVII-XVIII." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/401595.
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La tesi que ara lliurem, Els viatges per Orient i Occident de Śaśon Ḥay de la casa de Yehuda Castiel, jueu istambuliota dels segles XVII-XVIII, parteix de l’estudi a tres nivells del llibre Maʿaśe Nissim que va ser escrit per Śaśon Ḥay. Primer, és la primera vegada que el llibre de Maʿaśe Nissim apareix editat de forma completa, i ho fa en aquesta tesi. Segon, també en aquesta tesi oferim per primera vegada la única traducció que s’ha fet del text hebreu del Maʿaśe Nissim, i que en el nostre cas és al català. Tercer, pel fet de tenir a disposició tota l’obra per primera vegada, s’ofereix una visió global i molt més ample de tot el llibre del que fins ara s’havia fet i que ha permès eixamplar els temes d’estudi de la tesi. Així, per mitjà d’aquests tres característiques, s’ha permès obrir uns camps d’estudi que fins ara no havien cridat l’atenció als investigadors, entre els quals la lingüística, l’alteritat, el pensament cabalístic i els seus viatges.
Les característiques d’aquesta obra que la fan única entre la literatura hebrea del segle XVII i XVIII parteixen primer de tot del seu caràcter popular, lluny d’aquella literatura que té com a objectiu el gust estètic. És una obra única en el seu gènere perquè hi relata les experiències del jueu sefardita Śaśon Ḥay en els seus viatges on fixà la seva atenció en tot allò que li resultava estrany. Així, les seves impressions en qualitat de jueu oriental sobre els costums europeus el converteixen en un personatge únic en la literatura hebrea del moment. La visió de l’alteritat en el Maʿaśe Nissim és un dels temes que no havien estat estudiats encara. L’autor podia tenir aquesta visió perquè viatjava molt fruit del seu negoci de comerciant de pedres precioses i de perles, i així és que Śaśon Ḥay viatjà per mig món conegut. Des d’Istambul fins a la costa oriental atlàntica a Amsterdam, el Mediterrani a Venècia i Tunis, el Golf Pèrsic i l’oceà Índic fins a Myanmar. A través del seu llibre l’autor ens relata els costums dels llocs, la història local, les rutes, etc., però el que ens torna a fer únic aquest llibre és que és la única font d’un comerciant jueu que ens explica d’on extreia la matèria primera del seu negoci, com es duia als mercats, com es venia i el preu. Així ens parla de les joies, de les perles i del mercuri.
Lluny de les seves experiències comercials, el llibre Maʿaśe Nissim conté diferents relats i conceptes que pertanyen al món de la mística jueva, la càbala, centrant el seu focus d’atenció en la figura de Yiṣḥaq Lúria Asquenazi. A través de la càbala es pot veure en el llibre com el remordiment, la penitència i la redempció tenen un paper especial en l’autor, i això el torna a fer únic, és fins ara l’únic viatger que intentà justificar la seva salvació per mitjà de termes cabalístics.
Per tant, Śaśon Ḥay i el seu llibre poden ser definits com una obra única dins la literatura hebrea i l’objectiu d’aquesta tesi ha estat la seva edició, traducció i estudi de tots els temes que acabem de citar.This thesis focused on the book of Sasson Khay Qastiel, the Book of Miracles, a Sephardi Jew from Istanbul in 17th-18th century who spent part of his life trading with diamonds and pearls. Through his book we could understood why he travelled so far, from Myanmar to Amsterdam spending a lot of years without going back home. He writes a little about how the diamonds and pearls production system worked, and there isn’t as far as we know another Jewish source from a trader that speaks about the way they found these products, where they sell them, what’s I the price, etc. Whit that we made a study about his travels. Through his book we did a study about otherness, his particular point of view of all that he found strange, like behaviours or habits from European Jewish and other. For that, we can say that as an Oriental Jew, his book is very particular because there isn’t source in that century from Orientals Jews who criticizes the habits of Occidental ones. We also found a Kabbalah writings in his book as a part of his particular Hagiography to the great kabbalist Yitzhak Luria. Through these learnings we think the author of the book wants to recognize the power of the redemption through the Kabbalah. This thesis is the first time the Book of Miracles is edited together and also is the first time that this book is translated in another language, in this case, to catalan.
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Merkle, Benjamin R. "Triune Elohim : the Heidelberg antitrinitarians and Reformed readings of Hebrew in the confessional age." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6673c702-a1b2-47e8-a112-92d98e689918.
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In 1563, the publication of the Heidelberg Catechism marked the conversion of the Rhineland Palatinate to a stronghold for Reformed religion. Immediately thereafter, however, the Palatinate church experienced a deeply unsettling surge in the popularity of antitrinitarianism. To their Lutheran and Catholic opponents, this development revealed a toxic connection between Reformed theology and the tenets of antitrinitarianism. As early as 1565, for instance, the Catholic Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius argued anonymously that the Reformed principle of sola scriptura was indistinguishable from the biblicism which had led heretics to reject the doctrine of the Trinity on the grounds that it was nowhere explicitly justified in the biblical text. Seven years later, the displaced Italian theologian and Heidelberg professor, Girolamo Zanchi, countered this argument in his De Tribus Elohim (1572). This huge landmark of this early theological crisis in Heidelberg sought to oppose the biblicism of the early antitrinitarians by arguing that the doctrine of the Trinity was explicitly taught within the Hebrew divine names Jehovah and Elohim. The following year De Tribus Elohim received an Imperial Privilege from the Catholic court in Vienna, a distinction virtually unheard of for a Reformed theological text. Zanchi’s argument was then widely promulgated in the marginal notations of the tremendously influential Biblia Sacra of Franciscus Junius and Immanuel Tremellius, and became a staple of refutations of antitrinitarianism thereafter. Yet Zanchi’s confidence that trinitarian theology was contained within the Hebrew of the Old Testament was not shared by many of his own Reformed colleagues. John Calvin’s exegetical works had explicitly rejected this argument; and theologians like David Pareus (Zanchi’s younger colleague in Heidelberg) and the Dutch Hebraist Johannes Drusius preferred a more historical-grammatical reading of the Old Testament and dismissed Zanchi’s reading of the name Elohim despite the danger that this might sacrifice a valuable defence against antitrinitarianism. Complicating the picture further, the Lutheran polemicist Aegidius Hunnius directed Zanchi’s arguments against Calvin in his Calvinus Iudaizans (1593). This variety of responses to Zanchi’s argument demonstrates the diversity of assumptions about the nature of the biblical text within the Reformed church, contradicting the notion that the Reformed world in the age of “confessionalization” was becoming increasingly homogenous or that the works of John Calvin had become the authoritative touchstone of Reformed orthodoxy in this period.
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Rytel-Andrianik, Pawel. "Use of Isaiah in the Fourth Gospel in comparison to the Synoptics and other places in the New Testament." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fb4891ee-6ee9-48d0-9d7c-3fecc2070d40.
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Isaiah, along with Psalms and Zechariah, is one of the most quoted OT books in the Fourth Gospel (FG). There are thorough studies regarding the citations from Psalms and Zechariah in the FG. However, a monograph-length study on the use of Isaiah in that book is still lacking. The present research aims to fill this gap. This study proposes not only to research into Isaianic citations in the FG (Is 40:3; Is 54:13; Is 53:1; Is 6:9-10), but also to complete a comparative study of their other occurrences in the NT. This is done by analysing eleven citations in total, of which nine are found in the FG and Synoptics, while the other two are found in Acts and in the Letter to the Romans (one citation in each). This comparative study leads to the conclusion that the same citation, even with the same Vorlage, can be used with two different meanings in two different places in the NT. Indeed, even where similar meanings are to be inferred, the exact uses of the citations have some nuances. Moreover, the deviations in the form of the citations should not be understood simply as due to defective memory: they may be explained by “application of exegetical techniques and devices” (Menken) or they may not. It seems rather that the Fourth Evangelist crafted them well, according to his genuine theological aims/agenda. In fact, he is much freer in the composition of his citations than the Synoptics. In common with the Synoptics, however, he mentions Isaiah in order to gain prophetic authority for some difficult claims and not merely to indicate the source of the citation. Finally, it is observed that all of the Isaianic quotations in the FG have one pattern in common: where the OT writer refers to the God of Israel, the Fourth Evangelist refers to Jesus Christ.
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Cameron, J. S. "The Vir Tricultus : an investigation of the classical, Jewish and Christian influences on Jerome's translation of the Psalter Iuxta Hebraeos." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2006. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8745c1f4-5dc1-48d3-9fd3-fca53147efad.
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This thesis investigates the influences on Jerome's translation of the Psalter from the Hebrew (IH Psalter) that came from the three major socio-religious spheres with which Jerome was acquainted. It argues that the results offer insights into Jerome's conception of the nature of Hebrew text itself, of the relationship between it and the Christian faith, and of his role as translator. The thesis argues and demonstrates that the language of the IH Psalter reveals influences that derive from Jerome's classical background, from his contact with rabbinic scholars in Palestine, and, especially, from his adopted Christian faith. These influences are subtle, but their combined effect is considerable. Care is taken to demonstrate that Jerome was a competent translator, and that he deliberately intended the classical, Jewish or Christian nuances that are discussed. This is achieved, first, by comparing the IH Psalter with the Hebrew as an initial step, then with Jerome's translation of the Psalter from the Hexaplaric Septuagint, and with the various Greek versions where they are extant; and second, by evaluating the relationship between Jerome's translations and his exegetical material on the Psalter. The fact that Jerome is both translator and exegete of the Psalter allows clear insight into the impact of his understanding of the Psalms on his translation of them. The Conclusion argues that the issues can be focussed on and find their resolution in Jerome's conception of the nature and function of the Hebrew text. By imputing to Jerome a belief in the divine inspiration of the Hebrew text, and a belief that the Hebrew text properly understood and properly translated reveals Jesus Christ, the character of the IH Psalter can best be explained. Jerome's translations often exploited available linguistic space, but they rarely went beyond what hebraica veritas could reasonably signify.
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Daffern, Megan I. J. "Prayers for remembering in the Psalms." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b9f845c8-c271-4eb6-8a3c-e9acf75929f1.
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The Hebrew language of remembering is complex and theologically interesting. The effective, relational, actualising aspects of zkr are particularly evident in language of prayer, especially in Psalm texts. Prayer is a remembering of God, a reminding of God, and a call to remember the pray-er herself, and such performative illocutions are addressed to both human and divine audience alike. The texts become not only present acts of remembering, but also means by which future acts of remembering are to be performed. Questions in Psalms criticism, of public or private Sitz-im-Leben, of form classification, and the ongoing debate about which critical methods to bring to Psalms scholarship, are brought together in an attempt to answer how remembering in prayer works in the Psalms. By employing hermeneutics informed by linguistics, not only the semantic field of zkr may be studied, but also pragmatic questions appropriately tackled. Thus the potential contributions of speech-act theory and discourse analysis when applied to the Psalms are indicated, alongside what comparable work has already been done by others in Psalms scholarship in these areas. Further linguistic insights which have not previously been applied to Psalms study, such as Audience Design, are then also brought to bear. Broader areas such as the theological nexus of memory, prayer, place and time, are then explored. Memory is thus seen to be an important constituent of Psalmic prayer at all levels of analysis, as a tool by which prayers are passed down and God and his people remain in relationship. Connections between remembering, didactic, and Wisdom are noted. The centrality of memory in the performance of prayer is viewed as a prototype for New Testament prayers, culminating in the Eucharist and evident for instance also in the Lord’s Prayer. Memory, in prayer texts and in their hermeneutics, both enshrines the past, and makes an ever-relevant present anticipate the future.
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Ravel, Edeet. "The application of biblical laws to women by the Rabbis of the Tannaitic period." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39322.
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In Hebrew, as in English, the masculine form takes precedence over the feminine, and consequently many masculine terms can serve both generic and sex-specific functions. Almost all biblical laws, whether formulated in the imperative or in the third person, appear in singular or plural masculine form, and therefore present a major difficulty in terms of gender interpretation. The position of women in the legal covenant is thus rendered highly ambiguous.The tannaitic sages, Jewish biblical exegetes of the first post-Christian centuries, were acutely aware of the problem and wrote numerous midrashim which interpreted ambiguous terms of gender in the biblical legal corpus. They determined the extent to which the various gender references referred to women.
These interpretations have been almost totally neglected in modern biblical and rabbinic scholarship, and are here collated and carefully analyzed for the first time. It is shown that though the sages operated within an ideological framework, their exegetical procedures played a major role in their legislation.
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Avery, Vanessa Jane. "Jewish vaccines against mimetic desire : Rene Girard and Jewish ritual." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14604.
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In 1972, with the publication of Violence and the Sacred, René Girard makes the stunning assertion that violence is the foundation of culture. Humanity’s innate urges for competition and rivalry entrap us in cycles of violence, which left alone would find no resolution. Girard calls the cause of this rivalry “mimetic desire”, and the only way out of this deeply embedded vengeance is to create a scapegoat to take the blame, reconciling the conflicting parties. Girard asserts that the biblical texts uniquely reveal the mechanisms of mimetic rivalry and scapegoating, and even demystify sacrificial rituals as nothing more than sacrilized “good” violence to keep a fragile peace. This revelation, according to Girard, can finally allow us to remove violence from the sacred. Much scholarship has been devoted to Girard’s theory, in particular how it offers a viable alternative to the still-dominant sacrificial theology of the cross. But there is little scholarship on the connection between Girard and Judaism; and Girard’s own work leaves us with a picture of Judaism that is at best incomplete, and at worst unable to find an answer to disturbing violence permeating the scriptures. This dissertation brings the Hebrew Bible into dialogue with Girard’s ideas in a systematic fashion to assert, contra Girard, that the Jewish revelation is a full, effective and even practical expression of his theory. After an overview of Girard’s work in the first chapter, the dissertation examines three Jewish “vaccines” to the mimetic disease as follows: the Birkhat ha-Banim (“The Blessing of the Children”); the reading of the Book of Esther on Purim; and the reading of Jonah on Yom Kippur. The conclusion to the dissertation asserts, drawing on these three demonstrations, the following points: 1) Rene Girard gives an important and clarifying lens to aid us in finding a new way to talk about, understand, and unify Jewish scripture and ritual; 2) a Jewish perspective can help flesh out what a different “revelation” of Girard’s mimetic desire looks like—even providing prescriptions to curtail this desire; and 3) positive mimesis is possible, and there are Hebrew examples of it free of originary violence. The final chapter addresses certain challenges in reconciling Girard with Judaism, moving toward a sincere Jewish Girardianism that will harmonize with the central views of the tradition.
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Maghidman, Marcelo. "Sêfer Yetsiráh: a natureza da linguagem na criação do mundo e sua manutenção através do alfabeto hebraico." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2010. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/11533.
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Previous issue date: 2010-10-22Instead of language been created by men, Jewish mysticism believes the world and everything that exists has been created and is mantained by God through language, specifically among the infinite combinations of the Hebrew Alphabet (the twenty two letters and the ten first numbers). This way, the entire universe is a phenomenon of language. The present paper discusses the importance of language and a type of Metaphysics of the Hebrew Alphabet, comparing the different views between the philosophical tradition, represented here by the following texts: Cratylus, by Plato and De Magistro, by Augustine, and, representing the jewish tradition, especially the jewish mysticism, the Sêfer Yetsiráh, of unknown author. As part of this analysis the paper presents, over all, Gershom Scholem s Theory of Language and The Metaphysics of the Hebrew Alphabet by Elias Lipiner, as well as the approach to Philosophy of Language, through the jewish mystic view, specifically from the Cabalah
Em lugar de a linguagem haver sido criada pelo homem, o Misticismo Judaico acredita que o mundo e tudo o que nele existe foi criado e é mantido por Deus por meio da linguagem, especificamente através das infinitas combinações do Alfabeto Hebraico (as vinte e duas letras e os dez primeiros números). Dessa forma, todo o universo constitui-se em um fenômeno da linguagem. O presente texto discute a importância da linguagem e uma classe de Metafísica do Alfabeto Hebraico, comparando distintas visões entre a tradição filosófica representada aqui pelos textos: Crátilo, de Platão e De Magistro, de Agostinho, pela tradição judaica, especificamente por meio de sua mística, o Sêfer Yetsiráh, de autoria desconhecida. Como parte da análise o texto apresenta, sobretudo, a Teoria da Linguagem de Gershom Scholem e a Metafísica do Alfabeto Hebraico de Elias Lipiner, bem como uma aproximação à Filosofia da Linguagem por meio da visão mística judaica, mais especificamente da Cabaláh
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González, Flores Annabel. "La transmissió dels manuscrits del Talmud de Babilònia a Europa: Del text hebreu originari a la traducció llatina del Talmud (París, 1244-1245)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670066.
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El marc històric, cultural i filològic de la nostra tesi s’ubica en la Disputa judeo - cristiana que va tenir lloc a París a l’estiu de 1240. Aquest esdeveniment va portar a la traducció llatina del Talmud titulada Extractiones de Talmud. El propòsit d’aquesta tesi
és determinar quina va ser la tradició textual hebraico-jueva de referència per als traductors llatins. Per a aconseguir aquest objectiu, hem fet una comparació sistemàtica d’una selecció significativa de passatges traduïts a partir de l’edició crítica Extractiones de Talmud per ordinem sequentialem quan els passatges traduïts presenten diferències importants respecte al text de l’edició canònica de Vilna. Aquest mètode ens ha permès confirmar que els traductors llatins tenien un gran coneixement tant de les tradicions cristianes com llatines; pel que fa al mètode dels traductors, hem pogut constatar també que van treballar amb diferents manuscrits talmúdics i que sovint es van enriquir amb els comentaris de Raixí. El nostre estudi ens ha portat a la conclusió que no es va fer servir un manuscrit hebreu-arameu únic com a Vorlage per a la traducció llatina del Talmud, sinó que la Vorlage va ser el resultat d’un treball de comparació de diversos testimonis de la tradició talmúdica. Tot i així podem deduir alguns trets característics dels textos i els seus traductors, com ara el seu origen asquenasita i la concentració parisenca del grup de treball.
La importància de la nostra recerca en el camp de la polèmica jueu-cristiana i també en el context de la crítica textual talmúdica resulta del fet que aquesta és la primera vegada que es realitza una investigació per identificar les plausibles fonts hebrees utilitzades en la traducció del text llatí del Talmud, és a dir, una de les fites més importants de la història de les relacions judeo-cristianes durant l’Edat mitjana. Els manuscrits particulars als quals hem apuntat haurien de tenir, certament, una consideració adequada en qualsevol investigació futura sobre l’ús de fonts talmúdiques originals d’autors cristians durant l’Edat mitjana.The Jewish-Christian Disputation that took place in Paris in the summer of 1240 constitutes the historical, cultural and philological framework of our PhD-thesis. This event led to the Latin translation of the Talmud entitled Extractiones de Talmud. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the Hebrew-Jewish textual tradition which lies behind the Latin translation. To achieve this goal, we have drawn a systematic comparison significative selection of passages contained in the critical edition of the Extractiones de Talmud per ordinem sequentialem and the Hebrew-Aramaic original of the Talmud, as it is offered by the canonical edition of Vilnius. This method has allowed us to confirm that the Latin translators were very familiar with both the Christian and Latin traditions; concerning the translators’ method, we have been able to show that they worked with different Talmudic manuscripts which they often enriched with Rashi’s commentaries. Our study has led us to conclude that it is not possible to single out a unique Hebrew-Aramaic manuscript as the Vorlage for the Latin translation of the Talmud. However, we can infer some characteristic features of the texts and its translators, such as the former’s Ashkenazi origin and the fact that the translators were working in the Paris area. The importance of our research in the field of Jewish-Christian polemic and also in the context of Talmudic textual criticism results from the fact that this is the first time ever that research has been conducted to identify the plausible Hebrew sources used in the translation of the Latin text of the Talmud, that is, one of the major landmarks in the history of Jewish-Christian relations during the Middle Ages. The particular manuscripts we have pointed to should certainly receive adequate consideration in any future inquiry into the use of original Talmudic sources by Christian authors during the Middle Ages.
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Álvarez, Jáuregui Clara. "Físic e cirurgià juheu: La medicina hebrea a la Barcelona del segle XIV." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458369.
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La present investigació se centra en els practicants de medicina jueus de la Barcelona del segle XIV. Aquests, físics i cirurgians en la seva majoria, van haver de fer front a un context social que anà canviant al llarg del segle, cada vegada més medicalitzat i amb una nova legislació. Degut a que estudis anteriors havien idealitzat la figura del metge jueu, s’ha fet una molt necessària revisió de la bibliografia i un nou anàlisi de la documentació ja coneguda (a més d’afegir-ne de desconeguda). De la mateixa manera, s’ha volgut comprovar i ampliar la informació que tenim sobre el Call jueu de Barcelona, per tal de comptar amb un context ben definit on emmarcar els nostres objectes d’estudi.
Una de les principals tasques ha estat la de recopilar un llistat dels principals practicants d’aquest període, constatant que el seu nombre era relativament inferior al que s’havia dit fins ara. Gràcies a la dita recopilació, s’han pogut analitzar les diferències entre les diferents professions mèdiques, els canvis dins d’aquestes al llarg del segle, i les diferències entre classes socials i gènere. També s’ha analitzat tot allò que conformava a un metge jueu, des de la seva formació, fins la influència de la religió, passant pels diferents esdeveniments històrics que l’afectaren, com per exemple la Pesta Negra. D’aquesta manera, s’ha buscat entendre aquests metges com personatges funcionant dins d’una societat complexa i no al marge d’aquesta.
La creació de noves lleis que regulaven l’exercici de la medicina va ser el punt d’inflexió d’aquests practicants. Degut a la nova legislació, i per tal de legitimitzar la seva pràctica, van haver de passar examinacions per aconseguir permís per exercir. Aquestes llicències mèdiques, que podien ser reials, episcopals o municipals, ens donen una informació molt valuosa sobre aquests practicants.
Dins del Call trobem també altres formes assistencials, relacionades indirectament amb la medicina, com són l’Almoina i l’hospital jueus. Tot i les poques evidències documentals, s’ha pogut constatar la seva existència i l’àmplia xarxa de propietats amb la que es finançaven.
Finalment, s’ha volgut aportar les transcripcions de documentació llatina que fins ara romania inèdita, i que ajuden a recuperar part del llegat dels jueus medievals catalans.The present dissertation is focused in the Jewish Medical practitioners of the city of Barcelona in the 14th century. These practitioners had to face a changing social context with a new legislation that medicalized the 14ht-century society. Previous studies had idealized these practitioners and it was necessary to review thoroughly both the bibliography and the sources. Thanks to this research we were able to make new statistics of our subjects of study, corroborating an inferior number than it was expected. Moreover, we could analyze the different patterns of the profession along the century, focusing in things such as social status or gender. The creation of medical licensing was a turning point for the practitioners that were forced to be examined if they were to continue practicing. The analysis of these licenses provide us with important information of their context and the obstacles they had to overcome. Another main subject of this dissertation is the Jewish hospital and the assistance in the Jewish quarter. Although it has been proven difficult to supply documentary evidence, we have been able to confirm its existence and their assistance mechanisms. Additionally, we have provided an updated list of all those physicians, surgeons, apothecaries and midwives that were active in the city along the century. Transcriptions of unpublished documents relevant to the research are also provided.
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Taylor, Nicholas Hugh. "The divine agent in Intertestamental Judaism : the origins of the concept in the Hebrew tradition and its application in the figures of the the "Son of Man" in the Similitudes of Enoch and the "Logos" in the writings of Philo of Alexandria." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16368.
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Bibliography: pages 157-161.Many New Testament scholars have recently come to understand aspects of Christology in terms of the rabbinic legal concept of agency. Whereas Rengstorf attempted to understand apostleship in terms of the rabbinic agency concept (1964, first published 1933), works such as those of Borgen (1983, first published 1968), and Buehner (1977) attempt to explain the Johannine Jesus in such terms, following on Eduard "Zum religionsgeschichtlichen Hintergrund der "Sendungsformel" Gal .4:4f; Roem.8:3f; John 3:16f; I John 4:9", published in the Zeitschrift fuer die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft in 1966. The aim of this dissertation is to locate the roots of the concept of Divine Agency at the heart of the Hebrew tradition, rather than in later rabbinic abstractions, and to examine the development of the tradition from ancient times to the period contemporary with Jesus of Nazareth. Two figures, in works reflecting some of the diversity of Intertestamental Judaism and dating from the first decade of the Christian Church, have been selected for assessment as Divine Agents. These are the "Son of Man" in the Similitudes of Enoch and the "Logos" in the writings of Philo of Alexandria. While the rabbinic and other legal abstractions are not a valid ideal model for understanding Divine Agency, they are nevertheless useful in that they articulate concepts more concisely than is the case elsewhere. A brief treatment of the legal material is therefore included. This is followed by a survey of the development of the Hebrew religious tradition, with particular attention to the concept of the Divine Council assembled round the Throne of God. It is in the context of this tradition that messianic and other ideal figures emerged, and therefore in this context that the origins of the Divine Agency Concept are sought. The Agency idea is found to be well-attested in the Hebrew tradition, particularly during the post-Exilic period.
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Dzienciarsky, Damián Alejandro. "A extraposição no Hebraico. Um fenômeno linguístico do idioma ou discriminação dos judeus da comunidade oriental." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8158/tde-08012013-144053/.
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Esta pesquisa versa sobre a análise morfossintática do fenômeno de extraposição no hebraico. No primeiro capitulo mostro quais são as premissas, as hipóteses e os corpora trabalhados nesta pesquisa. No segundo capítulo, localiza-se a extraposição dentro do sistema morfossintático da língua hebraica revisando o uso da extraposição em diferentes registros do hebraico moderno. Analisei o fenômeno em si, para entender seu uso, formas, regras, nomenclatura e entorno onde a extraposição geralmente aparece. No terceiro capítulo, analiso o livro Shum Gamadim ló Yavohu. Por meio desta análise pude pesquisar a linguagem pobre dos personagens, um idioma comum aos bairros da periferia. Os objetivos da analise do livro são, por um lado, confirmar que o fenômeno de extraposição é espontâneo e cotidiano no hebraico, tanto na linguagem oral como na escrita, e por outro lado, analisar por que este fenômeno é considerado como parte do registro baixo na língua hebraica moderna. No quarto e quinto capítulos, localizei o fenômeno de extraposição no texto bíblico e talmúdico. A Bíblia e o Talmud são as fontes indiscutíveis do judaísmo e constituem o padrão do hebraico para definir o que pertence ou não pertence à língua hebraica do ponto de vista linguístico. Desta maneira consegui demonstrar que o fenômeno de extraposição é parte da língua hebraica desde a época bíblica. No sexto e último capítulo, através da analise da extraposição no árabe e no francês, pude demonstrar que a extraposição é um fenômeno frequente nestas línguas, penetrando no hebraico moderno pelos falantes dessas línguas. Entendendo que estes falantes do árabe e francês foram discriminados pelos nativos do hebraico. O fenômeno de extraposição foi discriminado pelo uso excesivo dos falantes da comunidade judia oriental.The present work deals with the morphosyntactic analysis of the phenomenon of extraposition in Hebrew. Its first chapter contains the premises, hypotheses and corpora worked on for the research. Its second chapter identifies extraposition within the morphosyntactic system of the Hebrew language, revising the use/occurrence of extraposición in different/distinct registers of Modern Hebrew. The phenomenon in itself is analyzed, with the purpose of understanding the use, forms, rules, nomenclature and environment where extraposition normally occurs. The third chapter analyzes the book/novel Shum Gamadim ló Yavohu. It is through this analysis that the language of its characters is researched, which is a simple language, common to the speakers of the suburban neighborhoods. The aims of the analysis of the book are, on the one hand, confirming that the phenomenon of extraposición is spontaneous and usual in Hebrew, both in spoken language as well as in writing, and on the other hand discussing why this phenomenon is ascribed to the lower register of Modern Hebrew. Chapters four and five deal with the identification of the phenomenon of extraposition in Biblical and Talmudic text. The Bible and the Talmud are both undisputable sources of Judaism, and they constitute the pattern of Hebrew in order to define what belongs to Hebrew and what does not from a linguistic perspective. It is thus demonstrated that the phenomenon of extraposition has been a part of the Hebrew language since Biblical times. In the sixth and final chapter, by means of the analysis of the phenomenon of in Arab and French, it is demonstrated that extraposition is a phenomenon of high frequency of occurrence in those languages. Given the understanding that the Hebrew of native speakers of Arab and French was looked down upon by native speakers of Hebrew, the phenomenon of extraposition was scorned due to its excessive use by the speakers of the Oriental Jewish community.
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Dousse, Michel. "L'experience du desert et le monotheisme, deux approches : les arabes et les hebreux." Paris 4, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA040339.
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Schaffzin, Linda Klughaupt. "Akiba Hebrew Academy| A Unique Jewish Day School in the Age of Progressivism." Thesis, Barry University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10263295.
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Akiba Hebrew Academy was founded in Philadelphia in 1946 as the first community Jewish secondary day school in America. Akiba was a drastic departure and in effect, counter-cultural: an all-day secondary school program defined as community (not attached to a denomination and certainly not Orthodox), integrative (general and Jewish studies), and progressive, a term that carried weight in the Philadelphia marketplace, drawing talented faculty and skeptical parents to this yet unknown entity. Most Jewish parents were committed to public school education, favoring denominational supplemental religious schooling.
Despite Akiba’s status as the first of its kind in American Jewish educational history, little has been written about it as a progressive school or about its leadership. Even less is known of the influence of the curriculum or the faculty on its graduates. Using archival material, this study examines the nature of the school’s curriculum and especially the leadership of its visionary curricular architect, Louis Newman, from his selection as principal in 1951 until 1963, when he left the school for an appointment to a national curriculum initiative. It specifically explores to what degree the overt and hidden curriculum followed the founders’ initial intent. Through the use of narrative inquiry methodology, the use of participant interviews and the examination of archival material such as personal letters and communication, the study also investigates the impact of those decisions on administration, parents, faculty and early graduates in an effort to understand the influence of the school on the community and especially its students’ identities.
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Guez, Patrick. "Edition et traduction d'un manuscrit hebreu : le ketav tamim de moise taku." Paris, EPHE, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998EPHE4032.
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Moise taku ecrit son ketav tamim aux alentours de 1220-1230. Un seul fragment de cet ouvrage nous est parvenu, il comprend la fin de la deuxieme partie de l'oeuvre de moise taku et le debut de la troisieme. Des citations de l'ouvrage ont ete retrouvees dans la litterature ashkenaze du xiiiʿ siecle. La polemique developpee par moise taku est unique dans la litterature hebraique en europe medievale. Il s'oppose avec vehemence a toute innovation dans le domaine theologique et rejette a la fois la philosophie et les doctrines developpees par les pietistes rhenans. Il accepte sans reserves aucune la tradition talmudique. Ses principales attaques sont dirigees contre saadia gaon a travers son livre des croyances et des convictions et son commentaire du sepher ha-yesirah. Moise taku estime que les idees de saadia sont a l'origine des doctrines exposees par les pietistes rhenans, par abraham ibn ezra et par maimonide ; ces doctrines menacent selon lui la foi orthodoxe. Il s'agit en particulier de la doctrine de l'immanence divine qu'il estime se rapprocher du pantheisme paien. Il deplore le nouveau phenomene des etudes theologiques au sein du judaisme et met en exergue les consequences catastrophiques qu'ont entrainees les precedentes investigations dans ce domaine en donnant naissance au christianisme et au caraisme. Il invite ses coreligionnaires a accepter au sens litteral le corps principal de la tradition talmudique, a croire en ce qui est affirme explicitement, et a rejeter toute speculation au sujet de ce qui ne l'est pas. On ignore si l'oeuvre polemique de moise taku a eu un quelconque impact sur le judaisme ashkenaze. Cependant, il est fort probable que ses arguments refletent l'opinion d'une grande partie du peuple de l'epoque qui ne prit pas part aux controverses.
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Wildstein, Tristin J. "Missions, methods, and assessment in Hebrew language education| Case studies of American Jewish day schools." Thesis, New York University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10169540.
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This research consists of three case studies conducted within American Jewish day schools (JDSs). Addressing some of the issues pointed to by past researchers, this investigation focuses on the following discrete areas of Hebrew language (HL) programs: the stated visions for Hebrew language learning as noted in the mission statements and other documents of the schools and as articulated by teachers and administrators, the methodologies employed by Hebrew and Jewish Studies educators within these institutions, and the assessment practices employed by these schools and educators to determine whether the expressed goals of these programs are being met. By exploring the missions, methods, and assessment processes within these Hebrew language programs, and contrasting these aspects of the schools, we come to a better understanding of the inner workings of these programs and the issues that may be addressed in practice and future research. The following questions guided this mixed-methods study: (1) Within each JDS, what are the goals, according to the mission statement, teachers and administrators, for receptive and productive oral proficiency and literacy in HL? (2) Within each JDS, what are the instructional methodologies employed by teachers in HL and Jewish Studies? (3) Within each JDS, what formal and informal assessments, including teacher perceptions, are currently used for student placement, ongoing and recursive assessment, and outcome assessment? Findings indicate that each of these schools has articulated its missions and program goals to incorporate the development of some kind of Hebrew proficiency and Jewish identity among students. However, confusion was identified within each institution regarding planning methodological approaches and employing systematic and meaningful evaluations of student progress, both of which are found to be interwoven with the desired development of Hebrew language, Jewish identity and a Zionist orientation. In order to successfully achieve their goals and missions, clearer articulation, more consistent and research-based methodological choices, along with consistent and meaningful assessments are required.
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Dauber, Jeremy Asher. "Antonio's devils : writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the birth of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature /." Stanford (Calif.) : Stanford university press, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39214879m.
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Ortega, Christopher E. "Postcolonial approaches to the Hebrew Bible| Witchcraft accusations and gendered language in Ezekiel and other polemical prophetic texts." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1603104.
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Postcolonial theory, while often reserved for analysis of modern political conditions, is often overlooked in biblical studies. The purpose of this thesis is to employ postcolonial analysis to the book of Ezekiel and demonstrate its value in biblical studies. Postcolonialism critiques national origin myths as political propaganda; seeks to retrieve the voices of those suppressed by hegemony; explores the power relations involved in ethnic and religious representation and authority; and examines how gender is used in hegemonic discourse. This study begins with an interrogation of the imperial politics behind several biblical national origin myths. A polyphony of contrapuntal voices are retrieved through archaeological, textual, and comparative evidence, demonstrating a plurality of Israelite religions for both the popular, illiterate, agrarian majority, as well as for officially state-sanctioned religions of the literate, urban, male elite. Finally, portions of the book of Ezekiel, a byproduct of imperialism itself, are analyzed for its use of gendered and sexualized language in continued polyphonic conflicts over religious representation and authority during a period of imperial crisis.
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Bejarano, Ana María. "Selomoh Bonafed, poeta y polemista hebreo." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/1745.
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La presente tesis consiste en la edición crítica de una importante parte de los poemas contenidos en el "Diwán" (hasta la fecha prácticamente inéditos), de Selomoh ben Reuben Bonafed, la traducción de los mismos y un estudio introductorio acerca de la figura del poeta y de loe manuscritos utilizados para la edición.Selomoh Bonafed es el último poeta de importancia de la poesía hebraicoespañola. Del lugar y fecha de nacimiento y muerte de Bonafed nada seguro sabemos, aunque según conjeturas nuestras a las que hemos llegado por medio de sus escritos, parece muy probable que hubiera nacido en Barcelona alrededor de 1370 y que muriera en Belchite después de 1445. Bonafed habría nacido en Barcelona de donde suponemos que huyó, ya que no se convirtió al cristianismo al estallar, en 1392, en dicha ciudad las revueltas populares que diezmaron su aljama.
Por sus escritos nos consta que Bonafed vivió además en Zaragoza, en Serós, muy probablemente en Tárrega y, ya en su vejez, en Belchite. Tres veces, en distintos encabezamientos a sus poemas, dice Bonafed que vivía en el pueblo, de Serós, situación que según sus propias palabras no le satisfacía en absoluto, quizá porque añorara los días pasados en Zaragoza en casa de su principal mecenas, Don Benveniste de la Caballería, lugar en el que se reunía a principios del siglo XV el último círculo de poetas hebreos en tierras de España ("Adat Ha-Nogenim"), del que, además de Bonafed, formaban parte los poetas Don Vidal ben Labí y Selomoh ben Mesullam de Piera.
En Zaragoza se instaló Bonafed más tarde, bien entrado ya el siglo XV. Habiendo llegado a ser un personaje influyente en la aljama de esta ciudad, tuvo que salir huyendo de ella, pues a causa de su fuerte carácter se había enemistado con los principales judíos de la aljama. Fue entonces cuando se refugió en Belchite desde donde escribió sus sarcásticos e hirientes escritos en prosa rimada contra los judíos de Zaragoza, escritos entre los que se incluyen unos poemas fechados en 1445.
Al margen de los lugares en los que Bonafed nos dice explícitamente que vivió, lo que resulta evidente es que, debido a su condición de poeta profesional, anduvo de un lado para otro en busca de clientes para sus poemas. Bonafed es el último poeta hebraico-español que intentó hacer de su poesía un medio de vida. Él mismo nos cuenta a través de sus escritos las dificultades por las que pasaba en busca de un mecenas o de un cliente ocasional al que poderle ofrecer, naturalmente a cambio de dinero, sus poemas. En ocasiones se queja Bonafed de que no sepan apreciar sus poemas, tanto por sentir herido su orgullo de poeta, y eso no lo ponemos en duda, como por saber que entonces no va a recibir renumeración pecuniaria por sus versos.
A la disputa de Tortosa acudió Bonafed con "la mayoría de los poetas del reino", y varios de sus poemas están escritos desde aquella ciudad. Los poetas seguían teniendo la función de narrar "bellamente" los acontecimientos que afectaban a la sociedad y más concretamente a su comunidad, y por esa razón acudieron también en aquella ocasión. Varios son los poemas de Bonafed que reflejan el estado de postración en que quedaron las aljamas judías de la Corona de Aragón a raíz de aquella controversia, que fue la más larga e importante de los debates entre judíos y cristianos que jamás haya habido. Repetidamente se lamenta Bonafed de que los principales hombres del judaísmo de entonces no supieran resistir la prueba. La conversión de su amigo el poeta Don Vidal ben Labí, en febrero de 1414, le causó una gran decepción y lo entristeció profundamente, hasta llegar casi a ser una obsesión a lo largo de su obra. Así mismo, el abandono de la fe judía por parte del conocido poeta Selomoh ben Mesullam de Piera, también conmocionó a Bonafed, que se lamenta de ello en varios poemas. Sin embargo, que sus amigos se convirtieran al cristianismo no supuso, que rompiera con ellos. Muchos de los escritos que nos han llegado de aquella generación son testimonio de las estrechas relaciones que seguían manteniendo los judíos y los conversos. Bonafed expresa su dolor ante la nueva situación, pero desea mantener el contacto.
A pesar de ser Bonafed uno de los autores que menos poesía religiosa nos ha dejado, fue sin duda alguna un hombre fiel a la fe de sus mayores. Repetidamente pone unas pinceladas de religiosidad en sus escritos y, en ocasiones, expone explícitamente su postura al respecto, que es la de defender la verdadera de de las almas cándidas y criticar el averroísmo que había corrompido el espíritu de los principales de su pueblo hasta arrastrarlos a la apostasía.
Además de poeta, Selomoh ben Reuben Bonafed destacó como polemista. Llegó a lo más alto del género en sus escritos contra los judíos principales de la aljama de Zaragoza. Víctima, seguramente, de su mordaz lengua, Bonafed se vio obligado a huir de Zaragoza y refugiarse en Belchite, desde donde escribió el opúsculo satírico que distribuyó entre sus amigos y conocidos. Parece, pues, que Bonafed acabó sus días buscando la imposible reconciliación con los últimos poetas de su generación, que habían traicionado su fe y su poesía, y querellándose verbalmente (como era inherente a su carácter) con la última gran aljama, ante cuya decadencia no podía permanecer impasible.
El manuscrito en el que se encuentra el "diwán" de Selomoh Bonafed es un manuscrito único, el Mich.155 (OI.809) de la Biblioteca Bodleiana de Oxford. Este códice figura con el núm. 1984 en el catálogo de Neubauer (A. Neubauer: Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and in the College Libraries of Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1886) y ha sido descrito en esta tesis con todo lujo de detalles. Además de este manuscrito Oxoniense que ha sido utilizado como base para la edición de los poemas y que es llamado O en el aparato crítico, han sido utilizados dos manuscritos más: uno depositado en la biblioteca Sassoon de Londres y que figura con el núm. 590 en el catálogo de Sasoon "Ohel David" (S. Sassoon: "Ohel David" Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London. London 1992) y al que se ha llamado L en el aparato crítico, y un manuscrito que se halla en la Biblioteca Montezinos de Amsterdam que figura con el núm. 440 en el catálogo de Fuks (L. Fuks: Hebrew and Judaice Manuscripts in Amsterdam Public Collections. II: Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Ets Haim / Livraria Montezinos Sephardic Communíty of Amsterdam, Leiden, 1975) y al que se ha llamado A en el aparato crítico.
Para la edición de los poemas se ha tomado, pues, como base el texto que transmite el ms. O, que ha sido vocaliado; además se presenta una traducción al castellano de los poemas.
Selomoh ben Reuben Bonafed (Barcelona ca. 1370 - Belchite ca. 1445) is the last poet of any importance in Hebrew Spanish poetry. He wrote his poetry when the period of decadence was at its highest level and died approximately 50 years before the expulsion of Spanish Jews. He was the last professional Hebrew poet and his principal patron was Don Benveniste de la Caballería. The last circle of Hebrew Spanish poets, Adat Ha-Nogenim, would meet in the house of Don Benveniste de la Caballería from the last decade of the 14th century until the Dispute of Tortosa (1414). Together with Bonafed, such poets as Don Vidal ben Labí and Selomah ben Mesullam de Piera, formed also part of this circle.
This thesis presents the critical edition and the translation of 57 poems of the "diwán" of Selomoh Bonafed which has not been published until now. The edition is based upon ene single manuscript which contains the diwán of Selomoh Bonafed and is deposited in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The catalogue number is 1984 and it was registered by A. Neubauer, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and in the College Libraries of Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1886. For the edition of eight of the poems two more- manuscripts were used: one is in the Sassoon Library in London and the other one in the Montezinos Library in Amsterdam.
The edition is preceded by an introduction studying the figure of the poet, the level of importance he reached in his time, and also his work as a polemicist and it is followed by annotated translation.
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Gomes, Gilmar Araújo. "Judaísmo, neoplatonismo e cabala : a teoria do amor de Judá Abravanel (Leão Hebreu) nos "Diálogos de Amor"." Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Religião, 2017. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6676.
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Born in Lisbon in an inaccurate date between 1460 and 1470, Judah Abravanel, since young, according to his biographer João Vila-Chã, devoted himself to study, contemplation and the typical teaching and learning model of the outstanding Jewish families of his time, or that is, a model marked by a substantial program of studies which included, in particular, Greek and Hebrew heritage. However, the first characteristic that differentiates his intellectual development is the condition of being the son of Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), counselor and treasurer of D. Afonso V, whose prominence in the Portuguese court generated disagreements against the actions of the Jews. To his father, his personality is very much obliged; both in their public performance, in the synagogue and in the court, as well as in personal orientations; his father transmitted to him the initiation into the secrets of Kabbalah and the philosophical reflections of authors like Aristotle and Maimonides. Also known as the Leone Ebreo, the study of Judah Abravanel's historical-religious identity, contained in the book Dialogues of Love, proposes a perspective of wandering being-in-exile, ie experiencing the human condition in terms of passion and pain, proper of the sephardic mentality that is strengthened from that period, like dispersed Jew. The poetics present here manifests a theory of love produced with strong influence, among others, by Marsilio Ficino and Jochanan Alemanno, the latter one of the precursors Hebrew of the humanist Pico della Mirandola, and who is said to have provided a meeting between the two. Not only did his Dialogues of Love intertwines the Jewish Scriptures with the teaching of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and the Arabs (especially Averroes and Avicenna), but they also influenced the work of later authors such as Giordano Bruno. The Neoplatonic perspective there conceives love as a universal principle, uniting the inferior to the superior, the universe with its creator; moreover, he understands creation as an a priori given, hence "he indulges in the refutation of the Aristotelian thesis of the eternity of the world" (CALAFATE, 2000). The Neoplatonic writing of Judah Abravanel hides a structure of Kabbalah teaching, as learned from the wise Jewish theologians, who would have influenced the philosophy of Plato, as understood by Leone Ebreo. Therefore, this work has as general objective, to expose the conception of love of Judah Abravanel expressed in his Dialogues of Love, emphasizing the literary, philosophical and religious aspects that compose this work.Nascido em Lisboa em data imprecisa entre 1460 e 1470, Judá Abravanel, desde novo, como atenta seu biógrafo João Vila-Chã, se dedicou ao estudo, à contemplação e ao típico modelo de ensino e aprendizagem das destacadas famílias judaicas de sua época, ou seja, um modelo marcado por um substancial programa de estudos em que incluíam, de modo especial, herança grega e hebraica. No entanto, a primeira característica que faz diferenciar seu desenvolvimento intelectual é a condição de ter sido filho de Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), conselheiro e tesoureiro de D. Afonso V, cujo destaque na corte portuguesa gerou desavenças contra a atuação dos judeus. A seu pai, sua personalidade muito deve; tanto em seu desempenho público, na sinagoga e na corte, quanto em orientações pessoais; seu pai lhe transmitiu a iniciação nos segredos da Cabala e nas reflexões filosóficas de autores como Aristóteles e Maimônides. Também conhecido como Leão Hebreu, o estudo da identidade histórico-religiosa de Judá Abravanel, contida na obra Diálogos de Amor, propõe uma perspectiva de errância do ser-em-exílio, ou seja, a vivência da condição humana em termos de paixão e dor, própria da mentalidade sefardita que se fortalece a partir desse período, como judeu disperso. A poética ali presente manifesta uma teoria do amor produzida com forte influência, dentre outros, de Marsilo Ficino e Jochanan Alemanno, este último um dos precursores hebraicos do humanista Pico della Mirandola, e a quem se atribui ter proporcionado o encontro entre ambos. Não somente seus Diálogos de Amor entrelaçaram as Escrituras Judaicas com o ensino de Platão, Aristóteles, os estóicos e os árabes (sobretudo Averróis e Avicena), mas também influenciaram a obra de autores posteriores como Giordano Bruno. A perspectiva neoplatônica ali presente concebe o amor como princípio universal, unindo o inferior ao superior, o universo com o seu criador; aliás, ele entende a criação como dado apriorístico, por isto “ele se entrega à refutação da tese aristotélica da eternidade do mundo” (CALAFATE, 2000). A escrita neoplatônica de Judá Abravanel oculta uma estrutura de ensino da Cabala, como aprendida dos sábios teólogos judeus, os quais teriam influenciado a filosofia de Platão, assim entende Leão Hebreu. Portanto, esse trabalho tem como objetivo geral, expor a concepção de amor de Judá Abravanel expressa em seus Diálogos de Amor, ressaltando os aspectos literários, filosóficos e religiosos que compõem essa obra.
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Fernandes, Celso Eronides. "A LITURGIA DE HEBREUS: Uma análise de como as mudanças sociais influenciam as formas de culto." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2006. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/571.
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Previous issue date: 2006-03-07What influential power does social change have over types of worship services? The truth is that religion is not exempt from receiving influences from social and political changes. This research analyzes and compares two moments that Christianity suffered influences from changes that occurred in society. The first moment is based upon the Epistle of Hebrews, in the first century of the Christian age, when it dismembered itself out of the Jewish liturgy and formed a liturgical speech for itself. The other moment is the present day, where the worship services have received strong influences from changes that society has suffered. It is possible in both of these instances to find a struggle between Traditionalism and Modernism, between what is new and what is old, between what is established and what struggles in order to be established
Qual o poder de influência das mudanças sociais nos estilos de cultos? A realidade é que a Religião não é isenta de sofrer influências das mudanças políticas e sociais. Esta pesquisa analisa e compara dois momentos em que o Cristianismo sofreu influências das mudanças ocorridas na sociedade. O primeiro momento está baseado na Epístola de Hebreus, ainda nos primeiros séculos da era cristã, quando conseguiu se desvincular da Liturgia Judaica e formar um discurso litúrgico próprio. O outro momento estudado é a época atual, onde os cultos têm recebido grande influência das mudanças que a sociedade vem sofrendo. Em ambas as épocas é possível apontar uma luta entre a Tradição e a Modernidade, entre o velho e o novo, entre o que esta estabelecido e o aquilo que quer espaço a fim de se estabelecer
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Marriott, Brandon John. "The birth pangs of the Messiah : transnational networks and cross-religious exchange in the age of Sabbatai Sevi." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ed4243fe-d113-4d7e-9704-f0361b966d33.
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Between 1648 CE and 1666 CE, news, rumours, and theories about the messiah and the Lost Tribes of Israel were disseminated amongst diverse populations of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Employing a world history methodology, this thesis follows three sets of such narratives that were spread through the American colonies, England, the Dutch Republic, the Italian peninsula and the Ottoman Empire, connecting people separated by linguistic, religious, national, and continental divides. This dissertation starts by situating this transmission within a broader context that dates back to 1492 CE and then traces the three-stage process in which eschatological constructs originating in the Americas in the 1640s were transmitted across Europe to the Levant in the 1650s, preparing the minds of Jews and Christians for the return of these ideas from the Ottoman Empire in the 1660s. In this manner, this study seeks to make three contributions to the existing literature. It brings together often isolated historiographies, it unearths fresh archival sources, and it provides a new conceptual framework. Overall, it argues that one cannot understand the growth of apocalyptic tension that reached its peak in 1666 without examining the major historical events and processes that began in 1492 and affected Jews, Christians, and Muslims across the Atlantic and Mediterranean worlds.
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Moore, Nicholas J. ""Not to offer himself again and again" : an exegetical and theological study of repetition in the Letter to the Hebrews." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7402e9b1-28f1-4075-b407-dd02c30c1d20.
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Repetition has received a bad press in certain streams of theological tradition; this reception has in part been caused by, and has in turn affected, readings of the Letter to the Hebrews, which speaks about repetition in ways unique in the New Testament. The present study addresses the insufficient critical attention paid to repetition in Hebrews, challenging the assumption that it functions uniformly and negatively throughout the letter, and exploring the variety of ways in which Hebrews presents repetition. The plurality of prophetic speech displays God’s manifold kindness in the old covenant; such speech is not opposed to but is fulfilled in Christ’s coming, and its ongoing repetition in the new covenant through citation and exposition serves to promote and explicate that event. Repeated mutual encouragement is essential to persevering in the Christian life and avoiding apostasy. And the regular entry of the Levitical priests into the outer sanctuary of the tabernacle in Heb 9.6 foreshadows the continual access to God achieved through Christ. Where repetition has a negative or contrastive role in the author’s argumentation, it does not cause inefficacy but rather indicates a weakness whose source is elsewhere – and which, moreover, is revealed fully only in the light of the Christ event. The uniqueness of Christ and of his death construed as a sacrifice, developed from concepts of singularity in Day of Atonement and early Christian crucifixion traditions, forms a unifying strand in the letter’s Christology. Rather than functioning in simple opposition to repetition, this singularity corresponds to continuity and eternity, and is developed at times in contrast to, and at times in correspondence with, repetition. The study thus offers a reappraisal of repetition in Hebrews, laying the foundations for renewed appreciation of the importance of repetition for theological discourse and religious life.
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Sonder, Ines. "„Das wollten wir. Ein neues Land …“ Deutsche Zionistinnen als Pionierinnen in Palästina, 1897–1933." HATiKVA e.V. – Die Hoffnung Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur Sachsen, 2014. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35045.
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Orr, Meital. "God and the Devil in the Human Heart: The Dialogic Vision of Abramovitch and Dostoevsky." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10091.
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Scholarship on the founder of modern Jewish literature, Sholem Abramovitch (1836-1917), is a rich field of study, yet it has been largely abandoned today, and the author has hardly been studied at all in nineteenth-century comparative European context. This study uses an unprecedented comparison between Abramovitch and his contemporary, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), to reveal the complexity with which Abramovitch pioneered the integration of European and Russian literary trends into Jewish literature. These writers came from very different cultures and literary situations; however, they also shared many of the same influences due to their shared location in Tsarist Russia in the mid nineteenth century. During this time, the cultural sources and social preoccupations of their intelligentsias increasingly converged, producing a shared zeitgeist which – in combination with their similar early experiences and tendencies for dialogism (contradictory duality) – led to their many literary intersections. A comparison of their oeuvres reveals similar replacements of Gogol’s condescension toward poor protagonists with compassion, subversions of the feuilleton in the service of social critique, unprecedented uses of the “dialogic word,” new variations on the European theme of the “fantastic city,” applications of contemporary concepts such as “necessary egoism” and “free will” to the psyche of the downtrodden, enlistments of the Devil to warn against the dangers of Utilitarianism, and literary efforts to bridge the gap between the classes which include a convergence between romanticism and religion. Though Abramovitch has been designated as a satirist and realist, this study shows how he also pioneered the integration of romanticism into Jewish literature through, psychological penetration of the poor, and themes such as: the truth inherent in emotion, the subconscious and folklore, the transcendent wisdom of the people, and the divine meaning of nature. Abramovitch has been compared on isolated themes with other Russian writers, such as Turgenev, Shchedrin and Gogol; however, only a comparison with Dostoevsky can reveal the nuance and complexity of his many formal and thematic achievements.Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Salitan, Laurie P. "An analysis of Soviet Jewish emigration in the 1970s." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f984e4b9-f578-4ee9-89d5-b26a65cca29b.
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Domestic, not foreign affairs drove Soviet policy on Jewish emigration during the period of 1968-1989. This study challenges the prevailing view that fluctuating levels of exit from the USSR were correlated to the climate of relations between the USA and the USSR. The analysis also considers Soviet-German emigration for comparative perspective. Extensive historical background, with special emphasis on Soviet nationality policy is provided.
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Jonsäll, Hans. "Välsignad förbannelse : En retorisk analys av bibliskt material i Black Metallyrik." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Gamla testamentets exegetik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-266925.
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This bachelor thesis offers a rhetorical analysis of the album Maranatha by Swedish Black Metal artist Funeral Mist. Its main focus is on the intertextuality between the song "Blessed Curse" and the biblical book Deuteronomy, especially Deut 28 from which it has sampled a large portion of text. In the analysis I uncover the similarities and differences between the two texts in order to explain how the biblical fragments constitute new meanings when rearranged and taken out of their original context. The analysis concludes with relating the material to its new context i.e. the album Maranatha and the Black Metal scene by explaining other intertexts and references to the Bible and discussing which genre is best suited to describe the album as a whole. The results of the study show that the biblical quotations in the lyrics convey radically different messages and meanings compared to their original content in Deut 28. This in turn acknowledge how dependent linguistic symbols are on their context. I finish off my thesis with a few reflections on the moral and ethical implications of this use of biblical material concerning the anti-christian agenda supported by members of the Black Metal scene and specifically how Daniel Rostén of Funeral Mist view his own work and agenda.
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Gold, Sally Louisa. "Understanding the Book of Job : 11Q10, the Peshitta and the Rabbinic Targum. Illustrations from a synoptic analysis of Job 37-39." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:039b549f-3491-4f98-869a-33eba9d04f5a.
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This synoptic analysis of verses from Job chapters 37-39 in 11Q10, the Peshitta version (PJob) and the rabbinic targum (RJob) aims to identify the translators’ methods for handling the Hebrew text (HT) and to assess the apparent skills and knowledge brought by them to their task. Additionally, the study engages with recent discussion which challenges the nature of 11Q10 as targum. To this end, PJob and RJob provide accepted models of ‘translation’ and ‘targum’ alongside which to assess 11Q10. The following translation methods are identified, described, compared and contrasted in the three versions: selection,extension, alternative translation, expansion, substitution, adjustment of the consonantal HT, adjustment of the Hebrew word order or division, omission, and conjecture. PJob is confirmed as an attempt to transpose the difficult Hebrew of Job into Syriac. RJob is confirmed as a conservative translation with clear underpinnings in allusion to scripture and to rabbinic traditions attested elsewhere. Significant observations are made regarding an interpretative quality in 11Q10, and new light is cast on its richness and subtlety as an allusive translation. It is proposed that the translation displays deep knowledge of scripture and skill in applying this knowledge. It is further proposed that careful comparison with methods which have been identified in Onqelos is warranted. 11Q10 is identified as an important early witness to scripturally-based motifs which are also found in other intertestamental and rabbinic sources. It is argued that 11Q10’s nature suggests that its purpose was not simply to translate but to understand and subtly explicate the HT, and that it was intended for use alongside it, not as a replacement. The study refutes the categorization of 11Q10 as ‘translation’ rather than ‘targum’, and agrees with its orginal editors that its value lies in its unique witness to the early nature of targum.
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Ellis, Nicholas J. "Jewish hermeneutics of divine testing with special reference to the epistle of James." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0046deb6-8d05-4b36-aa1c-0b61b464f253.
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The nature of trials, tests, and temptation in the Epistle of James has been extensively debated in New Testament scholarship. However, scholarship has underexamined the tension between the author’s mitigation of divine agency in testing ( Jas 1:13–14) and the author’s appeal to well-known biblical testing narratives such as the creation account (1:15– 18), the Binding of Isaac ( Jas 2:21–24), and the Trials of Job ( Jas 5:9–11). is juxtaposition between the author’s theological apologetic and his biblical hermeneutic has the potential to reveal either the author’s theological incoherence or his rhetorical and hermeneutical creativity. With these tensions of divine agency and biblical interpretation in mind, this dissertation compares the Epistle of James against other examples of ancient Jewish interpretation, interrogating two points of contact in each Jewish work: their portrayals of the cosmic drama of testing, and their resulting biblical hermeneutic. The dissertation assembles a spectrum of positions on how the divine, satanic, and human roles of testing vary from author to author. These variations of the dramatis personae of the cosmic drama exercise a direct influence on the reception and interpretation of the biblical testing narratives. When the Epistle of James is examined in a similar light, it reveals a cosmic drama especially dependent on the metaphor of the divine law court. Within this cosmic drama, God stands as righteous judge, and in the place of divine prosecutor stand the cosmic forces indicting both divine integrity and human religious loyalty. These cosmic and human roles have a direct impact on James’ reading of biblical testing narratives. Utilising an intra-canonical hermeneutic similar to that found in Rewritten Bible literature, the Epistle appeals to a constructed ‘Jobraham’ narrative in which the Job stories mitigate divine agency in biblical trials such as those of Abraham, and Abraham’s celebrated patience rehabilitates Job’s rebellious response to trial. In conclusion, by closely examining the broader exegetical discourses of ancient Judaism, this project sheds new light on how the Epistle of James responds to theological tensions within its religious community through a hermeneutical application of the dominant biblical narratives of Job’s cosmic framework and Abraham’s human perfection.
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Yoder, Tyler R. "Fishing for Fish and Fishing for Men: Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429659752.
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Kawalko, Anna. "A Story of Survival: Hebrew Manuscripts and Incunabula from the Saraval Collection in the Manuscriptorium - Digital Library of the Memoriae Mundi Series Bohemica Project." HATiKVA e.V. – Die Hoffnung Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur Sachsen, 2015. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34903.
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Amselem, Jacques. "Formation du livre de Ruth : pamphlet libertin au dessein caché ?" Thesis, Paris 8, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA080148/document.
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Le livre de Ruth conte un récit qu’il situe dès son premier verset à l’époque des Juges. Sa place dans le canon biblique hébraïque, qui le positionne dans le sous-groupe des Écrits (Ketuvim), ainsi que certains traits de la langue utilisée, ont pu faire penser à une rédaction postexilique tardive. L’objectif de ce travail de recherche est d’étudier la formation et l’évolution du rouleau de Ruth et ainsi, ses messages à caractère politique et les mœurs qu’il a su décrire. Le modèle qui se dégage de cette étude montre une formation et une évolution complexes, en plusieurs strates de rédactions, et avec plusieurs auteurs. Par sa taille assez courte, le livre de Ruth permet de faire cette analyse dans des conditions de laboratoire. On peut y observer des styles de langue distants entre eux de plusieurs siècles, avec des tournures caractéristiques d’une langue paléo-hébraïque jouxtant des expressions influencées par l’araméen, des incohérences logiques dans le texte, et enfin des réminiscences d’un culte polythéiste. De cette façon, ce travail nous fait faire un voyage à travers le temps qui débute par une histoire populaire, celle d’une moabite en terre de Judée, datant vraisemblablement du début de la royauté vers l’an -1000 avant notre ère. Ce voyage fait ensuite une halte vers les septième ou sixième siècles avec une première mise par écrit. Il se conclut finalement au cinquième ou quatrième siècle, après le retour de l’exil de Babylone, période où la version du livre de Ruth que nous possédons actuellement avec le texte massorétique est probablement rédigéeAccording to the initial verse of the Book of Ruth, the story takes place during the period of the Judges. However, its place in the Hebrew Bible canon, where it is revealed in Writings (Ketuvim), as well as linguistic aspects of the text, has led scholars to believe that the book was composed during a late post-exilic period. The purpose of this study is to learn the development of the Book of Ruth and in particular, the political messages and customs of that precise period. Thanks to the conciseness of the story, an analysis in a laboratory-like environment is possible. The model that results from this study displays a very complex textual construction of several layers of writings and multiple authors. In turn, it enables one to observe various language styles scattered over a period of several centuries. Some of the language expressions are characteristic of Paleo-Hebrew and some are influenced by Talmudic Aramaic. There also appear to be logical inconsistencies within the narrative and reminders of a polytheistic cult. This research takes us on a journey through time that begins as a folktale of a Moabite woman in the land of Judea, probably from the turn of Royalty around the year 1000 BC. The journey halts unexpectedly during the seventh or sixth century BC, as its first writings appear during this period. It finally concludes during the fifth or fourth century BC, with the return to Zion from exile in Babylon, a period in which the Masoretic version of the Book of Ruth was likely written
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Shuali, Eran. "Traduire le Nouveau Testament en hébreu : un miroir des rapports judéo-chrétiens." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015STRAK021/document.
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Cette thèse examine la particularité de la démarche qui consiste à traduire le Nouveau Testament en hébreu et qui implique de transférer le texte fondateur du christianisme dans un contexte juif. Elle se concentre sur la façon dont le traducteur utilise la Bible hébraïque et la littérature rabbinique ancienne pour accomplir ce transfère. Il est montré que grâce aux liens historiques, théologiques et conceptuels étroits entre le Nouveau Testament et ces deux corpus juifs, l’emploi d’éléments repris d’eux pour rendre des éléments du Nouveau Testament est particulièrement efficace pour augmenter la compréhensibilité du Nouveau Testament en hébreu et son acceptabilité dans un contexte juif. Cependant, l’usage de tels éléments dans la traduction du Nouveau Testament en hébreu risque souvent de gommer les spécificités du Nouveau Testament par rapport au judaïsme. Le travail du traducteur du Nouveau Testament en hébreu implique donc une constante hésitation quant à la pertinence des formes d’expressions hébraïques et des concepts juifs pour refléter les formes d’expression et les concepts du Nouveau Testament, et, plus généralement, quant aux affinités et aux contrastes entre le christianisme et le judaïsmeThis dissertation examines the specificity of translating the New Testament into Hebrew, an activity which involves transferring the founding text of Christianity into a Jewish context. The dissertation focuses on the use of the Hebrew Bible and of ancient rabbinic literature in bringing about this transfer. It is shown that because of the close historical, theological and conceptual links between the New Testament and these two Jewish corpora, the use of elements borrowed from them in rendering elements found in the New Testament is particularly effective for enabling the New Testament to be easily understood in Hebrew and to be accepted in a Jewish context. However, the use of such elements in a Hebrew translation of the New Testament may often result in blurring features of the New Testament that are distinguished from Judaism. For this reason, the translator of the New Testament into Hebrew constantly hesitates whether Hebrew forms of expression and Jewish concepts are suitable for reflecting the New Testament’s forms of expression and concepts, and asks himself, more generally, what exactly unites and distinguishes Christianity and Judaism