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Studying the Zhuangzi: An Institutional Approach
ABSTRACT Comparative political philosophy has recently grown in prominence, but most attention focuses on Confucians such as Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi. Daoists, particularly Zhuangzi, have long been neglected. This paper proposes an “institutional approach” to Zhuangzi's philosophy, examining what institutions can create a social environment that ...
Baldwin Wong
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Theological Interpretation and Isaiah 53: A Study of Bernhard Duhm, Brevard Childs, and Alec Motyer [PDF]
This dissertation brings together the hermeneutical approaches of three Old Testament scholars, specifically as they pertain to the interpretation of Isaiah 52.13-53.12 in the framework of Christian theology.
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The motif of weariness is prominent and recurring in the canonical book of Isaiah, appearing 18 times, a concentration unmatched by any other Old Testament book.
Chris van der Walt
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The Problem of Christ’s Acquired Knowledge
Abstract Thomas Aquinas is universally applauded for his “courage and perspicacity” in eventually admitting an acquired knowledge in Christ. According to this doctrine, Christ, through the experience of his senses, came to know what he previously did not know.
Joshua H. Lim
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Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983
In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
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The foolish wisdom of humans versus the wise wisdom of God in the book of Isaiah
When wisdom in the book of Isaiah is investigated, there is a deviation from the normal sense of understanding wisdom as a particular mental ability. What is out of the ordinary about the use of wisdom in the book of Isaiah is that it is used more often ...
Chris van der Walt
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Opposition delivered at the public defence of Kirsten Nielsen’s thesis “For et Træ er der Håb” (published Copenhagen 1985). The subtitle of the book announces its theme: the tree a metaphor in Isaiah 1-39.
Benedikt Otzen
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Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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A Re-interpretation of Zion in Isaiah 62:1–5 Focusing on the Personification of Queen Zion
This study conducts a contextual, literary and theological interpretation of the theme of Zion in Isa 62:1–5 that focuses on the rhetorical and intertextual implications of Queen Zion.
YunGab Choi
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