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Waiting for the Lord : the fulfilment of the promise of land in the Old Testament as a source of hope
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)
This article examines the fulfilment of the land promise in the OT as a source of hope. This is particularly significant in our contemporary context in which land has become a contested issue. The question this article ...
The fear of the Lord/God in context of the South Africa we pray for campaign
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)
In the third year of my theological training I had lectures in wisdom literature by Professor Hendrik Bosman. Teaching the Book of Job, he lamented that commu-nities mainly use this book at funerals to console families of ...
A comment on Ehud Ben Zvi's "total exile, empty land and the general intellectual discourse in Yehud"
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2017)
The Judeans of the pre-late-Persian period could not interpret the "empty land" myth other than in an inclusive manner. This approach is also reflected in Ezra-Nehemiah, according to Ehud Ben Zvi. This interpretation is ...
The concept of the holy seed as a coping strategy in Ezra-Nehemiah and its implications for South Africa
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2018)
In a study describing the problems experienced by former political exiles who have returned to South Africa since 1990, Majodina argues that the psychological study of reintegration of refugees/exiles deserves a place in ...
Reading the Bible in the African context : assessing Africa’s love affair with prosperity Gospel
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2015)
The aim of this article is to examine Bible reading in the African context and the willingness and enthusiasm to embrace prosperity gospel in Africa. To achieve this objective, a discussion on the developments in biblical ...
The Chronicler as a biblical paradigm for a theology of reconstruction in Africa : an exploration of 2 Chronicles 6:32
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2016)
This article responds to a challenge posed by Jesse Mugambi to propose a biblical paradigm for the reconstruction process in Africa. It proposes Chronicles as a biblical paradigm for the reconstruction process in Africa ...
The "empty land" myth : a biblical and socio-historical exploration
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)
Persistent discourse on the contentious "empty land" theory remains relevant within a biblical and socio-historic milieu, especially in the history of a colonialised country such as South Africa. Seeing that there are still ...