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1. 1. Eunuchs in Matthew 19:12 : a study in the history behind the eunuch logion and itspossible implications

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Anna Galvina; [2023]
   Keywords : Eunuchs; The gospel of Matthew; gender; queer theology; celibacy; masculinity studies; historicalcritical; eunucker; Matteus evangeliet; genus; queer teologi; celibatet; maskulinitets studier; historiskkritisk;

   Abstract : I denna studie ifrågasätter jag tolkningar av Matteus 19:12, som påstår att versen och dess användning av ordet “eunuck” (εὐνοῦχος) förespråkar celibatet - antingen som en ideal eller alternativ till äktenskapet. Detta gör jag genom en studie av både historiska och bibliska bakgrundsfaktorer - främst identiteter, socio-politiska roller och andra aspekter av eunucker i antiken. READ MORE

3. 2. Abraham's Final Lekh-Lekha : Maimonides and Ibn Kaspi on Disobedience in the Akedah

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Bibelvetenskap

   Author : Leo Saleh; [2023]
   Keywords : Genesis 22; The Binding of Isaac; The Binding; The Akedah; Aqedah; Aqedat; Abraham; Isaac; Maimonides; Rambam; Ibn Kaspi; The Guide of the Perplexed; Moreh Nevukhim; Gevia Kesef; Yoreh Deah; Silver Goblet; Disobedience; Divine command; Rabbinic; Midrash; Hebrew bible; Redaction criticism; Reception theory; Intertextuality; Genesis 22; Isaks Bindande; Akedah; Akedat; Aqedah; Aqedat; Isak; Abraham; Maimonides; Rambam; Ibn Kaspi; The Guide of the Perplexed; Moreh Nevukhim; Gevia Kesef; Yoreh Deah; Silver Goblet; Hebreiska bibeln; Olydnad; Rabbinsk tolkning; Midrash; Redaktionskritik; Receptionshistoria; Intertextualitet;

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4. 3. Enemy Love and Apocalyptic Genocide : Views on Military Violence and Pacifism Among Swedish Pentecostals 1967-1971

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kyrko- och missionsstudier

   Author : Micael Grenholm; [2021]
   Keywords : Pentecostalism; Pacifism; Nonviolence; War Ethics; Sweden; Eschatology; pingströrelsen; pacifism; ickevåld; krigsetik; eskatologi; dispensationalism;

   Abstract : Pentecostals were the largest religious group among conscientious objectors in Sweden between 1967 and 1971, a time characterized by passionate debates on the ethics of war in the shadows of Vietnam and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This thesis aims to review and analyze how the Pentecostal periodicals Evangelii Härold and Dagen described and ethically motivated military violence and pacifism in different contexts during this period. READ MORE

5. 4. “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” (Lev 18:22, 20:13) – Come again?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Gamla testamentets exegetik

   Author : Simon Hedlund; [2016]
   Keywords : Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; homosexuality; cultural appropriation; hermeneutics; Old Testament; Hebrew Bible; male same-sex; bans; third book of Moses; Holiness Code; implications; Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; homosexualitet; kulturell appropriering; hermeneutik; Gamla testamentet; Hebreiska Bibeln; samkönat sex; förbud; tredje Mosebok; Helighetslagen; implikationer;

   Abstract : This paper investigates Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 from the perspective of the hermeneutical implications of their historical context appropriated into a modern contextual understanding and possible application. To do this, four prominent historical theories (relating the ban to procreation, idolatry, against nature/the order of creation, and Canaanite practices) of the origin of the verses, and the ban therein, are chosen to be analysed. READ MORE

6. 5. Revisiting and re-evaluating same-sex sexual acts in Christian ethics – four evaluations and a suggestion

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Simon Hedlund; [2016]
   Keywords : Christian ethics; Samuel W. Kunhiyop; Richard B. Hays; Lisa Sowle Cahill; Peter Coleman; same-sex sexual acts; same-sex sexuality; homosexuality; ethics; Bible; Scripture; Kristen etik; Samuel W. Kunhiyop; Richard B. Hays; Lisa Sowle Cahill; Peter Coleman; samkönade sexuella handlingar; samkönad sexualitet; homosexualitet; etik; Bibeln; Skriften;

   Abstract : This paper investigates three questions; how an exegetically sound basis for a biblical ethics concerning same-sex sexual acts might be construed, what role the Bible, and other sources of ethical insight, should play in construing Christian ethics, and what a Christian ethic founded on the answers to those questions would say concerning same-sex sexual acts today. To perform these investigations, the hermeneutical issue regarding biblical texts, as well as the relation between revelatory and non-revelatory ethical sources within Christian ethics, is discussed, and the construed Christian ethics concerning same-sex sexual acts and sexuality of Lisa Sowle Cahill, Samuel W. READ MORE