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The "empty land" myth : a biblical and socio-historical exploration
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)Persistent discourse on the contentious "empty land" theory remains relevant within a biblical and socio-historic milieu, especially in the history of a colonialised country such as South Africa. Seeing that there are still ... -
An Apocalyptic Womb? The Great Harlot of Revelation 17-18
(2020-12)The depiction of the literary figure of the Great Harlotin Revelation17and 18is a poignant expression of the wider New Testamentapocalyptic concern withGod’s power over humanity and creation. The depiction portrays ... -
An Apocalyptic Womb? The Great Harlot of Revelation 17-18
(2020-12)The depiction of the literary figure of the Great Harlotin Revelation17and 18is a poignant expression of the wider New Testamentapocalyptic concern withGod’s power over humanity and creation. The depiction portrays ... -
The crucifixion and death of Jesus in Mark 15:21-41, from the perspective of its redaction history in the New Testament gospels
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03-02)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates how the passion narrative tradition (crucifixion and death) of Jesus is redacted in the four New Testament gospels. In other words, how Matthew, Luke, and John interpreted ... -
Memories of enslavement as identity formation in the legal collections of the Pentateuch
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03-01)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a study of memories of enslavement as identity formation embedded in the slave instructions of the legal collections of the Pentateuch. The personal experiences of the writer in his ... -
Perfecting poverty : a rhetorical investigation of poverty and masculinities intersecting in James
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-02-22)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this research project, the interaction of the multiple relationships between 1st-century CE masculinities, poverty, and perfection, as constructed in James 1-2, is investigated. The interplay between ... -
Translating Ioudaios concepts in multifaceted contexts : an intertextual approach to the rhetoric of 1 Corinthians 15
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-02-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bible reading and translation have always been important aspects of the Christian faith. Since as early as the first century CE the writers of the New Testament as well as their respective communities of ... -
Reading trauma narratives : insidious trauma in the story of Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah (Genesis 29-30) and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
(OTSSA, 2020-05-13)This article investigates the notion of insidious trauma as a helpful means of interpreting the story of Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah as told in Genesis 29-30 that has found its way into the haunting trauma narrative ... -
Playing with peace : Solomon as the man of peace and rest, and the temple as the house of rest
(MDPI, 2021)It is well‑known that the notions of peace, rest and order belonged to the royal Achaemenid ideology, particularly from the time of Darius I onwards. This can be witnessed in Achaemenid ar‑ chitecture, iconography and ... -
Israel's only son? the complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and Joseph
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)Several studies in recent years have sought to articulate the significance of the tribe of Benjamin for historical and literary studies of the Hebrew Bible. This paper suggests that the received text of Genesis 35-50 both ... -
Key themes in Zechariah 1-8
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)The discussion of key themes or the message of Zechariah 1-8 is neglected in commentaries that were published during the past five years. This article focuses on this neglected part of Zechariah research and investigates ... -
Who is my Brother? an ironic reading of Genesis 19:1-11
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)This article analyses the Tangale presupposition relating to the concept of brotherhood. It argues that the concept underscores the significance of the virtue of solidarity and togetherness within the Tangale traditional ... -
Mordecai's royal vestments : Princely and/or Priestly?
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)This essay examines the function of clothing and related accoutrements in the book of Esther. The motif of dressing and undressing oneself or another signals a shift in the investment or divestment of power and status. ... -
Identity formation and the Gospel of Matthew : a socio-narrative reading
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12-02)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the assumption that texts have identity-forming roles, this study attempted to answer the question: Why does the author of the Gospel of Matthew include non-Judean characters in his narrative? To ... -
The Sin of Gibeah? : reading Judges 19 and Hosea 9-10 in the context of migration and trauma
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-11-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation explores an intertextual connection of the texts Judges 19 and Hosea 9-10 based on the phrase “the sin of Gibeah” through the methodological lenses of trauma hermeneutics and migration ... -
Reading Deuteronomy 16-18 within the context of nepotism and corruption in ECWA, Nigeria : a theological-ethical study
(2021-08-25)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nepotism is described as an unjust, unethical, divisive and oppressive disparagement of the “other”, who is marginalized for kinship (family, tribal, ethnic, regional, or cultural), political (granting ... -
Going home? Exiles, inciles and refugees in the book of Jeremiah
(AOSIS, 2019-01-17)Set against the backdrop of the Babylonian Invasion and Exile, the Book of Jeremiah represents a variety of different perspectives on how to survive imperial domination. This article explores three competing visions that ... -
A home for all : the story of the inversion of hospitality in Genesis 19
(AOSIS, 2019-11-04)This article is a theological-ethical reading of the narrative of Lot’s hospitality in Genesis 19, using the hermeneutical lens of a Christian faith tradition. It considers hospitality as a living existential struggle that ... -
A gamut of etiological and retributive justice in the Decalogue
(Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2019)Human sinfulness and divine retribution is evident in the Old Testament from patriarchal narratives to the prophets. Giving an objective verdict serves as a corrective measure upon which a wrong doer maintains dignity and ... -
The water of life : three explorations into water imagery in Revelation and the Fourth Gospel
(Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2019)This article is comprised of three separate yet related explorations regarding the image of water in Revelation and the Fourth Gospel. It first explores the attempt to tabulate examples of water terminology in the New ...
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