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Dissertation Series
Between 1972 and 2001, the Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series (SBLDS) published exemplary dissertations on biblical texts, theological themes, critical methodologies, and related topics. SBLDS is currently continued under a new series title, Academia Biblica.


Complete Series List


The Risen Crucified Christ in Galatians
by Robert A. Bryant, 2001, SBLDS 185

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A Reassessment of Biblical Elohim
by Joel S. Burnett, 2001, SBLDS 183

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The Literary Development of John 13–17: A Chiastic Reading
by Wayne Brouwer, 2000, SBLDS 182

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The Tyranny of Resolution: 1 Corinthians 7:17–24
by Brad Ronnell Braxton, 2000, SBLDS 181

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The Vulgate of Tobit Compared with Other Ancient Writings
by Vincent T. M. Skemp, 2000, SBLDS 180

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The Myth of the Historical Jesus and the Evolution of Consciousness
by Hal Childs, 2000, SBLDS 179

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In Dialogue with Another Gospel?
by Mark A. Matson, 2001, SBLDS 178

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The Obedience of Fath, the Eschatological People of God, and the Purpose of Romans
by James C. Miller, 2000, SBLDS 177

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God, Israel, and the Gentiles: Rhetoric and Situation in Romans 9–11
by Johann D. Kim, 2000, SBLDS 176

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From a Broken Covenant to Circumcision of the Heart: Pauline Intertextual Exegesis in Romans 2:17–29
by Timothy W. Berkley, 2000, SBLDS 175

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The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles (NHC 6.1): Allegory, Ascent, and Ministry in the Wake of the Decian Persecution
by Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, 2000, SBLDS 174

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Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic
by Yoshiyuki Muchiki, 1999, SBLDS 173
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Court Oracles in the Psalms: The So-Called Royal Psalms in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context
by Scott R. A. Starbuck, 1999, SBLDS 172
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The Endangered Promises: Conflict in Mark
by James S. Hanson, 2000, SBLDS 171

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Death in Qoheleth and Egyptian Biographies of the Late Period
by Shannon Burkes, 1999, SBLDS 170

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Into the Temple Courts: The Place of the Synagogues in the Second Temple Period
by Donald D. Binder, 1999, SBLDS 169
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Church and Community Conflicts: The Relationships of the Thessalonian, Corinthian and Philippian Churches with Their Wider Civic Communities
by Craig Steven de Vos, 1999, SBLDS 168
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Men and Women in the Fourth Gospel: Gender and Johannine Characterization
by Colleen M. Conway, 1999, SBLDS 167

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Rest as a Theological Metaphor in the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Gospel of Truth: Early Christian Homiletics of Rest
by Judith Hoch Wray, 1998, SBLDS 166

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Shame and Honor in the Book of Esther
by Timothy Laniak, 1998, SBLDS 165
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The Covenant Renewal in Ezra-Nehemiah (Neh 7:72b–10:40): An Exegetical, Literary, and Theological Study
by Michael Duggan, 2001, SBLDS 164
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Eloquence and the Proclamation of the Gospel in Corinth
by Brian K. Peterson, 1998, SBLDS 163

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Following in His Steps: Suffering, Community, and Christology in 1 Peter
by Steven Richard Bechtler, 1998, SBLDS 162

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Remember the Former Things: The Recollection of Previous Texts in Isaiah 40–55
by Patricia Tull Willey, 1997, SBLDS 161

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Honor, Shame, and the Rhetoric of 1 Peter
by Barth L. Campbell, 1998, SBLDS 160

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We Have Heard with Our Ears, O God: Sources of the Communal Laments in the Psalms
by Walter C. Bouzard Jr., 1997, SBLDS 159