Religious Studies

How can finite human beings speak of God? Joel Klenk explores negative theology through forms of open semantics, examining Pauline texts that articulate negative theological discourse in light of God's salvific identity as a theological criterion.

Joseph is a key figure in biblical literature. Magnus Rabel traces his transformations from Genesis to early Christianity, showing how, as sage, ruler, or tyrant, he shapes central discourses on power, otherness, identity, justice, and reconciliation.

Eva Puschautz analyzes Mary's role in Mk 3:20f.31-35 using historical-critical and feminist methods. She demonstrates how this pericope links traditional strands about familial conflict and discipleship community, differentiating between Mary as a historical figure in precarious circumstances and as a symbolic character.

Eric J. P. Wagner identifies and analyzes personified mountains in the Epic of Gilgameš, the Iliad and Odyssey, and Genesis-2 Kings. These »embodied landscapes« represent mythic thinking, inviting a re-reading that traces their meaning(s) and function(s) across each corpus.