Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Function of the Mosaic water drinking ordeal of Num 5:11-31
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2010-06)pertaining to its origin, composition, nature, and purpose. The current study deals with the last issue, that is, the purpose of the ordeal of Num 5:11-31. The study addresses the issue through the cognitive social function ... -
Miracles and testimony in relation to faith in the gospel of John : a study in the text and its contexts
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-02)It is not easy to describe the relationships between miracles and faith in the Gospel of John. On the one hand, the Gospel emphasizes the extraordinary nature of miraculous signs and their importance for believing in ... -
Armageddon as divine war in the Apocalypse
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2011-05)The word "Armageddon" appears only once in the whole Bible as the name of the site for the eschatological battle on the great day of God the Almighty (Rev 16:16). Though it appears only once in the Bible, it has been ... -
Universality in the book of Micah : an exegetical-thematic study
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2011-10)This study investigates the theme of universality in the book of Micah through exegetical-thematic analyses. A review of pertinent literature has shown that in spite of the scholarly treatment on the theme of universality, ... -
An exegetical-theological study of the OY MH passages in the fourth gospel
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-02)Although grammarians have noted the phenomenon of the emphatic denial ouj mh; (ED) in the Fourth Gospel, a survey of the standard critical commentaries on the Gospel of John reveals that there is scanty work about its ... -
Analysis of the golden calf incident (Exodus 32:1-10) and its impact on the Sinai covenant in the Pentateuchal text
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-06)The purpose of this study is to examine the role of the golden calf incident in the Pentateuch and to analyze its impact on the covenant relationship between God and His people. The method chosen for this study is to ... -
The morphological and syntactical irregularities in the Book of Revelation
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2013-12)This dissertation explores the barbarisms and solecisms in the book of Revelation. These grammatical irregularities have been tackled by previous scholars from 2 perspectives: the author’s Semitic background and the Greek ... -
An exegetical-theological study of the OY MH passages in the fourth gospel
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-02)Although grammarians have noted the phenomenon of the emphatic denial ouj mh; (ED) in the Fourth Gospel, a survey of the standard critical commentaries on the Gospel of John reveals that there is scanty work about its ... -
An Analysis of Deuteronomy 6:4-5 : monotheism in polytheistic Hindu context
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The Meaning of Maholah/Mahol in the Old Testament
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The Last Adam as "a life-giving spirit" in 1 Corinthians 15:42-49
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2015-02)In light of the conflicting views regarding the background, interpretation, and the time when the last Adam became a life-giving spirit, one objective of this study was to show that the OT, rather than any other historical ... -
The Use of the expressions God or God(s) in Daniel 11:36-39 and their theological and interpretative implications
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2014-09)The goal of this present research is (1) to understand the meaning of the 7 expressions that contains a name for ‘God/god(s)’, particularly 3) אֵל x) and 4) אֱלוֹהַּ x), in Dan 11:36-39 and (2) to seek the most probable ... -
Whole-body gestures with the context of worship in the book of Psalms
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2017-09)The book of Psalms records a variety of bodily movements or gestures employed in the context of worship. Studies of gestures in the Bible have taken into consideration some references from the Psalms and have approached ... -
Paradox and passivity : gaps as a rhetorical device in Genesis 22:1-19
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2019-05)The difficulties of the narrative of Gen 22:1-19 comprises paradox and passivity. These difficulties elicit interpretative issues with the characters of the narrative. The text had been approached using different ... -
Verbal aspect and eschatology in John 5:19-30 : a systemic functional analysis
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2018-08)This dissertation carves a twofold stream: it seeks (a) to make fresh headways into the hermeneutic of John 5:19-30 and its eschatology and (b) to demonstrate the exegetical potency of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) ... -
The Significance of YHWH's EHYEH IMMAK in the covenant context of the Pentateuch
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2019-08)This dissertation attempted to establish a perspective that takes the divine covenant renewal or reconfirmation as foundational to interpreting YHWH’s אהיה עמך in the literary contexts of Gen 26:1-6; 28:10-15; 31:1-3; Exod ... -
Sapiential echoes of the newness motif in 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2019-10)This dissertation examines the newness motif in 2 Cor 5:11-21 by taking into consideration some sapiential notions in the text. Most studies on this subject limit their interpretation of the passage to the newness terminology ...