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HTS Volume 60, Number 3 (2004): Recent submissions

  • Witchcraft and its impact on black African Christians : a lacuna in the ministry of the Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika 
    Manala, Matsobane J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Witchcraft is presented as a threat to the life and well-being of the people of Africa, their embracement of Christianity notwithstanding. This article seeks to highlight the negative impact of witchcraft beliefs and ...
  • A cognitive linguistic approach to the emotion of anger in the Old Testament 
    Kotze, Zacharias (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article reviews several approaches to the study of anger in the Old Testament. It focuses on the use of methodology in these trends with specific reference to the common neglect of Classical Hebrew terminology and ...
  • Nie al te wyse Salomo 
    Scheffler, Eben (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    In this article it is argued that although the mere existence of Solomon is in contention in contemporary Old Testament scholarship, a historical Solomon can be accepted. However, this Solomon differs widely from the ...
  • Eko-billike beoordeling van Psalm 148 
    Viviers, Hendrik (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Eco-justness determines whether the earth and her inhabitants are treated in their own right as subjects, and not only as objects to be acted upon. At first glance it seems as if Psalm 148 is eco-just. The poet encompasses ...
  • African witchcraft in theological perspective 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article is a theological contribution aimed at creating an understanding of the phenomenon of witchcraft in South Africa. Witchcraft still causes major social problems in this country. The article argues that the ...
  • Joodse narratiewe van die Persiese tydvak : ideologie? 
    Spangenberg, I.J.J. (Izak J.J.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    In recent years a number of scholars argued that the bulk of the Old Testament originated during the Persian and Hellenistic eras. The literature thus is the product of elite groups living in Yehud. They created a “history ...
  • Mag van religieuse idees 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article focuses on Max Weber’s views on the power of religious ideas. Ideas shape the world by creating groups following their own interests. Weber also illustrates how one idea (the covenant) shaped Israel into a ...
  • 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 ...
  • Stories about care : women in a historically disadvantaged community infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS 
    Muller, Julian C.; Pienaar, Sunette (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004-09)
    Black women in previously disadvantaged communities in South Africa carry the burden of triple oppression: (a) the social engineering policies synonymous with apartheid have marginalised women economically and socially; ...