Browsing HTS Volume 64, Number 2 (2008) by Subject "Bible -- Historiography"

Browsing HTS Volume 64, Number 2 (2008) by Subject "Bible -- Historiography"

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  • “2 Corinthians 11:22 : historical context, rhetoric, and ethnicity” 
    Duling, Dennis C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    In this article historical criticism, rhetorical criticism and ethnicity theory are combined to interpret Paul’s boasting about his ethnicity in 2 Corinthians 11:22. Partition theory helps to establish the historical/social ...
  • Isaac multiplex : Genesis 22 in a new historical representation 
    Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    In this paper, a new interpretation of the Genesis 22:1-19 account is offered. Based on the new view of biblical historiography as anecdotal (Frykenberg), and drawing on the author’s own recent studies on the historical ...
  • The significance of dreams and the star in Matthew’s infancy narrative 
    Viljoen, Francois P. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    The phenomena of dreams and the star of Bethlehem in Matthew’s birth narrative have intrigued scholars through the ages. Scholarship in this regard went through the stages of identifying the origin of the material and of ...