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- ItemThe Reception of the Grace formula in Old and New Testament(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-10) Van der Watt, Louis; Vosloo, Robert; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Systematical Theology and Ecclesiology.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Key concepts: grace formula, mercy motto, doxological dictum; God’s mighty marvels, wondrous works; divine deed dimension; ergological; pathos; σπλάγχνα; σπλαγχνίζομαι; theontology; verbality. Key categories: presence of grace formula in OT; presence of grace formula in NT; verbality of Biblical speech; reception of grace formula in OT and NT; reception of grace formula in OT, NT and Biblical Theologies; Testaments of the XII Patriarchs; Testament of Zebulon; parables of Jesus; compassion of Jesus; σπλάγχνα/σπλαγχνίζομαι in NT. The so-called “grace formula” (mercy motto) worded in Exodus 34:7 and six other loci in the Old Testament is a central motif in the Old Testament. It played an important role in shaping Old Testament theology as well as early-Jewish Hellenistic thought. It also influenced the conceptions of New Testament authors. Although the mercy motto does not appear in its full guise in the NT, it is possible to detect its presence by applying an appropriate methodological and heuristic lens. The grace formula is a compendium of God’s benevolent disposition and beneficent deeds, and an apt representation of the “divine deed dimension” displayed in God’s works of mercy, compassion, patience and lovingkindness. In its “verbality”, it offers a corrective to static, impassive and intransitive categories, alien to Hebrew speech, which are used in Old Testament and New Testament theologies, as well as in dogmatics outlining a doctrine of God. Up to the present, it has not received adequate reception as an important and foundational theme in Old Testament, New Testament and Biblical theology, as well as in theological subdisciplines like dogmatics. As an important theme in certain New Testamentical writings, it has also not enjoyed proper acknowledgment. The aim of the thesis is to investigate the inadequate reception of the grace formula, and to demonstrate the important role that it had in the formation of Old Testament and New Testament thought, and therefore ought to have in Old Testament and New Testament theologies. Since the presence of the motto in the New Testament is on a covert level, it first has to be “unearthed” through an exegetical and hermeneutical approach which will show that there are many allusions to the grace formula in the New Testament, of which the concept σπλαγχνίζομαι as expressed in the words and deeds of Jesus is an eminent example. The grace formula could qualify as a theological category establishing a unity and continuity between the Old and New Testaments. It has the potentiality to act as a central theme (if not the central theme) of an Old Testament, New Testament or Biblical theology.
- ItemDie vroeg-christelike erediens en die Kyre Eleison : 'n historiese en liturgiese studie(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03) Van der Watt, Louis; Ludemann, Winfried; Punt, Jeremy; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Music.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The essential embodiment of the Catholic and Orthodox religious and liturgical traditions is the celebration of the Mass. The Kyrie eleison is the opening part of this Mass celebration. The Kyrie eleison is also an element within the Catholic and Orthodox Office. In the respective Protestant and reformed traditions, the Kyrie eleison figures to a lesser extent, as is the case in the Lutheran tradition, or not at all, as is especially the case in the Afrikaans-speaking reformed denominations in South Africa. At most, the exposure to the Kyrie eleison, by any member of a church of Afrikaans-speaking and reformed persuasion, is confined to the concert hall, in which context the Kyrie presents itself in an alien guise, having been uprooted from its liturgical context which is a co-determinant in the transfer of the meaning of the text of the Kyrie to the listener. This study is an essay to convey the importance of the context of the Kyrie with regard to a successful process of communication between the performance of the Kyrie and the decoding of its message by the listener. It is an attempt to focus, via narrowing concentric circles, on the genesis of the Kyrie, from its antecedents in the Jewish religious tradition, via its manifestations in early Christan cult and chant, to its codification during the pontificate of Gregory the Great. In conclusion, the suggestion is mooted that there is an obligation devolving on the performers of the Kyrie eleison within a non-liturgical context to communicate the meaning of the Kyrie, even in its alien guise, to the audience as receivers of the text, thereby achieving a successful transaction in the process of communication.