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Thomas, John Christopher. "Footwashing in John 13 and the Johannine community." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1990. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3505/.
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This dissertation examines John 13: 1-20, the pericope which describes Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. For a variety of reasons, there is no scholarly consensus concerning the meaning of this passage. In addition, very little reflection has been devoted to the place religious footwashing may have held in the Johannine community. This dissertation reexamines the fundamental issues raised by the passage and investigates the likelihood that footwashing was a community rite. Chapter one gives an overview of the prominent interpretations of John 13: 1-20 in the history of interpretation. This chapter also presents an elaboration of the dissertation's purpose, together with a preview of and justification for the methodology employed, which includes text-critical, background-historical, literary-exegetical, and historical-reconstructive components. In view of the decisive bearing on interpretation, the textual problem found in John 13: 10 receives considerable attention in chapter two. Here a decision is made in favor of the inclusion of the longer reading, because of superior external evidence and internal probability. In chapter three a survey of the practice of footwashing in Jewish and Graeco-Roman antiquity uncovers first-century attitudes to footwashing, which in turn leads to a more informed interpretation of footwashing's significance in John 13. The survey reveals that footwashing functioned as an act of hospitality, an expression of love, a sign of servitude, and a sign of preparation generally. Chapter four is devoted to a literary and exegetical analysis of the text of John 13: 1-20. This investigation indicates the pericope's literary context within the Fourth Gospel, as the first episode in both the "Book of Glory" (John 13-21) and the farewell materials (John 13-17). The role of the disciples in the preceding narrative (John 1-12) is also explored. An exegetical study follows, which seeks to interpret the text of John 13: 1-20 as it now stands in the Fourth Gospel. The analysis finds that the footwashing of John 13 is best understood as a sign for the forgiveness of the disciples' post-conversion sin. The analysis concludes with reflection scholarly discussion about the literary unity of the footwashing pericope. The evidence which makes likely that the Johannine community engaged in footwashing as a religious rite is explored in chapter five. This examination utilizes information from the implied readers in the Fourth Gospel, from actual readers of the Fourth Gospel in the early church, and from the practice of footwashing in early Christianity. An examination of similar categories of evidence suggests that footwashing signified the forgiveness of post-conversion sin for the Johannine community. The final section of the dissertation is devoted to a set of conclusions and suggestions for future research.
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King, Charlene D. "A social reading of John 13:1-20." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Linzey, Anthony E. "The significance of feetwashing in John 13:1-20." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
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Brouwer, Wayne. "The literary development of John 13-17 : a chiastic reading /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0030/NQ66195.pdf.
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Liverance, Richard H. "Power and petition an exposition of John 14:13-14 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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DeLaney, Steven. "Living the washing of the feet a study of John 13:1-15 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Levasheff, Drake Stanley. "The new commandment the commandment of the new covenant (John 13:34-35) /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Stube, John Carlson. "When 'farewell' is not 'goodbye' : a rhetorical reading of the farewell discourse, John 13-17." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1004/.
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The Farewell Discourse is a unique and climactic portion of John's Gospel which serves as a hinge on which the entire Gospel narrative pivots from Jesus' public ministry to his Passion. Shallow readings of this Discourse often pass over or ignore significant aspects of the text, especially the instruction and preparation Jesus was giving by word and action to make ready his disciples to continue his mission to the world after his departure. Other readings (notably form-critical) see the text as disarranged and therefore not a coherent whole. A thorough analysis employing the elements of Greco-Roman rhetoric has shown that there is a rhetorical dimension to the Discourse which makes sense of the text as a coherent whole. The Farewell Discourse was found to follow a rhetorical arrangement which gives a literary explanation to some assumed form-critical problems such as the ending at 14:31. Not only does this rhetorical structure give appropriate closure and transition with movement from one topic to another, it does so with a chiastic arrangement of the major topics. This thesis demonstrates that assumed disarrangements, repetitions and amplifications that have appeared problematic to other approaches do not detract from, but actually enhance the ability of the text to move and persuade. Rhetorical analysis is thus capable of giving insights into the text that otherwise might be overlooked or ignored. Throughout the Discourse, Jesus' ethos (character) as the divine one who "knows" stands out boldly and his persuasive appeal (logos) to the pathos (emotional response) of the disciples is strong, both as he seeks to move them beyond their present sorrow and distress and as he prepares them to face the future realistically and with confidence. The fourth evangelist thus presents Jesus operating rhetorically (in act as well as speech) and strategically uses Jesus' interaction with his disciples to seek a rhetorical outcome with his readers. This rhetorical approach provides a bridge between literary approaches on the one hand (which can proceed at the expense of taking into account the historical context) and historical critical approaches on the other (which can proceed at the expense of hearing the text speak as text). A rhetorical reading accounts for both literary and historical dimensions of the text. This thesis demonstrates that it is an effective interpretive methodology which elucidates dimensions of the text not adequately accounted for by other approaches.
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Baker, David Warren. "An exegetical examination of the doctrine of prosperity in light of Mark 11:22-24, John 10:10, Galatians 3:13-14 and III John 2." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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Abramov, Dmitri [Verfasser]. "'Liber de naturis rerum' von Pseudo-John Folsham : eine moralisierende lateinische Enzyklopädie aus dem 13. Jahrhundert / Dmitri Abramov." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1010749528/34.
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Copan, Victor A. "The Apocalypse of Saint John chapters 10-13 a study in text-theoretical methodology and macro-structural analysis /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Watts, Jordan D. "Duns Scotus' doctrine of individuation in Quaestiones super libros metaphysicorum Aristotelis book VII, q. 13 and Ordinatio II, d. 3 a comparison /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0660.
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Johnson, Truett J. "The holiness of God and the believer a study of Leviticus 1-7, John 18-19, and Hebrews 9-13 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Capossa, Romão Felisberto Joaquim. "A Mulher na Comunidade do Discípulo Amado e sua dinâmica evangelizadora, a partir de João 4,1-43, tendo em conta os aspectos sociais, políticas económicas e religiosas." Faculdades EST, 2006. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=13.
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoEste trabalho pretende ser um estudo sobre a mulher na comunidade do discípulo amado e sua dinâmica evangelizadora, a partir de João 4,1-43, tendo em conta os aspectos sociais, políticas económicas e religiosas. O primeiro capítulo procura trazer à tona a situação da mulher dentro do contexto do Mediterrâneo entre os anos 63 a. C. e 135 d. C. É o período de muitas transformações em todos os aspectos da vida humana. A importância desse período é que a mulher que o trabalho prende reflectir situa-se nesse período histórico e nesse contexto geográfico. No segundo capítulo, trato do quarto evangelho como produto da comunidade do discípulo amado. Nesse capítulo, procuro resgatar a história e a trajetória da comunidade, seus conflitos, suas lutas e suas conquistas. Nessa história, tento sublinhar a participação da mulher no movimento de Jesus e no movimento cristão missionário. O terceiro capítulo faz uma reflexão sobre o que se diz a respeito das mulheres que aparecem no quarto evangelho. Constata-se que o evangelho dá relevância a acção das mulheres. No quarto capítulo, faz-se um estudo hermenêutico teológico do texto de Jo 4,1-43 e não um estudo exegético. Dá-se ênfase ao encontro entre Jesus e a samaritana e as consequências do mesmo.
The following work is a study of The Woman in the Community of the Beloved Disciple and her Dynamic Evangelizing Role from John 4, 1-43, taking into account the relevant cultural, socio-political, and religious issues of the times. The first chapter attempts to highlight the conditions of women in the context of the Mediterranean between 63 B.C. and 135 A.D. This was a period of great changes in every respect of human life. The relevance of this period is the fact that the woman on which this work focuses is situated in that historical period and that geographic area. In the second chapter, I deal with the fourth Gospel as a product of the community of the beloved disciple. Here, I attempt to uncover the history and the community trajectory, its conflicts, its struggles, and its victories. Within this context, I try to highlight the woman's participation in the Jesus' movement as well as the Christian missionary movement. The third chapter is a reflection of what is said about the women who appear in the fourth Gospel. It is obvious that the Gospel gives relevance to the role of women. The fourth chapter focuses on the hermeneutic theological study of John 4, 1-43 but it is not an exegetic study. Here, the emphasis is on the encounter between Jesus and the samaritan and its consequences. This text contains female hermeneutic liberation and poses questions about women and their socio-political, economic, and religious role in our times.
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Hwang, Won-Ha. "The presence of the risen Jesus in and among his followers with special reference to the first farewell discourse in John 13:31-14:31[electronic resource] /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06222007-111151/.
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Veshcherevich, Julia Vadimovna. "Open skies a study in mystical theology in the light of Genesis 28:10-17, Daniel 7:13-14, John 1:51 and Acts 7:55-56 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Mut, Garcia Juan Miguel. "El ioga de Joan Mascaró i Fornés." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9427.
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Joan Mascaró i Fornés (1897-1987) fue filólogo, poeta, orientalista, profesor en la Universidad Cambridge y, sobretodo, traductor de la Bhagavad Gita, los Upanishads i el Dhammapada desde el sánscrito y pali al inglés. La tesis es una tesis bibliográfica centrada en la obra de Mascaró y que sistematiza en un solo documento gran variedad de obras dispersas y algunas de ellas inéditas. Pretende dar una visión de conjunto sobre su pensamiento y su relación con la filosofía oriental y sobretodo con las obras que tradujo.
El interés de la tesis se centra en la actitud vital de Mascaró hacia la espiritualidad y el Yoga como herramienta para acceder a la aprehensión de la Verdad espiritual. La taxonomia que utiliza Mascaró en sus obras se basa en las palabras: Luz, Amor y Vida y la tesis pretende demostrar también su equivalencia con los términos Jñana, Bhakti y Karma Yogas.
En la tesis se tratan además, desde la perspectiva de Mascaró, temas como el budismo, la unidad del fenómeno religioso, la educación, concepto de Karma, de Dharma y otros.
Joan Mascaró i Fornés (1897-1987) was philologist, poet, orientalist, professor at Cambridge University and, above all, the translator of The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads and The Dhammapada from Sanskrit and Pali into English.
The thesis is bibliographical. It is centred in Mascaró's works, and it systematises a variety of disperses works, some of them unpublished in an only a document. It aspires to give a vision of his thoughts as a whole and their relationship with oriental philosophy and the works that he translated.
The main interest of the thesis is Mascaró's vital attitude towards spirituality and Yoga as a tool to gain access to the apprehension of the spiritual Truth. Mascaró's taxonomy is based in the words: Light, Love and Life and the thesis aspires to prove their equivalence with the conceptions of Jñana, Bhakti and Karma Yogas.
The Thesis also deals whith Mascaró's vision of Buddhism, the unity of religious phenomenon, education, the concepts of Karma and Dharma and others.
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Loréhn, Thomas. "Tempelrensningen : En narrativ analys av Joh 2:13-22." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295370.
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Temat för denna uppsats är en narrativ analys av berättelsen om tempelrensningen i Johannesevangeliet (Joh 2:13-2:22). Frågan som besvaras är vad som skulle kunna vara berättelsenshuvudsakliga mening och slutsatsen är att tempelrensningen kan anses handlar om befrielse. Människan har bundit sig vid medlen istället för målet, men Gud befriar från denna bundenhet ochsätter målet i fokus. Forskningsläget innefattar såväl utvecklingen av narrativa teorier och metoder för bibliskaberättelser som alternativa tolkningar av tempelrensningen. De alternativa tolkningarna harklassificerats i följande grupper: uppgörelse med Judendomen, förutsägelse om Jesu död ochuppståndelse, Kristologisk utläggning, parallell till evangeliets prolog, fullbordande av profetia, tro och tillbedjan, illustration över olika reaktioner inför Jesu handlingar samt avståndstagande tilldjuroffer. Analysen utförs med narrativa metoder från boken Reading Biblical Narratives av YairahAmit. Berättelsen kan anses ta sin början i Joh 2:13 och sluta i Joh 2:22. Intrigen analyseras som engavelstruktur (pediment structure) och de karaktärer som analyseras särskilt är Jesus, judarna ochlärjungarna. Tempelområdet och templet analyseras eftersom det är den geografiska platsen förberättelsen och analysen av tidsflödet visar bl.a. att berättelsen innehåller två prolepsis. Slutsatsen är att befrielsetemat introduceras som ett kontrakt med den implicite läsaren redan iexpositionen och sedan illustreras som en befrielse av templet i intrigens stegring.Sammanblandningen av mål och medel framträder i intrigens förändringsfas. Under upplösningenöverförs stegringens befrielse av templet till befrielsen av människan, nu representerad avkaraktärerna lärjungar och judar. Då upplösningen innesluts i två tidsmässiga prolepsis lyftsdialogen ur tiden och temat ges därmed även framtida giltighet. Svaret på frågeställningen i denna uppsats ligger nära de tolkningar som handlar omuppgörelse med Judendomen. Svarets särdrag är tonvikten vid ett förändrat förhållningssätt hosmänniskan istället för en konflikt med det andra templets Judendom.
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Ellingwood, Jane. "Creation and God as One, Creator, and Trinity in early theology through Augustine and its theological fruitfulness in the 21st century." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/19814.
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My primary argument in this thesis is that creation theologies significantly influenced early developments in the doctrine of the Trinity, especially in Augustine of Hippo’s theology. Thus this is a work of historical theology, but I conclude with proposals for how Augustine’s theologies of creation and the Trinity can be read fruitfully with modern theology. I critically analyse developments in trinitarian theologies in light of ideas that were held about creation. These include the doctrine of creation ‘out of nothing’ and ideas about other creative acts (e.g., forming or fashioning things). Irenaeus and other early theologians posited roles for God (the Father), the Word / Son, the Spirit, or Wisdom in creative acts without working out formal views on economic trinitarian acts. During the fourth century trinitarian controversies, creation ‘out of nothing’ and ideas about ‘modes of origin’ influenced thinking on consubstantiality and relations within the Trinity. Basil of Caesarea and others also presented ideas about trinitarian acts of creation and the Trinity in hexaemeral works. I will argue that in Augustine’s views of trinitarian acts of creation, he attributes roles to God (the Father), the Word / Son, and the Spirit. In his mature theology, he attributes the giving of formless existence, differentiated existence, and perfected existence to the three Persons respectively, while depicting shared roles. He also attributes to the Spirit the giving of the capability of ‘dynamic abiding’ to creatures, which gives them agency in continuing their existence. Augustine’s theologies of creation and the Trinity were significantly influenced by his exegesis of Gen. 1, John 1. 1-3, Wisdom, and other scriptures, and his ideas resonate with the hexaemeral works of Basil and Philo of Alexandria. I argue that scholars should examine these sources and Augustine’s own hexaemeral commentaries to gain a deeper understanding of his trinitarian theology.
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Evavoll, Robin. "Kvinnor om kvinnor i nytestamentliga berättelser : Vad kvinnliga exegeter lyfter fram i berättelser där Jesus interagerar med kvinnor." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för kultur och estetik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-145704.
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Den svenska skolan skall bl.a. vila på en kristen tradition enligt Lgr 11, men benämner inte närmre vems kristna tradition eller hur denna tradition bör ta sin form i klassrummet. Att tolka den kristna traditionen kan göras på många sätt, men för att exemplifiera problematiken i tolkningar så utgår uppsatsen från att belysa hur mångfacetterat ett resultat kan bli även vid ett par utvalda bibelberättelser från en relativt homogen grupp uttolkare. Syftet för den här konsumtionsuppsatsen är att undersöka vad kvinnliga exegeter belyser när de beskriver hur kvinnor interagerar med Jesus i två utvalda berättelser ur Nya testamentets evangelier. Exegeternas beskrivningar utreds också komparativt för att finna skiljaktigheter och liknelser. Vidare förs det även en didaktisk diskussion kopplat till skolans religionsundervisning om hur tolkningar kring en och samma berättelse som didaktiskt medel kan berika undervisningssammanhang i klassrummet. Resultatet i uppsatsen visar både hur exegeterna har laborerat fram sina tolkningar och vad dessa tolkningar resulterat i för bibelberättelserna. I ett komparativt arbetssätt utvidgar exegeterna kontexten för bibelberättelserna på macronivå för att understödja den närmre analys de för på micronivå. De finner stöd i bl.a. lingvistik, utombibliska dokument och kulturella företeelser för att understödja deras argumentation om kvinnorna i de bibliska berättelserna. Kvinnorna i de båda bibliska berättelserna porträtteras på ett nytt sätt och utmärks av vissa exegeter till både apostel och lärjunge. Resultatet för den religionsdidaktiska diskussionen utmynnas i både hur elever och främst lärare bör anamma en reflexivitet för att granska sig själva och hur tolkningar görs i vardagen för att kartlägga mönster där exotifiering och maktförskjutningar sker när religioner behandlas i klassrummet. Religionsdidaktikernas pedagogiska verktyg gynnar elevernas analyserande förmågor och kritiska tänkande vid exempelvis komparativa tolkningsövningar av urkunder. Hos läraren uppmanas en självkännedom genom att aktivt kunna belysa hur tolkningar av religioner förs i klassrummet och ifall det görs på någons bekostnad. Genus förs som en diskussionspunkt i förhållande till uppsatsens val att låta kvinnor ta plats och tolka religion. Genom genus kan en androgyn syn på religionsdidaktik framföras och låta en inkludering ske i religionsdiskursen där kvinnor inte längre är en åtskild minoritet inom religion, utan en aktiv och inkluderande part.
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Schleritt, Frank. "Der vorjohanneische Passionsbericht : eine historisch-kritische und theologische Untersuchung zu Joh 2, 13-22, 11, 47-14, 31 und 18, 1-20, 29 /." Berlin : W. de Gruyter, 2007. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41336546w.
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Boržiková, Martina Kateřina. "Posvěcení podle Jan 17, 13-19." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-370785.
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Sanctification according to John 17: 13-19 The diploma thesis deals with an exegesis of John 17:13-19 with emphasis on an interpretation of the verses 17 and 19 and within them especially on the meaning of the term sanctification. The first chapter presents a brief introduction to the Gospel of St. John, the second one shows the chosen pericope in a contextual view and subsequently brings its literary-grammatical analysis. The third chapter focuses on an analysis of the selected biblical-theological terms which are fundamental for understanding of the pericope. The last chapter brings the exegesis itself with the aid of selected commentaries. The aim of the thesis is to interpret the presented pericope and to get to its deeper sense especially in connection with the term sanctification. The method used in this thesis is an analysis of the original text and a comparison of selected commentaries.
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"The metaphor of the family in relation to the footwashing in John 13:1-20." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/230.
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Family life plays an integral part in our society. In the South African context we live in a society where there seems to be a break down in society. This is prevalent in our schools where we see so many children come from single parent homes. The father figure is absent. It is only when we encounter a personal relationship with Christ that we discover how the family unit is stabilized. In the light of this, the whole research is based on the metaphor of the family in the Fourth Gospel, and how it is employed at micro-, meso- or macro-level in the gospel. JG van der Watt's book, Family of the king. Dynamics of metaphor in the Gospel according to John (2000) forms the basis of this research. He points out that the metaphor of the family is the most essential imagery in the gospel. The footwashing pericope in John 13:1-20 fits into the family metaphor as Jesus calls those closest to him, namely his disciples in a warm friendly environment to inform them of his impending hour and what impact it will have on them. Chapter 1 centers around the research premise. Elements featuring in this chapter are: the introduction, problem statement, aim of research, methodology and further development of the study. The significance of why Jesus washed the feet of the disciples and the setting he uses in drawing his disciples aside. Furthermore, in the light of the metaphor of the family he draws their attention to the hour at hand. Various interpretations are then employed on micro-, meso- and macro-level from a narratological point of view. In Chapter 2 the function of the family in Jewish and Graeco-Roman cultures are discussed. Aspects such as the patron-client relationship and how this filters through to the family are taken in consideration. Family responsibility and how each member of the family has a role to play in ensuring the cohesion of the family life. The hierarchy of this function and this responsibility stems from the father right down to the slaves. This is important in the footwashing pericope, because Jesus breaks with conventional norms to take the place of a slave in washing the feet of the disciples. Purposes for footwashing are discussed and why it is significant in John 13. Chapter 3 contains the discussion of the meaning and function of the metaphors in general and specific in the Gospel of John. In this chapter the following are considered: theoretical considerations of a metaphor, definitions and nature of a metaphor, types of metaphors and how they function as well as the imagery of the family metaphor. John emphasizes in this gospel the divinity of Jesus and his relationship with God. He used household entities centered around a meal to portray, not only Jesus' relationship on a personal level with his disciples, but also on a divine level or spiritual level in their identification with Christ, in him washing the feet of the disciples. Furthermore, the chapter focuses on the aspects of family members' responsibility in the household as well as the care and love the members show towards each other. Chapter 4 is the focal point of the research and contains a detailed exegesis of John 13:1-20 to explain the function of the family on macro- and meso-level. The metaphor that links with the metaphor of the family, such as the metaphor of water and the significance of water in the Fourth Gospel as well as the metaphor of bread, life and the hour, are also discussed. In the final chapter of my research the focus is on the implications the text has for our society. In the footwashing pericope, the example Jesus sets in washing his disciples feet, is one of service. By identifying with Jesus Christ on a personal level we are called upon to be in his service and to serve one another. More importantly is our acceptance of Christ as our personal Lord and Savior. We are also called upon to exercise the love of God in our hearts to those around us.Dr. S.J. Nortjie-Meyer
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Shongwe, Dingindawo Paulus. "The mission of the church in South Africa in the light of the function and meaning of the paraclete in John 13:31 - 16:33." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6095.
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D.Litt. et Phil.This thesis has looked at the mission of the Church in South Africa against the historical background of both the South African peoples and the Johannine community in the light of the function and meaning of the Paraclete in John 13:31-16:33 In Chapter 1 the problem, purpose, importance, relevance, methodology, organisation, delimitations and the definitions of mission, church and the Paraclete were discussed. Chapter 2 looked at the history of the situation of the Church in South Africa between 15th and the 18th centuries and the role the Church played in the struggle against apartheid. Chapter 3 dealt with the history of the situation of the Johannine church in the early and later part of the first century. Chapter 4 gave a framework of the theological background of the synoptics. In Matthew themes such as christology, law, eschatology, kingdom, miracles and disciples were considered. In Mark, christology and faith and in Luke, christology, soteriology, eschatology and prayer were discussed. Chapter 5 looked at a selection of the theological themes in the Gospel of John: christology, signs and works, disciples, eschatology, eternal life, soteriology, belief, unbelief and hate. In 1 John themes such as christiology, eternal life, morality and brotherly love were dealt with. Chapter 6 looked at the background in the synoptics concerning the Spirit. In Matthew the Holy Spirit was mentioned with reference to the Spirit and Jesus, the Spirit and disciples, the Spirit as vital force and the relationship between the Spirit in Matthew and the Paraclete in John. In Mark the Spirit was discussed under the following headings: Jesus and Spirit, pneuma as the power of God, and the relationship between the Spirit in Mark and the Paraclete in John. In Luke the Spirit was discussed in connection with Jesus in his conception, baptism and temptation. Chapter 7 looked at the pneumatology in the Gospel of John and in the First Epistle of John. In John the "Book of Signs" and the "Book of Glory" were examined. A special reference to the functions of the Paraclete as teaching, reminding, witnessing, guiding and glorifying Christ and their relationship to the mission of the Church in South Africa was discussed. In chapter 8 the concept of the Church in Matthew, Mark and in Luke-Acts was explored along the mission of the Church in those sections of scripture. Chapter 9 looked at the ecclesiastical terminology in John's gospel and in the Epistles. In John terminologies such as disciples, sheep and shepherd, and vine imagery were explored. In 1 John ecclesiastical expressions such as the "children of God" and those "born of God" were looked at. Chapter 10 explored the missionary perspectives of Matthew, Mark and Luke- Acts and related the mission of the Church in South Africa to that of Matthew, Mark and Luke-Acts. Chapter 11 discussed the concept of mission in the Gospel of John. The mission of the "sent one", the disciples' mission, the mission of the believers and the mission of the Paraclete were explored. This chapter concluded by viii relating the mission of the Church in South Africa to that of the Gospel of John. Chapter 12 focused on the mission of the Church in South Africa today in relation to the function and the meaning of the Paraclete with reference to the Paraclete passages in John 13:31-16:33. This chapter identified issues the Church in South Africa needs to address as part of her mission. In conclusion this thesis suggested that just as the Paraclete influenced the situation in the Johannine community, the Church as the instrument of the Spirit should guide and influence the situation in South Africa today. The appendices in this thesis are intended to clarify and enrich the contents of the script. They can also be used as a resource by other researchers and it is that they will benefit many students who are researching on this field. An extensive bibliography of about seventy pages has been compiled. Not all sources have been quoted in the study; such sources are meant to be used as a resource by researchers on the subjects of Paraclete, mission and church.
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Hwang, Won-Ha. "The presence of the risen Jesus in and among his followers with special reference to the first farewell discourse in John 13:31-14:31." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25734.
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The author of the Fourth Gospel delivers the true divine identity and significance of Jesus throughout the entire narrative. He aims at guiding his readers through the narrative of the Gospel with the purpose that they will “see” (meet) Jesus, confess him as Christ, and receive eternal life. John actually planned that the text of the Gospel should actively change people. Furthermore, the Gospel of John has wide spectrum of the reader. This means that John opens his message to the all the generations who are no longer in a position to see Jesus physically. Nobody reading this text should or could stay the same, since he or she will be confronted with the protagonist of the text, namely Jesus. By accepting this message, that person will receive life; by rejecting the message, a person will perish. This truth is rehearsed over and again in the narrative for every reader to see. The text of the Gospel thus becomes the “presence of Jesus” among the readers. This functional purpose of the Gospel accounts for the first farewell discourse in John 13:31-14:31. In response to previous scholarship that understands the Johannine farewell discourses solely as a testament, the present study convinces that the discourses interface with classical literature, specifically the following literary styles: Greek tragedy, consolation literature, and the literary symposium tradition. The multiplicity of the generic associations of the discourses sheds new light on the nature of Jesus’ departure as well as his continuing presence in spite of that departure. No longer designed to evoke only the themes of departure and absence, the testament of Jesus in John emphasises instead Jesus’ abiding presence. While the material from Greek tragedy will only further emphasise the theme of departure, the material from classical consolation literature and the literary symposium tradition will accentuate the theme of continuing presence. John has thereby transcended the usual expectations of the testament. Thus the physically absent Jesus becomes present through his first farewell discourse: the reader is confronted with a dynamic portrait of Jesus and this confrontation results in an acceptance of Jesus as Christ, as well as the receiving of eternal life. According to the first farewell discourse, eschatological promise, knowing and seeing the Father, glory, love, pastoral ministry, deeds, prayer, Paraclete, remembering, faith, peace and joy, and the words of Jesus all serve as the replacement of the physical Jesus. Therefore, the first farewell discourse does not indicate the separation of Jesus from his disciples but rather the permanent presence of the risen Jesus in and among them. This is their basis for perseverance, in other words, the foundation of their spreading the gospel messages to non-believers, even though they were in a difficult place. the gospel of John, John 13:31-14-31, the purpose of John’s gospel, the presence of Jesus, the recipient of the Fourth Gospel, the farewell discourse(s), Biblical hermeneutics, glory, eschatological promise, the Paraclete, mutual love, peace and joyThesis (PhD (New Testament Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Kim, Sean Seongik. "The Spirituality of “Following Jesus” according to the Gospel of John: an investigation of "akoloutheo" and correlated motifs." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21709.
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The present thesis explores the Spirituality of following Jesus according to the Fourth Gospel by investigating the whole profile of the term akoloutheo. In particular, this thesis probes what theological implications are communicated by the association of akoloutheo with correlated motifs in the pericopes where it is employed in spiritual connotation. The texts investigated are: John 1:35-51; 8:12; 10:1-42; 12:26; 13:36-14:3; 21:1-19. Each text communicates the particular and manifold aspects of the Spirituality of following Jesus. Yet, the most distinctive aspects of the Johannine Spirituality of following Jesus imparted throughout almost all the research texts can be summarized by “directional” and “relational.” The life of following Jesus is a journey toward a destination to which Jesus leads his followers, that is, into a relationship with the Father by being with Jesus where he is, and by being with him where he goes and will be in glory. It is ultimately participating in the Son’s communion with the Father. Jesus, who was with the Father and in the bosom of the Father, came down (descended) to bring his followers to the Father, and ascends to the Father taking them with him, so they may be with him where he is with the Father in love and glory.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Laveau, Véronique. "La conception du lien social chez les communautariens, les libertariens et les libéraux : analyse du discours de Charles Taylor, Robert Nozick et John Rawls sur les thèmes de communauté, de justice et d'État /." 2004. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=766840151&sid=13&Fmt=2&clientId=9268&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Reid, Heather A. "The Storie of Asneth and its literary relations: the Bride of Christ tradition in late Medieval England." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3518.
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This is a study of the fifteenth-century, “Storie of Asneth,” a late-medieval English translation of a Jewish Hellenistic romance about the Patriarch, Joseph, and his Egyptian wife, Asneth (also spelled Aseneth, Asenath). Belonging to the collection of stories known as The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and derived from Jewish Midrash, the story was widely read among medieval religious in England in Latin before being translated into the vernacular for devotional purposes. Part of this study considers and identifies the aristocratic female patron (Elizabeth Berkeley) and author (John Walton) of the fifteenth-century Middle English text, based on literary, historical, and manuscript evidence from the sole surviving copy of the text in Huntington Library EL.26.A.13, a manuscript once owned by John Shirley.
Also explored is the ritualistic pattern of events in the text (original to its Hellenistic origins) that coincides with ancient female initiation rites as we understand them from recent studies of Greek mythology. Centred in the narrative, culminating Asneth’s liminal seclusion, is her sacred marriage with a heavenly being. The argument suggests that in the Middle Ages this sacred consummation would have been interpreted as the union of God with the soul, similar to the love union in the Song of Songs. In the Christian tradition it is referred to as mystical marriage. Early Christian exegesis supports that Joseph was considered a prefigurement of Christ in the Middle Ages. In her role as divine consort and Joseph’s wife, Asneth would also have been identified as a type of Ecclesia in the Middle Ages—the symbolic bride of Christ. Patterns of female initiation in the story are also reflected in the hagiographical accounts of female saints, female mystics, and the ritual consecration of nuns to their orders, especially where they focus on marriage to Christ.
The similarity of Asneth with Ecclesia, and therefore Asneth’s identity as a type of the church in the Middle Ages, is then explored in the context of the theology of the twelfth-century Cistercian prophet, Joachim of Fiore. The thirteenth-century Canterbury manuscript, Cambridge Corpus Christi College MS 288 (CCCC MS 288), which holds a Latin copy of Asneth also contains one of the earliest Joachite prophecies in England, known as Fata Monent. The study suggests Asneth may have held theological currency for early followers of Joachim of Fiore in England.Graduate
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Naylor, Mark 1959. "Towards contextualized Bible storying: cultural factors which influence impact in a Sindhi context." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2060.
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Chronological Bible storying generally assumes a universality of the story teller's theological perspective in selecting and shaping Bible stories interculturally. This paper argues against this approach and proposes a method of crafting contextualized Bible stories which resonate with the worldview of a receptor culture. The influence of the theological and cultural presuppositions of the story teller is reduced through the utilization of the receptor culture's worldview assumptions - those values and beliefs through which the impact of scripture is experienced. The empirical research consisted of observing the responses of Sindhi Muslim men to a reading of John 13:1-10 and then interviewing them to generate cultural expressions which revealed a relationship between their culture and the scripture passage. Analysis of the data disclosed themes which have scriptural referents and can be used as the basis for selecting and crafting Bible stories that resonate with worldview assumptions.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Wijnen, Jeroen Johan Andreas [Verfasser]. "A groundwater flow and particle tracking model of the Iraí-basin, Paraná, Brazil : 13 Tabellen / vorgelegt von Jeroen Johan Andreas Wijnen." 2002. http://d-nb.info/966590368/34.
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VELICKÁ, Olga. "Minnesang a dvorská literatura na dvoře posledních Přemyslovců a prvních Lucemburků." Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-119457.
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Qualifying work has interdisciplinary charakter. This work is concentrate on knowledge of history and culture of age last members of Přemysl´s dynasty and the first members of Luxembourg´s dynasty. The primary aim of work is to identify the conditions under which there is courtly literature and minnesing on the courts of these rulers. Next aim is using the comparative method to define the basic topics in prose and poetry. The secondary aim is recognizing influence of German and Latin literature domestic and foreign on literature written in Czech. The work ?Minnesing and court literature at the court of last members of Přemysl's dynasty and the first members of Luxembourg's dynasty? deals with years 1283?1306 and 1310?1333 taking into account also past years.
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NAGYOVÁ, Helena. "Harry Potter Joan K. Rowling, The Secret of Platform 13 Evy Ibbotson a Groosham Grange a Return to Groosham Grange: the Unholy Grail Anthony Horowitze: srovnávací analýza obrazu jiného světa." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-385171.
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This diploma thesis deals with the comparison of three literary works, namely Harry Potter series by Joanne Kathleen Rowling, The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, Groosham Grange and Return to Groosham Grange: The Unholy Grail by Anthony Horowitz. The aim of the theoretical part is to outline the theory of fantasy and also the lives of the three above mentioned authors. The rites of passage and the Gothic tradition are also included in the first, theoretical, part. The aim of the interpretation is to compare the following themes occurring in the discussed works: the journey to the world of fantasy, the picture of the other world and the hero and his opposite. The summary attempts to prove that the discussed works have different messages. In particular, Rowling focuses on morality, Horowitz deals with farce and Ibbotson concentrates on humour.