Department of Old and New Testament

Of "Basters" and "Bastards" : overcoming the problematic connection of race and gender in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation

Claassens, Juliana (African Sun Media, 2020)

During the fallout from the now infamous Sport Science article,1 a colleague of mine in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University shared an anecdote of some coloured woman who was removed from a shortlist for ...

The reconciliation of lepers in Luke 5:12-15 and its implications for human dignity : an African perspective

Etukumana, Godwin (African Sun Media, 2020)

Reconciliation is an important topic in contemporary political, social, economic and religious spheres since it has the ability to redefine human relationships therein. Without the possibility of reconciliation it would ...

Conquering evil : engaging violence from the perspective of Paul’s letter to the Romans

Mekonnen, Endale Sebsebe (African Sun Media, 2020)

The scholarly definition of violence has created conceptual complexity across disciplines. It is not possible to deal with all proposed definitions of violence in this brief chapter and therefore it will only focus on a ...

Matthew's reconfiguring of salvation in a context of oppression

Nel, Marius J. (African Sun Media, 2020)

Socio-historically both the story of Jesus narrated by Matthew, and the community he wrote for, can be located within Rome’s sphere of influence (Wainwright, 2017:30).2 According to Jonker (2018:6), it is important to ...

The function of APORIAE in John 21 : a media-rhetorical analysis

Quimpo, Stephen Gabriel (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There has been an ongoing debate in contemporary studies over the literary disunity and narrative unity in the Gospel of John. Some scholars have used literary aporiae, or seams in the text, to posit a ...

Luke's use of the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31) to construct new social identities

Van Groeningen, David Ross (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03-02)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores Luke’s use of the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-31) to create new social identities. The thesis discusses the socio-economic background to Luke’s day, discussing ...

An intertextual perspective on the semantics of hypotassō in the deutero-Pauline and Catholic letters

Brown, Joel Stephen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Koiné Greek verb hypotassō (ὑποτάσσω) is a rare term in ancient literature. Traditionally the term is rendered as “submit” or “subject” and features prominently in the “household codes” and parenetic ...

Op soek na diepgang in prediking : die bydrae van die literêre geskiedenis van die Bybel

Jonker, Louis C. (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2019)

Preaching the Old Testament: Why the literary history mattersIt is generally accepted that the genre of an Old Testament text (or, for that matter, of any biblical text) should be taken into consideration when planning a ...

Border-crossing and the Samaritan traveler : the crossing of borders in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25–37)

Michael, Matthew (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2019)

Border-crossing is a defining subject in the contemporary field of postcolonial studies. Situating the parable of the Good Samaritan within this landscape, the present study engages the dynamism of border-crossing in the ...

Apostolic folly : Pauline foolishness discourse in socio-historical context

Punt, Jeremy (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2019)

Foolishness discourse is prominent in the Pauline letters, not only because of its statistical prevalence but also because of its centrality to the argumentation in the letters. Paul’s arguments on wisdom and foolishness ...

The folly of preaching the cruciform God

Nel, Marius Johannes (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2019)

This chapter engages with Johan Cilliers’ claim, made along with Charles Campbell, that “The gospel is foolish ness. Preaching is folly. Preachers are fools” (Campbell and Cilliers, 2012:1–2) from the perspective of the ...

Karl Barth’s interpretation of scripture from the perspective of a possible “second naivety”

Bosman, H. L. (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2019)

Although the theological exegesis of Karl Barth cannot be depicted as “naïve”, his cumulative style of interpretation presupposes that the Bible entails a “new world” that has a threefold character and that requires a ...

Exodus in 2 Chronicles 10-36 : an exegetical study on inner-biblical allusion

Hutchison, Daniel Allen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-02-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A shift in scholarly studies on Chronicles has occurred in the last forty years, from primarily historical examinations to assessments of its literary features. With this shift has come a focus on how ...

Paul’s spirituality in Phil 3:1-11 : the role of the Bible in Christian spirituality

Fourie, Wynand (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-01-13)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I argue the importance of the biblical text as the privileged text of Christian spirituality. Whenever the biblical text is used as the privileged text in the assessment of ...

Gender studies and biblical interpretation : (how) does theory matter?

Punt, Jeremy (Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, 2018-12)

Investigations of gender in biblical texts have increased over the last decade or two, also on the African continent. However, the deployment of theoretical and methodological approaches among biblical scholars often ...

A Theological interpretation of violence (חָמָס ) in relation to Joshua, Son of Nun : a paradigm for a Christian conflict prevention in Northern Nigeria

Audu, Bulus Makama (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-11)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a response to ethnic/religious violence that plagues Northern Nigeria. Of even great concern is that this violence is sometimes perpetrated under the banner of faith and God. The study ...