Essays about: "Philo"

Found 3 essays containing the word Philo.

  1. 1. A Tale of Cross-dressers, Mothers and Murderers : Deborah and Jael in Ancient and Contemporary Thought

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Sara Järlemyr; [2015]
    Keywords : Deborah; Jael; Gender; Sisera; Barak; Judges 4 and 5; Josephus; Pseudo- Philo; Talmud.; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : This study of the characters of Deborah and Jael entails not only reading the Biblical text, but also reading both ancient and contemporary interpreters who in one way or another elaborate on the otherwise sparsely described characters. In other words: How they fill the gaps. READ MORE

  3. 2. “The Kingdom of God cannot be inherited by ἀρσενοκοῖται! (1 Cor 6:9)” : Who are they, and why is Paul condemning them?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nya testamentets exegetik

    Author : Simon Hedlund; [2015]
    Keywords : Paul; Josephus; Philo; homosexuality; power; arsenokoitai; ἀρσενοκοῖται; translation; Kingdom of God; Greco-Roman; Jewish; same-sex; male homosexuality; 1 Cor 6:9; First epistle to the Corinthians; First Corinthians; 6:9; Leviticus; 18:22; 20:13; malakos; μαλακός; contextuality; condemnation; Paulus; Josefus; Filon; homosexualitet; makt; arsenokoitai; ἀρσενοκοῖται; översättning; Guds Rike; Grekisk-Romersk; Judisk; samkönat; manlig homosexualitet; Första Korintierbrevet; 1 Kor 6:9; 6:9; Leviticus; Tredje Moseboken; 18:22; 20:13; malakos; μαλακός; kontextualitet; fördömande;

    Abstract : This paper will look at the interpretation and translation of ἀρσενοκοῖται (1 Cor 6:9) in the list of people who will not inherit the kingdom of God. The word is mentioned in 1 Cor 6:9-10, and it has been translated in ways going from “homosexual”, “men who lay with men” and “sodomite” to “a man who lets others use himself or who uses others for debauchery” and “pedophile”. READ MORE

  4. 3. Breaking the Bonds of Oblivion : An Analysis of the Role of Fate and Providence in the Apocryphon of John

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Petter Spjut; [2014]
    Keywords : Nag Hammadi; Christianity; Judaism; Fate; Providence; Pneumatology; Gnosticism; Antiquity;

    Abstract : This essay aims to investigate the role of fate in the Apocryphon of John – an issue which, with a few exceptions, has been surprisingly overlooked by modern scholarship. In the few modern publications available on the subject, the concept of fate has previously solely been examined in the light of the Greek Philosophical schools, often neglecting texts from a Jewish-Hellenistic context. READ MORE