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Theses and Dissertations (Ancient Languages): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This research is an exploratory study of ancient and modern perceptions with regard to Muslim female clothing practices. A combination of historical-comparative and social-science research methodology is utilised to determine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Psalms 108-110 not only shows a strong use of military language and imagery, but also a clear development can be observed in the military language and imagery. It is this development that supports the argument for the unity ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Hierdie studie bevestig dat die Metamorphoses verskeie temas bevat wat soms nou met mekaar verweef is. Die intratekstuele analise toon duidelik aan dat, alhoewel die genre van die Metamorphoses oorwegend dié van die epos ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation explores Jerome’s use of space in the Vita Hilarionis, through the use of the theory of critical spatiality. Three different spaces, all interrelated, are explored: desert space, monastic space and city ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the African and the Ancient Near Eastern tradition with regard to the ancestral consultation. 1 Samuel 28:3-25 was used as a point of departure. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The mysterious Sea Peoples are groups thought to have entered the Orient towards the end of the Late Bronze Age time period. Their impact on the region was seemingly influential and one of the contributing factors leading ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1978)Die doel van hierdie studie is om die relevansie van Gattungsforschung by die vasstelling van "betekenis" te ondersoek. Dit word gedoen deur hoofsaaklik die Nuwe-Testamentiese makarisme as Gattung nader te belig en die ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-09)The Hebrew words (cherub) and (seraph) are well-known terms, but it is unclear exactly to what they refer. Many sources agree that the word cherub refers to a composite creature such as a griffin, sphinx or ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-01-09)AFRIKAANS: Hierdie studie poog om deur 'n omvattende eksegetiese ondersoek van Psalms 9 en l0 op literêre - , semantiese - en sosiologiese vlak tot 'n verantwoordbare verstaan van die vyand in Psalms 9 en 10 te kom. Die ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-12)This study aims to point out the literary and socio-historical relationship between the prayers of Esther (Est.4.17.11-26 (Addition C) (14)) and Judith (Jdt.9). By making use of a literary analysis in terms of syntax, ...
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4Qinstruction-fragmente en ander wysheidsgeskrifte : 'n ondersoek na intertekstualiteit (Afrikaans) (University of Pretoria, 2007-01-10)AFRIKAANS: In die laat tagtigs en vroeë negentigs van hierdie eeu is die res van die Oumran-geskrifte wat ontdek is, openbaar gemaak. Met die gebeurtenis het talle moontlikhede vir die wetenskaplike bestudering van 'n groot ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-17)In hierdie studie is die bydrae wat sosiaal-wetenskaplike kritiek as analitiese metode vir die verstaan van die boek Ester kan maak, ondersoek. Die doel, naamlik om die boek Ester beter te verstaan, is bereik deur ‘n ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-17)Intertextuality, a handy label that signals interconnectedness between texts, has a long history of interconnectedness with texts. As an inherent feature of all literature, it could not have escaped biblical criticism. Its ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-12-12)No abstract available
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-12)The objective of this study was to establish and define the theological alterations made to the Masoretic Text of the biblical book of Esther (MTE) by the translators of the Septuagint (LXX) and the Josephus (J) texts, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-09)In the Ancient World the god Apollo has traditionally been associated with poets and their art and in the Augustan age, the Golden Age of Roman literature, use of the image of Apollo is important for the understanding of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-04)Most studies done on the subject of this mini-dissertation have only focused on the differences in chronological detail and text – searching for the facts behind the different accounts. Much attention has thus been paid ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-09-15)This investigation of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas focuses on the question why the author of this infancy gospel narrated the mighty deeds – either received as blessings or as curses – as though the child Jesus were an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-09-02)An investigation of the Beatitudes of Matthew: Between oral tradition and Greek text investigates the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew. It starts with the Greek text as it is known today and works backwards to uncover ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004)This study was motivated by the desire to make a difference in the world. A better understanding of how ancient peoples perceived the phenomenon of war, and how these perceptions were shaped by social values, can hold great ...
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