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  • Historical review in the Damascus Document
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    This study investigates five historical reviews in the Damascus Document. It analyses the way in which traditional schemas and historical patterns are integrated in the Document. As history reflects the ideology of its ...
  • Historical understanding and rethinking the foundations
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article contributes to the fundamental rethinking of New Testament scholarship being undertaken by New Testament scholars attached to the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa. The thrust of the ...
  • Hoe bruikbaar is Levitikus 18 en 20 in die homoseksualiteitsdebat?
    Swart, Cobus; Human, Dirk J. (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2008)
    How useful are Leviticus 18 and 20 in the current theological debate about homosexuality? Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 are the only Old Testament texts that seemingly explicitly prohibit homosexual acts between men. It is ...
  • How the Methodist Church of Southern Africa read Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 in view of homosexuality
    Mtshiselwa, Ndikho (Vincent Ndikhokele Ndzondelelo) (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2010)
    In recent times, the texts of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 have attracted the attention of Old Testament scholars, clergy and the laity, alike. In my view, such an attention has been inspired by the readers’ quest for a ...
  • HTS Theological Studies and Verbum et Ecclesia - the journals of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria : historical overview and strategic planning
    Human, Dirk J.; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    This article celebrates the centenary of the University of Pretoria (UP) in 2008. The editors of Verbum et Ecclesia and HTS Theological Studies, the two theological journals associated with the Faculty of Theology at UP, ...
  • Huwelik as identiteitsmerker in die Ou Testament
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    The formularies used for consecrating marriages in the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church reflect this church's view on matrimony. As the biblical bases of the formularies are deficient, new ways of exploring biblical information ...
  • Huwelik as 'instelling van God' (met implikasies vir gay huwelike)
    De Villiers, Gerda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article focuses on marriage. It appears that marriage is in the first place a social cultural institution with legal implications, and not religious by nature. Concepts and practices regarding marriage change along ...
  • An ideal for leadership - Psalm 72 : the (wise)king - royal mediation of God's universal reign : words on leadership
    Human, Dirk J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    Psalm 72 propounds illuminating theological perspectives on leadership. The central figure in the psalm is the king. Throughout the Ancient Near East the king played a distinctive role, not only in contemporary politics, ...
  • Inklusivisme en eksklusivisme : ‘n Studie van twee tendense
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    The identity of the church can be either inclusivist or exclusivist. Van Ruler’s theocratic theology views the church as being an inclusive community in service of God’s kingdom. It is the vehicle God uses to introduce his ...
  • Intertextuality in the Book of Jubilees
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The second century BCE Book of Jubilees presents the contents of Genesis-Exodus in a new form. This article studies the techniques used in Jubilees 23. It indicates how Psalm 90:10 was used to link the death of Abraham ...
  • Isaiah 1:2−3 and Isaiah 6: Isaiah ‘a prophet like Moses’ (Dt 18:18)
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-12-05)
    The book of Isaiah is complex when one considers the reconstruction of the processes of its formation and transmission. If these complexities are examined more closely, it is apparent that there is a multiplicity of ...
  • Isaiah 1:2−3, ethics and wisdom. Isaiah 1:2–3 and the Song of Moses (Dt 32) : Is Isaiah a prophet like Moses?
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)
    This article argued that society even today could benefit from the richness of the ethics of the Hebrew Bible. Isaiah 1:2–3 has been used as an example to illustrate the ethics of a biblical text. This text has wisdom ...
  • Isaiah 1:4-9 as a post-exilic reflection
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Unisa Press, 2011)
    Israel of the exilic/post-exilic period did not run away from its catastrophic history, but instead seized the political catastrophe as an opportunity to examine its past theologically. No era in Israel’s history contributed ...
  • 'I sought him, but found him not' (Song 5:6) - public space in the song of songs
    Erzberger, Johanna (Bonn) (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2011)
    As far as the relation of sexes is concerned the Song of Songs seems to create a counter world compared with the world described by other biblical books and compared with the Song’s assumed historical sociological ...
  • Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably covenantal?
    Usue, Emmanuel Ordue (2012)
    A surface reading of Ezra 9-10 gives the impression that the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants’ codes concerning foreigners justify the expulsion of the so-called foreign women by Ezra and his associates. Consequently, the ...
  • Jesaja 36-39 - sinkroniese en diakroniese lees van 'n teks
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-; Cronje, S.I. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    There has been growing interest in the book of Isaiah, particularly with regard to the unity of the book. The current debate has grown out of the discontent of more and more researchers with the historical-critical methods ...
  • Jesus and the law revisited
    Loader, William R.G. (Bill), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    This article revisited the issue of Jesus’ attitude towards the Torah on the basis of a critical discussion of the most recent extensive treatment of the theme by Meier in his A marginal Jew: Rethinking the historical ...
  • Johannese perspektief op die huwelik, geslagsrolle en seksualiteit in 'n postmoderne konteks
    Le Roux, Elritia (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-03)
    The hypothesis offered in this study is that the Johannine texts are authoritative, canononical documents with the inherent potential that is applicable to the practical lives of the faithful. Since Biblical texts are ...
  • Julius Wellhausen – die denke van ’n Ou-Testamentikus
    Serfontein, Gideon J.; Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-05-10)
    The purpose of this article is to examine the life, influence and greatest works of Old Testament scholar Julius Wellhausen. Wellhausen was influenced by the findings of other Old Testament critics that preceded him, ...
  • Juridiese problematiek van grondbesit in die boek Rut
    Stanton, Milda; Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    Juridical matters play an important role in the book of Ruth. There appears to be a contradiction between Ruth 1:21 and Ruth 4:3. In the former, Naomi is depicted as a desperately poor ("empty") widow. In the latter, ...

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