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Research Articles (Ancient Languages)

 

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  • Prosthetic memory in the Old Testament
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945 (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2012)
    In the OT “remembering” often denotes the experience of reliving special events of the past and thereby making them virtually present. Several texts are advanced in an argument that, where remembering is aided by an ...
  • Interpreting ‘Torah’ in Psalm 1 in the light of Psalm 119
    Botha, Phillippus Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-11-08)
    This article argued that Psalm 37 and Proverbs 1–4 served as sources for the composition of Psalm 1. The emphasis in both donor texts on the righteous people’s inheriting the Promised Land seems to have imprinted also ...
  • The reception of Matthew 27 : 19b (Pilate's wife's dream) in the early Church
    Van der Bergh, Ronald Henry (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2012)
    The mysterious dream of Pilate’s wife and its recounting to her husband (Matthew 27:19b) occupies a significant place in discussions on Pilate’s guilt. The present article aims to investigate the reception of this text ...
  • Psalm 91 and its wisdom connections
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2012)
    The paper investigates the literary and theological provenance of Ps 91. It is shown that Ps 91 (in its present form) was composed by someone who had access to Proverbs, in particular Prov 3, while Ps 91 itself played ...
  • Why did the Thebans defeat the normally militarily superior Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra (371 BC)?
    Straeuli, Christian (Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, 2011)
    The battle of Leuctra was fought in 371 BC and represents a turning point in Greek history. For a long time the Spartans had held military dominance on any battlefield they entered, but this battle put an end to that ...