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Being wise betwixt order and mystery : keeping the commandments and fearing the Lord
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2012)
Any attempt to come to grips with ‘the fear of the Lord’ as a key concept for the interpretation of Old Testament wisdom, must appreciate that it is rooted in texts that presuppose an encounter with God that can cause a ...
Bookends of Old Testament ethics : the first and tenth commandments and human dignity
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2011)
The final position of the tenth commandment might suggest that it is intended as the climactic statement of a series of ‘ten words’ and is linked to the first commandment to form an inclusio. While the first commandment ...
Appropriating the decalogue according to African proverbs
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2002)
This article argues the following: (i) there is a close but neglected relationship between “torah” and “hokmah” in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and this should
be reflected in the interpretation of the Decalogue. (ii) ...
The historical understanding of the Old Testament in South Africa : Colenso, Le Roux and beyond
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013-09)
Isaiah Berlin quoted Archilochus to distinguish between two styles of academic reasoning that, to some extent, summarises the transition of historiography from Modernism to Postmodernism: ‘The fox knows many things but the ...
The function of (maternal) cannibalism in the book of Lamentations (2:20 & 4:10)
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2012)
Cannibalism is a sensitive subject that many commentaries on the Book of
Lamentations pay little attention to. This article develops the possibility that the
Book of Lamentations confronts YHWH with the affliction that ...
Die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis / Confessio Belgica en die Bybel in 1561
(Stellenbosch University : Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
As part of the celebration of the Confessio Belgica (450 years after it was written) this
contribution focuses on the hermeneutical frame presupposed by and interpretation
of the Bible in the confession. It is clear that ...
The Exodus as negotiation of identity and human dignity between memory and myth
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014-11)
The rendition of the exodus in the Old Testament is an excellent example of cultural memory
– a remembered past that resulted in collective memories that maintained the actuality or
relevance of the past, without getting ...
From divine command and prophetic goals to sapiential character formation : a survey of Old Testament ethical reflection informed by philosophical ethics
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)
At first attention will be given to recent surveys of the study of Old Testament ethical reflection. Then it will be argued that the study of ethics in general can provide a theoretical frame according to which different ...
From 'sign/אֹ֜ות ' to 'memorial/' זִכָּרֹ ון֙ ’ in Exodus 13:1-16
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2013)
From the perspective of cultural memory the cultic tradition of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread in Exodus 13:3-10 acted as a sign (‘אֹ֜ות ’) and a memorial or commemoration (‘ זִכָּרֹון ’) of the Exodus as an act of ...
Humankind as being created in the ‘image of God’ in the Old testament : possible implications for the theological debate on human dignity
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2010)
This contribution provides a survey of existing scholarship on the nature and extent of the image of God/imago Dei' according to the Old Testament. Some of the aspects that will be discussed are:
- Image in the ...