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    Joining the Conversation: An Exegetical Approach to Ascertaining Contextual Meanings for Low-Frequency Lexemes in the Peshitta Gospels as a Proposal to Benefit the Lexicography of the New Testament
    (2015) Lewis, Tim
    The thesis seeks to ascertain contextual meanings for several low-frequency lexemes in the Peshitta Gospels. It proposes that intratextual exegesis can benefit lexicography, especially in cases where meanings given in current lexicons are unclear in regards to the contexts upon which such meanings are based. An exegetical methodology is developed that defers the study of social backgrounds and instead prioritises narrative context for examining Gospel lexemes. The thesis grew from an evaluation of the ‘convulsive’ meaning given in KPG for the Peal of ܚܒܛ (Mk: 9:18, 20). Twelve low-frequency Syriac lexemes are examined: ܢܳܪܓܳܐ (Mt 3:10//Lk 3:9); ܝܘܽܕ (Mt 5:18); ܣܶܪܛܳܐ (Mt 5:18); ܩܰܛܺܝܢܳܐ (Mt 7:14); ܢܶܩܥܳܐ (Mt 8:20//Lk 9:58); ܡܶܕܪܳܐ (Mt 13:5); Peal of ܫܘܚ (Mt 13:5); Peal of ܥܨܒ (Lk 10:34); Peal of ܚܒܛ (Mk: 9:18, 20); Ethpaal of ܒܥܩ (Mk 9:20); Peal of ܫܚܩ (Mk 9:26; Lk 9:39); and Pael of ܡܥܣ (Lk 9:42).
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    Sahidic Coptic Leviticus: Its Manuscripts Witnesses and Its Text
    (2020-06-01) St Demiana, Antonia
    This study considers the Sahidic Coptic biblical codices of Leviticus and other existing fragments and folios attesting the Sahidic Leviticus text. Since the reconstruction of the Sahidic Old Testament has received so little attention until recent times, one of the main aims of this work is to fully document the manuscript evidence of this Sahidic Pentateuch book and to conduct a codicological investigation and reconstruction of its codices and fragments. The most codicologically and textually complete manuscript of Sahidic Leviticus is M566. It is one of only three complete extant Sahidic Old Testament Bible codices; and its edition, text, and translation are presented here for the first time. Previous scholarship on the reconstruction of dispersed Sahidic Leviticus fragments and manuscript leaves has been surveyed, resulting in the unification of codices previously considered to be independent of one another. New Leviticus fragments have also been identified and virtually placed within their original respective codices. The lack of research into the evolution of various Sahidic biblical texts is the impetus for the second part of this thesis, which is an introductory textual study and translation analysis of the text of Sahidic Leviticus. The texts of the Sahidic Leviticus witnesses have been evaluated and compared, resulting in preliminary observations on both the nature of the Sahidic version, and the relationship between the Sahidic translation of Leviticus and the text of Greek Leviticus.
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    The Existential Grammar of the Good News: Truth, Epistemology and Encounter
    (2009-05-08) Godfrey, James P.
    When a Christian notion of truth is understood as a life, rather than a fact, idea, or tenet of doctrine, the tools for delineation, or the grammar, must be revised. Existential philosophy assists in the development of a revised grammar by restoring to the concept of truth, the fact of existing. Drawing upon the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gabriel Marcel, and Søren Kierkegaard, an epistemological framework is developed that responds and reveals the fundamentally incarnate character of a Christian notion of truth.
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    The Singing Heart: An Analysis of the Morning and Evening Songs of Paul Gerhardt as Exercises in Evangelical Piety.
    (2014-02-24) Prenzler, Matthias
    Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) was a German Lutheran pastor, and writer of spiritual songs. Gerhardt was strongly influenced by a devotional movement, often referred to as the Neue Frömmigkeit, that was evident within German Lutheranism during the first half of the seventeenth century. The influences of this piety movement are clearly evident in Gerhardt’s songs, especially his three morning and two evening songs that are known today. These five songs can be considered sung devotional meditations with meditational devices woven into their texts that naturally lead those who are singing to meditate upon the scriptures. Many of these devices are able to be examined and explored through textual analysis. This study seeks firstly to examine the background to Gerhardt’s morning and evening songs; and secondly, to engage in the analysis of selected song texts in order to investigate how they may indeed be considered exercises in evangelical piety.