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'Belief' and 'Logos' in the prologue of the Gospel of John : an analysis of complex parallelism
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research aims to give an answer to the correlation between ‘Belief’ and the ‘Logos’, which are the fundamental themes of the Prologue, by using a ‘complex parallelism’ and to understand the literary ... -
The centralization of the worship of Yahweh according to the Jewish and Samaritan Pentateuchs : a textual and theological study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study is, firstly, to understand the theological implications of the phenomenon of centralization of worship in Deuteronomy 12 according to the Jewish and Samaritan Pentateuchs; ... -
Church and Culture? : exploring the reception of women’s ministries in the Reformed Church in Zambia in view of 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) was established in 1899 through the missionary work of the Dutch Reformed Church of the Orange Free State in South Africa. After its establishment, the church maintained ... -
The City in Isaiah 24-27 : a theological interpretation in terms of judgment and salvation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)As the title indicates, our study is focused on a theological interpretation of the city in Isaiah 24-27 from the point of view of God’s judgment and salvation. The main reason for the study is that in Isaiah 24-27, the ... -
Cosmogonic presuppositions in Hebrews and its first-century philosophical context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation aims to consider the relationship between Hebrews’ cosmogonic presuppositions and its first-century philosophical context. It is a multimethodological research focusing on the ... -
Covenant in relation to justice and righteousness in Isaiah 42:1-9
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on covenant in relation to justice and righteousness in Isaiah 42:1-9. The main purpose of the study is to grapple with the idea of whether the Old Testament scholarly research on ... -
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 ... -
Die interpretasie van die vervullingsitate in Matteus aan die hand van ironie as pragmatiese taalkomponent
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Embracing vulnerability : a drama analysis of the Johannine prologue and crucifixion scenes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The author of the Fourth Gospel introduces Jesus’ life as a display of glory (δόξα), communally witnessed (θεάομαι) by its audience (1:14). Moreover, the same author testifies of an experience of the ... -
Encountering the female voice in the Song of Songs : reading the Song of Songs for the dignity of Kenyan women
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates one of the central aspects of a Kenyan woman’s identity, namely the notion of sexuality, which unfortunately also underlies numerous socio-economic and developmental challenges ... -
Esther as the new Moses : deliverance motifs in the Book of Esther
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to compare the figures of Moses in the Exodus narratives and Queen Esther in the Esther narratives. The study will proceed to argue that Esther, a remarkable Jewish deliverer figure in the ... -
Exodus in 2 Chronicles 10-36 : an exegetical study on inner-biblical allusion
(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 ... -
An experiment in Bible translation as transcultural communication : the translation of [berith] 'covenant' into Lomwe, with a focus on Leviticus 26
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The narrow question is how best to translate into Lomwe the biblical Hebrew term [berith] 'covenant'. But this question draws in many other issues when the contextual nature of communication is taken ... -
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
(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 ... -
‘From beyond the rivers of Cush’ : negotiating ethnic identity and Cushite-Israelite interrelations in the Hebrew Bible
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is almost axiomatic that the impetus to study the past is occasioned by contemporary paradigms and circumstances. In recent years the steady flow of critical investigations of ethnic sentiments in the ... -
From the exile to the Christ : exile, restoration and the interpretation of Matthew's gospel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate by critical interaction with four key areas of Matthean research that 'restoration from exile' provides a valid and valuable hermeneutical prism for the interpretation ... -
Genesis 12-25 in die lig van grafgebruike en grafvertellinge gedurende die Ystertydperk in Palestina
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Apart from the literature of Ancient Israel itself, and contemporary literature from the ancient Near East, archaeological data continue to be an important source for the historian seeking to elucidate ... -
God en hoop in Jesaja 5:1-7 aan die hand van parallelismes in die boek Jesaja
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an attempt to address the problem of the relationship between Yahweh and Hope in Isaiah 5:1-7 in the light of parallelism in the book Isaiah. It is an attempt to prove that our ... -
The Hesed and Rahamim of God as resources of hope in contexts of individual and communal loss : a multi-dimensional reading of Lamentations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation argues for the existence of hope in the book of Lamentations. Although on the surface the picture presented seems to be that of gloom, an analysis of the literary features points to the ... -
Hospitality and its ironic inversion in Genesis 18 & 19 : a theological-ethical study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a study of hospitality and its ironic inversion in Genesis 18 and 19 towards a theological-ethical understanding of the concept in the Old Testament. Hospitality is one of the patterns ...
