The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers, of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe
| dc.contributor.author | Hale, F. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-23T13:47:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-23T13:47:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Hale, F. 2003. The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers, of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe. Acta Theologica, 23(1):54-70. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://journals.ufs.ac.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | Both before and after the end of the nineteenth century the Great Trek of the 1830s and 1840s was a recurrent theme in historical fiction. Not only in many of the novels written in Dutch and Afrikaans, but also in some which appeared in English, the bravery of the Voortrekkers was a pivotal theme. Often merged with this heroic motif was an identification of the Voortrekkers with the Israelites of the Old Testament. This thematic dualism reached its zenith in De Voortrekkers of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe, whose authors, John Daniel Kestell en Nico Hofmeyr, both of whom were Dutch Reformed ministers, constructed the Great Trek as a post-figurative Exodus. | |
| dc.description.uri | http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/1610 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 17 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hale, F. 2003. The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers, of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe. Acta Theologica, 23(1):54-70. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-9089 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1015-8758 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/77542 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject | South Africa -- History -- Great Trek, 1836-1840 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Exodus, The | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel), 1854-1941 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Hofmeyr, N. (Nicolaas), 1860-1932 | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers, of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |
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