Browsing by Author "Deist, Ferdinand"

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    Murder in the toilet (Judges 3:12-30) : translation and transformation
    (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 1996) Deist, Ferdinand
    The story of Ehud’s dealings with King Eglon of Moab is not the kind of story ordinary Bible readers would expect to find in the Bible.  To refresh our memories here, in short, is that story.
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    Prophetic discourse : dialogue, disaster or opportunity?
    (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 1996) Deist, Ferdinand
    Christian tradition has always idealized the ‘writing prophets’.  That view has, however, been undermined over the past two decades.  We know very little about the origins of these books and even less about the origins of prophetic tradition.  The article discusses the difficulties of assigning a social location to prophetic speech and assessing its effect.  Perhaps the prophets were mere upper class ‘public health physicians’ who saw the coming downfall of their society and tried, without much success, to convince other of their views.  Finally, a few suggestions are made for an imaginative reading of these texts that could enhance the present-day between theologians and society.