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Verbum et Ecclesia (previously published as Skrif en Kerk): Recent submissions

  • Nie 'n kans vat of 'n kans vermy nie, maar alle kanse benut! 'n sosio-retoriese waardering van Prediker 11:1-6 
    Viviers, Hendrik (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    No taking or avoiding of chances, but utilising all chances! A socio-rhetorical appreciation of Ecclesiastes 11:1-6: The book of Vemon K Robbins, Exploring the texture of texts: A guide to socio-rhetorical interpretation ...
  • Hervormers wat ons nie mag vergeet nie 
    Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Church Reformers we should not forget: On the fifth of November 1980, the Reformed Day Witness was published in Die Kerkbode by eight theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church. The Witness, as it became known, soon had ...
  • Jerusalemse tempelkuItus se huweliksmaatreel versus christelike waardes 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The marriage arrangements in the Jerusalem Temple cult in opposition to Christian values: Equal access for everyone to God's grace in an unmediated way is a central aspect of Jesus' presentation of the Kingdom of God. ...
  • Psalm 49 and the book of Qohelet 
    Spangenberg, I.J.J. (Izak J.J.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Although a number of scholars have criticised Casetti's analysis of Psalm 49. Zenger and Bossfeld employed his ideas in their recent commentary on the Psalms. According to these scholars the psalm consists of two ...
  • Jesaja 7:14 en die maagdeIike geboorte 
    Prinsloo, Willem S. (Willem Sterrenberg), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Isaiah 7:14 and the virgin birth: Despite the fact that Matthew 1:22-23 uses Isaiah 7:14 to legitimise the virgin birth - or, rather the virgin conception - Isaiah 7:14 can not be interpreted to be a prediction of the ...
  • Ecclesiology and theological education: a South African reformed perspective 
    Wethmar, Conrad Johannes (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The church is one of the primary contexts in which theology is done. In the South African theology education debate the implications which this context has for the nature of theological education has not yet been ...
  • Godsleer van Openbaring soos vervat in die himnes 
    Meyer, E. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    A Theology of Revelations as imbedded in the hymns: This article is based on a twofold hypothesis, namely that the author of Revelation not only wrote the hymns in this book,' he also used them specifically to express ...
  • In die spieel van ons tyd - Deel 1 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    In the mirror of our times - Part 1: This article focusses on our changing times as well as the dinamic process of modernisation. The article also reflects on the effects of these changes on man's view of the image of ...
  • Stil van my verlange na God: oor Johann Wilhelm Herrmann se verstaan van die ervaring van God (deel II) 
    Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Quenching my thirst for God: On Johann Wilhelm Herrmann's understanding of the experience of God (part II): This article, which is divided into two parts, focusses on the concept of the "experience of God" as understood ...
  • Trends in the history of research on the problem of violence in the Old Testament 
    Snyman, S.D. (Stephanus Daniel), 1954- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Violence as theological problem is a relative newcomer to the scene of Old Testament studies. It was only during the 1970's that violence was given major attention by Old Testament scholars. In a number of studies the ...
  • Context and violence in individual prayers for protection 
    Firth, D.G. (David Graham) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The individual prayers for protection within the Psalter are marked by a consistency in terms of the context supposed and the nature of violence experienced by the psalmists. Consistently, these psalms also assert that the ...
  • Religion without fear: Plutarch on superstition and early Christian literature 
    Klauck, H-J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    After some introductory remarks on the role of fear in religious discourse and on the vocabulary, Plutarch's treatise On Superstition is analysed according to its rhetorical outline. Questions of authenticity are discussed ...
  • Staatsvakken en kerkelijke vakken aan openbare universiteiten 
    Vroom, Hendrik M., 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Theology at the state universities in the Netherlands since 1876: State disciplines and church disciplines: In three contributions the organisation of (protestant) theology in the Netherlands since 1876 has been ...
  • Eksegeties-hermeneutiese ondersoek van die Jonagegewens in Matteus 12:38ev 
    Thirion, Willem Gabriel (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    An exegetic-hermeneutical research on the Jonah evidences in Matthew 12:38ff: The New Testament interpretation of the "sign of Jonah" (Math 12:38ff) cannot be applied as a criterion to legitimate the historical authenticity ...
  • Enkele opmerkings oor Christologiese skrifinterpretasie as hermeneutiese sleutel van die Nuwe Testamentiese skrywers 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Some remarks on the Christological interpretation of Scripture as hermeneutical key of New Testament authors: Some remarks are made in the following article regarding the christological use of Scripture by the early ...
  • Nuwe-Testamentiese perspektiewe op die Sabbat en die Sondag 
    Joubert, Stephan Jacobus, 1958- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    New Testament perspectives on the Sabbath and the Sunday: In order to come to terms with New Testament views on the Sabbath and the Sunday, an investigation of Jewish schematizarions of time and of the Sabbath in ...
  • Verhouding van die Siriese Psalm 151 tot die Griekse en Hebreeuse weergawes 
    Van Rooy, Harry F. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The relation between the Syriac Psalm 151 and the Greek and Hebrew versions: This article studies the apocryphal Psalm 151, with special reference to the Syriac version in its relation to the versions of this psalm in ...
  • Paulus se vernuftige vervlegting van antropologie en eskatologie in 2 Korintiers 4:7-5:10 
    Du Rand, J.A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    Paul's ingenious intertwining of anthropology and eschatology in 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10: It has been said that Paul is not really Pauline in his eschatological thoughts in 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10. What could be the reason ...
  • The ideal of Brevitas et Facilitas: the theological hermeneutics of John Calvin 
    Ahn, Myung Jun (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    Calvin presented his own distinctive method of the hermeneutics of Scripture in his Commentary on the Epistle of Paul, the Apostle, to the Romans. It is called the ideal of brevitas et facilitas. Calvin was not satisfied ...
  • Retoriek van godsdienstige politiek in Psalm 2 
    Coetzee, J.H. (Johannes Hendrik) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    The rhetoric of religious politics in Psalm 2: The rhetorical argumentation strategies of Psalm 2 as a political-cultic poem are explored in order to highlight the function of these strategies, the exigency and the audience ...