Nuwe Testament tekste en kontekste : oor die verband tussen hermeneutiek, identiteite en gemeenskappe
Date
2013-02
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Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology
Abstract
This paper focuses on different texts, Pauline texts as well as those (scriptural) texts
invoked by Paul in his texts, and ever-present imperial “super”-texts. The imperial
co-establishes the social setting of Paul’s letters given the rhetorical use of Othering
in the Roman Empire with its identity politics. The rhetorical power of Paul and his
scriptural texts contributed to discursive formations, since a strong sense of being
and identity was negotiated through these texts, even when admitting that such
formations are always in process, mutating and reformatting. Construing notions of
Others was a particularly important feature in defining boundaries, for generating
insiders and outsiders in Pauline texts.
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Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
The original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/index
The original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/index
Keywords
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Identification (Religion), Bible. Galatians -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Citation
Punt, J. 2013. Nuwe testament tekste en kontekste: Oor die verband tussen hermeneutiek, identiteite en gemeenskappe. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 53(3&4):256-267, doi:10.5952/53-3&4-267.