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HTS Volume 53, Number 4 (1997): Recent submissions

  • Critical dialogue of structure and reader in Romans 11: 16-24 
    Maartens, P.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    A critical dialogue of structure and reader interprets Paul's allegory of the 'wild olive branches' beyond functionalistic methods of interpretation. Structuralism analyses the antithetical contrasts of the 'wild' ...
  • Krisis in pastorieë 
    Van Biljon, Kobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    In a pilot study, 72 ministers and their wives were interviewed in focus groups to determine why ministers leave the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika. Utilising the qualitative data of this research project could ...
  • Implied reader response and the evolution of genres : transitional stages between the ancient novels and the apocryphal Acts 
    Price, Robert M. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    This article aims at elaborating on the commonly held judgment that the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles have somehow been influenced by the Hellenistic novels. It is argued that the one evolved from the other. Three ...
  • End of truth? 
    Du Toit, C.W. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    As we are approaching the end of the century, many ideas, systems, and certainties, previously taken for granted, seem to be questioned, altered and rejected. One of these is the notion of truth, which pervades the very ...