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A Comparative Examination of Interpretations of the Job Narrative: The Talmud Bavli, Gregory the Great (d.604) and al-Ṭabarī (d. 923) Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The broader interest of this study is linked to the manifestations and perceptions of the ‘roles’ of women in the socio-cultural landscape of the Greco-Roman late antiquity. In particular, it attempts to understand how ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Late Antiquity was a time of vibrant and eclectic ritual practices, as well as witnessing Christianity’s rise from minority to majority religion. P.Oslo. I V is an apotropaic papyrus from fourth- or fifth century Egypt, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This work will consider a range of encounters between Christian and Muslim leaders from late antiquity through to the middle ages. As explored through a lens of political and theological theory, this work will consider ...
Inner- and Intra-Islamic Legal Debates on Dietary Laws in the Various Schools of the Abbasid Era: The Position of Islam towards Jewish and Christian Laws Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
In this thesis, an attempt will be made to understand the position of Islam towards Jewish and Christian laws as they were used in the inner- and intra-Islamic debate during the Abbasid era with respect to dietary laws. ...
The Veil, the Womb and the Night: The Conceptual Roots of Hair Covering in Tanakh, Bible and Qur'an. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
No one can speak of religion in contemporary Europe without mentioning the hijab. The image of a Muslim woman with a tightly wrapped scarf covering her hair, head and neck has become one of the main symbols of Islam in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This thesis considers the religious perceptions of a very vocal, self-identified National Socialist group in Norway called “Den Nordiske Motstandsbevegelsen” or “The Nordic Restistance Movement” (DNM). The thesis consists ...
MEDIEVAL MUSLIM POLEMICS THROUGH THE LENS OF QURAʾNIC METHODOLOGY: An Analysis of Ibn Ḥazm’s Radd in Light of the Qurʾanic Concept of Qubḥ Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Mithraism and Judaism: a comparative view in recruitment Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The similarities and differences of recruitment and conversion between Judaism and Mithraism
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Christians living under Muslim rule in 8th century Iraq had to articulate their faith and doctrines in relation to the religious and political challenges brought on by the dominating reality of Islam. The disputation between ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis is a study of the perception of mediums in the late ancient context. In it I argue for a medium theory approach when investigating the early Christian media culture. The purpose of this angle is to avoid being ...