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Returning women to their place? : religious fundamentalism, gender bias and violence against women
(Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa, 2018)Religious fundamentalism drawing from biblical texts and/or natural law has had a considerable impact on Eastern European politics, notably on issues concerning women. This paper addresses the misuse of biblical texts that ... -
Mark 4:1–34 : a simple structure for the mystery of the kingdom
(AOSIS, 2018-04-24)Existing proposals regarding the structure of Mark 4:1–34 have not met with unqualified approval. This article proposes a simple structure for Mark 4:1–34, then highlights relevant presuppositions before providing an ... -
Thou shalt not smoke : content and context in the Lord’s Resistance Army’s concept of the Ten Commandments
(AOSIS, 2019)With the Ten Commandments as a case, the overall focus of this article is how a reader’s a priori concept of a text influences how he or she allows textual content and interpretive context to interact. The frame of the ... -
Reconsidering Deuteronomy 26:5–11 as a small historical creed : overtures towards a migrant reading within the Persian period
(AOSIS, 2019)Against the backdrop of recent scholarship related to Deuteronomy 26:5–11, the influential hypothesis formulated by Gerhard von Rad that this verse entails a ‘small historical creed’ will be re-evaluated. In addition to ... -
The concept of the holy seed as a coping strategy in Ezra-Nehemiah and its implications for South Africa
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2018)In a study describing the problems experienced by former political exiles who have returned to South Africa since 1990, Majodina argues that the psychological study of reintegration of refugees/exiles deserves a place in ... -
Jeremiah 8:8 : why are scribes accused of corrupting the Torah?
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2019)Why are scribes accused, in Jeremiah 8:8-9, of corrupting the "tôrah"? The article contemplates possible answers to this question against the background of what is presupposed in the Book of Jeremiah with regards to "tôrah" ... -
Anything new under the sun? : exploring further avenues for writing another commentary on Chronicles
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2018)Over the past two decades, there has been an explosion of new commentaries on Chronicles. Scholars may justifiably ask whether there is anything new under the sun to investigate in another commentary on this book. Having ... -
From traumatic to narrative memories : the rhetorical function of birth metaphors in Micah 4-5
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2018)This article proposes that trauma hermeneutics and, in particular, greater theoretical reflection on the relationship between trauma and metaphor may help explain the birth metaphors in Micah 4:9-5:3, where the woman-in-labour ... -
God the Saviour in Greco-Roman popular philosophy
(BRILL, 2019)God is often referred to as Saviour (σωτήρ) in Greco-Roman popular philosophy. His function as saviour is described as both cosmological and ethical: On the cosmological level, God is responsible for the preservation of ... -
What of the night? : conceptions of night in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)This article investigates the conceptions of night in the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs in the light of the theology of night in the book of Job and the Psalter. It is noted that though some levels of ... -
The Maasai and the ancient Israelites : an early 20th century interpretation of the Maasai in German East Africa
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)The idea that a certain ethnic or social group is historically related to the ancient Israelites is a widespread phenomenon in Africa. In some cases the identification is made from a ‘we’-perspective about ‘our’ group, ... -
In the greater scheme of things : creation and the human condition in Terrence Malick’s tree of life (2011)
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)The oeuvre of the American film writer, director and producer, Terrence Malick has consistently traced themes related to creation and natural phenomena. Nowhere is it quite as spectacularly clear as in the critically ... -
The fear of the Lord/God in context of the South Africa we pray for campaign
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)In the third year of my theological training I had lectures in wisdom literature by Professor Hendrik Bosman. Teaching the Book of Job, he lamented that commu-nities mainly use this book at funerals to console families of ... -
Preaching the Pentateuch : reading Jeremiah’s sermons through the lens of cultural trauma
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)This article seeks to investigate the rhetorical function of Jeremiah’s Temple, Covenant and Sabbath Sermons against the backdrop of cultural trauma. I propose that the three sermons found in Jeremiah 7, 11:1-14 and 17:19-27 ... -
Women, teaching and leadership in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 : a rhetorical-critical study, with reference to Angola
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The perceptions on the role of women regarding teaching and leadership in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 offer numerous challenges regarding its interpretative history. The central contested aspect is that the text ... -
The Reinterpretation of the law in Matthew’s sermon on the Mount : exploring its contextual interpretation among the Ewes of Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Many scholars believe that the Sermon on the Mount (SOM) in Matthew’s gospel deals with the reinterpretation of the Mosaic Law and its applicability to disciples of Jesus. Most Patristic scholars focused ... -
Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4:1-42) : a paradigmatic encounter for discipleship [μαθητής] and witness [μαρτυρία]
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Gospel of John relates intense dialogues, often long and complexly difficult, between Jesus and the most diverse people. The first is with Nicodemus, in chapter 3; then we encounter the Samaritan woman ... -
God the suffering Father and Israel the abandoned child : Hosea 11 and Psalm 80 in intertextual conversation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the Bible many metaphors are used to describe God and the relationship God had with Israel. These metaphors developed through the history of Israel and gained new meanings to suite new contexts. During ... -
The conceptualisation of sin in the Gospel of Matthew
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)This article focuses on the conceptualisation of sin in the Gospel according to Matthew. It builds on the work of Nathan Eubank who describes the sin of Israel as a debt to be repaid by analysing other Matthean metaphors ... -
Israelologie : ’n Bybels-teologiese perspektief oor Israel se verlede, hede en toekoms
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Israelology: A Biblical-theological perspective of the past, present and future of Israel. Israelology, the study of Israel, is necessary for any theological system. In the past, God made unconditional covenants and other ...
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