• Substitutionary Themes in Nyssen's In Canticum Canticorum 

  Spallino, Jonathan Matthew (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-06-22)

  This thesis explores the substitutionary themes of atonement in Gregory of Nyssen’s In Canticum Canticorum. As his last known work, this commentary provides the reader with the matured insights of Gregory concerning ones ...

• The Spirituality of William Ward 

  Reynolds, Matthew Marvin (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-15)

  This dissertation answers the following primary research question: to what degree and to what extent did Ward’s spirituality promote peace within the Serampore Trio and preserve the Mission as a whole? In answering this ...

• Emotional Virtues in a Faithful Expository Ministry: Utilizing Robert C. Roberts to Argue for a Model of Expository Preaching That Fosters the Maturation of Emotional Virtues Within a Congregation 

  Seals, Jonathan Craig (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-08-02)

  This dissertation applies the work of Robert C. Roberts in the field of philosophy of emotion to the craft of expository preaching. The purpose of this research is to explore Roberts's definition of emotion and to present ...

• The Negative Motif of the Sea in the Old Testament 

  Lovett, Kenneth W. (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-09)

  This dissertation demonstrates that the sea is consistently a negative motif in the OT. Chapter 2 introduces Hermann Gunkel because he wrote the foundational work on the topic of the chaotic sea in the OT. He argued that ...

• The Hermeneutics of Eschatological Fulfillment in Christ: Biblical-Theological Exegesis in the Epistle to the Hebrews 

  Sequeira, Aubrey Maria (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2017-01-06)

  This dissertation addresses the use of the OT in Hebrews using an author-oriented and biblical-theological approach. The thesis advanced is that the author of Hebrews cites and alludes to the OT in a manner that is warranted ...

• "Scripture Is Both the Glosse and the Text": Biblical Interpretation and Its Implementation in the Works of William Perkins 

  Ballitch, Andrew Scott (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2017-04-28)

  William Perkins expounded Scripture throughout his works according to the method presented in The Arte of Prophecying. This intense scriptural focus emanated from Perkins’s belief that Scripture was God’s Word and the only ...

• "Promoting Pure and Undefiled Religion": John Ryland, Jr. (1753–1825) and Edwardsean Evangelical Biography 

  Griffith, Christopher Ryan (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2017-12-12)

  In the preface to the 1749 publication of The Life of David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) explains the benefit of recounting exemplary lives: “There are two ways of representing and recommending true religion and ...

• Studies in Septuagint Leviticus: Linguistics, Tradition, and Lexical Choice 

  Bell, Joel (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-07-11)

  This thesis investigates three features of Septuagint Leviticus’ Greek text as a means to better understand the translator, his world, and his text. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2 shows that the valency of Hebrew ...

• The Presuppositional Hermeneutic: An Argument for Interpreting and Preaching the Bible with Authority 

  Anderson, Jonathan Daniel (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-02)

  ABSTRACT THE PRESUPPOSITIONAL HERMENEUTIC: AN ARGUMENT FOR INTERPRETING AND PREACHING THE BIBLE WITH AUTHORITY Jonathan Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Chair: Dr. Robert A. ...

• Mysterion and the Salvation of "All Israel" in Romans 9-11 

  Sears, Philip Chase (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-23)

  The aim of this study is to build upon the emerging consensus that the Pauline mystery is rooted in a Jewish apocalyptic context, reflecting a “once hidden, now revealed” schema. For Paul, this mystery schema divides history ...

• A Cultural Study of the City of Antsiranana and the Response of the Church to Traditional Religion 

  Johnson, Lew (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-04-15)

  This thesis examines ATR in the city of Antsiranana in Northern Madagascar. I wanted to discover how the church responds to ATR and makes disciples of men and women from an ATR. The purpose was to discover a biblical ...

• John R. Rice and Evangelism: An Essential Mark of Independent Baptist Fundamentalism 

  Lyon, Matthew Lee (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-07)

  ABSTRACT JOHN R. RICE AND EVANGELISM: AN ESSENTIAL MARK OF INDEPENDENT BAPTIST FUNDAMENTALISM Matthew Lee Lyon, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Chair: Dr. Thomas J. Nettles This ...

• “A Bond Between Souls”: Understanding Spiritual Friendship in Augustine of Hippo with Special Reference to His Letters 

  Ford, Coleman M. (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-07)

  This dissertation argues that especially in his letters, Augustine conceived of spiritual friendship as an outflow of Christian love, integral to the Christian life for the purpose of building Christ-like virtue and ...

• Looking at Illegal Immigration in the United States through the Lenses of Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

  Lee, Peter D. (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-10)

  The United States is a sovereign nation formed by immigrants from its very beginnings. Today, the U.S. is a nation proud of its diversity, formed of people of various backgrounds—race, nationality, education, religious ...

• From Orr to Zacharias and Beyond: An Approach Toward Christian Apologetics from the Purview of Worldview Truth-Testing 

  Pihringer, Alan J. (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-06)

  This dissertation considers an approach toward Christian apologetics that tests the veracity of truth-claims from within the scope of entire worldviews, demonstrating how it is an effective approach for validating ...

• Pastoral Preaching: A Reformation and Redefinition of a Pastor’s Call to Preach for the Purpose of Sanctification 

  Nelson, Dustin (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-16)

  Chapter 1 introduces the dissertation’s thesis, highlights its methodology and establishes its goals. The dissertation argues that pastoral preaching is any preaching in the setting of a local congregation where the pastor ...

• “You Only Have I Known”: Social Identity and the Book of Amos 

  King, Andrew Michael (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-03-19)

  This dissertation assesses how the book of Amos shapes the social identity of its audience. Chapter 1 contextualizes this project in Amos scholarship and shows the relevance of this study. Chapter 2 introduces the Social ...

• "That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed": A Dogmatic Response to Recent Formulations of the Son's Assumption of a Fallen Human Nature 

  Bello, Rafael Nogueira (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-03-26)

  This dissertation contends that those who argue for the Son’s assumption of a fallen human nature are mistaken, because they work with a faulty notion of the nature of the hypostatic union, or revert Trinitarian order, or ...

• A Functional Description of the Discourse Marker Δε in 1 Corinthians 

  Joihin, Jonly (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-01)

  The first chapter focuses on the background for and the thesis of the present study. It lists researches on the discourse analysis and the traditional historical-comparative approach; the discourse markers in the Greek NT; ...

• The Place of Union with Christ in the Theology and Practice of Marriage 

  Burling, Darryl John (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-03)

  This dissertation argues that the union between Christ and the church is given as a model of the participation between a husband and wife within a marriage because the nature of the marriage relationship and the relationship ...

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