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  • Hapax legomena in disputed Pauline letters : a reassessment 
    Van Nes, Jermo (De Gruyter, 2018-02)
    To argue for the pseudonymity of disputed Pauline letters on the (partial) basis of their disproportional high number of hapax legomena continues to be common practice among New Testament scholars. By means of ...
  • The harvest and the kingdom : an interpretation of the Sower (Mk 4:3b–8) as a parable of Jesus the Galilean 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    This article attempts to read the parable of the Sower (Mk 4:3b–8) as a parable of the historical Jesus. In this reading, the focus is different from almost all previous interpretations of the parable. It is proposed ...
  • The healing of the blind man in John 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2012)
    John's healing narratives are all presented as semeia or spiritual signs in the Gospel. It therefore always has two levels of meaning: the one level narrates a biological and socio-cultural healing act, and at the same ...
  • Healing the female body : representation of ideas about healing and the female body in Mark’s gospel 
    Dube, Zorodzai (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)
    Using narrative, reader-response and social feminist approaches, the study takes a discourse analysis of looking into representations of female bodies within the Jewish- Christian healthcare and Greek Hippocratic healthcare ...
  • Healthy economics or cautionary tales? The narrative microeconomics of four Matthean healing stories 
    Anderson, Laura (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article explores the four Matthean stories wherein an individual supplicant requests a healing on behalf of someone else: the centurion for his paralyzed servant, the ruler for his dead daughter, the Canaanite woman ...
  • Hearing God’s voice : evaluating some popular teachings on the subject 
    Joubert, Callie; Maartens, Nick (South African Theological Seminary, 2018-03)
    Hearing the voice of God is for many Christians part of their everyday life and undoubtedly biblical. But what exactly do they mean by ‘hearing God’s voice’ and how do they distinguish between God’s voice, their own thoughts ...
  • Hebrews 5:7 as the cry of the Davidic sufferer 
    Bertolet, Timothy (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-20)
    This article proposes a better source for the Son’s cry in Hebrews 5:7. It begins by surveying sources previous scholars have identified, including Jesus’ cry in Gethsemane and Golgotha, several Psalms, and the Maccabean ...
  • Hebrews' angelology in the light of early Jewish apocalyptic imagery 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2011)
    Hebrews’ references and allusions to angels are investigated in the light of early Jewish apocalyptic imagery and against the backdrop of similarities with a number of aspects that possibly underlie the Qumran community. ...
  • Hell revisited : a socio-critical enquiry into the roots and relevance of hell for the church today 
    Janse van Rensburg, Hanre; Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    Hell is being written out of theology and banned from serious conversation; for most scholars and modern-minded people it has more or less become a theoretical issue. Yet it remains alive and burning in the Western mind - ...
  • Hermeneutics as cross-cultural encounter : obstacles to understanding 
    Rohrbaugh, Richard L., 1936- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    It is a curious fact that while most people intuitively understand the potential for misunderstanding in face-to-face cross-cultural conversations, no such difficulty is anticipated when reading cross-culturally. Thus ...
  • Herodias and Salome in Mark’s story about the beheading of John the Baptist 
    Weren, Wim J.C. (Wilhelmus Johannes Cornelis) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-10-31)
    According to Mark 6:14–29, John the Baptist was beheaded by the order of Herod Antipas. This dramatic event became inevitable after a cunning interplay between Herodias and her daughter, who remains nameless in the New ...
  • Hervormde Barthiaanse skrifbeskouing : waarheidsbegrip 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-28)
    The ‘Hervormde’ blend of Barthian view of Scripture leads to a specifically nuanced concept of biblical truth. Biblical truth is neither knowledge, dogma or faith propositions, nor historical, scientific or geographical ...
  • Het gebruik van geweld bij het bestraffen van overspel in Bijbelse teksten (Deuteronomium 22:13-29 en Johannes 7:53-8:11) 
    Weren, Wim J.C. (Wilhelmus Johannes Cornelis) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-11)
    The use of violence in punishing adultery in Biblical texts (Deuteronomy 22:13-29 and John 7:53-8:11). In this article, the focus is on the extent to which in biblical texts violence is deemed acceptable in punishing ...
  • Historians and miracles : the principle of analogy and antecedent probability reconsidered 
    Licona, Michael R. 1961-; Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    Most Biblical scholars and historians hold that the investigation of a miracle report lies outside of the rights of historians acting within their professional capacity. In this article, I challenge this assertion and ...
  • Historical consciousness and existential awareness in Karl Barth's hermeneutics 
    Pelser, G.M.M. (Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz); Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    Karl Barth's hermeneutic legacy prolonged Western Christian tradition, especially influenced by Hegelian philosophy of history. This led to Barth's "theological exegesis" instead of a historic-critical exegesis. In a ...
  • The historical-hermeneutical prelude to the legacy of Karl Barth 
    Pelser, G.M.M. (Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz); Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    The article aims to explain Karl Barth's hermeneutical legacy against the background of the influence of the Enlightenment in philosophy and theology during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It consists of a discussion ...
  • The historicity of the circle of the Twelve : all roads lead to Jerusalem 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The article consists of five argumentative sections. The first deals with the textual evidence with regard to the expressions "disciples", "the Twelve" and "apostles". In the second section it is argued that Jesus did not ...
  • Historiese Jesus-navorsing en evangelisasie 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the research results of one subject in the theological curriculum could be used in other subjects as well. In this article the results of historical Jesus research are used ...
  • History and theory of Scripture translations 
    Loba-Mkole, Jean-Claude (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    This article argues for the importance of Bible translations through its historical achievements and theoretical frames of reference. The missionary expansion of Christianity owes its very being to translations. The early ...
  • Hoe akkuraat kan ’n Bybelvertaling wees? Gennavw in 1 Johannes 5:1-4 as voorbeeld 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    An analysis is made of different translations of gennavw in 1 John 5:1-4. The inconsistencies in and among translations are noted. The influence of the socio-cultural ecology as well as the literary and grammatical aspects ...