Theses - Divinity
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Scribal culture in Ben Sira (Sir 38:1-15; 41:1-15; 43:11-19; 44-50)
(2016-03-01)The Book of Ben Sira, written at some point between 198 and 175 BCE, is a Second Temple Jewish wisdom text which regularly echoes or quotes the Hebrew Bible. A recent area of study in biblical scholarship has been that of ... -
A critique of the ecclesiology, missiology and sociology of the Mission-shaped Church report
(2014-03-04)This thesis explores the Church of England report Mission-Shaped Church (MSC) and its subsequent secondary and synodical legislation. It traces the missiology, ecclesiology and sociology of the initial report and their ... -
Womb of the Spirit: the liturgical implications of the doctrine of the Spirit for the Syrian baptismal tradition
(1999-10-26)This thesis investigates the role of the Holy Spirit within the Syrian baptismal tradition and, in particular, assesses its effect upon the liturgical and theological development of initiation in East and West Syria. ...
