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"That glorious sight" : theological aesthetics in the poetry of Edmund Spenser and John Milton
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis explores how the Protestant poets Edmund Spenser and John Milton utilize the beautiful as a theological category, and it sets their concerns as Protestant poets in constructive dialogue with the insights of ... -
'Quale regnum exinde iustorum! Qualis civitas nova hierusalem!' : Revelation 19 - 21 in the exegesis of the Christian communities of Roman Africa from the II to the IV century
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThe aim of this research is to analyse the reception and the interpretation of Revelation 19 – 21 in the early Christian communities of Roman Africa between the second and the fourth century. The chapters chosen are related ... -
"To tell my story" : narrativity and community in Shakespeare and Dostoevsky
(2023-11-29) - ThesisAbstract redacted -
The Son of Man overthrows Babylon and builds the eschatological temple in fulfillment of Cyrus’s Decree : Matthew 28:18–20’s combined allusions to OG Daniel 4:14(17), OG Daniel 7:13–14, and 2 Chronicles 36:23
(2023-11-29) - ThesisThe focus of this study is the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18–20). I argue that Matthew here combines allusions to Old Greek (OG) Daniel 4:14(17), OG Daniel 7:14, and 2 Chronicles 36:23. The possibility of these connections ... -
From Joseph to Jesus : the Joseph narrative as a compositional template from Old Greek Esther to the Gospel of Luke
(2023-11-29) - ThesisIn this thesis I argue that the writers of the OG of Esther and the Gospel of Luke employ the narrative paradigm established in the Joseph narrative—which is developed further in the later literature of the Hebrew Bible ...