Browsing HTS Volume 63, Number 1 (2007) by Issue Date

Browsing HTS Volume 63, Number 1 (2007) by Issue Date

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  • A study of Luke 10 in context 
    Busse, Ulrich, 1943- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Chapter 10 in the center of Luke's Gospel serves as a good example by which the author's compositorial work directed at the reader can be illustrated. At the end of the sermon on the plain, Luke formulates his theologica ...
  • "Kenotiese" prediking - die katalisator vir liturgiese verdieping in die huidige konteks? 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    “Kenotic” preaching – a catalyst for liturgical revival within the present context In this article the urge towards a new liturgical approach is investigated from a systemic perspective. The interactive dynamics of the ...
  • Exploring issues around Biblical, Western and African social values 
    Botha, J. Eugene (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article explores the differences and similarities between the social value systems of the New Testament, the West and Africa. While it is acknowledged that the categories “The New Testament”, the “West” and “Africa”, ...
  • Todorov, Levinas and anti-totalitarian humanism : a perspective on contemporary utopian thought 
    Terreblanche, Salomon Johannes (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article explores the significance of anti-totalitarian humanism for contemporary moral and social philosophy, with special reference to the thinking of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995). Special use is made of Tzvetan ...
  • The work of Daphne Hampson : the God talk of one feminist theologian 
    Jacobs, Maretha M. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    For almost all of human history both in ancient times and in modern contexts, talk about God has been mainly a male preserve. So closely has male God talk been associated by many with God’s own voice, that it is still not ...
  • On social justice : comparing Paul with Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics 
    Strijdom, Johan (Johannes Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    In “In search of Paul” (2004) Crossan and Reed argue that Paul’s vision and program were essentially in continuity with Jesus’: both opposed, be it in Galilean villages or Roman cities, an unjust imperial system by means ...
  • Religion and covenantal praxis in first century Judeanism 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article indicates how the two cultural features of religion and covenantal praxis helped foster or shape Judean ethnic identity in the first century CE. It focuses on socialization into the three social domains ...
  • Glaube in der multireligiösen gesellschaft : zur bildungskompetenz evangelischen glaubensverständnisses 
    Danz, Christian (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    The article argues that when different religions and cultures live together in modern societies, it will result in a great deal of conflict. It is also true of Systematic Theology driven by confessions if contact among ...
  • Psychological method and the historical Jesus : the contribution of psychobiography 
    Van Os, Bas (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article reviews a number of psychologically informed studies of Jesus in view of the criteria pertaining to psychobiography. It argues that the studies have produced divergent interpretations of Jesus because of ...
  • The Gospel of Matthew, John the elder and the Papias tradition : a response to R H Gundry 
    Sim, David C. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    As far as the origin of the Gospel of Matthew is concerned, most modern scholars tend to discount the testimony of Papias. The major exception in this regard is R H Gundry, who argues that the tradition transmitted by ...
  • Matthew's Messianic Shepherd-king : in search of "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" 
    Willitts, Joel (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    The article intends to grasp the meaning of the phrase "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" in the Matthean logia of 10:5b-6 (and 15:24). It shows that in recent Matthean research the phrase has become an abstract ...
  • Huwelik in die eerste-eeuse Mediterreense wêreld (I) : vroue in 'n man se wêreld 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    Marriage in the first-century Mediterranean world (I) : females in a male world This article is the first of a three-part series that aims to stimulate the hermeneutical debate in the church about marriage. Attention is ...
  • Hegemony and the internalisation of homophobia caused by heteronormativity 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    The aim of the article is to focus on hegemony as it relates to the issue of sexuality and the trauma imposed on sexual minorities. A point of departure is that social identity theories can shed light on homophobia. The ...
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 : the Thessalonians should live a holy life 
    Verhoef, Eduard (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretori, 2007-03)
    The author argues that 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 should be considered as one coherent pericope. It shows that the term "holiest" does not refer to the god "Kabeiros", neither that the Greek word "skeuos" means either ...
  • The expression logikovn ajvdolon gavla as the key to 1 Peter 2:1-3 
    Du Toit, Marietjie (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article argues that the author of 1 Peter uses the expression logikovn ajvdolon gavla not as a reference to the word of God as is suggested by many modern scholars (Achtemeier; Boring), but rather to the whole ...
  • The demise of Joshua according to Josephus 
    Begg, Christopher T. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article focuses on Josephus' account of the end of Joshua in his Ant. 5.115-119. It offers a detailed comparison between that account and its biblical source (Jos 23-24) on the one hand, and two other postbiblical ...
  • Inleiding tot die sosiaal-wetenskaplike kritiese eksegese van Nuwe-Testamentiese tekste: die metodologiese aanloop in die navorsingsgeskiedenis 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    Introducing the social-scientific critical exegesis of New Testament texts : methodological initiators in the research history The article is the first of a series of three that aim to introduce social scientific exegesis ...
  • Huwelik in die eerste-eeuse Mediterreense wêreld (II) : huwelik, egbreuk, egskeiding en hertrou 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article is the second in a three-part series that aims to stimulate the hermeneutical debate in the church about marriage as Biblical institution. The first-century Mediterranean world had a very specific understanding ...