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An analysis of Ephrem the Syrian’s views on the temptation of Christ as exemplified in his Hymn de Virginitate XII

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2003)

Ephrem the Syrian’s twelfth hymn in the cycle De Virginitate is translated and analysed. This hymn describes the temptation of Christ by Satan as a contest in which Satan tried to humiliate Christ, but was defeated and ...
Annotated history : the implications of reading Psalm 34 in conjunction with 1 Samuel 21-26 and vice versa

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testamanet Sociaty of South Africa, 2008)

In a late phase of redaction, some of the psalms in the first and second Davidic Psalter were supplied with headings that contain biographical references to David. One of these psalms is Psalm 34. The shared traits between ...
Answers disguised as questions : rhetoric and reasoning in Psalm 24

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)

Psalm 24 seems to consist mainly of a hymnic introduction (vv. 1-2), a so-called “entrance torah” (vv. 3-5), and a liturgical piece once used at the temple gates (vv. 7-10), to which a post-exilic identification of the ...
Christ depicted as the honourable leader in the pedagogue of Clement of Alexandria

Smit, Gerrit Daniel Stephanus; Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953-; Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Institute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2007-03)

Biblical scholars have become increasingly aware of the importance of looking at texts not only in their historical or literary contexts, but also in their socio-cultural context. Many studies have shown that honour and ...
A comparison between the Comments on Daniel in the Syriac Commentary on the Diatessaron and the Syriac Commentary on Daniel

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2007)

This short article investigates the possibility of connections between the Syriac Commentary on Daniel, ascribed to Ephrem, and the Syriac Commentary on the Diatessaron, also thought to consist of exegetical notes made by ...
The 'Enthronement Psalms' : a claim to the world-wide honour of Yahweh

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1998)

The so-called Enthronement Psalms, that is Psalms 47, 93, 96, 97, 98 and 99, are described in this investigation as a distinctive group of psalms which constitute a similar illocutionary act. This act is defined against ...
‘The honour of the righteous will be restored’ : Psalm 75 in its social context

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2002)

Psalm 75 is often assumed to be a psalm of thanksgiving. Others regard it as part of a cultic liturgy celebrating God's judgement on evildoers. But few researchers have recognised the important role played by the social ...
The ideological interface between Psalm 1 and Psalm 2

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2005)

This article is a social-scientific investigation of the ideology displayed in Psalm 1 and the ideology displayed in Psalm 2. It endeavours to describe the ideological points of contact between the two psalms, so as to ...
The interpretation of Daniel 3 in the Syriac commentary ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2005)

This paper investigates the exegetical notes on Daniel 3 in the Syriac commentary attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. It is established that the text which the author of the commentary used is most probably that of the ...
Intertextuality and the interpretation of Psalm 1

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2005)

The meaning of the word ‘Torah’ in Psalm 1:2 is investigated in the light of the intratextual context of Psalm 1 itself and in the light of intertextual connections of this psalm with Joshua 1, Jeremiah 17, Psalms 52 and ...
‘Killing them softly with this song …’ : the literary structure of Psalm 3 and its psalmic and davidic contexts. Part II : a contextual and intertextual interpretation of Psalm 3

Botha, Philippus Jacobus; Weber, Beat, 1955- (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2008)

In this article, the second in a series of two on Ps 3, the contribution which its immediate literary context and its heading makes to the interpretation of Ps 3 is discussed. It seems that Ps 3 is connected to its immediate ...
The paradox between appearance and truth in Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn de Crucifixione IV

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2002)

The presence and literary function of certain polarities in this particular hymn are investigated. It concerns polarities formed by the contrast between what was visible during the trial and crucifixion of Christ and ...
The poet as preacher : St. Ephrem the Syrian's hymn De Virginitate XXXI as a coherent, aesthetic, and persuasive poetic discourse

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2008)

This article consists of a translation and poetic analysis of Ephrem the Syrian's teaching song On Virginity 31. The Syriac text and an English translation are provided and short notes are given on the structure of the ...
The poetic face of rhetoric : Ephrem's polemics against the Jews and heretics in Contra Haereses XXV

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 1991)

The hymn Contra Haereses XXV by Ephrem is translated into English and the use of poetic devices such as metaphor, antithesis, apostrophe, invocatio, hyperbole and acoustic techniques to enhance the argumentative quality ...
The poetic structure and strategy of Psalm 79

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

This paper endeavours to analyse Psalm 79 as a poetic composition and an ideological document. From the analysis, it seems that the psalm primarily served a Judaean community of believers as a means of coping with their ...
Pride and the suffering of the poor in the Persian period : Psalm 12 in its post-exilic context

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2012)

This paper contends that Ps 12 should be read, as part of the composition Pss 9–14, as a response to and an explication of Prov 30:1–14 by exponents of Wisdom thinking in the Persian period. The suffering of the righteous ...
Psalm 101 : inaugural address or social code of conduct?

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

The article presents a literary and social-scientific analysis of the text of Psalm 101. The ideological purpose of the text seems to have been more than a mere declaration of intent made by someone about to ascend the ...
Psalm 108 and the quest for closure to the exile

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2010)

Ps 108 is studied as a composition sui generis in terms of its poetic features and ideological intent. It is subsequently also compared to its two donor texts (Ps 57 and Ps 60) to determine how the selection and editorial ...
Psalm 118 and social values in ancient Israel

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2003)

The relationship between the dramatis personae mentioned in Psalm 118 is investigated to determine for whom the psalm was intended in its present form and what the author or final editor wanted to communicate with the ...
Psalm 67 in its literary and ideological context

Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2004)

Psalm 67 has been interpreted for a long time as part of an agricultural liturgy of thanksgiving for Yahweh’s grace. This paper argues that the psalm’s contents, its structure, and its immediate context in the book of ...

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