Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-08-11)This dissertation examines the relationship between selected Iron Age cultic sites found in the land of Canaan and their material cultures. The resulting data allows the creation of tentative paradigms reflecting the ... -
The correlation between church leaders' understanding of the issue of child sexual abuse and preventive steps taken within their churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-13)The research examined the relationship between knowledge of faith-based church leaders regarding the facts of child sexual abuse and the practice of child sexual abuse prevention steps utilized within the church. It examined ... -
Counterfeit Money or Genuine Gift? Gift, Giving, and Salvation in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation studies the concept of gift in the Gospel of John, especially as it relates to God's gift of salvation to humanity. Chapter 1 defines the problem of the gift both for New Testament studies as well as ... -
The Courtroom and the Created Order: How Penal Substitution Brings about New Creation
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation argues that penal substitutionary atonement is necessary for transformation of the created order. This assertion answers the charge that an atonement model that deals with forensic judgments, the moment ... -
Covenant as a framework for understanding the primary divorce and remarriage texts in the New Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-09-16)This dissertation identifies covenant as a primary framework for understanding marriage in the Bible and the divorce and remarriage texts of the New Testament. Chapter 1 defines the need for such a work and provides a basic ... -
Covenant, Typology, and the Story of Joseph: A Literary-Canonical Examination of Genesis 37-50
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)This dissertation defends the notion that Joseph, understood according to a literary-canonical analysis, functions as the resolution to the plot of Genesis and that this story typologically influences how later biblical ... -
Creating a Lay Ministry Team to Care for Those Who Are Grieving at Southside Church of Christ, Dresden, Tennessee
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Creating and Nurturing a Culture of Adoption and Orphan Care in the Local Church: A Multiple Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)ABSTRACT CREATING AND NURTURING A CULTURE OF ADOPTION AND ORPHAN CARE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY Randall Damon Burns, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: ... -
A Critical Analysis of Mary Warnock's Argument for the Exclusion of Religious Arguments from Public Moral Discourse
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MARY WARNOCK’S ARGUMENT FOR THE EXCLUSION OF RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM PUBLIC MORAL DISCOURSE Mark Wayne Warnock, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: ... -
A Critical Analysis of Preaching in the Emerging Church
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation critiques the preaching of the revisionists within the emerging church arguing that they redefine truth and displace the authority of Scripture. This argument is presented by defining biblical preaching, ... -
A Critical Analysis of Southern Baptist Hispanic Church-Planting Strategies in North America, 1970-1994
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation analyzes and critically evaluates Southern Baptist Hispanic church-planting strategies in North America during the period of 1970-1994. This twenty-five-year study demonstrates that these years were both ... -
A critical analysis of the purpose-driven hermeneutic of Rick Warren
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-04-22)This dissertation analyzes Rick Warren's hermeneutic based on his writings, conferences, sermons, and Bible studies. Chapter 1 introduces the topic giving special attention to Warren's popularity and the need for an ... -
A Critical Analysis of the Theological Method of F. Leron Shults
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)ABSTRACT A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE THEOLOGICAL METHOD OF F. LERON SHULTS Joshua Philip Boswell, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012 Chair: Dr. Stephen J. Wellum This dissertation ... -
A Critical Assessment of Modern Qazaqs’ Historical Claim That Islam Is the Ancestral Faith
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-04-19)After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Qazaq people embarked on the journey of reinstating their authentic ethnic and cultural identity. After a thirty-year quest for true Qazaqness, many came to believe that ... -
A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Genesis
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-28)The aim of this project is to present an updated critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments for the book of Genesis. The reconstruction, nevertheless, will not be presented in its columnar order, which Origen originally ... -
A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22-42
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)Primarily, this dissertation provides a critical text of the hexaplaric fragments of Job 22-42, which updates the previous editions of Field (1875) and Ziegler (1982), and which may serve as the fascicle for the second ... -
A critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Job: Chapters 1-21
(2009-12-15)The dissertation provides a critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments for the first twenty-one chapters of the book of Job, recording the diacritical marks and the attributions Aquila (α'), Symmachus (σ'), and Theodotion ... -
A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Numbers 19-36
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation provides a critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Number 19-36, including (1) Aristarchan signs, (2) attributions to Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, and (3) other materials traditionally ... -
A Critical Examination of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Ministry of Equipping Evangelists Via the Amsterdam Conferences
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-09-22)ABSTRACT A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION’S MINISTRY OF EQUIPPING EVANGELISTS VIA THE AMSTERDAM CONFERENCES Brian David Bohannon, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological ... -
A Critique of the Rejection of Intelligent Design as a Scientific Hypothesis by Elliott Sober from His Book Evidence and Evolution
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-21)This dissertation critiques and rejects Elliott Sober's dismissal of intelligent design as a scientific hypothesis. Sober builds the case for this dismissal in chapter 2 of his 2008 book Evidence and Evolution. Sober's ...