I recently graduated from Northwest Christian University. Well, I actually still have 135 hours of “internship” to complete, but that’s irrelevant to this post.
Anyway, before I was permitted to dress up in the funny hat and robe, I was required to complete something known as a “Senior Capstone essay”. This assignment is meant to be a lengthy near-graduate-level original research paper on a topic of the student’s choosing.
I chose to focus on the Greek word δόξα, first giving a history of its linguistic development, then examining the unique way in which the Gospel of John uses it.
At the end of the semester, I was also required to present the paper in front of an audience. I simply read its contents (in an animated and expressive manner, if I may say so myself) and it was, thankfully, well received by all present.
Though I do feel that it could have been longer and more developed, I was quite pleased with the way the paper (and the presentation thereof) turned out. And I thank God that it’s over with.
I would, therefore, like to make it available here, for your reading pleasure:
Mine is only 11 pages long, but if you’d like to read a more lengthy treatise on the subject, Dr. Nicole Chibici-Revneanu has just three years ago published a 747-page dissertation entitled Die Herrlichkeit des Verherrlichten. Das Verständnis der δόξα im Johannesevangelium (“The Glory of the Glorified: The Understanding of δόξα in the Gospel of John”).
Do tell me what it’s about if you get a chance to read it; I was sadly unable, as I do not know German!
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