Masters Degrees (Old and New Testament)
Recent Submissions
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The function of APORIAE in John 21 : a media-rhetorical analysis
(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
(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
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03-01)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 ... -
Viewing ‘Krotoa’ through a Rahab Prism : a postcolonial feminist encounter
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-10)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis employs a hermeneutic of suspicion to reread the narratives of two underdog women characters, as it analyses the narrative world of Rahab in Joshua 2 and 6 and the story of Krotoa as portrayed ... -
A text-critical study on the Lukan account of the Lord’s Supper (Luke 22:17-20) : the shorter reading and its implications
(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
(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)
(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
(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 ... -
The role of the ascended Jesus in the Acts of the Apostles
(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
(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 ... -
Reading John’s gospel within its socio-political context : a rhetorical analysis of John 8:12-59
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: John 8:44 is a verse that has often justified Christians’ traditionally negative attitude towards Judaism, by indicating that the Judeans’ father is the devil, hence supporting the historical labelling ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Structural unity and thematic coherence : the unity of the Philippians letter in light of the imitation theme (Phil 3)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the structural unity and thematic coherence of Philippians, with the concepts of imitation and unity being of particular interest. The methodology used was qualitative, based on ... -
Circumcision and persecution : a Pauline perspective according to Gal. 5:11 and 6:12
(2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Paul’s position regarding circumcision has been one of the most controversial issues in Pauline studies. This position has been interpreted theologically in traditional readings and has been ethically ... -
The characterisation of Herod and the infant Jesus as masculine authority figures in the gospel according to Matthew 1 and 2
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the first chapter, the research background and motivation for the study is explained as well as the focus on power and authority in Matthew 1-2 in regard to Jesus and Herod. Thereafter the research ... -
Challenging hegemonic masculinity in John 7:53-8:11
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Violence against women can be perpetrated in various ways, among which is masculine supremacy or the desire to be a successful man at the expense of women. However, when manhood is seen as something that ... -
Armoede en rykdom na aanleiding van ’n Ou-Testamentiese perspektief : ’n analogiese en etiese interpretasie van die Josefverhaal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: “Ethical conduct is about doing the right things the right way; not that the ends justify the means, but also simply doing the right thing, it did not matter what the outcomes were.” (Khoza, 2016) Die ... -
The synoptic redaction of Mark 13:14-23
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the possible meaning of Mark 13:14-23 for its two synoptic interpreters, Matthew and Luke. There is consensus among Markan scholarship that Mark 13 is the most difficult passage ... -
Peace talks : towards an intercultural Bible study on 1 Samuel 25
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study has the goal of constructing an Intercultural Bible Study on the story of Abigail in 1 Samuel 25, with an accompanying workbook, that has its goal the flourishing of communities. The point of ...
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