Department of Old and New Testament

Herinnering & verlange : gesprekke oor mag, geskiedenis en die Bybel

Jonker, Louis C. (AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)

‘n Nostalgiese reis styg uit die pen van prof. Louis C. Jonker oor sy eie herinnering aan en verlange na die leermeesters wat hom help vorm het, sy eie ontwaking as bybelwetenskaplike, en sy bediening in die NG kerk. Hy ...

Teaching for change : essays on pedagogy, gender and theology in Africa

Claassens, L. Juliana; Van der Walt, Charlene; Olojede, Funlola O. (AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)

Contributors from various theological higher education institutions in South Africa and beyond come together to reflect on the best pedagogical practices to teach on often complex issues of gender, sexual orientation, ...

Reading writing right : essays presented in honour of Prof Elna Mouton

Punt, Jeremy; Nel, Marius Johannes (AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2018)

In a collection of essays, former students, colleagues and friends of Prof Elna Mouton honour her life, career and scholarly contributions upon her retirement from Stellenbosch University. The various essays interact with ...

How does one interpret the Synoptic Gospels’ warning passages while affirming the irrevocable nature of salvation?

Etukumana, Godwin (AOSIS, 2018)

The interpretation of the warning passages in the Synoptic Gospels seems confusing, if not totally unimportant, to many modern biblical interpreters and preachers. Some of these passages have a direct link to the salvation ...

Paul the Jew, power of evil and Rome

Punt, Jeremy (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2018)

Continuing to read the Pauline letters as ‘Christian’ theological treatises side-lines their author’s Jewishness and life in the Roman Empire. Paul’s Jewishness within Empire is important for understanding the letters’ ...

The Synagogue as locus of ministry in Luke-Acts : a socio-historical study of Luke 4:16-30

Silas, Dogara Turrang (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACTS: ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focused on three interrelated matters. The first is the synagogue as an ancient institution, the second is Luke’s depiction of the synagogue as a locale for ministry in ...

Deuteronomic tithe laws and their humanitarian implications for Africa

Ajah, Miracle (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)

There has been no univocal position among scholars on the compatibility of the different codes for tithing, the number of tithe laws in the Old Testament, and the possibility of applying the Old Testament datum to contemporary ...

Leadership, violent conflict and reconciliation in Africa : the theological-sociocultural engagement of Luke’s Gospel in social transformation

Agbiji, Obaji Mbeh; Etukumana, Godwin (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)

This article considers anew the important role of leadership in a meliorating violent conflict and achieving reconciliation in African societies, using the Lukan Jesus’ model of subversive leadership. The article critically ...

A text-critical study on the Lukan account of the Lord’s Supper (Luke 22:17-20) : the shorter reading and its implications

Cho, Jeung Un (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Lukan account of the Lord’s Supper (Luke 22:15-20) involves one of the most challenging problems in New Testament textual criticism. Six different readings have been transmitted, and the two most ...

The Holy Spirit in Matthew 12:15-32 : an intertextual investigation

Hasiso, Elias Assefa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Former studies of Matthew’s Gospel in general, and 12:15-32 in particular, have emphasised on Christology to the detriment of Matthew’s presentation of the Holy Spirit. Previous research further limited ...

Mystery and maturity in Christ in imperial times (Col. 1:24-29)

Jeon, Sunmin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the important topics currently under investigation in New Testament scholarship is the attitude toward emperor worship. Previously emperor worship in the New Testament was only regarded as a ...

Trampling on the poor : poverty as violence in Amos 2:6-8, 5:10-13 and 8:4-6

Garande, Tatenda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Poverty is a global phenomenon that is complex and multi-dimensional. Since the early 1990s, Zimbabwe has been going through a serious socio-political and economic crisis that reached its peak during ...

Sarah of Genesis 17 : the place of women in the covenant according to the Genesis narratives

Pickering, Jordan Stuart Murray (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sarah’s covenantal status in Genesis is rendered ambiguous by God’s covenant-making speech in chapter 17: on the one hand, she is included by name in God’s plan for the first time, but on the other hand, ...

The role of the ascended Jesus in the Acts of the Apostles

Park, Hansung (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study endeavours to rediscover the significance of the ascension narrative as a key for understanding the activity of Jesus as divine character within the whole Acts narrative by exploring ancient ...

Θεόπνευστος and its implications for the concept of scripture in 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Adebayo, Oluwarotimi Paul (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The idea of scripture is a complex and often an elusive concept to define in its origin, nature and authority especially since the idea is embedded in layers of ideological conception over the centuries ...

For king and country: an ideological critical study of covenant in Jeremiah 11:1-17 and Kingship in Jeremiah 22:1-23:8 as examples of cultural violence

Gertzen, Marius (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study offers an ideological critical investigation of the notion of covenant in Jeremiah 11:1-17 and kingship in Jeremiah 22:1-23:8 as examples of cultural violence. Employing the theoretical framework ...