Browsing by UP Author "Malan, Gert Jacobus"

Browsing by UP Author "Malan, Gert Jacobus"

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  • Analogiese taal by Bultmann in die lig van die kennissosiologie 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Bultmann 's approach to analogical language, or as he put it, mythological language,was to demythologise it. Reaction to his demythologising program was largely negative, as it seemed radical to many. This study shows that ...
  • Bultmann se ontmitologiseringsprogram herwaardeer 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The kerygma of the New Testament is depicted in the mythological language of a bygone mythological world-view. Bultmann suggested that demythologisation is necessary in order to explore the true Existenzverstandniss ...
  • Can the chasms be bridged? Different approaches to Bible reading 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)
    Reality confronts theologians with the fact that they themselves and believers across the world read and interpret the Bible in diverse ways. Understanding the reason for this is part of the solution. The essence of the ...
  • Combining Ricoeur and Bultmann on myth and demythologising 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    A previous article investigated Ricoeur’s stance on myth and demythologising. The intersection of Ricoeur and Bultmann’s work in this field was noted and a future comparison was envisaged with a view to a possible merger. ...
  • Did Jesus change his mind about God? Jesus’ conscience viewed phenomenologically 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS, 2023-08-11)
    That Jesus changed his mind about God twice is demonstrated by applying Heidegger’s idea of conscience to Jesus’ decisions for baptism and later for leaving John’s group. The common concept of conscience is similar to a ...
  • Die Nuwe Testament en mitologie : die probleem van die ontmitologisering van die Nuwe-Testamentiese verkondiging. Bultmann se 1941-opstel weer bekyk 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-05-29)
    In the Afrikaans-speaking South African theological context, there was little positive regard for Bultmann’s work, especially for his demythologising program. More than seventy years have passed since Bultmann’s 1941 ...
  • Does John 17:11b, 21−23 refer to church unity? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    In ecumenical circles, John 17:11b, 21–23 has been understood as Jesus’ prayer for church unity, be it confessional or structural. This article questioned such readings and conclusions from historical, literary and ...
  • An existential phenomenological understanding of early church diversity 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS, 2020-10)
    The New Testament documents represent a variety of perceptions about the church, showing that the early church was not unitary in practise or theology. How do we explain the diversity in the early church? Existential ...
  • God’s patronage constitutes a community of compassionate equals 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-07-15)
    The central themes of Jesus’ preaching, the kingdom and household of God, are root metaphors expressing the symbolic universe of God’s patronage subverting patronage and patriarchy structuring contemporary Mediterranean ...
  • 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 ...
  • “Historiese kritiek” as “teologiese eksegese” en die belang daarvan vir die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk se Skrifbeskouing 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Presently the use of Scripture is under debate in the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk. Pastors have been theologically trained in the historical critical paradigm. However, the reality is that of a rather fundamentalist approach ...
  • Invloed van die Mediterreense tydsbegrip op die betekenis van die dag van die Here in 2 Petrus 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    In this article the apocalyptic expression 'the day of the Lord' in 2 Peter is understood in the light of the first-century Mediterranean concept of time. Unlike modern Western societies, Mediterranean peasant societies had ...
  • Is rewritten Bible/Scripture the solution to the Synoptic Problem? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-05-28)
    New Testament scholars have for centuries posited different solutions to the Synoptic Problem. Recently a new solution was proposed. Mogens Müller applies Geza Vermes’s term rewritten Bible to the canonical gospels. ...
  • Kennissosiologiese benadering tot die dag van die Here in 2 Petrus 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    The concept the day of the Lord in 2 Peter is, as a mythological expression, an example of analogical language. However, the meaning of this mytheme is not clear to modem people who do not share the mythological world-view ...
  • The Kingdom of God : Utopian or existential? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-06-26)
    The Kingdom of God was a central theme in Jesus’ vision. Was it meant to be understood as utopian as Mary Ann Beavis views it, or existential? In 1st century CE Palestine, kingdom of God was a political term meaning ...
  • Metafoor "Dag van die Here" in 2 Petrus en die dood as marginale ervaring 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The apocalyptical eschatological concept of the day of the Lord as used in 2 Peter 3:10 is an example of analogical or metaphorical language. Within the context of the delay of the parousia, and 2 Peter’s unique depiction ...
  • Myth as metaphor 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    Modern Christianity has failed to update its myths and has even eliminated them, thus, excluding the metaphysical experience indispensable to religion (Jung). Myths should be interpreted, not eliminated. Answering the ...
  • Mythology, Weltanschauung, symbolic universe and states of consciousness 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-15)
    This article investigates whether different religious (mythological) worldviews can be described as alternative and altered states of consciousness (ASCs). Differences between conscious and unconscious motivations for ...
  • Postmoderniteit : krisis of uitdaging? Die rol van teoloë se Skrifbeskouing 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Theologians see the postmodern era either as a crisis or a challenge, depending on their view of Scripture and on the roots of the postmodern era. This is illustrated by contrasting the views of Johan Janse van Rensburg ...
  • Q1 gemeenskap as een van die grondtipes van die kerk in die Nuwe Testament 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The community of Q1 as prototype of the church in the New Testament The New Testament bears witness to a wide variety of communities, representing a spectrum of ideas and teachings about Jesus and the meaning of his life. ...