M.A. Thesis Titles and Abstracts A

Students who successfully complete their studies in the Program contribute much to the field of Biblical Studies. Each graduate and the title of his or her thesis is listed below (abstracts are available for the more recent graduates).

We are proud of the contribution each graduate has made to Biblical scholarship.

2009

 

  • Daniel (Young Han) Kim, The History of Interpretation of Micah 4:14-5:1: A Ruler from Bethlehem
  • Marvin Miller, Shaking Out the Skirt: A Social Vision of Nehemiah Regarding Debt Slavery (abstract)
  • Michael (Kui Chi) Mok, Reading Psalm 93 in the context of Book IV of the Psalter (abstract)

2008

  • Anthony M. Apodaca, The Mythmaking Strategy of Jesus' Infancy Narrative: A Literary-Comparative Approach to Matthew 1-2 (abstract)
  • Miles A. Custis, The End of the Matter: The Purpose of the Epilogue of Ecclesiastes (abstract)
  • Ted M. Erho,  A Reassessment of the Role of 1 Enoch 56:5-8 for the Dating of the Similitudes of Enoch: A Critique of the Historical-Allusional Method and a New Suggestions for Understanding the Text from a Tradition-Historical Perspective (abstract)
  • Chelica Hiltunen, An Examination of the Supposed pre-Samaritan Texts from Qumran (abstract)
  • Jarod Jacobs, A Comprehensive Analysis of the Conjunction Waw in the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls Variants and Their Implication
  • Sonya Kostamo, The Sectional Divisions in 1QIsa-b and the Leningrad Codex: A Comparative Study (abstract)
  • Dylan Morgan, Borrowing Balaam's Blessing: The Appropriation of Tradition in Numbers 22-24 (abstract)

2007

  • Frederick S. Tappenden, Peter Remembered: Collective Memory and the Commemoration of Peter in Earliest Christianity (abstract)

2006

  • Nicholas J. Ellis, Hebrews 6:4-6 and Divine Repentance: Is God the Object of anakainizein eiv metanoian? (abstract)
  • Carolyn Finamor, Perception and Being Perceived in 2 Samuel 11: A Narratological Approach (abstract)
  • Glen Stewart, The Identity and Function of the "The Lamb of God" in John 1:19-51 (abstract)

2005

  • Andrea Alvarez, The Restoration of Israel and its Messiah: The History of Interpretation of Isaiah 61:1-2 (abstract)
  • Dohnson Chang, A Study of 4Q491c: The Self-Glorification Hymn (abstract)
  • Shawn Flynn,Uncovering the Silence of Sacred Space: An Examination of Trito-Isaiah's Theology of the Temple With Particular Attention to the Role of the Outsider (abstract)
  • Ryan Korstange, The Septuagint as Textual Witness and Translation: A Re-evaluation (abstract)
  • Dana Ouellette, Driving Out Injustice: A Socio-Economic Interpretation of Mark 11:11-25 in Light of Mark's Listening Audience (abstract)
  • Jake Parslow, Seduction in Eden Traditions (abstract)
  • Ryan Roberts, Textual Variants in the Deuteronomy Dead Sea Scrolls. A Case for Standardization (abstract)

2004

  • Andy Chi Kit Wong, The National Aspect of the Aqedah: Revisiting the Story of the (Near -) Sacrifice of Isaac in Jewish Conceptions (abstract)

2003

  • Joel Anderson,Intertextuality and the Book of Jonah
  • Jeffry D. Karber, A Literary-Canonical Theology of the Dynastic Oracle in Samuel-Kings(abstract)
  • Sonja Mortenson, The Text and Interpretation of Isaiah 40 in the Dead Sea Scrolls (abstract)
  • Jayme R. Nelson, The Generic and Theological Significance of 'Why?' and 'How Long?' in the Psalms of Complaint (abstract)
  • Matthew T. Thiessen, The Form and Function of the Song of Moses: Deuteronomy 32.1-43(abstract)
  • Roger Torhjelm, 11QMelchizedek: Liberation, Judgment, & Kingdom

2002

  • Christopher J. Patrick Davis, 4Q382, Elijah and the Dead Sea Scrolls (abstract)
  • Ralph J. Korner, The Prophetic Genre of the Apocalypse in Light of Visionary Literary Devices (abstract)
  • Anthony LeDonne, The Baptist and the Jerusalem Temple Establishment (abstract)
  • Dorothy M. Peters, The Story of the Yahad, An Acceptable Sacrifice Atoning for the Land: The Day of Atonement Reinterpreted (abstract)

2001

  • Joseph Guy Normand Cholette, The History of the Redaction of the Genesis Flood Narrative Reconsidered (abstract)
  • Victor Cornish, Literary Patterns in 1Corinthians 15 (abstract)
  • Jennifer Shepherd, Psalm 91 in 11Q11 The Believer's Cry for Deliverance (abstract)

2000

  • Ian Werrett, John the Baptist and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Christopher Young, A Study of the Antichrists of First John 2:18-27 (abstract)

1999

  • Stephen Eric Brown, Matthew 11:2-6 and Luke 7:18-23 in Light of 4Q521 and Other Writings
  • Prince Sorie Conteh, An Investigation into the Meaning of Deisidaimon (Religious) in Paul's Aeropagus Speech in Acts 17
  • Tae Hun Kim, The Huios Theou in Mark 15:39 (abstract)
  • Leigh Gilles Labrecque, Excavating the Foundation of the Messianic Stone Motif Psalm 118:22-23
  • Ian Spaa, The Role of the High Priest in the Bifurcation of Leadership in the Bible and its Related Corpuses

1998

  • Terry Dingman, Investigation of Intermediate State
  • Erich Engler, An Analysis of Jewish Makarisms and Makarism Collections of the Second Jewish Period
  • Samuel Sejin Park, The Red Heifer Rite in the Dead Sea Scrolls

1997

  • George Johnson, Jewish Concepts of the Kingdom of God in Late Antiquity
  • Marjorie Ellen Irene Wiebe, A Psalm Scroll from Qumran (4QPsf)

1996

  • Jacqueline DeRoo, A Literary Analysis of 4Q525

Further Information

General inquires regarding the Master of Arts in Biblical Studies may be directed to Graduate Admissions Office - School of Graduate Studies.

For further assistance with questions relating to course or thesis content, please contact acting director of the MABIB program Dr. Martin Abegg, Professor of Religious Studies; Co-Director, Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at abegg@twu.ca.