Browsing by Subject "Old Testament"
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Piles of Slain, Heaps of Corpses: Lament, Lyric, and Trauma in the Book of Nahum
(2017)With its description of God as wrathful and vengeful and its graphic depiction of war and violence, Nahum has often been treated as a dangerous book, both in church settings and in academic circles. This dissertation is ... -
Profiles in Deception: Lying and Falsehood in 1 Samuel
(2018)Several recent studies have sought to identify conditions under which deceptions are justified in the Old Testament. For criteria, these studies employ conceptual frameworks, including the deceiver’s gender, the deceiver’s ... -
Singing and Suffering with the Servant: Isaiah as Guide for Preaching the Old Testament
(2020)This dissertation argues that domination in its many forms (political, economic, cultural, theological) continues to significantly affect Old Testament hermeneutics and homiletics. Those who write about preaching the Old ... -
The Economics of Redemption and Retribution in Isaiah 40-66
(2022)Economics primarily focuses on describing the systems that govern the allocation of resources in human society. Many religious traditions also use terminology from these economic systems to express theological concepts; ...
