Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Ancient Studies) by Title
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Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Final sentences are a neglected area of research in Biblical Hebrew. Apart from an investigation by Mitchell (1879) in the previous century, and a more recent article by Muraoka (1997), this is certainly ... -
The form, function and symbolism of standards in ancient Mesopotamia during the Third and Fourth Millennia BCE : an iconographical Study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: A standard can be defined as a long shaft with a sign or emblem attached to the top which may be held or which may stand on the ground. Standards are represented in Mesopotamian art from the emergence ... -
From information structure, topic and focus, to theme in Biblical Hebrew
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-03)The purpose of this study is to investigate the information structure of Biblical Hebrew narrative, and develop accounts of topic and focus in Biblical Hebrew, respectively. Both topic and focus categories have been ... -
Grammatical polysemy in the Hebrew Bible : a cognitive linguistic approach to כי
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an investigation into the grammatically polysemous word כי in the Hebrew Bible. Despite much ink spilt on the description of this little word, many questions remain to be fully explored. ... -
Iconographic motifs from Palestine/Israel and Daniel 7:2-14
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1998-12)This is an iconographic study of the motifs of the sea, lion, wings, horns and the enthroned in the iconography of Palestine/Israel with reference to the vision of Dan 7:2-14 -
Idioms in Biblical Hebrew : towards their identification and classification with special reference to 1 and 2 Samuel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study seeks to identify and classify idioms in the Hebrew Bible. Based on a survey of literature on idioms in general, and in Biblical Hebrew in particular, the necessary conditions for idiomaticity ... -
The inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II : a reappraisal of the available editions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1989-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Iraqi State Department of Antiquities and the Polish expedition under the late Janusz Meuszynski and Richard Sobolewski, assisted later by Samuel Paley (Buffalo), set themselves the goal to ... -
The intertextual relationship between Augustine’s Confessions and The Letter to the Romans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Interest in the exploration of classical texts through the use of modern theoretical frameworks is on the rise, but they are not yet mainstream. The complexity of a quotation rich text such as the Confessions ... -
The intricate relationship between politics and religion in the Hebrew bible : the prophet Amos as a case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Politics, in modern society, has become intimately associated with poor governance, fraud and corruption, social decay, abuse of power, indifference to the plight of the poor, squandering of critical ... -
Is Jesus king? A critical examination of Paul's thought in the context of the Hellenistic kingship topos
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ancient philosophers employed the topos of ideal kingship as a way to think about monarchy and the superior person who could ascend to this office. Following those modern scholars who have used topoi ... -
Is wisdom a mediatrix in Sirach? : a study of the wisdom poems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The figure of Woman Wisdom appears in several key poems in Sirach, namely Sir 1:1-10,1:11-30,4:11-19,6:18-37,14:20-15:10,24:1-34 and 51:13-30. Woman Wisdom is a metaphor that employs feminine imagery ... -
Juridical aspects of the marriage metaphor in Hosea and Jeremiah
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1975-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available -
Learning biblical hebrew vocabulary : insights from second language vocabulary acquisition
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Though Biblical Hebrew (=BH) is no longer a spoken language, students continue to learn it for the purpose of reading, or at least interacting at a deeper level, with the text of the Hebrew Bible. ... -
Left dislocation in biblical Hebrew : a cognitive linguistic account
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present work consists of an investigation into the form and function(s) of the so-called 'Left Dislocation' construction in Biblical Hebrew. As such, this inquiry is part of a larger domain of ... -
Die logos-leer van Filo van Aleksandrie : 'n kultuur-historiese ondersoek
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Philo is a writer who lived in Alexandria in 30 BC – 50 AD. Traditionally scholars classified Philo as philosopher, exegete and apologist. With these classifications in mind, Philo’s works is read and ... -
The meaning of the biblical Hebrew verbal conjugation from a crosslinguistic perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the questions that have challenged scholars of BH for many years is whether the language should be regarded as a tense, aspectual or modal language. In this thesis, I argue that the lack and ... -
The old Babylonian mesarum-edict and the Old Testament
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1977)No Abstract Available -
The particle אִם and conditionality in Biblical Hebrew revisited : a cognitive linguistic account
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present work is an investigation into both the semantics and functions of the particle אִם , and the conditional and non-conditional constructions in which it is found in Biblical Hebrew. A fresh ... -
The pastoral letter in early Christianity up to the early fifth century C.E.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation aims to trace a Christian letter tradition, i.e. the pastoral letter type, during the first five centuries of this era. With this in mind I outlined the problem statements, goals, ... -
The protreptic-paraenetic purpose of Augustine's Confessions and its Manichean audience
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I attempt to open up new perspectives on the literary qualities and the unity of Augustine's Confessions by reading the work in the light of the context within which it first ...
