Browsing HTS Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) by UP Author "Van Eck, Ernest"

Browsing HTS Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) by UP Author "Van Eck, Ernest"

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  • Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    In antiquity, group identity was based on cultural ethnicity. Groups used their ethnicity to define and delineate themselves as unique. Ethnicity was determined by characteristics like family (kinship), name, language, ...
  • Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article proposes a methodology for interpreting the parables of Jesus. The methodology put forward has as starting point two convictions. Firstly, the difference between the context of Jesus’ parables as told by Jesus ...
  • Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article presents a social-scientific interpretation of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Attention is first given to the history of the interpretation of the parable and to the integrity and authenticity of ...