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Given the interest in both late antique historiography and the emperor Julian, there is a surprising lack of scholarship concerning the image of Julian presented by Theodoret, the fifth-century bishop of Cyrus, whose Historia...
This dissertation examines the role of musical training in scribal education and its implication for Ben Sira’s pedagogy. Chapter One surveys the scholarship regarding the function of hymns in the book of Sirach and their role in Ben...
This dissertation examines early Enochic literature, namely the Astronomical Book and the Book of the Watchers, in the context of traditions concerning Greco-Roman culture heroes and the debates about the origins of civilization during...
In this dissertation I analyze the reception of Josephus in Ethiopia by way of the Hebrew Sefer Yosippon, its Latin sources, and its subsequent Arabic translations. I provide the first English translations and comparative analysis of...
This dissertation explores the different ways in which early Jews understood demonic entities in their ancient and antique historical contexts. Unlike traditional scholarly studies which have often approached the topic primarily from the...
This thesis addresses whether or not, according to theologians, virgins could maintain their virginity even after instances of physical loss, such as rape. I will use post-structuralism as the method. This thesis will use a socio...
This study elucidates the interpretive strategies, compositional method, literary creativity, and ideological agendas of the ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in adapting native textual traditions to form new and imaginative...
Reviving the Bones of the Prophets: Re-Evaluating the Status of the Hebrew Bible Collection of Smaller Prophetic Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Late Second Temple Period
Recent scholarship on the Hebrew Bible's collection of shorter prophetic writings (often referred to as the "Minor Prophets, The Twelve, or The Book of the Twelve") presents conclusions that rely heavily on the redaction of the...
The Aramaic Book of Ahiqar, an ancient instruction that combines a novella and set of wise sayings, was discovered among a cache of papyri dating to the 5th c. B.C.E. belonging to a community of Judeans on the southern Egyptian Nile...
The ancient historian Josephus records that Palestine witnessed a surge in Jewish sectarianism during the second and first c. BCE, resulting in the proliferation of groups associated with the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Qumran...
This dissertation investigates how ancient Jewish communities restructured the Mosaic Law to redress the physical and emotional trauma that they endured under occupation. A systematic analysis of the Seleucid and Roman Empire’s governing...
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